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this is bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: the indonesian navy says it's found the location where a boeing 737 passenger plane plummeted into the sea shortly after take—off — with 62 people on board. the uk passes 80,000 deaths from coronavirus, experts warn of the need for tighter lockdown measures. us prosecutors say they've made more than 80 arrests following wednesday's riots at the us capitol. one of those detained was a man who's image was circulated widely on social media. and the queen and prince philip have both received coronavirus vaccinations. the 94—year—old monarch and her 99—year—old husband were given theirjabs by a doctor at windsor castle.
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hello and welcome. indonesian search and rescue officers have begun recovering what is believed to be debris from a passenger plane which crashed into the sea off the coast of the capital, jakarta. more than 10 navy ships and divers have been deployed to the site where the boeing 737 came down in the thousand islands region with 62 people on board. the plane's operatored by the budget carrier sriwijaya air fell more than 3,000 metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. it was flying to borneo, where family members are waiting for news of relatives on board. the plane's operator says there were no known problems with the aircraft. translation: based on the information i have, the plane was ina information i have, the plane was in a good condition when it was in a good condition when it was flown from boardman, pulp and act, and this was the second rout, there shouldn't
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have been any problems and the maintenance report was also fine. we can now speak to alex macheras, who's an aviation analyst and has following events closely surrounding the missing indonesian plane. what have you learnt? good morning. they have just resumed what they are calling a search and rescue operation over in indonesia, they have pinpointed the co—ordinate sin indonesia, they have pinpointed the co—ordinate s in the java sea, where they expect to find what sources in the ministry are seeing the bulk of the wreckage. it lost a significant amount of attitude in a very short space of time, the cause is unknown, it is inconclusive as of yet. there is little data available to the public, and more importantly, to investigators, but what we do know is this was a 26—year—old boeing seven 500, not to be confused with the 737 max, a very high profile vehicle, a
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totally different aircraft type. this is an older generation 737 that was supposed to be flying a routine flight supposed to be flying a routine flight as part of the many domestic flights indonesia has daily, even in a global pandemic, you remember they have 17,000, it isjust a pandemic, you remember they have 17,000, it is just a form of public transport. how safe is the indonesian aviation industry? unfortunately, indonesia's safety record is globally perceived as being poon globally perceived as being poor. we know the european union, for example, had like listed the overwhelming majority of indonesia's airlines for over a decade, that was only recently lifted in 2018. it's constantly under review because there are concerns over the safety culture in indonesia, for its air travel sector, oversight and failures in following up with maintenance, and time and time again when indonesia
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suffers and aviation incident, often those contributors play a pa rt often those contributors play a part in what is ultimately an incident that ends up in indonesians losing lives, because of this safety culture in the aviation sector that is co nsta ntly in the aviation sector that is constantly under global concern. so we are speaking about a part of the world that isn't in line with others when it comes to aviation safety, but specifically, for this airline, it is operating a 737, an aircraft in use all over the globe, and this specific airline had the highest rating of global aviation safety from the indonesian authorities. so it is their own analysis on the safety record of this airline, but it did have a rating of category a, indonesians believe this airline was safe. this was a boeing plane. how will this affect the plane that had to do with those two crushes of a —— crushes of a different aircraft, the max? people are
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making links, that it was a 737 marks that suffered in a similar way marks that suffered in a similarway —— and marks that suffered in a similar way —— and axe, but that was specific to the aircraft, boeing has suffered reputational damage —— 7017 max, they think perhaps the 737 max, they think perhaps the 737 max is the same as the 737— 500, this is another hurdle for boeing to overcome. they couldn't drop the max name from the aircraft. but to be clear, they are different aircraft in terms of the two. today's one, which occurred yesterday now, with a search and rescue under way, they are hoping that now after sunrise they will be finding perhaps a survivors. this isn't a recovery operation, this is still a search and rescue operation, for now. alex, thank you for joining us.
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scientists and senior public health officials in the uk 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. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa reports. one, two, three... another dark day in this pandemic, and still the pressure builds for those on the front line — hospitals across the country are treating 50% more covid patients than during the first peak in april. and with 4,000 new admissions today, 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 a 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
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capacity. some trusts are urgently trying to discharge patients to free up extra beds. this hotel in south london's working with king's college hospital, providing a stopgap for homeless or vulnerable patients while they wait for emergency housing. once more, we must all stay home. a simple, clear message in this new government campaign, reinforcing just how critical it is to keep your distance, 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. the sort of transmission that perhaps we were seeing during lockdowns last year, that level of transmission will now be 40% or 50% higher. so we're going to have to work that much harder to achieve the same effect. so the race is on to protect
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the most vulnerable — this, the home of bristol city football club, now one of seven mass covid vaccination centres in england. from monday, trained volunteers will begin offering immunisations, joining hundreds of gp sites and hospital hubs around 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. and it's not like flu clinics — this has been hugely complex. today, the queen and the duke of edinburgh, both in the 90s, received their first doses at windsor castle. vaccinations will eventually help to relieve pressure on the health service, 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. the us vice—president, mike pence has said he will attend joe biden‘s inauguration in ten days' time.
