this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: clashes between police and protesters in paris during demonstrations against a proposed security law. turkey condemns the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist and calls for his killers to be held accountable. the head of ethiopia's military says the army has entered the regional capital of tigray. and african—american has been made cardinal at a ceremony is to be held in the vatican.

hello and welcome to bbc news. french riot police have clashed with protesters in paris after a day of demonstrations across the country. tens of thousands of people joined marches to protest against a new law, restricting the right to publish images of police. it comes after a video emerged of three officers beating a black music producer in his studio. our correspondent, lucy williamson, reports from paris. police are always a target at protests like this. today, they were the reason for them. the edges of a peaceful march through paris, frayed by clashes between hardline groups and the police. water cannon and tear gas following the path of the unrest. among the buildings set on fire, one belonging to the bank of france, an anarchist sign scrawled on the wall outside. tensions have risen quickly here, thanks to a small group of agitators.

most of this march has been peaceful, but this new law banning the malicious dissemination of police identities has touched a raw nerve in france. translation: they have created a bill that would forbid us from filming while we are filming unbelievable things. so, here i am in the street for my freedom, as you can see written on my mask. translation: obviously the ban on recording audio and video of the police and not to be able to film what happens, that's obviously an attack on press freedom, simply put. a video of music producer michel zecler being beaten in his studio by police has sparked a furious reaction in france. recorded by a security camera and published on social media this week, many are asking whether it would ever have come to light under the new law. four police officers are now being investigated. last night on social media, president macron said the attack on michel

zecler was unacceptable. "these images make us ashamed", he said. mobile phone cameras trained on police lines today reflected the placards calling on people to film them as part of the protest. the last time so many people gathered for a protest here it was to defend the right to publish blasphemous cartoons. after months of lockdown and curfew because of coronavirus, france has shown this year that it will tolerate restrictions on many things, just not on freedom of speech. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. turkey has condemned the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist. iran's president hasan rouhani has blamed israel for the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh. and he says the country's nuclear programme will continue. the scientist was shot dead on friday, when gunmen ambushed his car in the town of absard, east of the capital

tehran. israel has not commented, but it had previously accused the scientist of masterminding a covert nuclear weapons programme. here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. angry protests once more on the streets of the iranian capital, people here in no doubt about who was behind friday's killing. the father of iran's nuclear programme is now being treated like a martyr, his assassination the subject of headlines and debate. attacks like this have happened before. ten years ago, israel carried outa campaign which killed four other nuclear scientists, but the death of mohsen fakhrizadeh poses a dilemma for iran's leadership — retaliate or bide their time? the supreme leader, ali khamenei, said the perpetrators, and those who commanded them, will be pursued and punished. but iran knows the next american president wants dialogue, not confrontation, hence a more cautious response from the country's

pragmatic president. translation: this savage act shows that our enemies feel that global conditions are changing and it's important for them to make the most of the remaining few weeks that they have to create uncertain conditions in the region. but our brave nation is smarter than to fall into the trap of zionists. but pressure is mounting. iran has yet to retaliate for the death of qasem soleimani, killed by a us drone strike in january. iran's recent progress in its nuclear programme may have triggered this attack — a stark warning to iran's entire nuclear establishment. but it's also likely to make joe biden‘s difficultjob, coaxing iran back into negotiations, that much harder. paul adams, bbc news. i'm joined now by dennis ross, former us special envoy to the middle east. iran public president says the country will respond in due

course. “— country will respond in due course. —— run‘s president lula but that is so dahsa iran's president. that is vague. what president rouhani is someone who would clearly prefer a nonconfrontational approach was not there are those in the revolutionary guard who i think prefer much more of a confrontational approach to the rest of the world because it justifies stricter internal controls on the inside. what is not clear is whether they will do anything at all they will do anything at all the top you are quite right to ask the question when you say they respond in due course, that creates a completely open—ended reality. they can a lwa ys open—ended reality. they can always say the time isn't right, they will pick their moment. my guess is we will see them try to do certain attack this, they might try certain israeli targets or israeli embassies, these other kinds of

