this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk record to its highest daily death since the pandemic began. more than 1300 deaths reported today. and a major incident has been declared in london as hospitals across the uk struggled to cope. the maternal vaccine is approved for use in the uk. it's a third vaccine to get the green light and 17 million doses are 110w green light and 17 million doses are now on order. president trump says he won't attend the inauguration of his successorjoe biden just hours after he'd promised a smooth and orderly transition. a police officer is the fifth person to die for wednesday's riots on capitol hill. a murder investigation into his death has been open. and new figures

suggest 2020 alongside 2016 where the hottest years on record. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the uk has recorded the highest number of daily covid—related deaths since the start of this pandemic. 1,325 more people have lost their lives. to add to that grim figure — a record number of new cases — more than 68 thousand positive tests recorded in the past 2a hours. it recorded in the past 2a hours. comes as the mayor declared it comes as the mayor of london declared a major incident in the capital. where he says the spread of covid is out his control. our health editor hugh pam. two brothers

enjoying a swim on holiday exactly a year later one of them died of covid—19. year later one of them died of (avid-19. he's a big chat there's no denying covid-19. he's a big chat there's no denying that. but he could swim all day long. was running on christmas day. james remembers his brother who was 36. they both tested positive and or isolating. but david's condition worsened overnight and he didn't survive. we were going to sit there and rough it out. well it didn't work for us. and my advice would be not to scare among a people andi would be not to scare among a people and i don't want to be dramatic but i think people, if you are in that situation you are started home and you're starting to really struggle for breath, reading round 11.. postmortem will try to establish whether the other factors in david's death. it more lives are lost in case numbers increase lenders mayor has declared a major incident. this involves stepping up coordinated effo rts involves stepping up coordinated efforts of emergency services in a

call for financial support from the government. the pressure on hospitals means delays for ambulances handing over patients with waiting times are up 36% in the southeast in december. according to bbc news. covid patient numbers are rising in most parts of the country. extra staff are being draughted into intensive care units including dental specialists. i didn't really think about how hard it would be. inpatient roles to end—of—life. think about how hard it would be. inpatient roles to end-of-life. it's somebody‘s loved ones. the latest survey of community infection by the office for national statistics suggest that last week in northern island one and 200 people had the virus. with case rates no longer decreasing. in scotland it was one and 115 with case numbers on the increase. and wales one in 70 though case rates were coming down. in england, one and 50 had the virus with case numbers on the increase.

the worst affected area was london with one and 30. the latest r numbering age one to one point far was higher than the previous estimate. anything above one suggest the virus is accelerating. as some in priority group skewed today to get theirjobs it was confirmed that a third vaccine has been approved by uk regulators. it's made by us company modernity. and the government has ordered 17 million doses. though they are unlikely to be available before the spring. right now senior health officials are focused on the spread of the virus. they are worried there are more people out and about than during the first lockdown. and they think there could be more than 100,000 new infections per day. including those who haven't been tested. we can now speak to chris hobson who is the chief of nhs providers the membership adviser for the national health service mental health community and ambulance service that are treating patients in england. thank you very much for

joining on bbc news. i wanted to get your reaction to the record figures that we just read out. and the high death rate just recorded today. they are very alarming. these numbers are going up and going up rapidly. all around you're seeing infection rates go up. using the number of people dying going out. the number of people in hospital with covid going out. it just really people in hospital with covid going out. itjust really reinforces how serious this is. if i had one message for your viewers certainly in the united kingdom, and i suspect to be frank more widely, is it really, really important to observe the rules on social contact. the only tool we have at the moment to restrict the spread of this virus until we get the vaccines and place is to reduce social contact. i would just search everybody, please follow the rules. that will reduce the number of people who die. it will reduce patient harm and it will give the nhs the best possible chance

that we really need to treat every single patient who needs help. the mayor of london has declared a major incident here in london for top great is the pressure on the nhs right now? i was talking to a trust chief executive yesterday who's basically been in the nhs for a0 mac yea rs basically been in the nhs for a0 mac years he is one of the leaders of one of our outstanding trust and he said chris, i've never seen pressure like this in my entire a0 year career. there is a real sense that is reflected in the fact that the mayor has called a critical incident is the nhs is under, the whole health care system is not a huge amount of pressure. wherever you look you can see that pressure. you can see it in terms of the number of staff absences. you could see it in the terms of the number of ambulance cues. the number of people having to wait longer to access care and emergency departments. wherever you like the nhs is under huge amounts of pressure. how did we get to the

situation? we are now seeing high numbers of deaths in hospitalisations. what's gone wrong given the fact that many predicted this was coming and we are now in the third wave of this pandemic? we have had experience at having what's going on before. i think that will be an inevitable public inquiry to try and determine what to go wrong. clearly the only two that we have at the moment to control this virus is to restrict social contact. what's been particularly worrying isjust the sheer scale of these increases. that's why keeping a home that message. if we want to control this virus and bring it under control, however difficult these restrictions might be, i completely understand that. it's really important that people observe the rules. obviously questions about inquiry will need to ask will be, did we go into the current lockdown quickly enough? did

