this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. donald trump claims the fbi and the department ofjustice are working against him and again repeats unsubstantiated claims the election was "rigged". the united nations says civilians have been killed in an attack by suspected islamist militants in nigeria. diego maradona's doctor is investigated for possible negligence after the footballer‘s family question his medical care. imperial death march from star wars plays. the man who became darth vader, the actor david prowse, has died at the age of 85. and lucky to be alive: a miraculous escape at the bahrain grand prix — romain grosjean's car hits a crash barrier and bursts into flames.

i would like to say i am 0k. but sort of 0k. thank you very much for all of the messages. hello and welcome. president trump has lashed out at both the fbi and us department ofjustice, saying they were working against him in his efforts to overturn the result of the election. in his first interview since his defeat, donald trump repeated unsubstantiated claims the election was, in his, words, "rigged". this is total fraud and how the fbi and department ofjustice — i don't know, maybe they're involved — but how people are allowed to get away with this stuff is unbelievable. this election was rigged! this election was a totalfraud!

my mind will not change in six months. there was tremendous cheating here. boxes were brought in. the mail—in vote is a disaster! i'm joined by our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, listening to that, the president's allegations part of a thought out legal and political strategy or perhaps something more scattershot?” think the latter. it seems to be little thought out in many respects, especially if you look at the many court cases around the country, some of which has been withdrawn by the president's legal team, others have been rejected by the courts. and byjudges who have pointed out quite simply the lack of evidence. so now, for the president to be pointing the president to be pointing the finger at the fbi and his own government officials, might seem to be a case of desperation, as far as some observers of this are

concerned. what is interesting, when he talks about not changing his mind in six months' time. but is perhaps the clearest indication we have had yet that the president, president trump, will never concede this election and will never actually acknowledge that joe biden has one. never actually acknowledge that joe biden has one. as far as we can tell, to build believe his claims, any people? —— do people. i think some of those supporters of president trump, those supporters that were with him through thick and thin during the four years that he was in office and perhaps many of those people who attended his rallies believe that there is some truth in what he is saying then, if you look at the bigger picture across the country — and especially listen to senior republicans going on television almost every day now, suggesting that really it is overfor now, suggesting that really it is over for the now, suggesting that really it is overfor the president now, suggesting that really it is over for the president now and it is time for him to acknowledge the reality of what has happened. it seems that increasingly, and we have a further glimpse into the

president's mindset here that he is absolutely and in no mood to do that. he has this dogged determination to continue making these unsubstantiated claims that keep getting rejected by the courts. he talked of a bigger picture, the pandemic of course remains a real threat. does that as far as we can tell take up any of the president's time or is he mainly preoccupied with reliving the election? he seems to be almost totally preoccupied by reliving the election, recalculating the vote count, as far as he sees it, he is only ever really, it seems, engaged and we don't know what is happening behind the scenes but it seems at least publicly he only seems to be engaged with the coronavirus when he is specifically asked about it. it is good to be said very few media opportunities have been since the election. it seems donald trump has one focus which of course is a very different focus to the one we are seeing from joe biden, who has frequently discussed the coronavirus, the soaring

numbers we have seen around the country and of course, it is crucial to joe country and of course, it is crucial tojoe biden, country and of course, it is crucial to joe biden, he country and of course, it is crucial tojoe biden, he will be getting those briefings, the security briefings are from later on today. and other information associated with the fight against the coronavirus as he prepares in the middle of january to take office. and he has put his communications team in place? yeah, he has put an all—female communications team in place. we had that announced during sunday. later in the week he will announce his economic team, have is arguably one of the most important areas of concern for the president—elect with the us economy, of course, in the doldrums because of coronavirus and the doldrums may be putting it mildly! there is a major uphilljob therefore the president—elect to deal with when he is in a position to do something about the economy. janet yellen of course is the vetera n janet yellen of course is the veteran economist, widely reported to be his choice for treasury secretary, and a slew of other names, not household

