this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump is banned permanently from twitter because of concerns his tweets could incite more violence. democrats reveal the draft of a new impeachment resolution against donald trump — the president elect accuses him of inciting an insurrection and endangering the security of the us. he has been an embarrassment to the country. embarrassed us around the world. not worthy. not worthy to hold that office. act like you have the virus. that's the advice in a new campaign in the uk urging people to abide by lockdown rules. and snow in spain leaves hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars as roads are blocked and madrid airport remains closed.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. president trump has been permanently banned from twitter after the social media giant warned his tweets risked ‘further incitements of violence'. the company says it made the decision after a review of tweets from his personal account. he was previously suspended from twitter for 12 hours on wednesday after hundreds of people stormed the capitol building in washington. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. the most powerful man in the world no longer has access to one of his most valued assets — twitter. donald trump's preferred platform for picking fights, settling scores and promoting conspiracy theories has blocked him for good, citing what the company called:

"the risk of further incitement of violence". president trump has been blamed for fomenting the protest that led to the death of five people at the us capital on wednesday and twitter believes his continued use of its platform could stoke further violence in the run—up tojoe biden‘s inauguration in 11 days‘ time. the president's son donjunior on his twitter account said: "free speech no longer exists in america". and called the ban "orwellian". in a tweet swiftly deleted from his official white house account, mr trump said he was now looking into the possibility of creating his own social media platform. facebook, having already banned donald trump for the remainder of his term in office, the president is looking increasingly isolated. facing multiple resignations and with members of his own party deserting him, some are concerned about what he might do next. in the final tweet before his account was closed, he said one thing he won't be doing

is attending his successor swearing in, breaking with a tradition stretching back more than 150 years. joe biden said he was fine with that and called mr trump a national embarrassment. he has been an embarrassment to the country, embarrassed us around the world, not worthy to hold that office. there are those who believe the president should also be denied access to the nuclear button. the house speaker nancy pelosi is actively seeking his removal. democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution on monday. sadly, the person running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. more than a dozen people have now been charged in connection with wednesday's protest, among them this man, richard barnet, who was pictured with his feet up on nancy pelosi's desk. but, after a week of unprecedented turbulence, it is difficult to know

what will affect donald trump's fortunes more — impeachment, if it happens, or the lack of access to the social media soap box that's been so effective in building and rallying his mass band of supporters. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. brian klaas is associate professor of global politics at university college london and a washington post columnist. i asked him how much power president trump would have in his remaining 11 days in office. well, he is still extraordinarily powerful. i mean, he has the formal authority over the most powerful country in the world and that matters. and we are in an extraordinary moment we are the president has been deemed unfit to manage the social media account, but is still for 11 more days in charge of the world's most powerful nuclear arsenal. and so, you know, i think this is why there is a lot of calls for trump to resign, and barring that, which is unlikely, for trump to be removed from office — either from the 25th amendment, which would result from the vice president

and the cabinet taking action, or from a second impeachment attempt led by the house that will be launched early next week. and just on sort of how much military authority he still has, we have been reading it is perhaps unwise to say it is a nuclear button because that is not how it works and there are many, many steps before any military action could ever be taken by trump or any president, and therefore is it sort of extending the fear too far at the moment to say he could take action or do you think there is a real threat? no, there are no other steps. the us government is set up, because of the cold war, if the president orders a nuclear attack, there is nobody who is legally allowed to overrule him. that is the set up. there is literally no check. the system was designed that way because the worry was that the soviet union would launch a surprise attack on the united states, and the us would have a matter of minutes to respond. so the president is still completely in control of the us armed forces, he is the commander—in—chief. what he says is legally required to be enacted.