we ensure that the lockdown was tough enough? what is your understanding of where we are at right now? at the next few weeks going to get much worse?|j right now? at the next few weeks going to get much worse? i think the best guess at the moment is effectively what we are saying is we think the peak is probably going to come ina think the peak is probably going to come in a couple of weeks' time. in london, the southeast in the east of england it looks like the increases in the infection rates are starting to slow down. but what's particularly concerning is if you look further in the southwest in the northwest, and the midlands then actually using very significant rates of infection. i think the particular worry in the northern half of the country is we've still got quite a few patients who are still in hospital as a result of the second circuit that happened in october, november. one of the things that's going on here is that thanks to the brilliant work of nhs staff, actually the number of people dying

from this infection in hospital is lower. because we worked out the best way of treating people. the downside is that effectively people are staying longer in hospital. forgive me we have to end it they are. thank you for being with eyes. let's turn our attention to what's in going going on in the united states of america. it's two days since the capitol building was stormed by mobs of trump supporters. the reverberations of those astonishing scenes like cross live to washington and joint my colleague laura. yes, it's a8 hours since those extraordinary scenes. i was there outside the capitol building watching in disbelief. and the follow continues as you say. in a letter published in house speaker nancy pelosi told her fellow democrats that the house of representatives will move to impeach president trump over his role in inciting a mob attack on the capital. that's if he doesn't resign

for us. the president shows no signs of quitting. back on twitter which is just read joint after a recent band mr trump said separately the us attorneys office here in washington, dc has opened a federal murder investigation into the death of police officer. he died after the storming of the us capitol on wednesday. jon sopel has been looking at the days events. the wards horse and stable door come to mind as contractors are brought into erect proper security around the capitol hill complex. so alarmingly and easily breached by the trump supporting mob on wednesday night. and the repercussions are still being felt. last night a chastened and tense president spoke words that had clearly been written for him.

and tense president spoke words that had clearly been written for himlj would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack. the change of tone and substance in just 25 hours is startling. whiplash inducing. as they say on school essays, compare and contrast. where going to walk down to the capital. we have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. but now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show throwing neck strength and you have to be strong. like all americans i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. the demonstrators who infiltrate infiltrated the capital have defiled the seat of american democracy. so the seat of american democracy. so the home, we love you, you're very special. to those who engage in the a cts special. to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country. we had

an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide election. a new administration will be inaugurated onjanuary administration will be inaugurated on january 20. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and sea mless ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. in the wake of the riots in the presidents and sent a he's faced multiple resignations and the threat of removal from office. that explains the astonishing from trump last night. he had no option. and there is this, just before he spoke it was confirmed that one of the capital policeman had died from injuries he received while trying to hold the rioters at bay. today it was ordered that flags should fly at half mast in his honor. but they are also flying at half mast for american democracy. that is our north america editor. let's get more

from our washington correspondent. as we saw that they are in john's report just last as we saw that they are in john's reportjust last night as we saw that they are in john's report just last night the as we saw that they are in john's reportjust last night the president was saying this is a moment that calls for healing and reconciliation. but then this morning he tweets that is not going to go to the inauguration ofjoe biden. so how do those two things square? well, i thinkjohn laid it out quite pile met powerfully in his report. comparing and contrasting donald trumps language prior to the insurrection, some people calling it here. and if you hours ago yesterday. i counted 1a hours between that tweet where he read out that statement. many people saying that statement. many people saying that was clearly written for him. and the latest tweet where he says that he's not going to the inauguration. i think the latest tweet is probably more in line with what we've come to expect from donald trump. in one could argue that he is really playing to that

base who he talks about in that tweet. when i was watching the original video but he said that we need to come together as a country, i actually was wondering how his supporters might feel having been told by him to go and make their feelings known in the capitaljust a couple of days ago. of course you we re couple of days ago. of course you were there. you were evacuated, you had to shelter in place in the capital. so you live through that moment. and reported the story for us. but if we turn now to the democrats, they want the president either to step down or to be forced out by the 25th amendment. neither of those things seem to be happening. are they really going to proceed with the impeachment of him? i don't know. we have had very strong words from nancy pelosi. but i was just listening tojoe strong words from nancy pelosi. but i wasjust listening tojoe biden who is speaking now. he was talking about how important it is that he has a cabinet ready to go as soon as possible. not just to has a cabinet ready to go as soon as possible. notjust to deal with things like law and order but also