names around the world, but some significantly key figures from the obama administration. peter bowes, thank you so much. the united nation's humanitarian coordinator says a deadly attack on farmers in nigeria by suspected islamist militants on saturday was the most violent assault on civilians this year. many of the victims, possibly more than 100, were attacked while tending to crops and some are said to have been tied up before being knifed to death. the attack happened near the city of maiduguri, in the north eastern state of borno. two separate groups, boko haram and islamic state, are active in the area. the governor of borno state is now asking for more young people to be recruited as vigilantes to help fight the insurgency there. tens of thousands of people have been killed in the area in recent years. eyewitnesses have been describing what they saw after the latest attacks. translation: there were six of us in the bush yesterday. we headed back into the village. we were shocked as we reached them. we found their corpses.

and that was where the main killings took place. we changed our route and went through a nearby village. we met so many people fleeing without knowing where they were going to. some were even unconscious. a huge quantity of harvested rice was set on fire. translation: boko haram killed many of our people. 32 people were slaughtered. we need assistance, we need some weapons and armed men, because we have youths who can volunteer to guard our farmers while working. please, please, for god's sake. professor brandon kendhammer is associate professor of political science at ohio university. he's written a book on boko haram. he's in athens, ohio. professor, who exactly was behind this attack? so we can't behind this attack? so we can't be entirely certain just yet which of the two main factions that are generally called boko haram are responsible, i understand it is in a place in an area where the other group has been active and it fits that we will not know until someone takes credit for it.

why would they target farmworkers in particular? this is the second attack on farmworkers that we know of in the last month or so. in particular, they are getting so close to my direct which is the largest city, it suggests they see a vulnerability here which is workers in areas that are not well defended by the nigerian military who have tried to cluster everyone in the rural areas in and around the rural areas in and around the super counts —— maiduguri. and the area that the attack took place is not, is not especially close to any of these camps from what i can tell. parts of the middle east, islamist group have recently faced setbacks but not as far as we can tell in this particular area of nigeria. why not —— why might that be? particular area of nigeria. why not -- why might that be? a lot of it has to do not with a larger global trends and dynamics but really with the nigerian military‘s strategies and tactics against the group. there has been a real uptick in instability and security in nigeria in the last year or so and this is nowjust one of many problems that the nigerian government faces. with violence

between farmers and herders, with banditry on the roads, particularly in northern nigeria and disruptions to agriculture and so it does seem like this is just sort of another one of the setbacks of the nigerian military has faced in trying to come up with a workable strategy. can they call on international support if this is a struggle against islamist groups? well, it is a complicated question. on the humanitarian side, the un suggests that the need this yearin suggests that the need this year in 2020 is about $1.5 billion in the region. in nigeria and cameroon. and if this series anything my previous, bernede will not be met by the international community. on the military from the united states other countries has been involved in training, in providing military equipment in the region now for a very long time. and it is not really decisively turning the tide. the biden administration, the incoming administration, will have a series of tough choices to make about whether 01’ choices to make about whether or not they continue with the strategies of the trump administration which cleared

some arms sales that have been held up by the obama administration or whether they are going to focus, as the obama administration did often come on human rights abuses by local forces, on trying to assess whether or not these trainings naturally make a difference in the regions is terrorism actually grows and expands over the last year. brandon kendhammer. let's get some of the day's other news. trade negotiations between the uk and the european union are continuing after talks stretched over the weekend. there's only a month to go until the end of the transition period. the british government says a deal could soon be concluded, although substantial differences remain over eu fishing rights in uk waters. human rights activists in belarus say more than 300 opposition supporters have been detained by the security forces this weekend. it's the 16th straight weekend of protests against president alexander lu kashenko. tens of thousands of people across the country took part with as many as 60 separate demonstrations in the capital minsk.