now, whether somebody would try to stop him, that is a different question. they would face, presumably, legal consequences for doing so, but the system is designed to ensure that the president can order attacks with no delay. and so that is why people are so alarmed by this, right, because if he wakes up tomorrow or today and says, "nuke this country," the system is designed not to stop him. so, you know, that is why i, along with 2000 other political scientists, have gotten out of academic speak and have called for the president to be removed. there is a clear danger here. and what he has done over the last several months, peddling delusionalfantasies about the election and inciting violence, and that is exactly what he has been doing for months, is dangerous. we bring you some breaking news now. the indonesian authorities say they've lost contact with a passenger plane shortly after take—off from the capital, jakarta. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to pontianak

in west kalimantan province.the airline, which is an indonesian carrier says it's still gathering more information before it can make any statement. it's believed there were more than 50 people on board. flight tracking websites show the boeing 737‘s altitude dropped by more than 3000 metres, before disappearing from radars. the jet is not a 737 max, the boeing model involved in two crashes that killed more than 300 people in indonesia and ethiopia. details are still coming in on this. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. here in the uk, people are being told to act like they have coronavirus as part of a public information campaign aimed at tackling the recent surge in infections. borisjohnson said people must stick to the lockdown rules, stay at home and not become complacent. yesterday, more than 1,300 deaths were recorded in the uk — the highest since the pandemic began. dan johnson reports. covid—i9, especially the new variant, is spreading

quickly across the country. this puts many people at risk of serious disease. a new campaign with a clear message. once more, we must all stay home. the stark warnings come in response to the intense pressure on hospitals, which are getting close to capacity, especially in london and the south—east. london's mayor declared a major incident yesterday, saying the virus was out of control. many doctors are frustrated. most hospitals have reached, have expanded their intensive care capacity to somewhere in the region of three times their normal capacity. obviously, we don't have three times the number of staff, so our staff are being spread more thinly in an effort to deliver that important care, that vital care to save lives for those patients that most need it. yesterday's record figures showed 1,325 people died within 28 days of a positive covid test. the most in a single day during the entire pandemic.

the total number of deaths now stands atjust short of 80,000. there are more record figures — another 68,000 cases were recorded yesterday and 31,621; patients are being treated in hospitals across the uk. ally is one. her whole family tested positive on christmas day. i was fine, healthy, young family, just getting on with my life and this has completely floored me. i was told two days ago that if they didn't put me on a ventilator, i would die. i've seen two people die in beds either side of me whilst i have been in this hospital. one in three people with covid don't show symptoms, so the message is, act like you have the virus and don't go out, don't mix with people. there are signs that policing of the rules will get tough, with government sources saying the time for engaging, explaining and encouraging is now over, giving way

to more strict enforcement. the next few weeks look bad. vaccines give clear hope for the future, but for now we must all stay home, protect the nhs, save lives. dan johnson, bbc news. joining me now is robert west, professor of health psychology at university college london and a member of the the behavioural advisory group of sage. thank you very much forjoining us. do you think people are implying as much, or is it simply that the rules have changed so many times that people are confused? it does seem as though there are more people out on the streets, certainly in london. there are more people out than there we re there are more people out than there were in the first lockdown. but the rules are not as strict as they were. we do not have the data since this lockdown started, but looking at the data going back from march all the way through to december, what we have actually seen is that

the stricter the measures, the better the adherence. that sounds a bit counterintuitive, but actually what has happened i think is that when the rules have been very, very clear, people have, by and large... you always get exceptions, but people have adhere to them. i think thatis people have adhere to them. i think that is probably, i do not know for sure, but i think that is probably true this time round. i think what is happening here is not that there is happening here is not that there is some, you know, widespread flouting of the rules, but rather that the rules themselves still, it seems strange when we think about how strict they are, but the rules themselves are still allowing a lot of activity, which is spreading the virus. do you think they should be changed? and if so, which rules? yes, i do. changed? and if so, which rules? yes, ido. notjust changed? and if so, which rules? yes, i do. notjust me, changed? and if so, which rules? yes, ido. notjust me, i changed? and if so, which rules? yes, i do. notjust me, i mean, changed? and if so, which rules? yes, ido. notjust me, i mean, i

