this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven... more than 80,000 people have now died in the uk, within 28 days, of a positive covid—19 test. a new campaign in the uk, is urging people to abide by lockdown rules. scientists and public health officials warn even tougher restrictions may still be necessary. the queen and the duke of edinburgh receive their first covid—19 vaccinations at windsor castle. an indonesian passengerjet has crashed into the sea, shortly after taking off from jakarta. 62 people were on board. donald trump is permanently banned from twitter, due to concerns his tweets could incite further violence.

an indonesian passengerjet has crashed into the sea, shortly after taking off from jakarta. 62 people were on board. donald trump is permanently banned from twitter, due to concerns his tweets could incite further violence. democrats reveal the draft of a new impeachment resolution against donald trump as the president elect accuses him of inciting an insurrection. he has been an embarrassment to the country. embarrassed us around the world. not worthy, not worthy to hold that office. at least four people have died, as a storm hits spain, causing the heaviest snowfall for 50 years. and in sport, chorley, who play in the sixth tier of english football, are through to the fourth round of the fa cup, for the first time in their history, after knocking out wayne rooney's derby county.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. scientists and senior public health officials are warning that, despite the lockdown, even tougher restrictions are needed in england, to curb the surge in coronavirus cases, hospital admissions, and deaths. government figures show that since the pandemic began, more than 80,000 people in the uk have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. our health correspondent, katharine da costa reports. the race is on to protect the most vulnerable. this the home of bristol city football club, now one of seven mass vaccination centres. final preparations are being made ahead of monday, when it willjoin hundreds of gp sites and hospital hubs across the country. they have been working genuinely day

and night and they're working all through weekends as well, to make sure that their populations get vaccinated. it's not like flu clinics — this has been hugely complex. more than 32,000 patients are currently being treated for covid across the country. 11,000 more than during the first wave in the spring, and with new admissions now at 4,000 a day, nhs staff say this year's winter pressure is off the charts. it really is unprecedented, in terms of the numbers of patients that require intensive care, being put on ventilator at one time and most hospitals have reached... have expanded their intensive care capacity to somewhere in the region of three times their normal capacity. there's now an urgent need to free up some beds at hospitals. this hotel in south london's preparing to take on a small number of homeless or vulnerable covid patients from king's college hospital, while they continue their recovery. once more, we must all stay home.

a simple and clear message in this new government campaign, reinforcing just how critical it is to follow the social distancing rules, wear a mask, wash your hands and ventilate indoor spaces, because even with the uk—wide lockdowns, experts warn the new variant spreads more easily, which is likely to make the virus much harder to control. 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 results as we got in march, we would have to have a stricter lockdown than then and it's not stricter, it's actually less strict. vaccinations will eventually help relieve pressure on the nhs. today, the queen and duke of edinburgh received their first doses, but with new infections still at record levels, hospital admissions and deaths are expected to continue rising

for several weeks to come. katharine da costa, bbc news. well let's take a look now at the latest government figures in detail. there were 59,937 new coronavirus cases recorded in the latest 24—hour period, and there were 1,035 deaths — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it takes the total number of deaths, so far, across the uk, to 80,868. stephen reicher is professor of social psychology at the university of st andrews, and a member of the behavioural advisory group of sage. he gave his thougths on what the latest data shows us... we are in a real emergency this time. a real emergency. so, you've heard all the figures, over 1000 people dying every day, some 30,000 01’ so people dying every day, some 30,000 or so people in hospital, way above

the peak in april. in london, about one person in 30 being infected and the figures are still rising. that's the figures are still rising. that's the point. they are still rising. we haven't seen the effect of loosening the rules over christmas. we haven't seen the effect of whatever happened at new year. we are in a real crisis. i mean, when you get to a situation where you are taking people out of hospital and putting them into hotels you know we are in an extraordinary situation and get the problem is, although we use the word lockdown, and i think we use it rather loosely, the restrictions are considerably less than they were backin considerably less than they were back in march. although the figures are worse and although we are dealing with a more virulent infection and there are all sorts of things we are allowing now which i think we need to look at very carefully. we a re think we need to look at very carefully. we are allowing cleaners and tradespeople to go in and out of each other‘s houses. we are keeping places of worship open. it is true we have close schools, but at the

same time, the definition of critical workers whose children should go to school of at least can go to school is so broad that about a third of children are still going back to school, and the point is, we've got to do something more. we've got to limit in every way our contact with other people if we are to get through this period and emerge when the vaccines begin to get hold on more and more people are immunised. so, we are in the midst ofa immunised. so, we are in the midst of a real crisis, a regal storm, we have got to batten down all the hatches. not just all of them, have got to batten down all the hatches. notjust all of them, than some of them. ——not just some of them, all of them. as we've been hearing, buckingham palace has confirmed that both the queen and the duke of edinburgh, have been vaccinated against covid—19.

