hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump has been accused of inciting an insurrection in an article of impeachment filed in washington. president electjoe biden says he's discussed impeachment proceedings with senators. democrats have also put forward a resolution demanding that vice—president pence strip mr trump of his powers. the person that's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. outside the us capitol, security has been tightened after trump supporters invaded the building last week. in the uk, england's chief medical officer has warned that the next few weeks will be the "most dangerous time" of the pandemic as the government continues to ramp up covid vaccinations across the country. and in indonesia, a huge underwater search operation is taking place to try to retrieve the flight

recorders from the airliner that crashed on saturday. to the us, because the democrats have formally begun the process of impeaching president trump for a second time. he's accused of inciting the attack on the capitol last week. they have also first proposed that vice—president mike pence invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution in order for him to take power. here's what happened. house resolution 21, resolution calling on vice—president michael r pence to convene and mobilise the principal officers of the executive departments of the cabinet to activate section four of the 25th amendment to declare president donald] trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president. for what purpose does the gentleman

from west virginia rise? i object. objection is heard. as you could see there, the republicans objected to the resolution in the house of representatives calling for the 25th amendment to be used. but it could be still voted on as early as tuesday. if that fails, the democrats say they'll move towards impeachment proceedings. the article of impeachment charges the president with "incitement to insurrection." and it accuses him of "wilfully inciting violence against the government of the united states" — it goes on to say "he also willfully made statements that encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — imminent lawless action at the capitol." here's the house speaker nancy pelosi, speaking to cbs before today's proceedings. is anybody running the executive branch of the government? who is running it? sadly, the person running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. and we have only a number of days

until we can be protected from him, but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. democrats say they're concerned about future violent events too. the fbi is aware of possible flashpoints across the united states, according to this tweet from abc reporter aaron katersky — "armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols" in the run up tojoe biden‘s inauguration on the 20th january "according to an fbi bulletin obtained by @abc". with democrats in the house mobilising quickly, president trump faces the possibility of being the first president to be impeached twice. last year he was impeached over allegations he tried to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. if the house of representatives does vote to impeach him, proceedings would move to the senate for a trial. and for a guilty verdict — as you can see in this graphic — two thirds of senators must support it. with the senate set to become 50

democrats and 50 republicans — that's a long way off. here's the democratic strategist max burns. unlike the first impeachment of the president, when only mitt romney broke ranks, we are starting to see that now, after republicans have had their lives are endangered by a mob that came to capitol hill looking to kill many of them, they are finally realising that it might have been a bad idea to allow president trump to continue to serve this past year. but this is all complicated by the fact thatjoe biden is being inaugurated on wednesday next week. so the trial in the senate may need to be delayed. here's one senior democrat. just give president electjoe biden the 100 days he needs to get up and running, and maybe we will deal with the articles after that. let's bring in the bbc‘s laura trevelyan. quite

a viewers might be confused that a present could be impeached after he 01’ present could be impeached after he or she stops being a president? yes, it is confusing. but nonetheless, it is possible. interestingly, the president—electjoe bidenjust talked about a way that the needle could be threaded, that he could both move forward with his agenda, he wants to tackle the coronavirus, reboot the economy, and also, there could be a trial of donald trump in the us senate. he said he had been talking about the possibility that the senate could spend half a day on his appointments, for example, getting through the key secretaries, and also spend half a day on a trial. so assuming that the house of representatives votes this week to impeach donald trump for a second time, then there is potentially a way the democrats are discussing upholding president trump accountable, or no longer president trump, while also moving forward

with joe trump, while also moving forward withjoe biden‘s agenda. but it is complicated. joe biden wants to move forward and doesn't want to divide the country further, but there is, on the democratic side, a huge call for justice on the democratic side, a huge call forjustice and credibility. but after all, donald trump will not be in charge from the middle of next week, so there might be an argument forjust moving week, so there might be an argument for just moving on? week, so there might be an argument forjust moving on? that is what republicans are saying. but democrats say that what the president said and did was just so incredibly out of order that not only did he incite interaction, that the article of impeachment, but also, the president's behaviour since he lost the election, when he wouldn't accept the election result and tell people the election had been stolen, that he leaned on election officials in georgia,