we are in the middle of a pandemic. so to deal with that also. as you know, if they do move forward with the impeachment proceedingsjoe biden said cabinet can't not be confirmed. he has to wait until the impeachment process is finished up as you will be aware you live through this yourself, it can be a very long time. quite a number of weeks to go through that process. evenif weeks to go through that process. even if they do expedited, from what i understand they would cut the usual first step which would be the investigation. move straight to the houseboat on the articles were just needs to pass by simple majority. and then on to the senate hearings and the senate there would need to vote on whether donald trump would be guilty of the charges by a two thirds majority. notable also that they are unlikely to reach that two thirds majority. i've been speaking to people that live in dc, some democrats saying if they don't impeach then what message does that sound? impeach then what message does that sound ? you impeach then what message does that sound? you encourage an insurrection

and nothing happens. of course there we re and nothing happens. of course there were other people, i remember speaking to republicans prior to the election who said to me that actually the original impeachment that we saw this time last year, so much as happens in sand, galvanise support for donald john. it's a tricky balance. it is indeed. thank you so much forjoining. let's get some analysis from our senior north american reporter. this afternoon the president feels like a very lonely man here in washington. troves of his staff are quitting. he is left to members of the cabinet. is he determined to cling on for the next 12 days? according to reports he has no intention of resigning those out that he plans on staying in the white house until maybe not inauguration day but as close to it as possible. he's going to serve out the remainder of his term. it seems like the call for the 25th amendment

for using the cabinet to remove him from office, they have remained confined to democrats and a handful of republicans who are speaking publicly. it has not gotten the kind of momentum that i think would be necessary at this point to use that extraordinary step. increasingly in congress the democrats are talking about impeachment proceedings. for a record second time against a sitting president. what would an impeachment of president trump achieve when he has only 12 days left in office? only 12 days. the first thing the democrats would like to do i think is put on some sort of a marker, some sort of symbol that would donald trump did this week was beyond the pale. that he needed to beyond the pale. that he needed to be reprimanded formally through impeachment in order to put that mark on his historical record. but there's something else that i think democrats are considering here. that

is one of the possible penalties for impeachment and conviction. beyond removalfrom impeachment and conviction. beyond removal from office where this can happen in 12 days as a prohibition on running for public office, federal office in the future. so evenif federal office in the future. so even if this happened after donald trump left the white house, a successful impeachment conviction could conceivably, and there is legal debate of theirs but could conceivably be used to prevent donald trump for running for office, running for the presidency and 2020 for. i think that maybe a lot of democrats that would like to do that and honestly they may be some republicans that wouldn't mind seeing donald trump ushered out of the picture either because they don't like his style of politics or it may be they have their own presidential ambitions. well if we look ahead to the next presidentjoe biden he encountered something of a roadblock in the form of democratic senator today who doesn't want to give $2000 of stimulus checks to americans who are suffering at this

moment. joe biden is giving in economic speech right now. he's talking a little bit about that the economic package that was just passed by congress would be just a beginning, just a first step. and that he wants to see more money spent. $2000 checks to every american. butjoe mansion who is a moderate democratic senator from west virginia came out today and said that he was totally against check that large. i guess he is expressing some interest and fiscal conservatism at this point. of course there were republicans that also said they were in favour of larger checks. so there is a possibility that even without his supportjoe biden could find a way of getting enough votes in the senate to pass these larger checks. but just a senate to pass these larger checks. butjust a representative of senate to pass these larger checks. but just a representative of the challenge thatjoe biden is going to face. not only dealing with republicans but also hurting his very narrow democratic majority in both senate and house to enact any

kind of his legislative agenda once he takes the oath of office on the 20th. thank you. house speaker nancy pelosi said she spoke with the chairman of the joint pelosi said she spoke with the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff about and she put it, preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities are accessing the nuclear launch codes. joining me now to discuss their security implication of the week's advances shane harris. national correspondent for the washington post was on thanks so much forjoining us. this seems quite extraordinary does not that the speaker of the house had to the joint cheese of staff about the nations nuclear codes? absolutely extraordinary. i'm not aware of that ever occurring in our history certainly not under these kinds of circumstances where the speaker of the houses openly calling for the president to either resign or be removed legally from office. important to underscore hereto that the president generally enjoys a

unilateral authority when it comes to the launch of nuclear weapons. there is almost kinda whole process and mystique that surrounds them. i think what nancy pelosi is trying to convey here is that she believes that the president might be unstable. and she wants assurances from the military leadership that they would challenge that unilateral authority that he has. if he were to perhaps order in illegal nuclear strike or wand that was the preachers or launch without any justification. but it really underscores the attention, how high they are here in washington right now. in the struggle forming between the legislature and the executives over the remaining 12 days. as someone who covers national security, after that extraordinary breach of the capitaljust security, after that extraordinary breach of the capital just two security, after that extraordinary breach of the capitaljust two days ago, what is the key question that's being asked about how it happened? the really key question right now is why were they are not more capitol police officers they are and why did