things that one might expect. i think the key will be whether or not they will try to do something more spectacular or not. the more spectacular the kind of attack and the more certain you won't see the end of our —— the end of these drugs was up you will probably see an uranian response that is more minimal to begin with, much like what we saw with qasem soleimani. —— iranian. some symbolic attack to say they have done something, not necessarily a string of different moves to show they have been tough in response. in 2013, obama's secretary of statejohn 2013, obama's secretary of state john kerry broke 2013, obama's secretary of statejohn kerry broke barriers by having talks with someone who is still in office. do you expect the new secretary of state anthony blink and to reopen that line of the medication? -- tony blinken. i

do think abidin administration is -- do think abidin administration is--a do think abidin administration is —— a biden administration will re—establish a common approach before we necessarily engage the iranians in any serious diplomatic discussions but the idea of having a communication link, having a community —— and ability to communicate with iranians, that isn't something that shouldn't wait i expect you will see a biden administration react in somewhere like that. president trump withdrew from the deal in 2018. do you think mr biden will re—sign? 2018. do you think mr biden will re-sign? he has made it clear he would like to go back into it but he has said there has to be compliance with compliance. the iranians are not in compliance right now. american compliance means relaxing all of the sanctions, basically giving sanctions relief to the iranians, and i

don't think that that will happen before the iranians are in compliance was of it might ta ke in compliance was of it might take 4— six months to reverse what they have done so that suggest you may not have an immediate negotiation on the issue of the jcpoa. you immediate negotiation on the issue of thejcpoa. you could have diplomacy resuming it could lead to a limited or interim step. a much more strategic conversation with the iranians on the nuclear issue and other issues as well. of course the middle east has changed since that accord was signed in 2015 was up there has been a troubled row could alliance between israel and other arab states was up do you think president biden will want that anti— iran alliance to continue? i absolutely expect that the biden administration will try to build upon increasing error of normalisation with israel was

to not because it is necessarily a countermove against iran but because the administration sees it as a way to do more to stabilise the area andi to do more to stabilise the area and i think they also see it as area and i think they also see itasa area and i think they also see it as a way to actually try to break the stalemate between israelis and palestinians. arab states that are reaching out to israel can also be asking the israelis to take certain steps towards the palestinians and debrided —— a ride in administration could broker those steps was not that is good for the broader issue of peace between the arabs and israelis and i suspect that will be something that is a real interest to the biden administration was not it doesn't have to be at odds with what they want to do with iran but there is a concern about iran's behaviour in the region. there is a concern about iran having 12 times the amount of materials that they had at the time the jpc weight materials that they had at the time thejpc weight was implemented so there are real differences with the iranians, ——jcpoa. can differences with the iranians, —— jcpoa. can you create an environment where those differences can be gust and potentially ameliorated ? differences can be gust and potentially ameliorated? thank you so much.

the ethiopian prime minister says government troops are in control of the capital of the tigray region, mekelle, after a three—week campaign against the local leadership. there's been no independent confirmation — tigray‘s leader has indicated his forces would fight on. the development follows heavy bombardment of the tigray capital. this was the announcement by the ethiopian army's chief of staff. translation: we planned to take control of mekelle without any damage. and this afternoon, we control mekelle fully. cameron hudson is a senior fellow with the atlantic council's africa centre. he was africa director of the national security council in the bush administration and hejoins me now from washington. is that right, what they said? it is what they are saying and

we have no reason or ability to push back on that assessment because mekelle has been under an internet and communications back out since the offensive began just back out since the offensive beganjust more back out since the offensive began just more than three weeks ago. we have no independent way to verify anything that the government or the tpl f on the ground in to grey are saying. —— to grey. that has been through the course of this. what might they pursue if the ethiopian government has made into mekelle? they only moved on mekelle? they only moved on mekelle this morning. the fact that they are declaring total victory in the evening suggested that there was no fight put up by the tigrayan leadership. leaders associated left m e kelle leadership. leaders associated left mekelle days before this supposedly sees was going to happen and went into the mountainous regions across the country so what we can expect right now, given the lack of a