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mr pence's announcement comes just a day after president trump said he wouldn't go to the inauguration of his successor on january 20th. us prosecutors say they've arrested three prominent figures in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. the fbi is appealing for public help in its search for those responsible for the attack. president donald trump also is facing a renewed drive by democrats to remove him from office, for his role in wednesday's storming of the us capitol. here's our washington correspondent, lebo diseko. it's almost certain that donald trump will face impeachment. that process starts in the house of representatives, which is controlled by the democrats, and it requires only a simple majority to get through. it would make donald trump the first president ever to be impeached twice. the question is whether or not he will be convicted. that process happens in the senate and requires a two—thirds majority, needing some republicans to get on board, and it's not at all certain there is enough support for that. of course, this comes after the scenes of violence
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that we saw here at the capitol on wednesday, and there have been some prominent arrests since then. on saturday, jacob cha nsley, who prosecutors say was the man pictured in a horned hat running through the capitol, was arrested. so too richard barnett, who has been named as the man pictured with his feet on speaker nancy pelosi's desk. both men have been charged with violent entry and also disorderly conduct on the grounds of the capitol. i'm joined now by clint van zandt former fbi agent and criminal profiler. it's good to see you, clint. how important is the public‘s help in identifying and then prosecuting those who took part in the disturbances on wednesday? well, the identification of the individuals involved is going to be very important, because you know there were tens of thousands of people who attended that rally. it was
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probably 200 plus that may or may not have actually entered the capitol building, and between the individuals who we re between the individuals who were running around without any type of face mask, any type of covid protection or attempt to disguise their identity, taking photos and posting them to social media, as well as the camera system within the capitol, there are literally hundreds of good quality photographs being matched up with facial identity software right now. those pictures are being put out across the country. what the fbi is relying on is not only the law enforcement investigator resources , enforcement investigator resources, but 335 million americans who believe what took place was wrong, and are also helping to identify those people at. i recommend calling them in into an fbi to plane.
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is -- them in into an fbi to plane. is —— tip line. is there a danger of vigilantes justice or misidentification? i think that should be left to the authorities stopping the fda being a lead agency in this. the fbi, just as we have in the uk, there is extensive use of the solidification software in the solidification software in the united states before example, the fbi has access to the photographs on drivers licenses of everyone across the country. so there will be tips called in, that software will attempt to make identifications. the fbi is also looking at travel records, credit card records of those who may have bought an airline ticket, gasoline, stayed at a hotel in... there are a lot of other trust referencing actions being done —— cross—referencing, so i believe authorities can be quite
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co mforta ble authorities can be quite comfortable in identification, but what each person did individually will be a challenge for the government, even though anyone who was in that building would be trespassing. it will be hard to identify the individuals who struck the capitol police officer in the head and subsequently died as a result from the assault. some people are asking why there was not more intelligence on this, given it was a tactic widely discussed in advance or in discussion groups. anyone in law enforcement today who looked at this says there is another information on the internet that we should have been leaning forward in the saddle for this. the only reason i can understand, is that, for example, in the united states, this last summer we had black lives matter, we had proud boys, we had other groups that were committing
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a cts groups that were committing acts of violence every day, looting, burning, arson, assaults, there is a 11.5 year history of time supporter rallies, in which nothing like this had ever taken place —— trump, so somehow the capitol police, whose primary mission is to protect the capitol, were caught leaning back and believing this was going to be one more rally, and not having any information to suggest that this was going to be, or at least not information they acted upon, they were really caught off guard. but the challenge is the military had offered help, i know the fbi weeks in advance had said we will give you whatever resources you want, and the capitol police made the decision not to accept those resources at. that is why the highest levels of that organisation are leaving office, they are no longer going to be there. of course, the challenge now is since this has happened —— has not happened in almost 200 years in
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the united states, how do we preclude anything like that from happening again, especially now that there is ongoing information on the internet to suggest similar individuals may try to commit a similar act at the time of the inauguration later this month. ican inauguration later this month. i can guarantee you there will be thousands of troops and federal agents out there to attempt to prevent anything like this happening again. clint van zandt, thank you very much. thank you. pope francis has said people working against democracy must be condemned whoever they are, and lessons should be learned from this week's attack on the us capitol by supporters of president donald trump. speaking to an italian tv station, he said the assault on the capitol, was "against democracy and against common good." translation: i was astonished because americans are people so
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disciplined in democracy but it isa disciplined in democracy but it is a reality even in the most developed democracy, there is a lwa ys developed democracy, there is always something that is not working, with people taking pa rt working, with people taking part against the community, against democracy and against the common good. yes, this must be condemned. this is bbc world news. the headlines: the indonesian navy says it has found the location where a boeing 737 passenger plane plummeted into the sea shortly after take—off — with 62 people on board. more than 80,000 people are now known to have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. under the uk lockdown, people in england must stay at home and only go out for essential reasons — and there are similar measures in place across most of scotland, in wales, and in northern ireland. but the guidance in england has come under scrutiny as derbyshire police said they would review their decision to issue 200 pound fines to two women who drove five miles for a walk. jon donnison reports.
