this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. england's health secretrary has given a new warning that the national health service could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus. it echoes concerns from england's chief medical officer, who says if hospitals are overwhelmed, this will lead to avoidable deaths. we can all do something to help — stay at home. every time you flex the rules, that could be fatal, and we all have a part to play. the labour leader, sir keir starmer is calling on the uk government to bring back daily briefings, to help reiterate the "stay at home" message to the public. we have had mixed messages,

i'm afraid, which is why we have got a problem. i would like to see the prime minister out every day with a press conference, making sure the absolutely getting through, because that is the most crucial thing. it comes as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than 500,000 people over the age of 80 are invited to mass vaccination centres. rescue teams in indonesia have found the black box flight recorders for the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the sea shortly after take—off. 62 people were on board. president trump will face impeachment proceedings this week for the second time, accused of inciting the storming of congress. and a special report from south africa following the people committed to saving one of the world's most endangered and trafficked creatures — the pangolin.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. here in the uk, the health secretary, matt hancock has said the nhs could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus and warned people must stay home. mr hancock said every time someone tried to flex the lockdown rules, it could lead to another person dying of the disease. his message was echoed by england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, who said the new variant of the disease is spreading rapidly across the country, leaving some areas facing "the most dangerous situation anyone can remember." the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has urged the government to reinforce the "stay at home" message and called for a return of the daily downing street briefings, fronted by the prime minister. the british government is rolling out rapid lateral flow tests to all areas of england. the tests, which can return results in 30 minutes, will be prioritised for those who can't work from home. and thousands of people in england aged over 80 are being invited to book an appointment to get the jab at one of seven mass

vaccination centres. matt hancock said he hoped all adults in the uk would be offered the vaccine by the autumn. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley said the government's core aim was to reiterate the "stay at home" message. chris whitty, england's chief medical officer, is warning the situation is worse than it has been throughout the pandemic. if the trajectory, the number of cases increasing, continues, then the nhs could be overwhelmed and the impact of that, according to chris whitty, would be severe. it would mean some people would not get the care they needed, that doctors can't see as many patients as they like, and ultimately it would lead to unnecessary deaths. the big question the government is facing today is, what are they going to do about it? matt hancock, the health secretary, has been on andrew marr this morning

saying he cannot rule out further restrictions. the view in downing street is you cannot categorically rule these things out but there isn't much more you can do — perhaps closing nurseries potentially, or restricting who can go to work. but we are hearing more about urging the public to follow the rules. there is a fear perhaps people are not taking this as seriously as they did in march last year, when the first full "stay at home" lockdown came in. have a listen to matt hancock, the health secretary. my gratitude, all of our gratitude, goes out to the team working across the nhs and working harder than it has ever worked before, and we could all do something to help, which is to stay at home. every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal. and we all have a part to play.

that was health secretary matt hancock, giving encouraging figures around the number of people vaccinated, around two million. we get the full figures on a monday, but it is around two million. at the moment the big question is how you ramp that up significantly, how you get to a point where you have a large part of the population vaccinated. the health secretary was saying the aim is to get 200,000 vaccinations per day pretty soon. we know that mass vaccination centres are being opened up in parts of england. what i found really interesting was we know the government is planning to getjabs in the arms of the most vulnerable by the middle of february. matt hancock saying by autumn every adult in the uk will be offered a vaccine.

that is a pretty significant commitment, if it is met, in getting back to something approaching normal. now, labour saying the government too slow to impose lockdowns? we heard from sir keir starmer, the labour leader, saying the government has been too slow at points. he says people need to take the "stay at home" message seriously but also suggesting more measures are going to have to come, that probably some of the things that have been kept open are going to have to close in england, in particular pointing to nurseries as a potential other way in which the government could stop people moving about, by closing nurseries for most people. have a listen to the labour leader. they are tough and necessary. they may not be tough enough, but in a sense i think the most important thing is for people to get

the message about stay at home. it is up to the government to put the message out there the whole time. we've had mixed messages, i'm afraid, for the last nine months, which is why we have a problem. i would like to see the prime minister out there every day with a press conference making sure the message is getting through, because that is the most crucial thing. nick, one of the weapons the government is trying to use against coronavirus is testing, testing especially people who do not have symptoms. one of the things that really worries people in government and some of the medical experts is potentially one in three people who have coronavirus are asymptomatic, they do not show the main symptoms, so one of the things being introduced by the government is mass asymptomatic testing, rapid flow tests you get for people still having to go to work. every local authority in england