they not have proper gear and equipment? and why weren't they are more physical barricades? we saw it earlier these images of the proper fencing that's out there now. this was not a surprise protest in dc. the protesters and including far right groups had advertised their presence and their intentions to march on the capital. in a flood of social media posts in the days before this event. the key question now is wide to the capital police not better prepare for that? i've been on the ground during protests what i saw on wednesday it was eight minimal police presence which is just astonishing giving the size of the crowd how it was advertised. and how would you describe the mood here in washington as everybody tries to absorb and process the implications of what happened just two days ago? front. were a little calmer now. i live about 20 blocks north of the capital. so on the street it feels things have calmed down a bit. it

was quite scary that wednesday night. but we are just hour by hour there is kind of a new development or revelation. they are generally are questions about whether or not donald trump will remain in office for 12 days. that is the key question. despite the chaos of the past few days that shane was talking about here in washington many of donald trumps core supporters outside of america s danny form. republican dan played with fire while officiating a same—sex wedding in a camp conservative part of virginia and got burned. he lost his seat in congress. now he's pouring political wisdom from his craft distillery early. you can get drunk on your own stuff. he calls the storming of the us capitol building domestic terrorism. so they get stuck in these echo chambers. when people in leadership, they appeal to

that sort of insanity it's weaponized. so what motivates people to go and stormed the capital? they've been radicalised over years. in this started with qanon in 2017, 2018. and now you see them metastasize asian of that. the white house has condemned the violence and president and now you see them metastasize asian of that. the white house has condemned the violence and president trump committed to an orderly transition of power. some of his supporters disagree with the mob for occupying the capital. they say they were just patriots fighting for election integrity. you know, everybody that was there at that rally were not committing felons, breaking into the us congress. i know many friends that were there that were just great americans. i support freedom of speech. i support being able to protest our government and being able to protest all across our nation. the sun may be setting on the trump presidency but trump is ——trumpism is not fading away. especially here in rural

america where his supporters have been emboldened by his recent grievances about the election. he does what he says he's going to do. and has done what he said. and he's for the american people. i feel that. john, virginia as a republican. he still believes tromped when was stolen. in my heart of hearts i do believe that. can i prove it, no. the thing that we've learned the most from the rally is that our country is going to continue to be divided. but trump has also lost supporters along the way. even here in deep red virginia. as the president took office as long as he was in office it seem like his behaviour was more and more unbecoming of what a president should be. he's too much on social media, too much tweeting about what he's doing and that's not what a president should be doing. still many who voted for president trump twice want him to run again 202a. critics call it the cult of trump.

but they don't mind the label. goodbye from washington. a city still reeling further capital building only a8 hours ago. hello there is some of the snow will be easing overnight. many places will be clear. temperature is dropping like a stone for the very cold and frosty for many. will see freezing fog developing across southern britain. this is the legacy of the sleet and snow which we've had across northern england and wales to the day. eventually clearing the way for that many races turning prior to turning better and windy for the far northwest of scotland. not as gold is here as it will be elsewhere. hard for us and places perhaps —11, -12 hard for us and places perhaps —11, —12 across central, northern and eastern parts of the uk. we start saturday off in a cold, frosty know. plenty of some freezing fog across

southern areas. first have a conflict into patchy car. most places they drive to the david weather from pushing places they drive to the david weatherfrom pushing into northern and western scotland and strengthening westerly wind bring outbreaks of rain. conceit bit of snow over the high ground. the thing a little bit for the western aisles but a cold day to come for most areas. through saturday night that weather front continues to bring rain and hills snow across scotland. sinks a bit further into northern england and wales. a little bit of wickedness over the high ground. central, southern areas will stay dry cleaner spells variable cloud and another cold, frosty one here. a little less cold further north. will have the breeze and for the rain. pa rt have the breeze and for the rain. part two of the week and a an area of high pressure continue to bring high—pressure to the southern half of the country for this weather front struggling scotland brings further rain particularly across the west was up snow again over the high ground further south after a bit of a cloudy start in the southeast it will brighten up to the day. some good spells of sunshine albeit

rather chilly. further north cloudy, breezy and a little less cold. temperature seven or 8 degrees here for the four or five further south. as we head onto next week had pressure begins to retreat away from the south. although it will always be close. enough to bring a drier weather further north will have a frontal system moving off the atla ntic frontal system moving off the atlantic that will feed and milder airfora time though atlantic that will feed and milder air for a time though cold they are never too far away from the north and leaves. into next week generally not as cold as it has been. there will be rain at time particular in the north. the driest of the weather will always be towards the south. by for now.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: the uk records its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began — more than 1300 deaths reported today. and a major incident has been declared in london , as hospitals across the uk struggle to cope. the moderna vaccine has been approved for use in the uk. it's the third vaccine to get the green light and 17 million doses have been ordered, with almost 1.5 million people vaccinated in the uk so far. president trump says he won't attend the inauguration ofjoe biden. mr trump had earlier promised to ensure ‘a smooth and orderly transition of power‘. it's as democrats say they plan to move forward with articles of impeachment. a police officer is the fifth person to die from the violence on capitol hill. a murder investigation has been

launched into his death. police say brian sicknick was "injured while physically engaging with protesters". you are watching bbc news. a third coronavirus vaccine, made by the american firm moderna, has been approved for use in the uk. the uk has ordered 17million doses, but the supplies aren't expected to arrive until the spring. 1.5m people have already been vaccinated here using the pfizer and oxford jabs. the prime minister has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people by mid—february, including care homes residents and staff, front line nhs staff, everyone over 70 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the approval of the moderna jab is an important milestone.

