this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. indonesian rescuers have detected a signal from the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the java sea shortly after takeoff with 62 people on board. just days before it hands over power, the trump administration is lifting long—standing restrictions governing the us relationship with taiwan. 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. at least four people have died as spain is hit with its heaviest snowfall for 50 years.

hello, and welcome. the indonesian navy has recovered pieces of fuselage and some body parts from the sea off the coast nearjakarta where a boeing 737 aircraft crashed on saturday. rescuers also said they had detected a signalfrom the plane more than 20 metres below the surface. 62 people were on board the sriwijaya air jet, which was flying to borneo. mark lobel reports. could these be vital clues as to what happened to sriwijaya airflight to what happened to sriwijaya air flight sj182? divers from ten navy ships, assisted by military helicopters, are slowly piecing together the wreckage from their ongoing search of the waters where they believe the plane fell. as the flight believe the plane fell. as the flight tracking up flight radar shows, four minutes after the 26—year—old boeing 737 took off from jakarta on saturday

afternoon, with 62 passengers on board, including seven children and three babies, contact children and three babies, co nta ct was children and three babies, contact was lost, as it reportedly plunged 3000 metres in less than a minute. before its disappearance, its operator said no problems had come to light. translation: based on the information i have, the plane was in a good condition when it was flown from kalimpanag and this was the second route. they shouldn't have been any problem and the maintenance report was also fine. in a significant element, the chief of the country's search and rescue agency has told reporters his teams have deducted signals in two points, which could be the plain‘s blackbox, which he is now investigating. the blackbox is going to be critical because thatis going to be critical because that is going to determine whether or not there were sounds in the cockpit of perhaps an explosion, they can look at the wreckage and find out how the metal was spent in

oi’ out how the metal was spent in or out, which could be a potential explosive device, where damsels in the area, we saw that just over a where damsels in the area, we saw thatjust over a year ago with the korean 737 max was shot down. relatives and friends of those on board now have a painful way for more a nswe i’s. have a painful way for more answers. a jakarta have a painful way for more answers. ajakarta police spokesperson said rescuers have handed over a bag containing passengers' belongings and also another they believe contains body parts. for jakarta's residence, with budget travel now and click —— increasingly regular feature, fears over flig htsafety regular feature, fears over flightsafety have resurfaced. translation: the flight schedule is to pack. they touched down and take off, touchdown then take up again. maybe there wasn't enough maintenance. we are shocked because we always use that flight. because we always use that flight. the crash is very sad. after flight sj182 delayed its ta keoff after flight sj182 delayed its takeoff due to heavy rain, and never send a distress signal, what these rescue teams can now

salvage from the ocean is more important than ever. mark labelle, bbc news. —— lobel. we can now speak to australian aviation expert and broadcaster geoffrey thomas. he joins us from the town of walpole near perth. mr thomas, thank you. mrthomas, thank you. i mr thomas, thank you. i wonder, what are you able to conclude from the early reports which have been coming in from jakarta about this crash? james, there is scant detail as yet. there was no call to our traffic control of any problems, although that is not necessarily an issue, because when pilots have a problem with an aircraft, the first thing you do is save the aeroplane before you communicate. —— calls to air traffic control. so that is possibly not, we can't read too much into that. it appears that whatever has happened was catastrophic and very rapid. there is a possibility of an explosion,

and that can't be ruled out at this stage. also, they might have been an issue with a rudder, a rudder actuator of the aircraft, because the aircraft twisted and turned quite violently on its plunged down into the sea. so possibly there is a mechanical issue there is a mechanical issue there of failure of some kind, oi’ there of failure of some kind, or the other possibility is a massive lightning strike from a superbolt that caused the aircraft to be lost. but a very early days at this stage. it may be some time before we get some real clear direction on this one. tell us about this aircraft. it is a boeing, but not of course a max, the model that crashed twice and put boeing into such difficulty? indeed. there are four essential versions of the 737, the original model built in the 19605, the original model built in the 1960s, we call that in the industry the jurassic. this was

a classic, which was the next upgrade, a significant upgrade which was in the early 1980s. this was a 737—500. the next generation after that was called, in fact, the next my generation, the nanograms, and thatis generation, the nanograms, and that is the one which is used extensively throughout the world, with airlines like ryanair. but world, with airlines like rya nair. but both world, with airlines like ryanair. but both the classic and the next generation but have excellent safety records. airlines around the world to do many airlines around the world to do any airlines around the world to do many many flights with them every day. it is a good aeroplane. budget carriers have grown in indonesia of people have wa nted grown in indonesia of people have wanted to travel, have had the money to travel. these operators obey proper national and international safety standards? —— do these operators. look, the track record has not been good. and there are reasons for that. because in indonesia, a lot of the runways are not to international standard, they don't have overruns, they are