remember that hour—long phone call by the president is telling election officials in georgia "find me 11,800 votes". so they are detailing everything donald trump has done in the two months since he lost the election, and they say that this is why he should be impeached for a second time. democrats also hope that they could, in the senate, try to ban him from ever running for public office again, which would put an end to his hopes of being the 2024 candidate. stay with us, because i want to talk about the republicans and this whole situation raises lots of questions for them. on friday senator lindsey graham, one of donald trump's supporters, tweeted, any attempt to impeach president trump would not only be u nsuccessful president trump would not only be unsuccessful but would be a dangerous precedent for the future of the presidency. it will take both parties to heal the nation. or there is this, a republican congress and saying, people need to take a deep breath and look in the mirror. those

who committed acts of violence must be held accountable, but democrats are eager to use wednesday to settle political scores, which would only be dividing our country more. but some of trump's allies are being more specific in turning against him. wednesday was a fundamental threat to the united states. it speaks to what makes us american. it is an existential thing, not superficial. it is deep and real and different, which is why you saw so many resignations this week and you didn't see them over the last couple of years. wednesday changed everything. another senator wants the president to step down. senator pat toomey also wants him to go. the best way for our country is for the president to resign and go away as $0011 president to resign and go away as 50011 as president to resign and go away as soon as possible. i acknowledge that may not be likely, but it would be best. for

the democrats, vice president—elect kamala harris, we may hearfrom. we also heard from president—electjoe biden, who has been speaking after receiving his final days of the coronavirus vaccine. he got his second dose of the pfizer vaccine at a hospital in newark, delaware, before speaking to reporters about his inauguration and about donald trump. i had a discussion today with some of the people in the senate. and the questions about whether we can buy for kate this, whether we can buy for kate this, whether we can go half a day on the impeachment and half a day with people being nominated and confirmed in the senate. do you think they will be

able to do that? i don't know. let's go back to laura in washington. you we re go back to laura in washington. you were mentioning the potential plan are working on the impeachment for half of the day and working on things for the future in the other half of the day. but canjoe biden decide this or could he simply influence what may happen? well, once he is in great, but is also when the two democratic senators who w011 when the two democratic senators who won last week in georgia will take their seats. at that point, it's a 50-50 their seats. at that point, it's a 50—50 split in the senate and kamala harris, the vice—president, has the deciding vote. therefore, democrats have control of the senate. mitch mcconnell is no longer the senate majority leader. chuck schumer becomes the senate majority leader and with that privilege comes control of the timetable. so yes, the democratic leadership, to the horror of republicans, who are furious with president trump for losing them those two seats, they feel even before last wednesday's

events, democrats now have the gavel. they are in control of the presidency, the house, the senate, the trifecta of political power in washington. so yes, they can control the agenda and decide the senate will spend half a day confirming joe biden‘s key appointments, his treasury secretary, secretary of state, defence secretary, and half a day on the trial of ex—president donald trump. and they were done mr trump himself. for better or worse, we are used to reading his tweets to find out what he is thinking and we can't do that any more. do we have any indications of how he is planning to strategise his way through the next few days? his close aidejason miller was through the next few days? his close aide jason miller was on through the next few days? his close aidejason miller was on the sunday political shows yesterday, saying we would hear from donald political shows yesterday, saying we would hearfrom donald trump political shows yesterday, saying we would hear from donald trump this week, that he is going to showcase what he sees as his legacy and achievements, that he is going to the us—mexico border tomorrow. that is the plan in any case, to try and show the progress that has been made towards building that border war