will be given some of these tests, be able to distribute them as they see fit. it does not mean everyone still going to work at the moment will get one of these tests, but the idea is to try and figure out people who are not showing symptoms but have and can transmit the virus, who they are, and can keep them at home. they do not show every case but the hope is they will catch more than is the case at the moment. i'm joined now by professor iain buchan, dean of the institute of population health at the university of liverpool and a public health physician. he led the evaluation of the national pilot of covid community testing in the city. the lesson we can learn from the experience in liverpool? —— what are the lessons we can learn from the

experience in liverpool? this is a test that gives a rapid result, can be deployed very quickly and flexibly, it is popular with both the public and local services, and therefore it can be used as part of other public health measures, particularly strong local communications around hands, face in space if you have to go out at the present time. this tool can be used to save lives and livelihoods, if locally grounded. in liverpool, around a quarter of the population came forward in the first month. 0n the 6th of november, there was a big push, let's all get tested. then there was a move to more purposeful testing, test before you go to the shops that were open and other facilities at that time. to date, a third of the population have come forward , third of the population have come forward, even in lockdown 5000 people in liverpool came forward for

testing yesterday, and 150 people who didn't know they were carrying the virus became aware and can modify what they can do to protect their workplace. so far, around 3300 people have been identified in that way, and in the wider liverpool city region, 8000 people, and they would have passed it onto an equivalent number. so this is a valuable public health tool if used in a locally grounded way. critics of this will say it is not very accurate, that is the key problem with it. it is accurate enough to be a valuable public health tool. the estimates are that the test itself picks up around two thirds of substantially infectious individuals. and what about the new variant that has been spreading so rapidly, especially in the south—east of england? spreading so rapidly, especially in the south-east of england? the test is sensitive to the new variant.

drawing on the lessons from liverpool, what do you think is the way forward? how would you like to see it rolled out around the country? right now, i'd like to see close attention to using the lessons from liverpool for targeting workplaces, trying harder to reach those in the most disadvantaged communities, different messages to bring forward the younger parts of the workforce. key areas where there isa the workforce. key areas where there is a lot of mixing, like supermarkets, could benefit substantially from rapid implementation of this community testing. that then creates a bigger dialogue with the public about other measures we can all take — hands, face, space — when we are in no supermarkets and at work. this is around trust in local communities to self organise. it is their lives and livelihoods at stake, and that is the best way to take effective public health measures. is it about

taking it into those communities? sometimes maybe people are reluctant to have the test, but persuading them that they should? yes, the same will apply to vaccination. reaching our communities in the way that suits them best is the way to get maximum coverage of both vaccination and testing to protect lives and livelihoods. so the messages have to be relevant to those who find themselves in different circumstances. if you are living in a flat, in an area with poor transport, it is a very different proposition, lockdown, to those living with more means in areas with more resources. so we must take the public health measures to those communities and adapt, local services, the nhs and academic volu nteers services, the nhs and academic volunteers like me, can work very ha rd to volunteers like me, can work very hard to understand how to reach

those who are most vulnerable and areas where the virus is transmitting the most. this is a public health emergency, so we need to use the information on a daily basis, as the liverpool pilot has done, to flex messages, to flex the deployment of testing. this can't be run centrally. it has to be run locally. liverpool has shown that can be effective. polite indeed, professor ian buchan, thank you very much indeed. my pleasure. the indonesian authorities say they've located the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed into the sea on saturday, minutes after take—off from jakarta. it could hold the clues as to why the boeing 737 aircraft went down. the navy has already recovered pieces of fuselage and some body parts from the sea off the coast near the indonesian capital. 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 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. translation: we will do our best to find the victims. together let's pray they can be found. in the name of the government and indonesian people, we would like to express our condolences. as the flight—tracking app flightradar 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 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 pontianak, pangkal pinang, and this was the second route back to pontianak. there shouldn't have been any problem, and the maintenance report was also fine. in a significant development, the chief of the country's search and rescue agency has told reporters his teams have detected signals in two points, which could be the plane's black box, which he is now investigating. the black box is going to be critical, because that is going to determine whether or not there were sounds in the cockpit of perhaps an explosion, they're going to look at the wreckage and find out how the metal was bent, whether it was bent in or out, which could be a potential explosive device, were there missiles in the area? we saw thatjust over a year ago with the ukrainian 737 that was shot down. relatives and friends of those on board now have a painful wait for more answers.