royal sources say the jabs were administered by a household doctor at windsor castle, though we've not been told which vaccination they received. it's being reported that the decision to release the news was made by the queen, so as prevent any inaccuracies or further speculation. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more details. normally, of course, the queen and the royals are very sensitive about disclosing medical details, but in this instance, clearly, they want to set an example and encourage people to come forward and have the vaccinations. so buckingham palace has come forward and let it be known it is the queen's decision that both she and the duke of edinburgh had their covid—19 vaccinations earlier today. they were administered by a doctor from the medical household at windsor castle, and of course they are both, at their ages — the queen 94, just a few months short of her 95th birthday, the duke 99 — they are both, of course, in the categories that are entitled to early vaccination, so there is no question of, sort of, jumping of the queue, but they will want this to be generally known that they have received their vaccinations in the hope that this will encourage any of those that have misgivings about the vaccination process.

the head of the catholic church, pope francis, also is going to be immunised next week. speaking to an italian tv station, he described opposition to the vaccine, as "suicidal denial". the pontiff has also become the latest figure to express shock and condemnation for wednesday's riots in washington. he said the assault on the capitol, was "against democracy and against common good." and we'll find out how coronavirus — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the the times radio presenter, calum macdonald and sienna rodgers, editor of labourlist. a boeing 737 passenger plane — carrying 62 people — is believed to have crashed

into the sea in indonesia. search and rescue teams are trying to locate the sriwijaya airlines jet, which appeared to fall around 10,000 feet in less than a minute, after taking off from the capital, jakarta, en route to pontianak. boeing says it's aware of the reports, and ready to support the families of passengers during this difficult time. jonathan head reports. flight sj182 had only been in the airforfour minutes when all contact was lost. with no emergency call from the pilots, indonesian officials struggled to piece together what might have happened. transport minister budi karya sumadi described the boeing aircraft veering off—course before disappearing from radar screens. the flight tracking app, flightradar, monitored the plane making an apparent plunge from 10,000 feet to near sea level before it vanished. friends and relatives were left

waiting at its destination in the city of pontianak, but there was no information to give them. the authorities are now setting up a crisis centre for them in the capital, jakarta. a depressingly familiar scene in indonesia, which has a poor aviation safety record. several boats were sent out to search for any signs of the missing plane. some reported finding what looked like debris, but by nightfall, the search had to be called off until morning. translation: we are deeply sorry for what has happened to flight sj182. we hope our prayers can help with the searching process and that everything goes well. the plane disappeared close to where lion air flight 610 crashed two years ago. that exposed flaws in the design of the brand—new boeing 737 max. this flight involved a much older plane, though sriwijaya air says there was no known problems with it. the airline is one of dozens

which have proliferated in indonesia in the past 20 years, giving millions access to air travel for the first time but raising worrying questions about safety. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. rebecca henschke is asia editor for the bbc world service. shejoins us now. you have been speaking to some of your colleagues on the ground in indonesia. what have they been telling you about the latest details? well, they have been speaking to these desperate families who are waiting for information about the claim that their loved ones were travelling on, speaking to ones were travelling on, speaking to one man who said that his wife and three children were on board and they were hoping to join three children were on board and they were hoping tojoin him in borneo where he was temporarily working for a holiday. we have also spoken to eyewitnesses, fishermen who were in this area around the... island off the coast of jakarta where the plane is now believed to

have crashed. we spoke to one fisherman who said he saw the plane plunged like lightning into the ocean and then explode under the water and he said shards of material came flying out, nearly hitting his boat and terrifying experience. this is now the area where rescue workers are carrying out their operation to try and find any survivors, if that is possible at this stage, and also the cover wreckage from the plane, to try and work out what went wrong. —— and also recover wreckage. to try and work out what went wrong. -- and also recover wreckage. there area -- and also recover wreckage. there are a lot of questions and they focus on indonesia's airline history and, sadly, a history of airline crashes. that's right. the scenes of desperate families waiting, records being recovered from the ocean are desperately familiar to most indonesians to myself who has covered those plane crashes many times before. indonesia's safety record not good. sriwijaya air