with mexico, something he ran on in 2016 and something that has not happened, but he wants to showcase what progress has been made. but yes, losing his twitterfeed is a huge dealfor president yes, losing his twitterfeed is a huge deal for president trump. conservative republicans are furious. they say it is censorship, that it furious. they say it is censorship, thatitis furious. they say it is censorship, that it is unfair. but it does mean the president is no longer documenting in real time everything that's going on, and that is a huge shift in washington. thank you for taking us through it. if those are some of the political ramifications, there are also commercial implications for mr trump. the professional golfers‘ association of america — the pga — has decided to cancel plans to host one of its biggest tournaments, the pga championship, from a trump—owned course in bedminster in 2022. the pga's chief executive said they had no choice but to act. here's one golfjournalist on what that means for mr trump. it is his everything. depending on how you look at him, everything

revolves around him, so if they had had the event in 2022 at bedminster, at his course, he would have been a big part of that. they knew that going in when they signed the deal five or six years ago, but they could never have anticipated what they see now. republican members of congress who supported president trump's attempts to overturn the election result are also experiencing consequences — with some big corporations saying they will know longer donate to their campaigns. the chief executive of american express put it like this. "last week's attempts by some congressional members to subvert the presidential election results and disrupt the peaceful transition of power do not align with our values". the chemicals company dow put out a similar statement — and in the past hour google has said it's pausing contributions to all political actions committees, whatever side of the political divide. let's speak to the bbc‘s michelle fleury. whether right or wrong, they are moving at speed in corporate america. i mean, we have seen them

put out statements in the aftermath of those riots at the us capitol condemning the violence. now we are seeing them put some money behind the action. we know that businesses have, for a long time, seen donations to individual politicians oi’ donations to individual politicians or parties are something to expand their sphere of influence, part of their sphere of influence, part of the cost of doing business. but now they are reevaluating that. the events of last week have caused them to rethink how they approach this. so you are seeing different approaches by some of the biggest names in corporate america. you singled out american express, marriott ‘s, the well‘s largest hotel chain, and a similar action, saying it would not donate money to republicans who essentially didn't support biden‘s win and refused to certify the election results. some are going much further. google, facebook, jpmorgan are among those

who have said that they, through their political action committees, are planning to pause all donations to both parties. this has drawn some sharp words from some democrat politicians. one appeared on us tv this morning, saying, what did the democrats do wrong in terms of no longer receiving political donations from big corporations? finally, help us from big corporations? finally, help us understand the scale of corporate america's contributions to us politics. i think they want to exert some kind of leadership and accountability in this moment, but the problem is that they don't have as much influence as they did in the past. when you think back to president obama, one of the big sea changes that you are a shed and was this more donations. that was a huge pa rt this more donations. that was a huge part of the fundraising that helped propel him to the white house, or at least help their fundraising machine. that is what we have seen over the last 12 years or so. but

politicians can count on other sources of revenue. the other thing is that while companies officially may not be donating, they still have other measures where they donate to groups who don't have to disclose where the money came from. so there are still ways for corporate america to give money, just not so publicly. so for politicians, obviously, it is more the embarrassment, and for companies who want to show that social credentials, this is a way of putting money behind what they say. thank you. the uk is entering "most dangerous time" in the coronavirus pandemic, that's according to england's chief medical officer, who also says stricter lockdown rules may be required. there's been a 22% increase in covid patients in hospitals in the last week — and the effects of households mixing over christmas may not be showing in those numbers yet. here's more of what chris whitty said.

if people are taking this very seriously, if they are minimising the number of individual contacts they have to the absolute minimum outside the things they have to do for work, exercise and essential things, that is the most important thing. ina things, that is the most important thing. in a sense, tinkering with the rules may be useful, but the more important thing is that everybody abides by the spirit of the rules that are there at the moment. ordinarily, government ministers hve been appearing on tv and radio to spread messages like this, but there's a suggestion medical voices are being used to push the narrative further. in fact, professor whitty even appeared in an ad campaign over the weekend. covid—19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country. this puts many people at risk of serious disease and displacing a lot of pressure on our nhs. once more, we must all stay home.