ajakarta police spokesperson said rescuers have handed over a bag containing passengers' belongings and also another they believe contains body parts. after flight sj182 delayed its take—off due to heavy rain, and never sent a distress signal, what these rescue teams can now salvage from the seas is more important than ever. mark lobel, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: england's health secretrary has given a new warning that the national health service could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus. it echoes concerns from england's chief medical officer, who says if hospitals are overwhelmed, this will lead to avoidable deaths. the labour leader, sir keir starmer is calling on the uk government to bring back daily briefings, to help reiterate the "stay at home" message to the public. as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than 500,000 people over the age

of 80 are invited to mass vaccination centres. in the us, the outgoing vice—president, mike pence, will attend the inauguration ofjoe biden on january 20th. it's in contrast to donald trump who's said he won't be at his successor‘s swearing—in, breaking with tradition. meanwhile, democrats in the house of representatives say they'll start impeachment proceedings against president trump in the next 2a hours. 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 six—foot spear, was among those that stormed the us capitol and gained access to the senate 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 the lectern used by the house speaker, nancy pelosi. he is 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 want donald trump to resign! ..while in chicago, opponents of the president rallied outside the city's trump tower. in washington, there is now intense security. the national guard is on patrol around the capitol, wherejoe biden will be inaugurated as the nation's next president in ten days' time. 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 that is why

he must be held accountable to the full extent of the law. the claim in the draft articles of impeachment is that donald trump's behaviour "gravely endangered 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. if the house of representatives votes to impeach the president, the earliest the us senate could begin a trial of mr trump is january 20th — the day he is due to leave office. peter bowes, bbc news. it was a year ago today that two scientists published the genetic code of covid—i9, which has gone on to kill nearly two million people worldwide and left governments searching

for the best way to treat the virus. sequencing the genome of sars—cov—2 has been vital in allowing scientists to track how it mutates, and spot any potential outbreaks. let's speak to our science correspondent, victoria gill. an extraordinary story of how this was released to the world, the chinese authorities were criticised for being slow on some things, but u nless for being slow on some things, but unless they were quick. yeah, testa m e nt, unless they were quick. yeah, testament, i think, unless they were quick. yeah, testament, ithink, to unless they were quick. yeah, testament, i think, to the fact that scientists were able to work across those international borders without interference and get the genome online. it was five days between having sequenced the genome that the professor who was at the beijing centre for disease control got hold

of some of the swabs from the first patients, sequenced it, and it was just days later that it was published to any scientist with an internet connection, an international link between that professor in china, one in sydney in australia, and actually a website that published the sars—cov—2 genome was run by scientists in scotland. so it was a breakdown of all those international borders to get it online, and then pharmaceutical companies, pfizer and moderna, basically had access to that immediately, plugged it into their vaccine technology that same weekend, so it was the kick—starter of technology, you know, i made all the pain and horror of the pandemic, thatis the pain and horror of the pandemic, that is getting a scientific way out of it. it was the international collaboration of scientists and the speed of getting this information out there that then led to the speed of getting the vaccines we are now seeing going into arms today. well,

yeah, exactly, because that vaccine development, the technology was already there, the messenger technology, this incredible revolution in vaccine design, where basically you take a little bit of covid instruction, inject that into the body, and the cell does the rest of the work to produce this little bit of viral protein, completely harmless and cannot cause disease, but basically gives your body that are primed to recognise a future infection, and the fact that it could start right away meant that the process of vaccine development and in the process of all of the clinical trial is being done in parallel could be as quick as it was. so the data that we got the first approved vaccine corresponds directly to how quickly this code went online. and the code continues to just be hugely important, went online. and the code continues tojust be hugely important, as went online. and the code continues to just be hugely important, as does that international conversation that needs to be open between scientists so we can spot potential future pandemics and the spill—overs of emerging disease, end those borders,