airlines has had a fairly good record but in general we have seen a fifth series of deadly clashes in indonesia. 2018 the lion air crash with no survivors and then the air asia crashed also with no survivors. they were desperately questions about the boeing 7117 max manufacturing problems there, underlining both those investigation we re very underlining both those investigation were very serious questions about lax safety in the aviation sector in indonesia, which is an archipelago nation, so people have to fly to get around and get they can't do that safely, so a lot of pressure now on the government to do a full investigation and to come up with samantha's. rebecca, thank you very much for that. allies of president trump have

condemned twitter‘s decision to close his account, as an attack on free speech. the firm said it had removed his profile because of the risk of further incitements to violence , following the storming of the us congress on wednesday. 0ur 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. president trump has been blamed for fomenting the protests that led to the deaths of five people at the us capitol on wednesday, and twitter believes his continued use of the platform could stoke further violence in the run—up tojoe biden‘s inauguration in 11 days' time. 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‘s 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, 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 that's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. after a week of unprecedented turbulence, it's difficult to know what will affect donald trump's fortuned more — impeachment, if it happens, or the lack of access

to a social media soapbox that has david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the headlines on bbc news... the latest coronavirus figures show there's been 1,035 more deaths in the uk — taking the overall total to more than 80,000. a new campaign in the uk is urging people to abide by lockdown rules — scientists and senior public health officials are warning that despite the lockdown, even tougher restrictions may be necessary. an indonesian passengerjet has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from jakarta. 62 people were on board. this is not only the first weekend of the new lockdown — but also the first one, since a ‘major incident‘ was declared in london.

it's a reflection — of how the coronavirus — has once again taken a foothold in the capital. and today, 12 people were arrested during a small anti—lockdown protest, in south london. wendy hurrell reports. we wake to a crisp winter weekend morning — in the midst of a major incident in london. the message very much that life, for now, cannot go on as normal — those in the medical profession appearing on major national news programmes to reiterate. to some extent, we can think of this is a new pandemic within a pandemic. of the data coming out, there was some new data from public health england that came out yesterday suggesting that that there was some new data from phu that came out yesterday suggesting

that that risk per contact is probably a0 or 50% higher than it was, so both in the uk and for many other countries as well i think we need to get away from this idea that we are going to see a repeat of what happened last spring with our behaviours and really face the possibility that this is much riskier and we are going to have to work much harder to reduce the impacts. post—covid cases in hospital admissions rise, a campaign is pasted onto london's streets, carrying a stark warning. and the nhs is under severe strain. the reality of all of this is the anybody watching this report right now is one road traffic accident away from needing someone like me to open their head and save their life and needing an intensive care bed to keep them alive afterwards. if we don't have intensive care beds and we don't have ward beds that makes this all so much more difficult. today the met police made 12 arrests during an anti—lockdown protest in clapham south london saying that those looking to gather would face enforcement action by officers. gets back!

get back! as long queues of elderly people forms outside a south london gps to date some hope as moderna became the third vaccine approved in the uk. once more, we must all stay home. it is england's chief medical officer at the forefront of the campaign now, a clear call to us all in london to play our part. ten newborn babies have been killed in a fire, at a government hospital in the indian state of maharashtra. the infants were aged between a few days and 3 months, and were being cared for at a neonatal unit in bhandara district general hospital when the fire broke out in the early hours. the cause of the blaze is unknown. india's prime minister, narendra modi, described the incident as a "heart—wrenching tragedy". 0ur reporter, anbarasan ethirajan has more. it's 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 this new neonatal unit where 17 babies were kept and they raised the alarm and then the fire spread very quickly. particularly smoke, they couldn't see, that's why...a very few people normally would work during the night shift, so they tried to move the babies, you know, as quickly as possible and when they came back to rescue the others they couldn't enter. sadly, ten babies have died and, as you mentioned, they were from a few days old to the oldest being three months. and, also, you know, it's very difficult to move these babies when these were being kept in the icu, the emergency unit where they're being connected to oxygen and other equipment in the hospital, so they found 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 picture showed that, you know,

the soot all over the building and also the patients from other wards, they were moved to safety. it happened early in the morning so they wouldn't have much help at that point but then the fire service came. when this tragedy happened. at least four people have died as a result of a storm, that's covered spain with its heaviest snowfall for 50 years. it's also left hundreds of drivers stuck, and forced snow is also forecast for parts of italy, turkey and greece. 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's great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it's 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. 0perations here suspended at times. storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i'd never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. i've never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after this ferry 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're stuck. things look bad. after high tides here in malaga, in spain's south, and a month's worth of rain in just 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.