and this emphasis on the messaging is connected to the statistics under the pandemic at the moment. the health service is close to being overwhelmed in a way that will affect the health care we all need all the time, whether you have covid oi’ all the time, whether you have covid or something else or whether you are a healthy person who is unlucky enough to get hit by a bus. the health care that is available to all of us is not the same right now. today, pollsters yougov asked people hold they most responsible for the rise in coronavirus cases over the last month. overwhelmingly, people blame other people. 58% of them. 28% blame the government. so is there an issue with adherence to the rules? are uk citizens moving around more than they did in the first strict lockdown? let's start by looking at the use of public transport. the black line through the middle is the pre—pandemic baseline. as you can see, there was a dramatic drop—off of public transport use during the first lockdown. that crept back up as the year wore on. there was then a slight

drop during the sceond lockdown in november. and another drop off again during this lockdown. but, crucially, it doesn't go as far down as in april and may. it's a similar pattern with car usage — there have been dropoffs during lockdowns, but they haven't gone as low as during the first lockdown — and in fact, it's increasing slowly at the moment. and it's the same story with those out walking. the numbers of people going out is rising faster than it did during the first lockdown — though we should say going out for exercise is allowed at the moment. now, there are two factors here — restrictions in this third lockdown aren't quite as severe as the first one. and the new variant is more transmissible. bearing all of this in mind, here's the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer. a lot of people would be surprised that primary schools are closed and nurseries are open, so that needs to be looked at. there are other exa m ples be looked at. there are other examples that would surprise people.

to give you one example, it is still possible at the moment to go and view houses if you are going to buy a house. that wasn't allowed last march. so we are in this extraordinary situation where, having got to at least as a serious if not a more serious position than in march last year, we have lesser restrictions in place, and we need those in place as quickly as possible. as i've already mentioned, hospitalisations in the uk are increasing. covid—related deaths are also at levels seen only during the earliest days of the pandemic — and that's despite advances in treatment. we also know that new infection rates have been highest in teenagers, students and people in their twenties and thirties in recent months. here's phillipa roxby with more on the hospital numbers. there are more people of all ages in hospital in england with covid right now than compared to the first wave. but the overall pattern of those at risk hasn't changed a great deal. the elder someone is, the greater their risk of becoming seriously ill

or dying from covid—19, particularly over the age of 50. since october, the highest hospital admission rates have been in the over 85s, followed by the over 755. but have been in the over 855, followed by the over 755. but recently, there has been a sharp increase in intensive care admi55ion rate5 has been a sharp increase in intensive care admi55ion rates for people in theirforties, 505 intensive care admi55ion rates for people in their forties, 505 and intensive care admi55ion rates for people in theirforties, 505 and 605 and even a slight increase in younger adults. men in theirforties and 505 have made up a quarter of critically ill patients in the second wave. and adults aged 18 to 64 have accounted for 40% of daily covid admissions to hospitals. the good news is that thanks to better treatments, survival rates have improved. fewer patients are being put on ventilators and fewer are dying in hospitals. more young and old are needing hospital treatment. it's a busy winter, after all. but the result is that cases are rising in all age groups across society. children and young adults who mostly have no symptoms or very mild

symptoms are still very rarely affected by this virus. for the first time today the uk has publshed its full vaccination delivery plan. the plan aims to have all adults in the uk vaccinated by the autumn with millions of doses being given at 2,700 sites. so far 2.5 million vaccines have been given to roughly 2 million people. the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people by the middle of february, which means there are five weeks in which to carry out up to 12.5 million vaccinations. boris johnson described the vaccination programme as a "race against time" because the health service is at risk of being overwhelmed. he was speaking at a mass innoculation centre in bristol, which is one of seven such facilities to open across england today. here is the prime minister on that target of 15 million. this was the queue outside one vaccination centre in lewisham last