think probably most of the people i talk to at epidemiologist and behavioural scientist in virology us. behavioural scientist in virology us. one of them, which is really important is around schools. although people may think that the schools are large slice closed, they are not, they are largely open. the reason for that is at this time round the definition of what counts asa round the definition of what counts as a key worker, which would allow, require even, you to put your children into school as much broader thanit children into school as much broader than it was. so, according to the data that i have seen, and your viewers may have seen this as well, something around between 60 and 70% of pupils are still going into school. schools have been found to bea school. schools have been found to be a very important seat of community infections, so that would be one. but there are others. essentially, the issue is the more people who are out and about and in contact with each other, the more

the virus will spread. because we have the more infectious variant, which is somewhere around 50% more infectious than last time round in march, that means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in march, we would have to have a stricter lockdown. and it is not stricter, it is actually less strict. has this advice to change the rules been passed on to government? by the committee you sit on? and what has the response been? i cannot speak directly about what goes on in the committee, so i have to...i goes on in the committee, so i have to... ican goes on in the committee, so i have to... i can only tell you things from my personal perspective. what i can tell you is that the government is fully aware of the kinds of things that i have been saying. because apart from their formal advisors, independent sage, which i also help outwith, which does a briefing every week, has been calling for this. this is not public

health experts, virology us, epidemiologist and so on. there is no question that the government has been very much aware of the consequences of different levels of restrictions, and obviously what it is doing is it's making what it considers to be a political decision. so the level of infection, the strain, the number of deaths is potentially avoidable in your view? you yes, it was always avoidable. this is the really frustrating things for all of us who work in public health. this was always avoidable. when the government said, iam going avoidable. when the government said, i am going to be quite critical now, when the government says we are in the same boat as other countries, we did not see this, dammit coming and so on, that is completely false. they were told. 0ver so on, that is completely false. they were told. over the summer, when things were looking much better, that was the time when eve ryo ne better, that was the time when everyone all the experts were saying you have got to get your test, trace, isolate and support system in

place so that when there are outbreaks, as we knew would happen, we can deal with them without going into further lockdowns. they did not do this. they maintained their hugely expensive, but ineffective, test, trace and isolate system. they are not providing the kind of support that is needed for people to feel that they are able to do the sorts of things that the government is now saying we are going to punish you if you do not do it. they have got it all the wrong way round. it is much more about support. and i just ask you very quickly, this new mutation is more infectious, or the behaviour we have got used to, keeping one metre or two metres distance etc, do you think the government needs to give clear advice about perhaps as changing that or limiting even that? yes. absolutely. it was a mistake to go from the two metre to one metre because that effectively just from the two metre to one metre because that effectivelyjust meant the whole thing, as we have all seen, kind of dissolved. the two metre rule is really important. that is one area where people are still

not really adhering very well when they are out and about. but the key thing, absolutely key thing, is to minimise your exposure and indoor settings, particularly where they are unventilated. so, you know, where its shops, bars restaurants, all those things close now. at any situation where you are near other people, maintain a minimum of two metres where you possibly can. in most cases, you really can. so that would make a difference. robert west, thank you very much indeed for your time. ten babies have died in a fire at a government hospital in the indian state of maharashtra. the infants were aged between a few days and three months. they were being cared for at a neonatal unit in bhandara district general hospital when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. the cause of the fire is unknown. the indian prime minister,

narendra modi, described the incident as a "heart wrenching tragedy". the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan has more it is a four—storey building government hospital in the district of bhandara in central india. in fact, it is exactly very close to the state of madhya pradesh. and according to the local officials, one of the hospital staff, they spotted smoke coming out of this new neonatal unit where 17 babies were kept and they raised the alarm, and then the fire spread very quickly, particularly smoke. they could not see, that is why. very few people normally would work during the night shift, so they try to move the babies as quickly as possible. and when they came back to rescue the others, they couldn't. and sadly ten babies have died, and as you mentioned, they were from a few days old to the oldest being three months. also, it is very difficult to move these babies when these were being kept in the icu, the emergency unit, where the are connected to oxygen and other equipment in the hospital. so they found it... it was a bit of a struggle for them

