this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm maryam moshiri. as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the us exceeds 12 million, thanksgiving dinners are distributed to people across the country impacted by the pandemic. a call for coronavirus vaccines to be available for all — as leaders from the world's biggest economies meet for an online summit hosted by saudi arabia the uk government announces tough new restrictions for england after the current lockdown ends next month. the so—called islamic state group says it was behind a rocket attack in the afghan capital, which killed eight people and left more than 30 injured. 5-4-3-2-1. ..

lift off. blast off for a satellite that will track rising sea levels — improving our understanding of climate change the united states has exceeded twelve million cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. it's one of the world's worst affected countries and is experiencing a surge in the virus, setting records each day for the number of new infections. about 187,000 new cases were recorded nationwide in the latest figures — released on friday for the previous day. the daily death toll linked to covid—19 has passed two thousand people for the first time since may. over the past week, there has been an average

of 168,702 cases per day, an increase of 67 percent. as well as the health costs of the virus — there's the economic costs. millions of people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. this weekend, thanksgiving dinners are being distributed by foodbanks across the country to people in need of help. there are also concerns that travel during the thanksgiving holiday could make things worse. president trump has repeatedly played down the severity of the pandemic in the us. on saturday he skipped an event at the 620 summit on covid preparedness — instead deciding to play golf. 0ur north america correspondent david willis joins us now. difficult time, told me in case of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. absolutely and it is spreading out of control here. this is the worst affected country in the worst affected country in the world and as a result of

which, democrats and thejoe biden camp expressing a lot of concern as you can imagine. health officials here are warning that this rise in infections could soon overwhelm hospitals and other medical facilities and there have been calls for more stringent measures, particularly from the joe biden team for a mask waving mandate, this sort of thing. here in the state of california, they are introducing a lockdown effectively from ten o'clock this evening until 5am and overnight curfew following the huge rights in cases here were seen more cases at the moment that we have since the summer. that is intended to keep people indoors and keep people from fraternizing and mixing with their neighbours and friends. and we have the thanksgiving holiday coming up in the states. a hugely important

public holiday. house is going to impact things was the house is going to be different, if at all different this is giving? the concern of health officials is that it will not be very much different because already there are reports that yesterday, friday, more than a million americans used airports here. a lot of people took to the roads as well. they are clearly ignoring the concerns of health officials here and there is a fear that we could haveit there is a fear that we could have it a whole lot worse as a result of not only thanksgiving but is to go towards christmas and of course, we get the cooler weather as well. in the media as well, donald trump missed the meeting on covid—i9 preparedness to play golf. what more do we know about this? yes, this was a virtual meeting

of the worlds richest leaders nations and it was inside on meeting and donald trump misted in was seen on the golfing links. 0ne in was seen on the golfing links. one of the piece of information regarding donald trump to pass and i was a while ago, a legal setback in his quest to have the results of the 2020 election overturned and a federaljudge in pennsylvania turned down a request for an injunction there by the trump campaign, pennsylvania one of the swing states that the donald trump campaign has been targeting in an attempt to get the election results overturned in pennsylvania officials now can certify the result of the election there which gavejoe biden a lead of more than 80,000 votes in their duty to do so on monday and the represents another setback for donald trump's attempts to

overturn the election results. other world leaders attending the virtual g20 summit have urged the heads of rich nations to make sure coronavirus vaccines are affordable and available for all. the meeting is being hosted by saudi arabia but is being held virtually because of the pandemic. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet has more from riyadh. a thoroughly modern moment. many families have to meet like this these days. even the powerful g20 family. the 84—year—old saudi king presiding. everyone at their own table this year. every country struggling with the impact of the deadly pandemic. it's this summit‘s top issue. shall i take the mask off? the world's wealthiest under pressure to help the poorest.

at the beginning there was a big race between different countries to secure ppe, equipment, medication etc. the g20 role is definitely to make sure that everybody‘s safe. we cannot be safe unless everybody‘s safe. and from 10 downing street, a ten point plan for a green revolution. that future will only be possible if the world's leading economies and drive forward more ambitious action, more quickly to prevent further catastrophic climate change. a virtual summit robs leaders of those face—to—face moments which can make all the difference. it also steals the kingdom's chance to shine on a world stage, a stage also casting a harsh light on issues not on the g20 agenda. so, a light was shone on the streets of paris,