week. social distancing was not a lwa ys week. social distancing was not always being observed. the local authority says lessons have been learned and vaccinations have been doubled to reduce waiting times and patients are asked to arrive five minutes before their appointment. let's look at the issue in more detail. dr deepti gurdasani is an epidemiologist and she joins detail. dr deepti gurdasani is an epidemiologist and shejoins me detail. dr deepti gurdasani is an epidemiologist and she joins me from cambridge. how would you categorise the severity of the pandemic?” think the uk is in crisis. our health service is already overwhelmed. we are talking about mortuaries being full, hospitalisations are 60% over the april peak and we have yet to see a real response to the restrictions. so we are in a much worse position than in march and it is really worrying that there isn't any focus from the government in terms of

reducing transmission. i know we are in lockdown and schools have moved to re m ote in lockdown and schools have moved to remote learning, but there are so many aspects that need attention that are not being given attention. the idea seems to be that vaccination is a silver bullet which will protect everyone, but that is not going to happen. it's going to ta ke not going to happen. it's going to take time to roll out and it's only going to protect the people who are being vaccinated. meanwhile, we will continue to see many hospitalisations and deaths unless we really look at our policy carefully a nd we really look at our policy carefully and make changes. we are already in a reasonably strict lockdown. you would have thought that would impact on transmission. what more do you want to be done? there are so much more that needs to be done. we know, for example, that schools are important hubs of transmission and we know that schools still have 30 to 50% children in them. to date, we haven't put any mitigating measures in schools apart from hand sanitiser is an hygiene. so unless we look at those aspects, and we are still

blaming the public for the spread when policy is really flawed. we are still not supporting people with isolation. how are going to ensure that people who have symptoms isolate unless we support them financially? many aspects still need to be improved. we are in the middle ofa to be improved. we are in the middle of a slightly new pandemic given the new variant, and the existing measures don't have the same effect they would have had many months ago. the reason we are here is because we let transmission continue for such a long time, which favoured viral adaptation. now, unfortunately, we are ina adaptation. now, unfortunately, we are in a critical situation. we have to leave it there, but please come back on the programme soon. that was dr deepti gurdasani from queen mary university in london. there is much more detail on the rules that are in place if you are watching in the uk on the bbc news channel. they vary between the four nations, so it's worth checking. more broadly, if you wa nt worth checking. more broadly, if you want updates on the pandemic around the world, you can also get that through the bbc website. or you can

access the same information the bbc app. i will see you in a couple of minutes. good evening. last week's bitter cold has been replaced for the start of this week with something a little milder. quite a lot of cloud around today, as you can see by this weather watcher picture from cambridge, but those temperatures held up for many at around eight, nine, ten degrees. that said, we had some colder air into the far north east. it brought some snow and some rain into scotland, particularly out to the west. now, this weather front here is the dividing line between that colder air pushing across from the north and moving that milder air further south. so, as we go through the night—time, we'll have clearing skies across scotland and northern england. a blanket of cloud and rain sits across england and wales primarily, and here it will stay mild, 8—9 degrees. but with clearer skies,

temperatures falling below freezing, icy stretches could be an issue first thing. there could also be a few wintry showers as well, but primarily dry with some sunshine through scotland, northern ireland and northern england. our weather front continues to linger across the far south west, but here it will stay rather drab, but on the mild side. 10—11 degrees can't be ruled out. further north, it's a cool afternoon, 4—5 at the very best. now, this contrast with the feel of the weather is set to continue through the middle of the week, and it will turn the weather story a little tricky because this triangle here is the dividing line between this milder air. we've got this south—westerly flow, and as that continues to bump into the cold air sitting across the eastern half of the uk, on the leading edge, we'll see some sleet and snow. primarily to higher ground, but at this stage, we can't rule out that there could be some sleet and snow at lower levels. it will turn back readily to rain through the middle part of the afternoon as the milder air