fight thus far for the capital, is more of a rural insurgency. it is also worth recalling that it is not just it is also worth recalling that it is notjust the ethiopian defence forces that are fighting this fight, the eritrea national army has come in on the side of prime minister abe as well as statewide malicious moving into the t grey region. you have things fighting at once. the best solution for them is to move into an insurgency type campaign —— tigray region. move into an insurgency type campaign -- tigray region. who does abiy ahmed listen to internationally? there has been a lot of outreach from the sudanese, the chairman of the regional peacekeeping body. he has rejected those and —— and treaties will stop the head of the african union, cyril ramaphosa, the south african

president, send a delegation of three former heads of state to meet with the minister abiy ahmed yesterday. he rejected the calls for political dialogue. they have been a number of other world leaders, the pope issued a statement today. we know that secretary mike pompeo has been trying to reach the minister abiy ahmed. he really seems to have cut himself off from western and even african efforts. it is ha rd to even african efforts. it is hard to know who he is listening to right now. he seems to be pushing fullbore for total victory in tigray right now. let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of people have again demonstrated across poland, in opposition to a near—total ban on abortion in the country. poland already has one of the strictest abortion laws in europe. but they were made tougher last month, when abortions on grounds of severe and irreversible foetal defects were ruled unconstitutional. more than 150 people have been

arrested at an anti—lockdown demonstration in london. many protesters were not wearing face masks — and refused police requests to go home. protests are currently not permitted under lockdown rules in england. the european union's chief negotiator michel barnier has held another round of post—brexit talks in london, with time running out to complete a trade deal before britain's transitional alignment with the eu ends. significant differences still have to be resolved — overfishing, competition regulations and governance. the uk and france have agreed to double the number of officers patrolling french beaches, in a bid to stop migrants crossing to england. the british home secretary, priti patel, and her french counterpart, gerald darmanin, said they wanted to make the route across the english channel unviable. the uk government has been under pressure to close off the route after 8,000 people used it this year. simonjones reports. destination dover. despite commitments by both britain

and france to stop these dangerous crossings, the attempts have continued. now, britain will give france £28 million, some to france to stop these dangerous crossings, the attempts have continued. now, britain will give france £28 million, some to pay for extra french officers to patrol the beaches, and their equipment. the home office won't say how many patrols there will be but it is being described as a major uplift. people are putting their lives at risk and sadly we have seen fatalities this year in the channel and we have to stop that. here at the home office this new agreement is being described as significant but there have been a number of deals over the past couple of years with britain and france pledging on each occasion to work more closely than ever before but the number of people arriving has continued to go up. so far this month around 700 migrants have reached the uk in small boats, which brings the total for this year to more than 8000 people, more than four times the figure for last year, but officials say that a greater proportion are now being thwarted. groups supporting refugees say the uk needs to provide a safe and legal way for asylum claims to be made from abroad. we must learn that

shutting the door in people's faces doesn't make this issue go away. and it's about time the home secretary took a fresh approach to this situation which accepted that you are not going to stop people from making this crossing. and the un refugee agency says in the context of european migration, the numbers reaching the uk are manageable. simon jones, bbc news. you're watching bbc news, the headlines: clashes between police and protesters in paris — during demonstrations against a proposed security law. turkey condemns the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist and calls for his killers to be held accountable. once the national lockdown here in england comes to an end on december the 2nd, the country will be put into tiers. which tier you're in depends on the total number of cases, the number of cases in people over 60 and pressure on local healthcare services. some ministers are unhappy with the way the tiers

have been allocated. with more, here's our political correspondent, iain watson. cambridge has one of the lowest infection rates in the country, but from next week it will be in tier two, but from next week it will be in tiertwo, and but from next week it will be in tier two, and a tier one, because the same restrictions are imposed across the whole of devon. it is a similar story in other counties, were some areas with a lower level of the virus can still face tough rules. the government's advisor say a countywide original approach is more effective than more local restrictions. but you can't keep politics out of a pandemic, and there is pressure from some of the government's own mps for a rethink. the big question we have to ask ourselves, we had tier version one a couple of months ago, we have just lived through lockdown version two, and yet we now have lastly more people being moved up a phase despite being moved up a phase despite being told this is the last push, this is the new panacea. in the times today, the cabinet