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the pandemic may be yet to peak, but on a beautiful winter's day, london's parks were busy. a stroll and a coffee as good as entertainment gets for many in these challenging times. but is the government's message to stay home being heard? it does feel very different to the first lockdown, where everything was sort of closed and quiet so, i think in general it feels, the vibe is different — i think people are kind of a little bit over it now, i don't know. that's what i feel like, as in i get the vibe that it's less restrictive. i'm happy with the rule set, and i know it's for the better, for the good of the population. i'm not sure what more they could restrict from people's lives, realistically. but are even tougher restrictions needed? some scientists say the vast majority of people are actually sticking to the rules. the problem, they say,
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is that the lockdown is still too lax — in particular, to many people, they say, are categorised as critical workers, meaning schools and public transport are still busy. in snowdonia, hikers have been turned away after the authorities closed the car parks. uk government sources say there will be more focus on getting the police to enforce existing lockdown restrictions. but some scientists, including those advising the government, say it's the wrong approach. they're not providing the kind of support that's needed for people to feel that they're able to do the sorts of things that the government is now saying, "well, we're going to punish you if you don't do it." so they've got it all the wrong way round. it's really much, much more about support. and in a long winter, with things almost certain to get worse before they get better, people may well need it. jon donnison, bbc news.
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spanish authorities say at least four people have died after the country's most intense storm in fifty years. transport ground to a halt and rivers burst their banks. mark lobel reports. another two people froze to death in spain's capital. translation: we are amidst the worst snowstorm that has had the country since records began. in some places like madrid we have seen the biggest snowfall in recent decades. this is an absolutely exceptional situation that has exceeded even the most pessimistic forecast. around 20,000 kilometres of road were affected at. 1500 people trapped in cars needed rescuing. with the police, civil guard in the military‘s emergency unit all in action. passengers were snowed in at
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spain's main airports. translation:. we spain's main airports. translation: . we had spain's main airports. translation:. we had to sleep here. they didn't give us food 01’ here. they didn't give us food or drinks but with nowhere to sleep we had to lie on the luggage belt and desks. some parts of spain's north—eastern region hadn't seen any snow for yea rs. region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: region hadn't seen any snow for years. translationzlj region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: i think it hasn't snowed here is to,000 and five. it's the same story in central spain too. and they are not the only species taking it all in. there is curiosity from these creatures too. revellers and madrid have said this has been like a madrid have said this has been likea dream madrid have said this has been like a dream come true. snow enveloping iconic buildings and landscapes, including museums, parliament and the main thoroughfare. for an hour, a ski slope. translation: magic.
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i don't think it's an exaggeration to say, there's a lot of people in the street despite the pandemic and this situation is such fun. the heaviest snowfall since the 70s have made access to hospitals heart about ministers insist it will not delay the arrival of new coronavirus vaccine supplies. but there is concern that this record amount of snow could lead to both icy conditions as well as more flooding in the days ahead. let's get more on the storming of the us capitol on wednesday by pro—trump supporters. the way the crowd managed to breach the building's security has many in the us and around the world asking questions about the differences between the policing of black lives matter protests, compared with what we saw earlier in the week. any time black people gather, we are met with tear gas, rubber bullets, we are beaten with batons, told to move back.