on three saudi women in saudi jails. human rights groups are calling for their release and many others. and here, another light show, on stones three centuries old. this is the town where the saudi kingdom was born. leaders brought together, as they keep their distance. a possible alternative to a covid vaccine is entering its final stage of trials. it's being developed for people with weakened immune systems who cannot be vaccinated. 5,000 patients from around the world are taking part in the study and trials involving 1,000 uk participants began on saturday. professor anna maria geretti is professor of virology at the university of liverpool. she told me how the medication is going to work. isa is a cocktail of two antibodies

that block the coronavirus. they stop it from entering inside human cells. the benefit could be either preventing the infection of those who have never been infected by the coronavirus or they may also work by preventing serious disease soon after the infection has incurred. houses different from a vaccine? vaccines are used to teach the body to produce its own antibodies. and this gives the antibodies, the focus is on people who are at risk of complications of the catch the coronavirus and at the same time, may not be suitable for vaccination or perhaps may not be expected to make a full response to vaccine, may be for protection. and because they have wea ker protection. and because they have weaker immune systems and that they receive a transplant or have cancer. so, people will

not be or to take the vaccine, do you think a mixture of this drug potentially potential vaccines, how long do you think the mixture of both of these elements could help us defeat covid—19 globally? elements could help us defeat covid-19 globally? the studies with the vaccine are more advanced and we hope to start vaccination programmes between december and january and parts of europe for example in the us and so forth. particular cocktail of antibodies is expected to start producing results around spring 2021 in the studies are expected to com plete the studies are expected to complete next year at this time. so, we are a bit far away from using the cocktail outside of the possible clinical trials, but we are very optimistic that in 2021, we

will expand our tools and be able to tackle covid—19 in all patients, and all vulnerable populations without leaving anybody behind. how confident are you that people are going to wa nt are you that people are going to want to take these drugs? because there are conspiracy theories out there, there are people out there were rated by the efficacy and the safety of drugs that are being put through such a fast process compared to other vaccines developed over many years. compared to other vaccines developed over many yearslj compared to other vaccines developed over many years. i am optimistic. i have seen huge amounts of interest in science and an expansion in scientific debate between scientists, clinicians, the public and i am optimistic that we will be able to continue to exchange information. and about the safety, if you take the antibodies title, it's been put ina double antibodies title, it's been put in a double blinded fashion, to

know whether or not they are taking the drug or placebo and it will seriously and rigorously measure the efficacy and also to our vaccine studies. in the health authorities worldwide in the uk in the us across the board will be looking at the data very carefully. 0nly because we are speeding up the process. the assessment is done with great vigour. the british government has announced a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the current lockdown ends on the second of december. the prime minister boris johnson is expected to set out his plan on monday. 0ur reporter paul hawkins is with me. can we start planning for

christmas? no. i tell you, there are reports in the paper, people have been reading the papers in england and across the uk today on saturday, singh reports that families could be allowed to meet up for a week over christmas and several families could be allowed to join ina families could be allowed to join in a bubble between the 22nd or 20th of december. possibly going to church, pubs and possibly going to church, pubs a nd restau ra nts possibly going to church, pubs and restaurants may be open no limited capacity in some areas, guidance on how to celebrate christmas and some restrictions, those are reports and what we can say for certain is that the three system is coming back in force in england and it is part of the government covid—19 plan on monday and official announcement made on monday and more areas are expected to face high levels of restrictions and they did before lockdown. do we know which areas will be facing

which restrictions? will find out on thursday, but they are going to be tight restrictions because on monday, scientists and the previous restrictions before lockdown weren't strict enough and even though the 0ffice enough and even though the office for national statistics says the number of coronavirus infections in england has leveled off over recent weeks, scientists are still keen for the government to keep in placing stricter measures than before and so, less than the lockdown that england is currently experiencing but more so than the 3—tiered system that was before and if there is to bea uk that was before and if there is to be a uk approach of the other nations involved, obviously, borisjohnson, the uk prime minister is going to have to talk to the uk to make sure that the plans i'll tally up. as a positive equity here is christmas is still over a month away and this is fast moving and changing, we do not know exactly where were going

to be. so, thejob of predicting what is going to happen very difficult? very difficult. we do not know what is going to happen. and about three weeks to go until christmas, if cases start to race again, we could see a lockdown coming into place we could see things tighten even more and more areas moving into the top tier which is very high and so, it is difficult to say what is going to happen and is key that we do not get caught in the cycle where restrictions go in the cycle where restrictions 9° up in the cycle where restrictions go up and then go back down. vaccines are very close to being developed and distributed nationally, but still ways away from that. let's update you on some other coronavirus developments around the world. a massive coronavirus testing operation is underway in spain's autonomous community of castile and leon. 25 percent of the residents of the provincial capital burgos are being tested, as the infection rate in the city doubles the regional average.