office minister michael gove warned wavering mps not to rebel on tuesday when parliament votes on the restrictions. he said the tougher tears were grimly, inevitably necessary, and without tougher action the nhs would be broken. fears that the nhs could be overwhelmed might restrict the size of the conservative rebellion next week. but hope can also be a powerful weapon. so ministers have been hinting that some areas might get an early christmas present, and move out of tier three when the restrictions are reviewed in mid—december. but this isn't guaranteed, because i'm told that government scientists are extremely sceptical about whether this could or should happen. and the government is keen to show mps it is getting on top of the virus. today the business minister was transformed into minister for vaccines, focusing on ruling out the inner —— rolling out the inoculations once they are approved. i don't want to make any promises at this stage. i've got to make sure the whole system is working properly, and thatis system is working properly, and that is what your viewers want,

what the nation would expect, from any minister, to expect that everything is in place, that everything is in place, that the vaccine safety procedures have been through, but we make sure that has all been done correctly, and then we can begin deployment. mass testing, seen as a means of exiting tier three, is being extended to redcar and clevela nd extended to redcar and cleveland and teesside. if all of this does not bring the rebellion done on tuesday, the government might need labour votes, but these will come at a price. there is no extra support for businesses and tier three and the hospitality industry has been hard—hit at christmas. so we've got real concerns there. but also, we wa nt to concerns there. but also, we want to know how different parts of the country can come out of their tears. boris johnson says he wants to squeeze the disease, but first he will have to squeeze the rebellion in his own ranks. today marks another record high for the number of covid hospitalizations in the us. according to the covid tracking project there are now more than 91,000 people in hospital

and that number has been rising almost every day since late october. the current surge of the outbreak is showing no sign of slowing down and on friday the number of people infected by the virus surpassed thirteen million. the archbishop of washington dc has been made the first african—american cardinal in the catholic church. wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican. the archbishop is known for being outspoken on many issues, including sex abuse scandals. la times journalist tracy wilkinson was the paper's rome correspondent for six years. she says wilton gregory has been described as being diplomatic, but has also taken some courageous stands in the past. he's often described as being sort of middle—of—the—road, very diplomatic, but in fact, as you mentioned, he's taken some very strong, even courageous stands in the past over the years, including as you also mentioned, the sexual abuse scandal long before anybody else, he was talking about zero tolerance, meaning if a priest abuses, he must be punished or removed from the priesthood, even criminally prosecuted,

which back then, as you recall in the ‘90s, the vatican still preferred to handle these matters internally by transferring priests, counselling them and not necessarily defrocking them. so gregory was really ahead of the curve in that, and his very first assignment as bishop in the 90s was in rural illinois diocese that had terrible sexual abuse problems by priests. several priests were eventually forced to resign or were fired. so he earned a strong reputation then and carried that into the 2000s when he was president of the us catholic bishops conference you know, the ruling body of the bishops. and again, pushed forward programmes to actually punish these priests.

it should be noted that also earned him quite a few enemies within the church because as i said, the vatican still was not there yet in terms of such open airing of the problems. and some say it even sidelined his career for a while, or at least stalled his rise within the church. today's ceremony to appoint the new cardinals made history voters in switzerland will decide later on whether or not to make businesses financially and legally liable for human rights violations or environmental damage. if the swiss vote in favour in the referendum, it could impose some of the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules and would affect the country's supply chains everywhere. recent polls indicate a slim majority supports the initiative to amend the swiss constitution, which was launched by an alliance of 130 non—governmental organisations. boxing, and two of the legends of the ring — mike tyson and royjones junior — take part in an exhibition bout