kicks in, but look how cold it is further north and east. and through the night, those temperatures are set to fall away again, so we could have a wintry mix through wednesday night into the early hours of thursday morning. eventually we expect that milder story to take over, but it's certainly worth keeping abreast of the forecast through wednesday and thursday, particularly across the north and east of the country. on the whole, thursday will turn milder and stay on the wet side. by friday, cloudy and cooler once again.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. donald trump has been accused of inciting an insurrection in an article of impeachment filed in washington. president—electjoe biden says he's discussed holding an impeachment trial with senators. democrats have also put forward a resolution demanding that vice president pence strip mr trump of his powers. sadly, the person that's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. in the uk, england's chief medical officer has we'll find out what the future holds for parler, the social media app popular with trump supporters that has been taken offline, accused of failing to remove content that encourages violence. in the uk, england's chief medical officer has warned that the next few weeks

will be the "most dangerous time" of the pandemic. that's as the government continues to ramp up covid vaccinations across the country. search teams in indonesia recover bodies and wreckage from the crashed airliner, but have not yet located the vital black boxes. let's return to the us, and the democrats formally began the process of impeaching president trump for a second time, this time for inciting the attack on the capitol last week. events in congress don't appear to have impacted donald trump's schedule much. our new york correspondent nick bryant tweets... we had that message several times

over. the hill's national political reporter al weaver is in washington. it is certainly unusual that we have not really heard very much from the president following an event of such national consequence on wednesday. you are right about that. basically the main reason for that is him being banned on twitter the other day. and assuming the president right now is really trying to figure out i think is how to get his message across to supporters, to the contrary. something he has lavishly struggle with at this point because we have not seen that message get out if he wanted to get out at this point. so i think he is working through that. there are other issues. obviously a lot of issues on the technical front issues. obviously a lot of issues on the technicalfront in issues. obviously a lot of issues on the technical front in america right now. but yes this is a major issue the president is facing come of this communication crisis in this matter on the second impeachment of president trump has not made any easier. i was reading that copy and paste job we have been given several times overfor the paste job we have been given several times over for the schedule but does he actually have anything beyond

that and his diary between now and inauguration day? i guess we will have to wait and see. if the last couple of weeks are any indication, probably not outside of the when he goes down to the border. he goes down to texas to see the border. he will talk about that immigration and how his administration has performed with his policies on that front but otherwise he is keeping things low— key. otherwise he is keeping things low—key. according to multiple reports, he is really kind of hunkered down with his corp. of advisers and many others kind of flying the coop from the white house. it is a very barren operation at the white house these days from what i understand. and many people in the administration are leaving at this point, especially moving on to otherjobs and that type of thing. with now in nine days until thejoe biden inauguration. so that is what is on the president's schedule at this point or lack thereof. having

others in a situation in the white house a bit better. can you give us a feel for how many people would be in that inner circle that he is currently working with? the main inner circle right now is chief of staff mark meadows, his family, obviously his daughter and jared kushner. stephen miller, one of his top policy aids and his top social media person and was the one who oftentimes types out tweets for the president and his account. and that is really it at this point. it is a small group. the group is not getting any bigger obviously as we getting any bigger obviously as we get towards the waning days of the administration. and more than anything come of that group is very much on board what the president does. it is not often when they rebuke him. they let donald trump beat himself. and it is a good thing sometimes but also is part of a problem and that's what you are seeing for the last couple of with this attack in his response. thank

you very much. in ever smaller group of people working with president trump is enter the last few days of his presidency. the consequences of last week's assault on the us capitol continue to play out, not least in the world of social media. donald trump's account suspended permanently from twitter. parler, the platform popular amongst conservatives in the united states, has sued amazon for removing it from its webhosting services. it accuses the tech giant of violating antitrust laws in the us. amazon banned parler on sunday, saying content on the platform encouraged violence. apple took it off, too. in an e—mail obtained by buzzfeed news, apple wrote to parler... here are some of those posts