it comes as the country reported highest weekly death toll during the second wave. several hundred anti—lockdown protesters have been roaming the eastern german city of leipzig after a rally they planned to attend was called off at the last minute. the city authorities had said the protest organisers' certificate of exemption from wearing masks was incomplete. there've been reports of clashes between far right protesters and left—wingers. danish farmers have driven five hundred tractors into the centre of copenhagen, in protest at the cull of mink the government has ordered, to stamp out a coronavirus outbreak on furfarms. right—wing parties have accused the government of using the virus as an excuse to end furfarming. you are watching bbc news, the headlines. as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the us exceeds 12 million —

thanksgiving dinners are distributed to people across the country impacted by the pandemic. a call for coronavirus vaccines to be available for all — as leaders from the world's biggest economies meet for an online summit hosted by saudi arabia. just hours before scheduled peace talks in qatar between the us secretary of state and the taliban, a barrage of rockets has hit residential areas of the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least eight people and injuring more than thirty. the islamic state group said it was behind the attack and had targeted government buildings and foreign embassies. it comes just days after the trump administration announced plans to withdraw two thousand troops from afghanistan. secunder kermani reports. it should have been an ordinary day at school. instead, panic and fear as these children run for safety. cctv cameras captured

the moment the rockets landed outside this popular bakery. translation: i was having breakfast when the rockets landed. 0ne hit a van belonging to a bakery. at least three people were wounded. they have been taken to hospital. a local resident filmed the rockets being fired from the street. this was the pick—up truck the attackers used. how they managed to get it inside the city is a major cause for concern. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility, but fighting between the government and taliban has been flaring across the country in recent weeks despite ongoing but slow—moving peace talks in doha. us secretary of state mike pompeo arrived there today to meet both afghan and taliban officials. some progress on initial issues seems to have been made, but they haven't even begun

discussing a ceasefire or power—sharing arrangement. is is not part of the negotiations. in spite of the violence, us troops are being withdrawn from here. the new american president might look for another way forward, but the fear is the bloodshed is only going to get worse. secunder kermani, bbc news. ethiopia says its troops have advanced further into the northern tigray region, seizing the town of adigrat from soldiers loyal to the local government. the tigrayan authorities said civilians had been killed in the fighting, but gave no details. earlier the government in addis ababa refubuffed an offer from the african union to mediate the conflict between it and tigray forces, as the humanitarian costs of the violence continues to mount. will ross has more.

the exodus goes on with thousands of fleeing and fighting every day. spending two and a half weeks since the first shots were fired. no one here knows how long they will be forced to live like this. the conditions are tough. we came here because there is no peace back on. so far, we have not received any aid, we are living in hunger and fear. we also struggle to get water. their new homes are the ideal, sudan his face gets own immense challenges, lots of help is required from outside in order to ensure the refugees are looked after. the mac are serious concern is if you do not act quickly with the resources needed, sudan already facing dramatic economic crisis and political challenges, to make this will unravel not only ethiopia but also sudan. bases

keep towns from those in charge of the tigray region. there are also talking tough and speaks of success on the battlefield. but it is impossible to know the true picture is all communication in the region has been cut off. the african union is worried. the instability could threaten the region. there was what sounded like a breakthrough from the au chair. news the three former heads of state would be travelling to ethiopia to help mediate between the two sites. they both have plenty of first—hand knowledge of how much devastation can be caused by war. but the government and the ethiopian capital has been quick to play down the mediation. and the statement, it said the prime minister will be meeting the au invoice, but dismissed news that they will be mediating between the government and the authorities

as fake. the prime minister appears to have determined to fight on, overthrowing to rest the leaders, the politicians who for years dominated politics in ethiopia until he came to power two years ago. the un is prepared for more refugees in sudan. for now, it seems unlikely that the mediation efforts will bring about peace between the two sides if it shifts into guerrilla style warfare in the mountains of tigray, them conflict could be long and the impact on civilians devastating. a satellite that's considered critical for understanding the effects of climate change has sentinel—6 took off on board a space x been launched into space. sentinel—6 took off on board a space x rocket from a launch pad in california. it will measure oceans and lakes and become the primary means of tracking global sea level rises. data from the satellite will also reveal how huge masses of water are moving around the globe. sentinel— 6 was developed