in a couple of hours in los angeles. it's over 15 years since ‘iron mike' last fought competitively. the former world heavyweight champion is now 5a years old. indeed, he and his opponent have a combined age of over 100 years. royjones is a former four weight world champion and was once the best pound—for—pound fighter in the world. a young woman has become the first transgender footballer to be allowed to play professionally in argentina's top division. mara gomez has signed a contract with the women's team villa san carlos, and is expected to make her debut next week. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. mara gomez says football saved her life. for years, she has been playing in local leagues in bonn are as. but now she is going professional. —— buenos aires. in social media she posted a picture of herself signing a contract with her new club, the first trans player to

reach this level in argentina. ina reach this level in argentina. in a statement she said: the role of trans women in sport is controversial, with critics accusing them of having on fair biological advantages. but the authorities say that mara's but the authorities say that ma ra's testosterone but the authorities say that mara's testosterone levels are low, and her coach insists other players in the team are physically stronger than she is. argentina has been a pioneer in trans rights. legislation in 2012 gave people the right to self identify. mara hopes she will serve as an inspiration to other transgender people, and who knows? score a few goals while she's at it. tim allman, bbc news. a new maradona. stay with us over news. a new maradona. stay with us over the next few hours, if you can. we've got plenty more, including coverage of the jones— tyson fight, and we will be looking in depth at the

conflict in ethiopia. more on our website. to stay with us. hello there. sunday looks like being a dull and gloomy sort of day for many places. there was some sunshine on saturday. in kent and here in sussex, the temperature reached 1a degrees. with some sunshine in scotland, a lot colder here, though, only 3—4 in central areas after a frosty start. and sunday sees a frost in many parts of scotland to start the day, particularly in the north east, could be down to —5. it'll be milder to start sunday for northern ireland, england and wales because we're underneath this blanket of low cloud, so misty, murky weather for most of the day. it could brighten up a little bit across western parts of wales, perhaps into northumberland. it won't be as wet in northern england.

more cloud comes into western scotland, but there'll still be some sunny spells for eastern scotland. and temperatures in a range 7—11 degrees, with the higher temperatures more likely across western parts of the uk. some changes, though, as we head into the evening and overnight because the breeze picks up towards the north west, the cloud thickens and we start to push in some rain as well. now, that means it's going to be a much milder night across scotland, and as we head into monday morning, it should be frost—free. but we start with a lot of cloud. however, the weather will change a little bit because all that mistiness will get pushed away as these weather fronts push their way southwards with a little bit more of a breeze as well. most of the rain will be affecting scotland, northern ireland, pushing into the high ground in north—west england and wales. there won't be much rain heading its way southwards into southern england in the afternoon. and through the afternoon, we could actually get some sunshine as the rain clears from scotland. here, it'll turn a little bit cooler. otherwise quite mild with that patchy rain, temperatures 10—11 degrees. now, that weather front pushes southwards out of the way, but willjust hang around a bit into the western side of the uk by tuesday morning. but in between those weather fronts, we've got a northerly breeze. that's bringing in some clearer skies overnight,

dropping the temperatures in eastern scotland and north—east england, so a frosty start here. and it will be a cold day for these parts as well because the cloud then starts to topple in again across scotland, and we'll see the crowd increasing in wales, western parts of england. sunshine for most of the day, though, i think, for the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. temperatures 8—9 degrees. out towards the west where there's more cloud, maybe making ten in northern ireland. but it does turn chilly everywhere later on in the week. not only that, the winds will pick up and it turns much more unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines: french riot police have clashed with protesters in paris after a day of demonstrations across the country. protestors are angry at a new law, restricting the right to publish images of police.

it comes after a video emerged of three officers apparently beating a black music producer in his studio. turkey has condemned the assassination of iran's top nuclear scientist. iranian president rouhani has blamed israel for the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh. and he says the country's nuclear programme will continue. israel has previously accused mr fakhrizadeh of masterminding a covert nuclear weapons programme. the archbishop of washington dc has been made the first african—american cardinal in the catholic church. wilton gregory was confirmed by the pope at a ceremony in the vatican. the archbishop is known for his outspokenness on a range of issues, including sex abuse scandals. charities and nhs services who help problem gamblers say this year has been one of their busiest. more than a quarter of a million people in the uk are thought to be addicted to gambling — with the number of women increasing at double the rate of men. next month, the government is due to launch a review of industry regulations.