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welcome to 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 as 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 whose 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 husband were given theirjabs by a doctor at windsor castle. —— 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 with 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, operated 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 in a good condition when it was flown from pontianak, pangkal pinang, and this was the second route,
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back to pontianak. there shouldn't have been any problems and the maintenance report was also fine. 0ur indonesian correspondent joins us now. please bring us up joins us now. please bring us up to date. today, the search and rescue team are still trying to find survivors and the remains of the suing gyre air plane which has crashed on saturday while carrying 62 crew and passengers and today, the navy has deployed about ten ships and also the diving team combed the area, given the area where the accident is believed to happened has been detected earlier this morning —— sriwijaya air. besides, the military also deployed helicopters to assist with the finding and until now, the government has yet to
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find out why the plane lost contact only four minutes after it took off from the airport nearjakarta. it took off from the airport nearjakarta. how has the country reacted and have family members been given information? the family of the passengers are still quite shocked and they are still waiting for the update about the finding and are still quite hopeful that there is a finding that will bring theirfamily there is a finding that will bring their family alive and this accident is actually a big blow to indonesia, notorious safety in plane as we can remember in 2000 and eight, all carriers from indonesia were banned to enter the eu and into thousand eight, it can also enter again in to the eu but now this accident happened so
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it is quite a big blow to indonesia ——in 2008. it is quite a big blow to indonesia --in 2008. indonesia as you mentioned there, the safety record of the aviation industry has been in question so industry has been in question so when people fly, do they worry about that in indonesia? is it something people talk about? i think indonesians are worried about it but as i mentioned before, in 2008 there has been a perspective that the security and the safety has been better so it's quite shocking for us. i think this accident happened and we still wait for what the government's move and commitment to better this situation. callistasia wijaya, thank you so much. moving on to other news. 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
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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—i9 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 capacity. some trusts are urgently trying to discharge patients to free up extra beds.
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this hotel in south london is 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 sorts 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 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
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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 their 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 10 days' time. mr pence's announcement comes just a day after president trump said he wouldn't go to the inauguration of his successor on january 20. us prosecutors say they've arrested three prominent figures in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. the fbi is appealing for public
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help in its search for those responsible for the attack. meanwhile, us democrats have confirmed that impeachment proceedings against president trump will begin on monday. 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 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,
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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. lebo diseko there. i'm joined now by professor brian kalt, an expert in constitutional law and the history of the presidency. professor, hello. you've written a fascinating book exploring weaknesses in the constitution when it comes to replacing presidents or holding them to account. do any of those weaknesses that you've spotted apply in the current situation? well, there are two mechanisms for displacing a president. there is impeachment, which looks like it will go forward, although it probably will not be resolved until his term is over, and also the 25th amendment which people were discussing on
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wednesday and thursday but it looks like that will not be used either, which will avoid some of the problems that i've written about. can impeachment still go on, even after the january 25, when mr trump steps down? yes. impeachment has two consequences upon conviction, removal of office if you are still in office and there is another which is disqualification from serving in federal office again. so the democrats might see that is worth pursuing if they think they might be able to get enough republicans to support it in the senate, given that president trump has already made a lot of noise about possibly running again in 202a. i think possibly running again in 202a. ithinka possibly running again in 202a. i think a question a lot of people mightjust i think a question a lot of people might just be i think a question a lot of people mightjust be thinking cana people mightjust be thinking can a sitting president be prosecuted for crimes like any other citizen? if not, why not? it is in dispute. the
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constitution, there are complicated arguments and i have written about them at length and i don't have time to get into it now but the basic idea is the president, while in office, represents the executive branch of the government and it is not that he is not capable of committing crimes, it is that no—one is really authorised to displace him from his duties. if you wa nt to him from his duties. if you want to do that, you either have to wait until his term is over or have to wait until his term is over oi’ congress can use have to wait until his term is over or congress can use the impeachment process to hasten that day. but once he is out of office, there is no question that he can be prosecuted if he committed crimes while in office. you talked about the 25th amendment. is it clear how that process would work? might there be any confusion if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet decide to invoke it? there should not be but they might be so if the vice president and the majority of the cabinet say that the president is unable to discharge his powers and
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duties, power transfers immediately to the vice president as a president, but there is a mechanism for the president to come back and say that he is not unable to serve and if he does that there is supposed to be a four day waiting period during which the vice president and the cabinet can reassert that he is unable and during that time, the vice president stays in charge. u nfortu nately, president stays in charge. unfortunately, the provision is not written very well and a lot of people, when they look at it, think that the president reta kes power immediately. president trump certainly would have an incentive to pursue that reading and so things could get pretty messy if that happens. hopefully, though, if they did invoke it, it would be shut down pretty quickly, if any were trying to misinterpret it that way. thank you so much. professor brian kalt. 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.
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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 disciplined in democracy, but it is a reality even in the most developed democracy, there is always something that is not working, with people taking part against the community, against democracy and against the common good. yes, this must be condemned. this is bbc news. our main headline this hour: 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. well, let's stay with that story now. we can now speak to les abend who's a former pilot and current aviation analyst and writer.