many now bracing themselves for a white weekend like no other they have ever seen in their own backyard. mark lobel, bbc news. around 100 migrants have reached the uk today, by crossing the channel by boat. the home office says, that 69 people on five boats were brought to dover, and that another boat with around 30 people on board was taken to eastbourne. they also say that the french prevented three boats with 26 people on board, entering uk waters. earlier the minister for immigration compliance and the courts, chris philp said, "people should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, and not risk their lives making a dangerous and illegally—facilitated crossing." thousands of mourners from the hazara ethnic community, have attended the funerals of 11 miners, in the west pakistani province of balochistan on saturday. the families of the dead,

who were abducted and then killed last sunday, had previously refused to carry out burials until the prime minister, imran khan, visited them. mr khan has now agreed to meet them. a second round of discussions between afghan officials and the taliban, has been taking place in qatar. the talks, aiming to bring an end to years of conflict, come amidst continuing violence in afghanistan. secunder kermani reports from islamabad. last month the negotiating teams finally agreed on the rules governing these discussions. now they are trying to establish an agenda for the talks. and following the meeting this evening, both sides released short statements, saying that the talks were held in a cordial atmosphere and that they will continue, but the two sides have very different priorities. the afghan government has been calling for a ceasefire, but the taliban say that's not possible until a new, what they are terming islamic government, has been created. and progress has been slow. it took the negotiating

teams nearly three monthsjust to agree on the preliminary issues and throughout that period violence in afghanistan has been continuing, so whilst there is still a degree of hope that these talks could eventually lead to a settlement after years of conflict, there is also frustration that so far they haven't really made much difference to the lives of ordinary people so far. an important backdrop to all of this is uncertainty about the future of american forces in afghanistan. following orders from president trump last year, the number of us troops in the country is due to be cut in half by the end of next week and whenjoe biden assumes office, he'll then have to decide whether or not to follow through with plans to withdraw all remaining american forces by may. critics of the proposal say that in doing so, he would risk handing over afghanistan to the taliban, but if he doesn't do that, if he pulls back from this withdrawal timetable, well, this whole fragile peace process could fall apart.

saudi and qatari airlines have announced that they will start flying between their two countries again, following the recent deal that ended a long—running regional dispute. qatar airways and the saudi carrier, saudia, say their flights will resume on monday. the land border between the two countries has also been re—opened. it follows a breakthrough earlier this week where diplomatic relations have been restored between qatar and four arab states that imposed an embargo against it for the years. against it three years ago. the world's oldest living 0lympic champion is celebrating her 100th birthday. the hungarian gymnast, agnesh kellerti, won 10 medals in the helsinki and melbourne games in the 1950s, five of them gold. she escaped the holocaust and has a new book about her life. jatinder dhillon reports.

she'sjust turned 100. but agnes keleti's bubbling energy and enthusiasm has no bounds. celebrating her birthday with close family, she says of her remarkable long life that it so far has passed by in a flash. translation: 100 years seems just like 60 to me, really. i love to live and i wish for health and there it is! i like to live and i live well. what else is better? i'm healthy and i like my life very much. in her elegant apartment in budapest, this feisty 0lympian and holocaust survivor is surrounded by mementos and medals of her life story, which include adventures and great achievements, but also heartbreak and tragedy. her first love was music, but inspired by her father's love of rowing with the family on the danube, agnes swapped her cello for a leotard and took up gymnastics, winning several national medals. in 19110 during the second world war,

she was barred from taking part in any other country's sporting activities because of herjewish background. ——any of her country's sporting activities because of herjewish background. after the nazi german occupation of hungary in 19114, she skipped deportation to a death camp by assuming the identity of a maid and went into hiding. herfather and several relatives were killed in auschwitz. her mother and brother escaped to sweden. she made her mark as an 0lympian, winning five gold medals in the 1952 helsinki games, and at the 1956 melbourne games, which were won after she turned 30 and was competing against gymnasts half her age. when the soviet tanks crushed the hungarian revolution in 1956, she stayed first in australia and then moved to israel, only returning to hungary in 2015. the queen of gymnastics!

and now, to mark her centenary, there's a new book about her life, and the energetic spirit of hungary's most successful gymnast remains intact. translation: am i 100 years old? let's blow the candles out! now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes saturday was a cold of the uk with the weather will be turning mile of the weather will be turning mile of the many others over the next few days. 0vernight tonight we have clout in vain turning to scotland, turning depth in northern ireland and northern england. —— cloud and rain. visibility down to 100 metres in places, widespread frost, this gives them icy stretches as we start of sunday, sunday going to be a milder day for all of the uk, really, mist for claiming to give bright skies in the south, further north cloud in rain, particularly across western scotland with a

particularly persistent