to remove them and then take the babies out, and it was a very heart—wrenching story. the parents were crying, the pictures show that the soot all over this building. and also the patients from other words, they were moved to safety. it happened early in the morning, so they would not have much help at that point, but then the fire crew came. but then this tragedy happened. tragic news coming out of india. a second round of peace negotiations between taliban and afghan government officials is due to resume later in qatar. the two sides finally agreed upon the preliminary issues they had been discussing last month. secunder kermani is our correspondent in islamabad and has the latest. last month, they finally agreed upon the rules governing these talks. now they will be turning to the agenda for the negotiations and that will bring them to very different priorities, the two sides have. the afghan government want to see a ceasefire declared as soon as possible. the taliban say that will have to wait until a power—sharing

arrangement has been reached, establishing what they say, what they term as a new islamic government. so far, progress has been quite slow in these talks. it took them nearly three months to agree on the preliminary issues, and we are only now getting closer to the heart of the matter, the competing visions for the future of afghanistan, that the two sites have. the more democratic current system and the more theocratic ideas of the taliban. gibraltar is set to receive its first supply of coronavirus vaccines today — with the firstjabs due to be administered tomorrow. last week gibraltar imposed a second lockdown to slow soaring rate of the virus — just days after striking a new agreement with the uk about its post—brexit border with spain. a study of covid—i9 patients in wuhan in china, where the virus first emerged, has found that more than three quarters have at least

one continuing symptom, six months after they first fell ill. 0ver sixty percent continued to experience fatigue and muscle weakness. here in the uk, derbyshire police are reviewing their lockdown fines policy following criticism. two women said they were surrounded by police after driving five miles from their home for a walk, and fined 200 pounds each. government guidance says you can travel for exercise in england as long as it is in your "local area". the force said all of its fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown will now be reviewed. people in the uk are being warned to stay vigilant about scams in which criminals offer fake covid vaccines for a fee. in one case, a pensioner was injected with an unknown substance by a man pretending to be a health worker. she paid him £160. people have also been sent text messages taking them to a fake nhs website with a booking link. jayne mccubbin reports. moments before this image was captured, this man injected a 92—year—old with a fake covid vaccine. he claimed to be from the nhs. and then administered a jab

in the arm, what has been described as a dart like instrument, charged £160, took the money from the lady, and then disappeared. and just to add insult to that injury, then we attended several days later to try to solicit an extra £100. so this has been a horrendous experience for the victim. it is not known what was injected into the pensioner, but a hospital check found her unharmed. this is an absolutely disgusting crime. it is unacceptable, assault, fraud, and it will not be tolerated. we will do everything we can to try to track down and catch this person before they carry out this offence on anyone else. it is thought over £22 million has been lost to covid related scams. these images show a makeshift laboratory set up in a kitchen in west sussex. fake covid cures had been

made and sold to people in america and france. frank ludlow was caught in his local post office as he tried to send more. he was convicted injuly. how significant a problem is this? how many fraudsters are there, trying to cash in on the crisis? i mean, it is extensive stop since the first lockdown in march we have had about half a million people come to us with advice online, it has doubled since october, the number of people coming directly to us. it is notjust a small group. one in three people, in our research, have been targeted by some form of covid related scams since the pandemic began. today, police advised that nobody from official vaccination programmes will ever turn up unannounced. they will never ask for bank details. and nobody will ever be charged for the vaccine. but with a vaccination programme rolling out across the country, today there is a warning. beware the criminals trying to exploit those

who desperately want protection from the deadly virus. jane mccubbin, bbc news. in spain, the heaviest snowfall for decades has already left hundreds of drivers stuck and forced the closure of madrid airport. warnings of heavy rain and snow have also been issued for parts of italy, turkey and greece, as mark lobel reports. coronavirus victims remembered in spain's capital, madrid, as a different storm sets in. parks were closed early. translation: for those who don't work, it is great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it is not snowing in berlin. it must have to do with climate change. the snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. real madrid's footballers among many stuck on the tarmac for hours at barajas airport.