aid workers have urged the ethiopian government to allow humanitarian supplies into the tigray region after the authorities asserted that more than three weeks of fighting was over. the international committee of the red cross has warned that a major hospital in the main city, mekelle, is dangerously low on basics, including antibiotics, painkillers and even food. communications have been largely cut, so there are still no details of the numbers killed or injured. police in argentina are investigating the doctor who treated diego maradona after the footballer‘s daughters raised concerns about his medical care. maradona died in buenos aires last week, days after being discharged from hospital. simonjones reports. police raid the clinic of maradona's doctor as the footballer‘s family raise questions about his death. maradona's passing prompted an outpouring of emotion. he died four days ago after suffering a heart attack. he had recently had surgery

to remove a clot from his brain and returned home. but his daughters are asking what treatment he was receiving there, what medication he was on, and how often his doctor leopoldo luque went to see him. he faced the cameras, saying he had done all he could to save the life of his friend. translation: i think about it all a lot. i wish he were still here. do i have regrets? i don't know, because he wanted a lifestyle that was bad for him. i tried to accompany him to everything. i even took him out to play football. a tempestuous talent, maradona's skills never greater —— a tempestuous talent, maradona led a difficult life, struggling on and off with drug addiction. and as the police investigation into his death continues, so do the troubles for his family. simon jones, bbc news. the world health organization has warned that progress in the fight against malaria appears to have stalled.

in its annual report on the disease, the agency says the number of cases and deaths has remained largely unchanged in the past two years, in contrast to the dramatic falls seen since the turn of the century. it's feared that a shortage of funds for anti—malaria programmes will be worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the mystery of the metal monolith discovered last week in a us desert. it's vanished as unexpectedly as it arrived. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles.

at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump claims the fbi and the department ofjustice — are working against him — and again repeats unsubstantiated claims the election was "rigged." let's get more on our top story

and president trump's first interview since the election. i'm joined by professor joel goldstein, an expert in the role of the presidency and constitutional law at saint louis university. professor, thank you for joining us. are there any grounds to the claims or, as it's been described, election to nihilism? the president has been making these claims repeatedly. he's had about 30 opportunities to root represent them in court and in virtually every case, they've been rejected, including byjudges who were appointed by president trump or other republican presidents, judges who have long records in the republican party, they been rejected by republican officials who are charged with administering the elections. so far, while there has been a lot of hot air from the president, there has been no evidence to support his allegations. one writer says the president trump is set, the claims he has made, will linger. you agree? i think that

he certainly is making it more difficult for president—elect biden to come in, where president—elect biden has a much indicated he wants to do. i think these charges have resonance with his supporters, although they've been rejected by republicans have been charged with running the elections in georgia and other places where they been made. democracy, it said, depends on the consent of the losers but as far as the consent of the losers but as farasi the consent of the losers but as far as i can tell, there is no call for a losing president to concede. the constitution itself says that biden's term begins on the 20th of january, regardless of what he does. can't trump, who is the loser, simply be bypassed? yes. i mean, president trump's term

will end on january 20. president—elect biden will take office and will be inaugurated. there is no question about that. our tradition has been presidents have been defeated of magnanimously recognised the results of the election and have wished their success as well. when george hw bush lost in 1992 to bill clinton, he wrote him a note and said, when you get this note, you will be our president and you will have my good wishes. that's been our tradition. when president trump was elected, president obama welcomed him to the oval office. notwithstanding the fa ct office. notwithstanding the fact that president trump had, for years, alleged that president obama wasn't a legitimate president, that he wasn't truly an american citizen. our tradition has been

to a cce pt citizen. our tradition has been to accept the results of an election. that hasn't been president trump's tradition. in 2016, when he lost in the iowa caucus, he claimed it was due to fraud. he claimed the fact that secretary of state quinton got 3 million votes more than he did was a function of fraud. he created a commission to investigate it and quickly disbanded because it could find no fraud to his tradition has been different from what has been different from what has been our american tradition. formula one driver romain grosjean has walked away almost unscathed after a horror crash at the bahrain grand prix. the incident happened on the first lap of the race, where the haas driver lost control of his car and smashed in to the barrier. the car split in half, and the front part burst into flames. but grosjean suffered only minor burns to his hands and feet. here'sjoe wilson.