they may have been referring to. "who do you think the first democrat assassination will be?" "how do we take our country back? "20 or so coordinated hits will turn everything around." "it's time to put all that ammo to good use." there are plenty of other examples. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. the reason this has been done, according to the tech giants, is not so much because of the content of the site, but because of threats of violence that have appeared on it. so, the accusation from the tech giants seems to be, ok, we will support free speech, we will support a diversity of viewpoints, but some things go too far. an incitement to violence is one of the things that goes too far. and amazon was saying that they doubt that the moderators of parler have the capability to prevent this kind of thing from appearing on that site. parler styles itself as a free speech platofrm which doesn't

fact—check material posted there. it has proved popular with people banned from twitter, becoming the most downloaded app on the apple store before it was removed on saturday. parler ceo john matze called the suspension of the app... "a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place," and "completely remove free speech off the internet". in a further hit, security researchers took to twitter today to reveal that they have leaked 70 terra bytes of pa rler users' messages, videos and posts. a researcher with the twitter handle @donk—enby began with the goal of archiving every post from january 6th, the day of the capitol riot. she tweeted. .. she included screengra bs in what she called "a bevy of ‘very incriminating' evidence". the data may serve as evidence as federal agencies are cracking down on those who participated in wednesday's takeover

of the capitol. here's nina jankowicz, an expert on disinformation. there are credible calls for coordination on parler and some other far—right, you know, gathering places on the internet right now. not only for the 17th ofjanuary, but on inauguration day as well. and i think with those calls for violence, it was really incumbent on some of these platforms to act. whether or not this is censorship or not, i would just remind everyone, in terms of the first amendment, that's about congress making no law impeding speech. parler‘s demise comes only days after president trump was himself permanently banned from a number of social media platforms. the move has been welcome by many, but criticised by defenders of free speech. among them were kremlin critic alexei navalny, who tweeted...

and today, the german chancellor has described the decision by twitter and facebook to suspend donald trump's accounts as "problematic". translation: the basic right to freedom of opinion is of elementary significance. and it is possible to interfere with this basic right, but based on the law, not based on the decisions of social media platforms. and from that point of view, the chancellor sees the permanent suspension of the us president's account as problematic. that was her spokesperson not angela merkel herself. twitter‘s shares tumbled over 6% after mr trump's suspension. facebook was last down almost 3%. but in the past hour,

facebook‘s chief operating officer cheryl sandberg has defended their decision to indefinitely ban the president. we had already banned qanon, proud boys, stop the steal, anything that was trying to organise violent protests. but there are people who feel we should've banned the president before and there are people who are sitting there today who feel taking down the voice of the president is too far even now. so why did we do it? we have clearly established principles that say you cannot call for violence in this moment. we took down those posts that we thought might be calling for violence or were calling for violence immediately. but in this moment, the risk to our democracy was too big that we felt we had to take down the president's account on what is an indefinite ban and i'm glad we did. let's go to new york and jeff jarvis, author of what would google do? and public parts: how sharing in the digital age improves

the way we work and live. if sharing information changes that be live should not everyone be able to do that? everyone can. the internet is broad and has many places to go but let's be clear, the freedom of speech does not only involve the speech but also what you carry. impaled speech is not freedom of speech so they have the right to choose to carry him or not. is the problem then not when the utilities get so big that they become what public utilities. the platforms have opened up speech in ways that the old business of mass media never allow. in this media —— country, the mass media was controlled by old white men who look like me but now we have all kinds of movements coming out including black lives matter and #metoo but they also allow the miscreants of the us capitol right to come out but that is the way of free speech. but you have the tech companies with

considerations of profits making decisions about who is a visible and who is not. they are damned if they do and damned if they don't because i've heard people for the past four years screaming to take down donald trump and take down disinformation and fact checked the net. they when they do they get accused of being too big. theyjust cannot win. but the reality is when they take president trump down they may have currently disabled parler but you andi currently disabled parler but you and i both know that if we spent time on twitter or instagram you would for people doing much the same thing. even if we took down every bit of racist speech we could find and played walkable with all the problem remains that america is a racist country. so worrying about this moral panic of technology and social media distracts us from the real problem that we have in this nation. but surely you are not saying it, and of course racism did predate these big tech giants but surely you are not saying their products have not affected at all. surely you are not arguing the