this is a third vexing to be approved by regulator. another important weapon in our armoury. —— this is the third vaccine. as we begin to vaccinate more and more of the most winnable people, the first four cohorts, we are now absolutely focused on making sure there are offer the vaccine by mid february. and then we carry on through the rest of the cohorts of the joint committee on vaccination and immunisations of the most vulnerable so we complete the full nine. this vaccine in volume will come on board next spring to allow us to then go even further. obviously, the more we vaccinate, and there are some very good data today out

where vaccine acceptance of people considering to take a vaccine is at 85%, i think. which is the highest it's ever been. and so this becomes very much part of the plan that the task force have always been focused on delivering. and to make sure there's enough vaccine doses to really be able to offer it to the whole of the adult population. the government says that local pharmacies will play a role in the mass—vaccination programme. andrew lane is chair of the national pharmacy association. thank you so much for being with us. what role are pharmacies playing in the vaccination programme currently? currently, they are going to be playing a very small role in the mass vaccination centers. there are around about 130 sites which will come on stream as part of the mass vaccination roll—out with all the

other sites that the government have planned. at the moment, we are saying that we would like to be involved in the wider roll—out with the astrazeneca vaccine but at the moment it is really limited to get the mass vaccination centers up and running, so the vaccines minister is just described but what we want to do is make sure that we are ready for our members come our pharmacist out there, who have all the skills to vaccinate so they can be ready to vaccinate with the astrazeneca vaccine which does have the same as the pfizer vaccine for storage. that is your preference in terms of logistically distributing the vaccine. many people watching this obese saying pharmacies are where they get their flu jabs for example. you are already up and running to co—ordinate a vaccine programme, so why do you think the delay in

getting you involved from the outset? we were given an expression of interest to come forward for the pfizer vaccine initially and as you can imagine, most pharmacies who operate on the high street and a medical centers throughout the country don't have the storage facilities to run their programme. it isa facilities to run their programme. it is a much more complex programme, henceit it is a much more complex programme, hence it suits mass vaccination site. where i think it slipped up is that today, there is no process currently in place to allow pharmacies to express a further interest in rolling out the astrazeneca vaccine, which has much more relaxed storage in temperatures, very much like the flu vaccine come temperatures, very much like the flu vaccine come every temperatures, very much like the flu vaccine come every pharmacy in the country has a fridge which stores insulin and the flu jab. we have a

cold chain which gets thatjob into storage in the pharmacy, twice—daily deliveries in every pharmacy in the country. i think what we are really saying is we are here, we are trained, we will deliver, start thinking about the planning to use us now. thinking about the planning to use us now. the government has said the pharmacies while the role to play in that around 200 should be up and running by next week. are you hearing the same thing? yes, absolutely. but that 200 its very much predicated on the mass vaccination centers. some part of the criteria, the initial expression of interest where many of those pharmacies put that forward, they have to be open seven days a week, eight o'clock in the morning till eight o'clock in the morning till eight o'clock in the morning till eight o'clock at night. and they have a eight o'clock at night. and they havea camp, eight o'clock at night. and they have a camp, they have to deliver at least 1000 vaccines a week. that is quite a challenge. the average pharmacy throughout the flu campaign

would delivered on average between ten to 100 vaccines a week. some of them did more. but across the estate, it is mixed, but what we are saying is that there are 11 and a half thousand pharmacies out there, evenif half thousand pharmacies out there, even if half of that is state provided 20 vaccines per week, that is over half a million vaccines per week. deliver through community pharmacies. which is a quarter of the governments to million we target. we really are saying i think a fresh approach should be put in place immediately, even if we can't begin to administer the vaccine en masse immediately. at least let us begin to plan without delay to achieve the widespread pharmacy engagement in this urgent national effort. i hear what you are saying. and a little bit that can be done you're willing to do it. but of course it is not me to commence. it

is the ministers. are you in talks with ministers and government about this? absolutely. -- not me you have to convince with that we had a really good conversation with the vaccine minister yesterday. absolutely he wants us to be involved. so we are now starting to have those talks. and i think it is all about trying to get the operational delivery into a place that fits in with the government plans as the vaccine ministerjust described in your programme now. there is a plan we would like to see our members out there from our colleagues, given the opportunity to start that application process now. because if we don't start it now, we won't be ready in three weeks when they want us. it might be that early we might need a little bit more training, standard operating procedures to run through, there needs to be stock in place, probably ina needs to be stock in place, probably in a different distribution network, the existing chill chain as i