shorter than they should be, they are not grooved, which is important because you get a lot of thunderstorms. and the navigational aids are not as good as you would get in europe. so there are other circumstances which cause indonesia not to have a good record. but yes, to the point, there have been a lot of accidents because there are a number of low—cost airlines in indonesia and certainly corners have been cut in the past, although this outline, so far, has got quite a good safety record. would you expect indonesia to call in regional oi’ indonesia to call in regional or international help in its investigation? typically it does, in fact, investigation? typically it does, infact, it leans investigation? typically it does, in fact, it leans on australia quite a lot. australia's casa, our regulator, has done extensive work with the indonesians, and certainly the standard of investigation in indonesia and oversight in indonesia is much, much higher than it has been in

the past. but they still do called in experts, and of course at the same time, you are going to get boeing involved in this. you will get cfm, the french american conglomerates that build the engines, they will be involved. so you will go to quite a few international players involved in this investigation, simply because they owned the airline —— aircraft, or they owned the engines. jeffrey thomas, thank you so much. my pleasure. 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. let's get more on this from rachel esplin odell. she's a research fellow in the east asia program at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft and joins me from washington.

ten days to go until the jump administration ends. what is the motive behind this? first of all, it is important to note that contrary to what secretary mike pompeo has said about these restrictions, these are actually quite fundamental to the nature of the us one china policy, which is the policy that stabilised us—china relations ever since the us shifted its diplomatic recognition from the republic of china government on taiwan to the people's republic of china government on the mainland. what secretary pompeo was trying to do is really cement his legacy is an anti—china crusader, of sorts, which has been central to his approach to foreign affairs, and which he hopes to use to bolster his future political career. at the same time, he is also hoping to lock in this more confrontational policy towards china for the new biden administration, as it comes into office next week. they can just unpick it, can they commit a biden administration? yes, but i think secretary pompeo is

probably trying to raise the political cost, because it might be harder for the political cost, because it might be harderfor the biden administration to back away now that he has removed these restrictions. that said, today the biden transition team issued a statement reiterating, as they have said through their time on the campaign, that they will abide by the long—standing one china policy. so this seems to bea one china policy. so this seems to be a signal but they will not view their hands are tied by this move by the jump administration. that said, it isn't clear if they will explicitly reinstate all these protocols or if they will just formally continue to abide by them. what are some of those protocols ? them. what are some of those protocols? restrictions put in place to govern things like official contacts between the taiwanese and us governments, whether the united states can fly the republic of china flag on government premises, they regulate travel of us government officials to taiwan, and at the time that the us

formally recognised the people's republic of china, the government of mainland china, they implemented these restrictions while also trying to maintain cultural and commercial contacts with nonprofit corporations in lieu of embassies. so in many ways these restrictions were the substance of the one china policy, the diplomatic protocols that were able to make this strange, trilateral dance between china, taiwan and the us stable for so many yea rs. the us stable for so many years. and they have served the interests of the three sides quite well over this time, helping to maintain stability, so moving away from them destabilises this dynamic. what will beijing do? it is a bit ha rd to will beijing do? it is a bit hard to say. part of the answer will depend on what happens in the coming weeks, but the us ambassador to the un, kelly craft, who are travelling to taipei, this will be one of the highest level visits by a us official since the united states normalise relations with the prc. and if, while she is there, she engages in certain

types of protocol that diverged from these past restrictions, that could cause beijing to react more strongly with certain types of military signals, or if she is trying to lay the groundwork for more provocative moves in the final days, then that could signal that could precipitate stronger reactions from china. that said, china is also sending signals that they are trying to, they are of course objecting to this because they view it as interference in the internal affairs, but they are trying to signal but they want to wait and see what the biden administration will do. so i mr trump administration pushes this even further, it might be that they will wait another ten days and see if the biden administration seeks to violate these protocols or if they seek to reinstate them, and this will be an important thing to monitor, to see how the biden administration does treat this. and if not, if they don't return to these traditional restrictions, you could see spiralling dynamics of escalation in the relationship

that could be quite dangerous. doctor rachel asplin odell, thank you forjoining us. 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 was being investigated. 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 reopened. us prosecutors say they've arrested prominent figures involved in wednesday's riots at the us capitol.