the bahrain grand prix begins. 20 cars race, each with a halo, a titanium bar protecting the cockpit, protecting romain grosjean. and a big fire there! fla mes insta ntly surrounded the driver. that should not happen. it will be part of the investigation. but with medics attending, grosjean, hands burning on the metal, was able to force his own way out, an escape which seemed miraculous. grosjean was able later in hospital to reflect how the car's improvements had saved his life. just wanted to say i am 0k... well, sort of 0k. thank you very much for all the messages. i mean, i wasn't for the halo some years ago, but i think it's the greatest thing that we've brought to formula 1. and without it, i wouldn't be able to speak to you today. at the circuit, the teams watched the replays. lewis hamilton tweeted that the crash was a reminder of the risk, the extreme

danger that's still there. as soon as the grand prix resumed, another collision, a car upturned. lance stroll was the driver pulled out unharmed. a safety car finally led the racers home after another incident. lewis hamilton won, but 20 drivers came to bahrain, 20 lived to drive again. joe wilson, bbc news. a british woman who's spent six years on a campervan tour he was the man behind the mask — playing darth vader in the original star wars films and co—stars and fans have been remembering the actor david prowse, who's died at the age of 85. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his journey from bristol — to one of hollywood's most successful franchises. at 66", with a towering figure, dave prowse was physically perfect for the part of darth vader in the original star wars trilogy in the 1970s and 1980s. looks like you two need a lesson in crossing the road. at the same time, he was also the face of road safety, presenting videos and visiting hundreds of schools

as the green cross code man. we won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the green cross code. when i became darth vader, or at least when the star wars film came out, i almost got the sack from the government, because they thought that my image as darth vader would have a detrimental effect on my image as the green cross code man. a champion body—builder, he eventually tried acting. as darth vader, he had the bulk, he had the build, but he also had a bristol accent. bristol accent: you are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. take her away. went when the first film came out, he found his voice had been replaced by the now familiar booming tones ofjames ljones.

mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, led the tributes, calling him much more than darth vader, describing him as "actor, husband, father, "member of the order of the british empire "weightlifting champion, safety icon, "a man who loved his fans as much as they loved him." he may never have been the voice behind the villain, but the man behind the mask of darth vader is how he'll always be remembered. for so many, he played the most iconic cinema villain ever seen. david prowse, darth vader, who was 85. a mysterious metal object which was only discovered in the utah desert last week, has now vanished. the discovery of the 12ft high object sparked a national guessing game as to what it was and how it got there. well, we may never know the answer as utah officials say the structure is no longer there. well to see if we can unravel some of the mystery i'm joined by kelsea dockham who travelled this weekend all the way to the utah desert from her home in phoenix, arizona.

did you see it? no. it was gone before you got there? just before you got there? just before i got there, it was gone. tell me about why you wa nted gone. tell me about why you wanted to go drive and see it? because it's a mystery. it was an amazing piece of art in the middle of nowhere and i wanted to fulfil my sense of adventure. how long did it take you to get there? about eight or nine hours from phoenix. wide when you got there, you are looking forward to seeing this 12 foot high object. tell me about when you started walking towards the location? there were several people walking out of the wash that leads to the location and just before we were there, somebody had mentioned, oh, by the way, it's not there anymore and we we re it's not there anymore and we were heartbroken. we were like,