mentioned to the pharmacy network, all that has to be planned and that could take at least another couple of weeks. so we need to start that planning now. ithink of weeks. so we need to start that planning now. i think certainly the vaccine minister got the message i was getting him yesterday loud and clear and he wants to work with us. iam not clear and he wants to work with us. i am not worried they haven't got the message. it sounds like you will do the plane regardless, but for now, thank you so much for sharing your insight, and you. and perhaps we can speak again in a few weeks' time. but for now, thank you. so — as we've heard a major incident has been declared in london because of the risks of hospitals being ovewhelmed. but what exactly does it mean? major incidents have previously been declared after the grenfell tower fire injune 2017 and the attacks at westminster bridge and london bridge. today's announcment comes as the coronavirus infection rate in london has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people. london fire brigade said more than 100 firefighters have been draughted in to drive ambulances

to help cope with the demand. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, explained what led to the decision of a major incident being taken. well, the reason i have had to declare a major incident today is because i am afraid this virus is out of control. the nhs in london is at risk of being overwhelmed. the staff there are working heroically, but it is a real risk over the course of the next couple of weeks, unless the virus reduces and there are fewer people going to hospital, we could run out of hospital beds. across london on average, one out of 30 londoners now has this virus, but in some parts of london it is one out of 20. the number of people now in hospital with covid is 35% more than the peak in the spring. the nhs has done an amazing job. they are stretched. but to give you an example, normally the ambulance service on a daily basis receives

about 5,000 calls a day. they are currently receiving 8,000—9,000 calls a day, which is why our brilliant firefighters are now driving some ambulances, but it is really important that the additional message from the government are given to us, but also londoners heed this warning. the best thing you can do, the best way you can help the nhs, is by staying at home. the mayor of london, sadiq khan. two women have been describing how they were surrounded by police in derbyshire, read their rights and fined 200 pounds — after they drove five miles for a walk by a reservoir. current guidance says you can travel for exercise in england as long as it is in your "local area". but derbyshire police said driving for exercise was not in the spirit of the current lockdown. phil mackie reports. eliza moore and jessica allen, friends whose businesses have shut since lockdown, decided to brave the cold and go for a socially—distanced walk to try to keep their spirits up.

unfortunately, their trip to a nearby reservoir has earned them each a £200 fine. derbyshire police have been stopping people who were driving to beauty spots because they say it's a breach of covid regulations. jessica says she thought they were following the rules to the letter. we take these guidelines really seriously. my brother's a doctor who works in a covid ward. you know, my parents have both had it. you know, we are trying to follow the rules. we haven't come out trying to break the law, we haven't had a party, there isn't five of us. we've simply come to what we thought was the safest place. derbyshire police were accused in the first lockdown of being too heavy handed after flying drones over walkers in the peak district. today, officers have been out again, telling people to go home. i've been coming to this park for most of my life. just out for daily exercise and i've been turned away by the police. the difficulty is in the interpretation of the rules. derbyshire police has released a statement in which it seems to say that if you have to drive somewhere to take exercise, then that's not local.

and they've also said that it's very much at the discretion of individual officers as to whether or not to issue fines. there can't be a grey area when it comes to what people are allowed to do, because this really is a lifeline for some people. so, you know, for people that are struggling, they don't need to be going out and think, "am i going to be approached by the police for this?" you know, we need to know in black and white what is allowed, what is accepted. eliza and jessica say they'll contest the fines. with the outlook bleak, mental and physical health remain important. phil mackie, bbc news. all visitors to the uk from next week will have to have proof of a negative covid test before they're allowed to travel. anyone arriving by air, rail or sea including uk nationals — will have to take a test up to 72 hours before departure, and people arriving from countries that aren't on the travel corridor list will still have to quarantine for up to 10 days once they arrive. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports. until today's announcement the uk

has not required anyone arriving in the country to show that they recently tested negative for the coronavirus. but things are about to change. international arrivals including uk nationals travelling to the uk to the uk will need to show that they have a negative covid—19 tests ta ken up to 72 hours before they travel. it applies to everyone arriving by boat, plane or train but not to hauliers or children under 11. it won't apply to anyone travelling within the uk or ireland. the government has said tests will be needed from next week. but haven't set an exact date. and they haven't specified a particular sort of test. it can be different types of tests. a pcr test perhaps there is also lateral flow tests and lab test. the important things it's up to a certain specification and then people take that test and as long is it a negative than they can fly but they can't board the aeroplane for example, without having that negative test.

some other countries already have strict measures in place. raphael recently returned to south korea. it took 2a hours of testing and paperwork before he was allowed home to quarantine. he said it was very different when he flew to the uk. the process was completely opposite there were no checks, no temperature check. there's no screening, there was no social distancing. many people were not wearing masks. neil is a marine engineer he counts as a critical work and has been told he doesn't need to quarantine. over the last few weeks travelling through southeast asia he's had 11 test. and after all those tests, were you surprised to go back to the uk not need one? yes. i was, yeah. but it was a ridiculous scenario to be in, as i arrive from travelling through two countries. and then arriving in the uk and then given the ok for me.