the fbi is appealing for public help in its search for those responsible for the attack. so far there have been more than eighty arrests. it comes as democrats say they'll open impeachment proceedings against donald trump on monday. they claim the president incited the violence. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the images that shocked america and the world. video and photographs that are now being scrutinised by the authorities to bring those responsible to justice. this man, dressed in a bearskin headdress and carrying a 6—foot spear, was among those that stormed the us capital and gained access to the senate chamber. prosecutors say he is jacob chansley, chamber. prosecutors say he is jacob cha nsley, a chamber. prosecutors say he is jacob chansley, a prominent follower of the baseless conspiracy theory qanon, now in custody for charges that include violent entry and disorderly conduct. adam

johnson was pictured carrying a lecture and used by the house speaker, nancy pelosi. he is now in custody in florida. protests for a nd now in custody in florida. protests for and against donald trump have continued this weekend. heavily armed supporters of the president gathered in minneapolis. we wa nt gathered in minneapolis. we want donald trump to resign! while in chicago, opponents of the president rallied outside the president rallied outside the city's trump tower. in washington, there is no intense security. the national guard is on patrol around the capital, where joe on patrol around the capital, wherejoe biden will be inaugurated as the nation's next president in ten days. donald trump has said he won't be there, but the vice president, mike pence, and his wife, do plan to attend the ceremony. in the meantime, democrats plan to move forward with a second impeachment of the president, starting on monday. it was an act of sedition that was incited and encouraged by donald trump, and thatis encouraged by donald trump, and that is why he must be held

accountable to the full extent of the law. the claim in the d raft of the law. the claim in the draft articles of impeachment is that donald trump is my behaviour "greatly endanger the security of the united states". but some republicans think the process could fuel further unrest. others argue there simply isn't enough time. i've got enough decisions to make about things that can happen rather than to spend time on things that can't happen. rather than to spend time on things that can't happenm the house of representatives votes to impeach the president, the earliest the us senate could begin a trial of mr trump ‘s january 20, the day he is due to leave office. this is bbc news. the headlines: indonesian rescuers detect a signal believed to be from the flight recorder of the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the java sea shortly after takeoff with 62 people on board. 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. a little earlier i spoke to clint van zandt, former fbi agent and criminal profiler. he explained what role the public will play in the fbi's investigation into wednesday's events. well, the identification of the individuals involved is going to be very important, as you know, even though there were tens of thousands of people who attended that rally, it was probably 200 plus that may or may not have actually entered the capitol building, and between the individuals who were running around without any type of face mask, any type of covid protection or attempt to disguise their identitification, taking their own pictures, 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, and of course, what the fbi is relying on is not only the law enforcement investigative resources, but 335 million americans who believe what took place was wrong, and who are also helping to identify those people by calling in to an fbi tip line. there are detailed attempts — i don't know if you've seen them on social media — to identify various individuals. is there a danger, though, of misidentification or of unofficial vigilantejustice? well, i think that's the responsibility of the authorities — and again, the fbi being a lead agency in this. of course, the fbi is, just as we find in the uk, there is extensive use of the facial identification software in the united states. for example, the fbi has access to the photographs on drivers licences of everyone across the country.

so there will be tips called in, that software will attempt to make identification. but realise, the fbi's also looking at travel records, credit card records of those who may have bought an airline ticket or bought gasoline, stayed at a hotel. so there's a lot of other cross—referencing actions being done before arrest warrants are being issued, so i believe authorities are fairly comfortable in the identification. now, proving what each person did individually will be the challenge for the government, even though anyone who was in that building was in there trespassing. and of course, one of the highest priorities is going to be to identify the individual or individuals who struck the capitol police officer in the head and he subsequently died from the assault. 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—i9 test. our 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 now 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.

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 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. 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. sylvia lennan—spence reports. swept away — two people died

after storm filomina struck this road near malaga in spain. translation: we are amidst the worst snowstorm that has hit much of the country since records began. in some places like madrid, we've 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. 1500 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 drink, but with nowhere to sleep, we had to rely on the luggage belt and desks. before

this some posts of the northeastern hurricane region hadn't seen snow for years.|j think it hasn't snowed in saragossa since 2005. it's the same story in central spain too. translation: never. so snowy? never. and they are not the only species taking it all in. there's curiosity from these creatures too. revellers in madrid status 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: its 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 has also made access to hospitals harder, although 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. residents in a city in eastern estonia have come up with a novel — if not chilly — way of meeting up socially while staying safe during the pandemic. this snow bar has been built in the city of tartu after a bar owner got the idea from a children's snow fortress. although the temperature was a freezing minus seven celsius, people still gathered to chat and dance at a safe distance. the first attempt at a snow bar only lasted one day before melting, but after making more robust snow bricks it looks like this bar will stick around for a bit longer. 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. 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.

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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: indonesian rescuers have detected a signal believed to be from the flight recorder of the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the java sea shortly after takeoff with 62 people on board. the aircraft fell more than 3,000 metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. 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 us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced that long—standing restrictions on contacts between the united states and taiwan are to be lifted. just days beforejoe biden's administration takes office, the state department said the old restrictions had been imposed decades ago to appease communist china. people are being warned

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