jointly by the european and us space agencies. rolf densing is director of operations for the european space agency. he explained the importance of the satellite. there is increasing sea level and this has consequences for coastal areas and these consequences will be more precisely met with sentinel six than ever before. 0bviously, the height will have to be reevaluated in major cities like amsterdam, new york are concerned by the increase in sea levels and we need to protect millions of peoples from these effects. french police have clashed with demonstrators protesting against a bill that could criminalise filming or taking photos of the security forces. some protesters threw bottles at police and set fire to bins. some so—called yellow vest activists held up placards saying they would only put down their smartphones

when the police put away the weapons that have caused serious injuries during two years of weekly demonstrations. archaeologists in italy have uncovered the remains of two men who died in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient roman city of pompeii nearly two thousand years ago. they believe the pair may have been a master and his slave seeking refuge in a large villa. nina nanji reports two victims of the mighty vesuvius found frozen in time. 0ne believed to be a man of high status. the other his slave. the remains were found during an excavation of the large filler on the outskirts of pompeii. the ancient city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translation: the two victims found in the last days are an incredible and extraordinary testimony of the morning of 25th october

when the eruption took place. these two victims were perhaps seeking refuge when they were swept away by the pyroclastic current at nine o'clock in the morning, when the plume gets to pompeii destroying the higher part of the city completely, killing everybody in its path. officials say the wealthy man was aged between 30 and a0. the other aged between 18 and 23. evidence shows that before the disaster he suffered from crushed vertebrae, which indicate he was a slave who did manual labour. after the remains were uncovered, casts were created using impressions the bodies had made in the hardened ash. the ruined city remains a rich source for archaeologists. it is also one of italy's most visited tourist attractions, although for now tourism has stopped due to the coronavirus measures. nina nanji, bbc news.

hello there. on saturday the southern half of the uk had mild, cloudy weather. further north things were quite different. it certainly felt colder in the wind. showers as well. in between those different sorts of weather we've got this weather front here. it's not producing much rain but it's going to stall towards the south coast of england. it is heading a little further south. it's allowing that colder air to move further south across more of the country. as we head into early sunday morning, these are the sort of temperatures we're looking at. they could be down to one or 2 degrees across eastern scotland, northeast england and northern ireland for that much milder in southern england where we still got a lot of cloud. they will brighten up at times but the thicker cloud and pop of rain and drizzle not too far away.

could return to south wales as well. elsewhere decent sunshine. showers mainly northern more frequent coming into northern and western scotland winds will ease of the day, won't be as windy as it was on saturday. but typically around seven to 10 celsius was up those temperatures will fall quickly. across more sheltered eastern areas with those clear skies was up still a few showers continuing towards the west. we need to look to the west to see where our weather is coming from early next week. because atlantic winds south—westerly winds heading our way in these weather fronts will bring some rain as well. a bright enough start for many eastern parts of the uk but chilly early on monday. some sunshine too. cloud amounts will tend to increase with patchy rain here and there. most rain setting in over the hills of western scotland, some rain for northern ireland. those temperatures gradually creeping up at around nine to 11 celsius without it getting milder. move things on into tuesday and rain is still stuck mainly across scotland and northern

ireland. generally dry for england and wales and always brighter with more sunshine as you head further east across england and wales where it's going to be drivers up with a southerly wind temperatures continuing to rise back up to 12 or 13. things will change later in the week, not least because that weather front will take rain into england and wales on wednesday. then we start to see high pressure building and later on in the week. for the early part of the week, rain around, most of it around scotland and northern ireland was up it will be turning milder for the second half of the week with high pressure, lighter winds, it will be cold with some frost and some fog.

this is bbc news, the headlines the united states has exceeded twelve million cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. it's one of the world's worst affected countries and is setting records each day for the number of new infections.

thanksgiving dinners are being distributed to people affected. world leaders attending the virtual g20 summit have urged the heads of rich nations to make sure coronavirus vaccines are affordable and available for all. the meeting is being hosted by saudi arabia but is being held virtually because of the pandemic. the british government has announced a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the current lockdown ends on the second of december. the prime minister boris johnson is expected to set out his plan on monday. the government has confirmed it will make major changes to the way it assesses the value of big spending projects — a move which would benefit northern england and other regions. the chancellor, rishi sunak — said the changes were part of the government's "levelling up" agenda. they'll be announced in the spending review next week, as our business correspondent katy austin reports.