it's total and absolute utter nonsense. even with a negative test, arrivals from countries not on the travel list will still have to quarantine. many in the aviation industry have been calling for testing since april last year. they hope that in the long term, testing can be used instead of quarantine and that a common standard can be introduced. companies around the world have introduced departure testing. they all have a slightly different set of measures that they're looking for, different ways in which they have to be validated. and it's very confusing for passengers. but some airlines are concerned that if the passenger gets a positive test it destroys their business. if you leave the airlines with the risk that they all cancel within a day or two days of departure, we then have to run flights five or 10% of the seats sold. we lose so much money. it makes it the only way we can survive is to not operate the flights at all. the government has said that policies like travel corridors and quarantining and the test to release programme have help manage important infections before.

but with new variants of the virus, it's clear the government want to go further. one of the biggest problems for both the nhs and care homes is staff shortages — with so many off work because they're sick or self—isolating. some care services across the country have reported shortages of as much as 50%. alison holt reports. morning, lynne. each morning here at the glastonbury care home in somerset, there's one question on the lips of staff. any new cases? yes. no! four more cases. really? three staff, one resident, including a nurse. oh, no, no, no. i know. the home had its first coronavirus cases at christmas, and since then, with the virus spreading rapidly in the community, regular testing is picking up more and more staff with the virus, often without symptoms. more than ten residents tested positive, 25% of staff tested positive, and we came in a situation where we lose staff from their shifts. here, a quarter of the staff

are either sick or self—isolating, leaving the rest working extra—long hours to fill in the gaps. it's quite difficult when you have residents test positive and also staff members test positive, and wejust keep going. we find it very emotional at the moment, because these are our second family. we care deeply about all the residents, but we are losing them. they are maintaining the care, but their boss says, like other homes, they are under huge pressure. we are doing everything we can in terms of infection control. we know we're doing the best on that, but we are fighting something which is, you know, very, very virulent. i think, for all of us, i just want to protect those staff who are doing everything they can and being so courageous. the national care forum, which represents not—for—profit care providers, says they're hearing from residential and nursing homes across the country who are struggling with staff shortages. a few have lost a0% or 50% of their staff.

martin mcguigan runs dementia care homes in the north of england and scotland. we've got a service with 90 colleagues that's currently in an outbreak. 36 of those colleagues have tested positive for covid. it means they are also asking remaining staff to do all they can to help. the reality is, it is the toughest it's ever been. it's that simple. it was really difficult, march, april, may, but this is as bad as it's been in terms of what we are having to deal with, this new variant, etc. but, this time, we have the hope of the vaccine, and that is the thing that is keeping our colleagues going. for many, it underlines the importance of vaccinating staff and residents as soon as possible, particularly if they are to do what they can to help overstretched hospitals. alison holt, bbc news. new data from eu satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016 as the world's warmest year. scientists say unprecedented levels

of heat in the arctic and siberia were key factors in driving up temperature. the study says that last year was around 1.25 celsius above the long—term average. this made it easierfor wildfires to continue to rage. climate change will be addressed at a key un conference later this year. the past 12 months also saw a new record for europe. worryingly, the continent was around 0.a celsius warmer than 2019. the study concludes that while 2020 was marginally cooler than 2016, the two years are statistically on par. samantha burgess is deputy director of the copernicus climate change service — at the european centre for medium—range weather forecasts... who put the data together. i asked her what most stands out. 2020 was an anomalous year for many, many reasons, but one of the key takeaways was that the warming that we saw in the arctic that was persistent throughout the year, it wasn'tjust warm over

the summer but over the winter, spring, summer and into the autumn, and this led to sea ice levels that were the second lowest extent ever, and the lowest extent for particular parts of the year, so injuly, the minimum peak and also in october, where we saw sea ice regrowing very slowly, and that is because of the warmth we saw in the arctic, so sea surface temperatures much warmer so it meant that the ice took much longer to regrow. when it comes to statistical analysis, what do we go by? 2017 — 2020 don't marry into the headline that we just read out that 2020 is on par with 2016, so how do we gauge a picture of the bigger trend here? effectively, you have two elements at play.