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and then to witness a group of people violently storm the us capitol with little police resistance, it was sort of the tale of two americas. as a pro—trump mob stormed the us capitol in an attempt to overturn the presidential election, many black americans called out double standards in policing, patriotism and protest. when i was watching everything, i wasjust, "oh, my god. if that was us, we would have been murdered." let's look at the police response. no—one can tell me that if it had been a group of black lives matter protesting yesterday, they wouldn't have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the capitol. and it is unacceptable, totally u na cce pta ble. after the death of george floyd, nearly 5,000 national guardsmen and 1,600 active—duty
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troops were sent to dc to defend the city and were placed close to where protesters had been expected. this time, it was different — no riot police, no national guard on the steps, and the police that were there were not enough. just educate yourself on the history of this country and you will realise that it's totally about race. these people literally took over the capitol with weapons, and they were welcomed in and taking selfies with the police. capitol police deny race was a factor in how they handled events and say officers were overwhelmed. it took officers four hours to secure the us capitol and at least five people have died. and while law enforcement is looking to file additional charges, so far, the majority of arrests have been for violating curfew. in fact, 68 people were arrested on wednesday night
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on this charge compared to 325 charged with curfew violations over four days in june. we're going to walk down to the capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. president donald trump has been accused of riling the mob with false claims of a stolen election. when black lives matter activists were actually protesting someone being killed, they have been classified, you know, as thugs, as extremists — the president classified us as anarchists, as anti—american — but somehow these terrorists are protesters. go home. we love you, you're very special. he later condemned their actions and the national guard was deployed after rioters reached the capitol.
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to those who broke the law, you will pay. but for some, it was too little, too late. the very reason why the police showed extreme restraint and even was unprepared for these white domestic terrorists are some of the same reasons why the police refuse to show restraint in too many cases and end up killing black people. i'm like, "yo, this is america," and it's the america that we literally tried to dismantle. and so when we say "defund the police," this is what we are talking about, that they don't keep us safe. a reminder of our top story. the indonesian navy say they believe they have found where a passenger plane has crashed shortly after leaving the capitaljakarta. shortly after leaving the
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capital jakarta. the shortly after leaving the capitaljakarta. the boeing 737 fell thousands of feet within a minute before disappearing from radar screens. do stay with us on bbc news. hello again. saturday was another cold day, but it's the last of a run of cold days really. it is to be turning milder over the next few. there were some places across east anglia, cambridgeshire area where the fog lingered all day. temperatures didn't get above freezing. but where the sunshine came out, we had temperatures about 3—4 degrees, but either way, it was on the cold side for many of us. however, looking at the temperatures into sunday, it is going to be quite a bit milder, with our temperatures much closer to average for the time of year. now, right now, partly due to this change to milder weather, we've got this weather front just sinking southwards from scotland, bringing some rain here across into the far north of england, too. fog patches across east anglia, southern counties of england. and where the skies clear behind that weather front, again it's going to be cold with some frost.
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notjust frost, there's an ice risk as well, in particular for eastern scotland, maybe the far north east of england as well. so a cold start here. fog further south—east, east anglia, southern counties of england. again could lingerfor a good part of the morning, but probably a better chance of clearing, really, as we head into the afternoon. some sunshine here. thickest cloud across north—western areas. some persistent rain for western scotland. damp weather at times for the north west of england and wales. the only real cold air is across the northern isles in shetland. two degrees in lerwick. there's likely to be some snow showers here and some accumulations of snow as well. now for monday, that milder air gets even milder as we start to get these south—westerly winds blowing a bit more strongly across the uk. they will, though, be bringing some more persistent outbreaks of rain. combined with snowmelt, well, there's a risk of some localised flooding across western scotland. but for the north of scotland, we've still got some cold air feeding in, so we may well still see some snow across the northern isles and perhaps across the hills of northern scotland as well. but otherwise it's mild, temperatures 7—9 degrees celsius. now, beyond that, as we head
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into tuesday, we get rid of these weather fronts. they move southwards, and we allow some cooler northerly winds to flow in again. cold, frost but sunny to start the day for many of us. there will, though, be a few wintry showers coming down the north sea coasts, and always a bit more in the way of cloud further west. temperatures, well, coming down a little bit across northern areas. 4—6 degrees celsius, but still maybe 9—10 in the cloudier south—west of the uk. beyond that, well, we've got a spell of rain that's going to come through on wednesday, and then after that clears, a lot of dry weather, really, with temperatures for some staying a little above average. that's your latest weather. bye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea off the coast of the capital, jakarta, shortly after take—off. the plane fell more than 3,000
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metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. 62 people were on board. more than 80,000 people have died in the uk within 28 days of a positive covid test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown. it is the fourth day in a row that the uk has reported more than 1,000 daily deaths. us prosecutors say they've arrested three prominent figures in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. images of a shirtless man dressed in a bearskin headdress with horns, face paint and a spear were widely shared online — he was taken into custody today. people are being warned to stay vigilant about scams in which criminals offer covid vaccines for a fee. in one case, a pensioner was injected with a fake covid—19 vaccine — and charged £160 by a man pretending to be a health worker. people have also been sent text messages taking them to a fake nhs website
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