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what are your thoughts based on the initial details you are seeing from jakarta ?|j the initial details you are seeing from jakarta? i always preference these terrible tragedies with let's not speculate initially but as you've been reporting its 26 aeroplane, it's a 737 500. we keep comparing it to the max, it's about shorter than the max. the conditions were not great for departure, it was heavy rain. wherever that was a factor it is hard to know but in 60 seconds to lose practically 10,000 feet, at least that is what is being reported, that is and a lot of altitude. something catastrophic happened on that air plane. whether it is some sort of mechanical failure, something the pilots did, it is ha rd to something the pilots did, it is hard to say. there are circumstances where heavy rain can get into what we call the p0 static system which can affect the airspeed indications
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that leave them disoriented. there's a lot of potential factors in this situation. some of our viewers might be thinking back to the recent crashes involving the boeing 737 max but just crashes involving the boeing 737 max butjust to be absolutely clear this is an entirely different model, the 737 500. tell us about that model of what you think of a?|j retired flying boeing 777 but i've flown other boeing's and a lot of them are similar in their design. it is one of the older models, once again, this one is 26 years old. it did not have some of the upgrades as far as the cop that was concerned, but we call it the glasscock pet, it had some of the older gauges, instrumentation to it. all 7:30 seventh our direct flight controls, no what we call fly by wire situation, so a reliable air plane. it's a
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stalwart of the boeing product line, and had a really good history. what's your understanding of the indonesian aviation industry's ability to investigate this? all countries have what is called an expert team, which is the investigation process that the ntsb follows in the united states, the national transportation safety board, so they should be following a guideline but however, as far as asking for further advice from the ntsb in the united states has offered their assistance, they may very well go ahead with that. i am not familiar enough with how indonesians conduct their investigation and what the experience level is. it into venture that it is not as experienced as the united states but that doesn't mean that they can't conduct a very
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accurate investigation as we do here in the united states or in the uk. thank you so much for joining us. 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. 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 —
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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, is that the lockdown is still too lax — in particular, too 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.
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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 jon donnison, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. at least one person has died in a fire at the headquarters of mexico city's subway system. six of the city's railway lines stopped running because of the fire. around 30 people were injured. the blaze is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault. electricity is gradually being restored in pakistan following a nationwide power cut. major cities, including the capital islamabad, lahore and karachi, were suddenly cut offjust after midnight local time. the power minister said the cause of the blackout
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was being investigated. as the trump administration enters its final days in office, the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced that the us is lifting long—standing restrictions on its relationship with taiwan. the state department said the regulations had been imposed decades ago to appease the mainland communist chinese government. saudi and qatari airlines have announced that they will start flights between their two countries again, following the recent deal that ended a long—running regional dispute. qatar airways and the saudi carrier, saudia, said their flights would resume on monday. earlier, the land border between the two gulf states was re—opened. spanish authorities say at least four people have died after the country's most intense storm in 50 years. transport ground to a halt and rivers burst their banks. mark lobel reports. swept away. two people died after storm filomena struck this road near malaga in southern spain. another two people froze to death in spain's capital,
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and the eastern city of calatayud. translation: we are amidst the worst snowstorm that has hit much of 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 forecasts. around 20,000 kilometres of road were affected. 1,500 people trapped in cars needed rescuing. with the police, civil guard and the military‘s emergency unit all in action. passengers were snowed in at spain's main airport. translation: we had to sleep here. they didn't give us food or drinks but with nowhere to sleep we had to lie on the luggage belt and desks. before this, some parts of spain's north—eastern aragon region hadn't seen any snow for years. translation: i think it hasn't snowed in zaragoza since 2005.
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it's the same story in central spain, too. translation: never. toledo's so snowy. never. and they're not the only species taking it all in. there is curiosity from these creatures, too. revellers in madrid say this has been like a dream come true. snow enveloping iconic buildings and landscapes, including museums, parliament and the main thoroughfare, the gran via, for now a ski slope. translation: magic. 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 harder, but ministers insist it will not delay the arrival of new coronavirus vaccine supplies. but there's concern that this record amount of snow could lead to both icy conditions as well as more flooding in the days ahead.
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mark lobel, bbc news. thousands of devotees thronged a church in the philippine capital, manila, for a glimpse of a centuries—old statue of jesus christ believed to have miraculous healing powers, after an annual catholic parade was cancelled due to covid—19. 0fficial please to stay at home we re 0fficial please to stay at home were ignored as people gathered for the feast of the black nazarene. compared to previous years, 2021's feast of the black nazarene with a subdued affair. people were advised not to attend the event to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. according to the police, 23,000 people gathered today to listen to masses delivered from the church. translation: nothing can stop us now from performing oui’ can stop us now from performing our devotion, even if they block us with a tag, i will
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still visit the black nazarene because he kept us safe the whole year, even from covid—19, typhoons and calamities. however, today's event didn't feature a procession of the centuries—old statue of christ. contrast this with january 2020, when millions blocked the area to try to see or touch the statue. believed by the faithful to have miraculous powers of healing and good fortune. but three weeks later, the country confirmed its first case of covid—19. now with more than 480,000 cases and 9000 deaths, the philippines is the second worst hit country behind indonesia and southeast asia ——in southeast asia stopping many up—to—date's devotees prayed for an end of the pandemic which has pushed the philippine economy into
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recession. translation: my personal prayer is good health for my family and for all of us to get along. i pray for a better philippines this 2021 and for covid—19 to end. translation: i pray that this covid pandemic would end and that the new variant wouldn't get here. a also pray that jesus guides and protect my family as well. despite efforts to urge volunteers to social distance and where appropriate personal protective equipment, some chose to flout the advice. a local infectious disease expert took to twitter to say it would take a miracle to stop today's gathering from becoming a super spreader event. a reminder of our top story — 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. 0ron
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0r on that story on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. 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.
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and where the skies clear behind that weather front, again it's going to be cold with some frost. 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 snow melt, 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 into tuesday, we get rid of these weather fronts.
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they move southwards, and we allow some cooler northerly winds to flow in again. cold, frosty, 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:
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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 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. the into custody today. fbi is calling on help from the the fbi is calling on help from
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the public to identify the other

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