emissions, from fossil fuels, are going up into the atmosphere, and because the atmosphere has more carbon dioxide in it, it is getting warmer, so the overall trend is that the atmosphere and the whole of the ocean is getting warmer and warmer but each year we have weather and that is highly variable, not only over time but in space, so that means that, although the long—term trend is going to continue the app, it means that we get this variability year—on—year. what we can say is that 2020, the end of the warmest decade on record and the last six years were the warmest six years on record as well. climate change is real. your statistics point to that. what needs to happen? in 2015 government came together and signed the paris agreement, and the paris agreement has the ambition to limit climate change down to 1.5 degrees, as you read out

in your introduction, in 2020, we saw a temperature of 1.25 degrees above the preindustrial average, so what this means is, we need urgent, ambitious action or emissions reductions, so that we can try to reduce these future impacts of climate change. business minister alok sharma has been appointed as the president of the united nations climate conference due to be held in glasgow in november. the cop26 event will be the largest summit the united kingdom has ever hosted, bringing together representatives from nearly 200 countries over two weeks. sharma will be replaced as business minister by kwasi kwarteng. some breaking news from the reuters news agency. with regards to the georgia senate race. we projected the window forjohn o georgia senate race. we projected the window forjohn 0 saw. we can bring you the news that the

republican us senator david perdue has conceded that election race. —— jon ossoff. confirming that he will now be crowned at the centre today and of course giving that control of the senate turning blue to the democrats. more analysis on that to come from our team out of washington. stay with us for that. access to broadband is more important than ever now with millions working from home or schooling online. but a report by mps has criticised the huge variations in broadband quality and speed across the uk — in towns and the countryside. they say that could lead to the digital divide, exposed during this pandemic, being widened even more. the government says it expects half of all households to have fast broadband by the end of this year. sian lloyd reports. a landscape rich in natural beauty, but when it comes to keeping pace in a digital world, people living here say they are poorly served.

high—speed broadband is still out of reach for many rural communities, and with lockdown, the effects are being felt even more. the gimby family are home—schooling, but not at home. with only a slow internet connection where they live, graphic designer lizzie can't work from home, and neither can her teenagers learn there. it's really important that they are able to access their tutorials on teachers, so we do have to come ——and teachers, so we do have to come into the office. it is an absolute pain. we can't home—school at all. and i'm trying to run a business with 20 staff, and i really need to be here. an election promise to give all homes access to superfast gigabit broadband has already had to be scaled back. today's report by mps warns that people living in remote communities could be left with slow broadband for years to come. it calls for the government to set out a clear timetable of what it intends to achieve and by when. in devon, students are having to come in to school because of poor

connectivity at home. we're inviting in children who are internet vulnerable at the moment on the basis that they can't access some of the work, and that has an enormous impact. it's not right, it's not fair. we wouldn't even be having this argument if it was about dirty water or a lack of electricity. people have an advantage over me because they have better broadband. just because i live on a farm, doesn't mean i should have bad internet. the government says that half of homes will have access to gigabit broadband by the end of the year, but many rural communities are concerned that the divide between town and country will only widen. sian lloyd, bbc news. family and friends have been paying their respects to the actress barbara windsor whose funeral has taken place in north london this afternoon. david walliams, ross kemp and christopher biggins were among the mourners. barbara windsor died last month, aged 83, after a long

battle with dementia. she was best known for her roles in the carry on films and as peggy mitchell in eastenders. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. some of the snow today has been pretty disruptive especially for north yorkshire. but the snow and the sleet will be easing overnight. many places will be clear and temperatures dropping to very cold. we will see freezing fog developing across southern britain. this is the legacy of the sleet and snow which we've had across northern england and wales today. eventually clearing away. many places turning drier and windierfar northwest of scotland. a hard frost in places, —11 —12 across central and eastern parts of the uk. we start saturday on a cold, frosty note. bright and plenty of sunshine

and some freezing fog across southern areas. it could lift into patchy cloud. most places stay dry, the weather front pushing in scotland and a strength westerly wind bringing rain and a little bit of snow over the high ground. temperatures lifting a little bit but a cold day to come for most areas. through saturday night, the weather front continues to bring rain and hail snow across scotland and it sinks further southwards into northern england and wales and even here we can see wintriness over the high ground. central and southern areas it will stay dry will clear spells of a variable cloud and a cold frosty one here come a little less cold further north. part two of the weekend, area of high—pressure brinks dry weather to the southern half of the country and the weather front struggling, scotland will bring further rain at times across the west, and it will be breezy too. snow again over the high ground and further this out the head after a bit of a cloudy start in the southeast it will brighten up.

here are some good spells of rain and chilly further north, cloudy breeze and a little less cold, temperatures seven degrees here and five further south. heading into next week, high pressure begins to retreat away from the south although it will be close by enough to bring drier and further north, a frontal system moving in off the atlantic and that will feed them all the air, cold air never too far away in the north and east. into next week, generally not as cold as it has been and there will be rainy times and hail snow in the north and hill snow in the north and the driest of the weather will be towards the south. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm laura trevelyan in washington. our top stories. president trump says he won't attend the inauguration of his successorjoe biden — as the speaker of the house threatens impeachment proceedings following this week's unrest. a murder investigation has been launched into the death of a capitol hill police officer who was caught up in wednesday's riots. he's the fifth person to have died. and i'm kasia madera in london. also on the programme. the uk records its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began — more than 1300 deaths reported today. and a major incident has been declared in london — as hospitals across the uk struggle to cope. the moderna vaccine has been approved for use in the uk.