the breakdown of borders between scientists is hugely important. but also the speed with which we can read these codes continues to inform about how the virus is spreading, how it is changing, it has enabled us to pick up the new mutated strains, and that will be crucial in the future if we need to update the vaccine design with this new genetic information. so it continues to be the speed with which this work can be done continues to be vital as we find our way through the pandemic. tell about really fascinating, victoria, thank you so much, sounds corresponding to victoria gill. science correspondent victoria gill. when the coronavirus was still in its early stages, one of the theories about its origins involved a rare animal — the pangolin. they're among the most trafficked mammals in the world. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports on south africa's efforts to rein

in the illegal trade. get on the ground! get on the ground now! a sting operation by south african police. they've lured a gang of suspected smugglers to this car park in order to arrest them. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven arrested. inside the car, still alive, a strange and precious victim is rescued. whose animal is this? this is a pangolin — one of the world's most endangered, most trafficked creatures. its thick scales prized in traditional chinese medicine — but on no scientific basis. injured and weak, the elderly male is rushed to a dedicated pangolin clinic in johannesburg, but too late to be saved. this is the worst we have seen. this is the worst male we have seen. he's really dehydrated. and his wounds are terrible. unfortunately, when they've been in the trades for long, their immune system is compromised. so, um, healing takes a lot longer, and they get worse infections. this is an acutely sensitive

and ancient species. few survive an ordeal that resembles a kidnapping, complete with proof—of—life videos like this one, sent by the poachers to potential buyers. sorry, but you are partand parcel, eh? today, six suspects are taken into custody, a small blow against a criminal trade that involves huge sums of money and enormous cruelty. you know, when we get them out of the trade, they are absolutely terrified. they've got no real natural enemies — and now man is their absolute downfall. you know, teriffic. this adult female was rescued and survived. now she's well guarded at a secret location. the species has gained new prominence after scientists began investigating possible links between pangolins and covid—i9. these are some of the most harmless creatures on the planet. but there is new evidence from china

that pangolins may have helped incubate and transmit covid—i9 to humans who ate the animals. there's also the suggestion that by studying these animals, we may learn more through their immune systems about the virus itself. in the meantime, a new arrival is nursed at the clinic. three months old, her family trafficked. the pangolin has lived on this planet for more than 80 million years. it's in the headlines today because of covid, but humans have hunted it to the brink of extinction. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. you're watching bbc news. during the first lockdown last march, eight—year—old freyah from hull decided to use her hour of daily exercise to pick up litter. now, two lockdowns and a keep britain tidy award nomination later, she's got a team of 50 helpers all determined to make a difference to where they live.

let's meet her and the rest of the litter squad. this got started injune 2020, and we're still going. seaweed! seaweed! all almost every day go out and litter picking with our family. we have been finding more and more plastic. we give out free litter—picking kits to all of our members. we wear our gloves in case we touch the bag, but we never pick up litter with our hand, even if we have our gloves on. we have came here on our bikes, and this is what all this mess looks like before we clean it up.

i'm the health and safety officer. we can't pick up glass because we're only children and it could cut the bags. people in the community are grateful for the jobs we do, they give us gifts, and we wrap them up and put them into age order. the litter squad collects prizes for the hard work we do. it is quite nice, because it shows that you have been noticed for what you have been doing. pokemon headphones! thank you so much! we collect bottle tops so it can be recycled

into park equipment. we have been short—listed for an award from keep britain tidy. the council nominated us for our hard work helping our environment. it may brighten up across cloudy skies, wet weather further north, across western areas of scotland in particular. temperatures five or 6 degrees, called in the south, not as cold as it was yesterday. for most places overnight, we hang onto cloudy skies, wet weather coming in

across western scotland, bringing a threat of flooding. temperatures for the most part a few degrees above freezing, but chilly in the south east, a risk of a touch of frost here, as in shetland, with more snow showers. a mild day for most places on monday, more wet weather as well, is that colder air attacks into scotland, snow is likely here. outbreaks of rain for most, a windy day, towards the south—east likely to be dry, 8—10