operations here suspended at times. storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i had never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. i have never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after this very ran aground in the canary islands. translation: we were afraid for the baby. as a blanket of snow covered eastern spain, lorries reach the end of the road. translation: we have remained in monreal del campo where we are stuck. things look bad. after high tides here in malaga, in spain's south, and a month's worth of rain injust two days in gibraltar, heavy weather alerts have been issued for italy, turkey, greece and the balkans. in between the fun, spaniards are being urged to avoid nonessential travel will stop many now bracing themselves for a white weekend like no other they have ever

seen in their own backyard. mark lobel, bbc news. in the uk, prince william has paid tribute to nhs staff working on the covid front line and thanked them for their continued efforts during the pandemic. in a video call with staff at homerton university hospital in east london, he heard about the challenges that they are facing — following the recent rise in patients with the virus. a recap of our breaking news, indonesian authorities say they've lost contact with a passenger plane shortly after take—off from the capital, jakarta. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to a province in the west of the country. the airline, which is an indonesian carrier says it's still gathering more information before it can make any statement. it's believed there were more than 50 people on board. flight tracking websites show the boeing 737‘s altitude dropped by more than 3000 metres, before disappearing from radars. the jet is not reported to be a 737 max—8 model.

you are watching bbc news. helen willetts with the weather. hello they are. some of the freezing fog we have seen this morning could linger all day once again. it was bitterly cold where we saw the sunshine first thing. that has resulted in the coldest night for nearly a decade for parts of northern ireland and northern england. resulting in some sunshine then. freezing fog in southern areas, a few wintry showers close to the south coast, the channel islands. cloudy skies will invade across northern ireland this afternoon as well as northern and western tottenham where we have got some rain falling onto frozen surfaces. some snow over the hills. still i say, that will be a risk throughout the day. where we see the sunshine, although temperatures will not rise very high, it is where we had the snow yesterday, so much brighter, stained bright east of the grampians. temperatures recovering a bit in scotland. that is because we have got the atlantic influence.

that atlantic influence with its cloud, rain, health noble dress outwards and tend to weaken through the night. caldaire follows in behind, with snow showers returning and frosty conditions. even where we have got the weather front, the ground is frozen so still icy conditions, and rain falling onto frozen surfaces is not good. it will be cold and frosty in the south—west and freezing fog again under this ridge of high pressure. that it we shall keep a lot of fine unsettled weather in southern areas. a kent like we are seeing today, more breeze in the north flowing and some further patches of rain, perhaps in fog will still be with us for a well in southern areas. as you can see, it will be rather shimmery in nature, the rain, still some snow over the hills, perhaps the cloud starting to break elsewhere across england and wales and northern ireland. but by that stage, we are getting heavier rain back into the north and west. the temperatures tomorrow are slightly elevated, so it is slightly less co—than it has beenin it is slightly less co—than it has been in recent days. a brisk breeze, which will continue into the start of next week as well. even though we have got slightly higher

temperatures, i do not think it will feel particularly warm. we are bringing an atlantic air, so we are bringing an atlantic air, so we are bringing in further weather fronts to the north and west, but we are also bringing in this milder air. as that comes in, that milder air, we are going to see two things happening. the rain on the weather fronts, but then after that, or without the snow will thaw as well. there could be some localised flooding. we are keeping an eye on that very closely. as ever, the warnings are on the website. as we are looking into next week, we are looking at things not being as cold as they have been, still some snow on the hills. goodbye for now.

hello and welcome to dateline london, the show bringing together bbc expertise with international correspondents filing around

the world from here in london. for half a century the debate on democracy focussed on growth as more and more countriesjoined the league of democratic nations. but since the turn of the century there has been, what the scholar larry diamond has called, "a democratic recession". some believe the movement towards democracy around the world has gone into reverse. today we look at one example, hong kong, which one might have been thought all along to be pretty fragile and another, the united states, which is among the most established democracies in the world. with me to discuss whether trump and his supporters will go quietly as we look forward to the inauguration ofjoe biden on 20th january are bloomberg's stephanie baker and political commentator steve richards. and here in the studio, our diplomatic correspondent james landale. we start with an extraordinary week in american politics. for four years the trump presidency has appeared to be waging a contest with the american constitution.