"no! and he went there and it was just "no! and he went there and it wasjust an "no! and he went there and it was just an empty piece of desert in that little valley? i can't imagine that was much of a thrill. no, but it was still cool to see the small piece that was left in to see the actual location and just the beauty of everything around it. ididn't beauty of everything around it. i didn't know there was a small piece left. at least you got to see something. what is it about this object? i've been fascinated by it for days. it looks sort of shiny and quite mysterious. is that what drew you to it? a little bit. we just wanted to see for ourselves, see what it was made of, what was the purpose of the person putting it there? who do you think made it? i think an artist, a mysterious artist put it in the middle of the desert for people to find. an artist

presumably with a pretty big truck. and some very loyal friends who haven't said anything about it. do you think it was the artist who took it? honestly, i don't think it was the artist. i wish i could say it was, but i do think it was some salty locals or some vandals perhaps. kelsey, if it turned up in a museum, would you go and see it? absolutely, ina you go and see it? absolutely, in a heartbeat. i think i would as well. thank you forjoining us, kelsey, and i hope the journey was worth it. donald trump has attacked the fbi and the us department of justice, accusing them of working against him in his effo rts working against him in his efforts to overturn the result of the presidential election. speaking in his first presidential interview since joe biden was declared the winner of the election which happened more than three weeks ago. more on our website

including speculation about that monolith in the utah desert. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello there. there was some sunshine around on sunday across south wales, south—west england. some areas saw temperatures of 15 degrees. for many, though, it was another one those dull and gloomy sort of days. but the weather is changing and that's happening now. these weather fronts coming down from the north—west bringing patchy rain southwards on monday, the breeze picking up and blowing away that area of high pressure that's brought all the gloom during recent days. so, a frost—free start, but still quite gloomy in the south. the mist and fog are lifting as that patchy rain heads its way southwards. the rain affecting the hills in the west, little rain or no rain across southern parts of england. and in the afternoon, we get some sunshine after the rain in scotland and one or two showers.

here, those temperatures start to drop away, mind you, but elsewhere, we stay in the mild air. temperatures 9, 10 or 11 degrees. that patchy rain continues to work its way southwards during monday evening, clearing away for most areas, but still a hangback of cloud out towards the west. but with clearer skies across central and eastern parts of the uk, we're going to find a frost across eastern scotland and the north—east of england. that colder air has come down in a northerly breeze, behind the weather front bringing the patchy rain. but out to the west, the air is very different. this is much milder air, and it comes with a lot of cloud. and that milder cloudy air will topple its way steadily in from the atlantic into the uk and it will bring a little light rain or drizzle. but through the midlands, across lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, we're going to hang onto the sunshine — some welcome sunshine. not a bad day here, temperatures of 8 or 9 degrees. quite a cold day across eastern scotland and the north—east england. further west, temperatures may make double figures. it's a fairly quiet day

on tuesday, but there's another weather front heading our way on wednesday. this one again won't bring very much rain at all. it's more a broad area of cloud that's moving down across england and wales. and then behind that, towards the north—west, we get some sunshine, the wind picks up and we get some showers. gales in the north—west of scotland, and over the highlands, there may be some sleet or snow as it turns colder. 5 degrees here. further south and east, highs of 8 or 9. the weather is set to change later on in the week. low pressure is returning, stronger winds, some rain at times. not only that, but it will be feeling a lot cooler.

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the headlines: donald trump has attacked the fbi and the us department ofjustice, accusing them of working against him in his efforts to overturn the result of the presidential election. he was speaking in his first interview since joe biden was declared the winner more than three weeks ago. the united nations says a deadly attack on farmers in the borno state of nigeria was the most violent assault on civilians this year. the humanitarian agency estimates at least 110 civilians were killed by suspected islamist militants. many of the victims were tending to crops when it happened. prosecutors in buenos aires say they are investigating diego maradona's doctor about allegations of involuntary manslaughter, four days after the footballer‘s death from a heart attack. maradona's daughters have questioned the medical care their father received. his physician, dr leopoldo luque, insists he did everything he could. a fresh inquest opens

later today into the death