internet has not in some way change the dynamic of racism in american society. i have said on balance it has brought a huge improvement. black lives matter and the stories that occurred and the hashtag never came out in the old white mass media because it did not happen to them but. because the newsrooms were not diverse, because you care about deeply. now finally social media enable people who did not have a voice in mass media to have their voice, their press and so i externally believe that we have got to leave this open. so in general i'm in favourof to leave this open. so in general i'm in favour of free speech and of leaving them on there but i'm also in favour of the platforms deciding what norms they should maintain. they have a right to do that as well. i think in the net income of the net has improved our society. the problem is right now media are in the midst of a more panic trying to accuse the internet of being the source of all of our problems and instructing us from the real problems. but hold on. we have already seen accounts of people who

ended up outside the us capitol building in some going inside and some of the stories of radicalisation and at the centre of it, every single time, it is these platforms. the woman who was shot in the capitol building, herzog according to the stories about her started not with social media but started not with social media but started with fox news. let me be very clear that the single most malign influence in all of democracy in my country and yours is rupert murdoch and fox news. that is where the journey begins, not social media but in media. thank you very much for coming on the programme and we appreciate it and needless to say it rupert murdoch would not agree with that categorisation of himself or the products which he owns. stay with us on outside source. still to come, we'll meet the first ever african—american to receive a full—face transplant.

headteachers are calling for limits to the number of pupils in school during lockdown in england, with attendance rates reaching to 50% in some places. the govenrment is insisting that schools ensure all children who qualify can attend. elaine dunkley has more. at parkinson lane primary in halifax, teachers are struggling with the numbers. during the first lockdown, 13 pupils attended. today, there are more than 17 classes. i mean, you say a lockdown, but it doesn't feel like a lockdown. teachers are having to split their time, not only teaching the children that are coming to school, but then you've also got the vast majority that are trying to get online. we've had children go home with covid and pass it on to grandparents who are living with them and those grandparents sadly have passed on. more than 600 pupils here are eligible for a school place.

according to the government's criteria, a child only needs one parent who is a key worker to be in school, and the government has expanded the offer of a school place to children who lack devices for remote learning and those who don't have a space to learn at home. just down the road at ash green community primary school, classrooms are full. the government says all children who can stay at home should, but the headteacher says parents are being given mixed messages. to have advice like last week coming from the secretary of state for education, who said children without laptops should report to school, is extremely unhelpful and there is going to have to be things that come in place, possibly looking at whether it is both parents being critical workers, possibly whether that list needs less ambiguous and needs to be slimmer. the government says it expects schools to work with families to ensure all critical worker children are given a place, but some schools fear unless there is a limit on school numbers, the lockdown will do little to stop the spread of the virus.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is — president—electjoe biden says he's discussed holding an impeachment trial with senators. he received his second covid—19 vaccination and talk of impeaching donald trump continuing after mr biden becomes president. a sea rch—and—rescue operation in indonesia has yet to find the black box flight recorders from the boeing 737 which crashed on saturday nearjakarta. navy divers are searching the wreckage of the plane on the sea floor. and there are reports that the amount of debris is making it difficult to identify the black boxes, which are crucial to understanding how the plane crashed. the operation has already recovered parts of the aircraft, some passenger belongings and some human remains. over 2500 people are involved in the search.

there were 62 passengers and crew on board the sriwijaya air flight when it crashed minutes after take—off from jakarta airport. callistasia wijaya from bbc indonesian is at the port where the plane wreckage is being gathered. the search for human and aircraft remains continues today. i'm now standing in a port in north jakarta. you can see behind me are large pieces of aircraft. it had been collected by the search team from the sea of java. you can see there's a life jacket and large parts of the engines of the plane, such as the big turbine over there. besides, the team has also collected human remains and put them inside 40 body bags. the jakarta police are now conducting identification and examination of those remains.

and the family of the passengers, who are really saddened and shocked about what happened, have started collecting their dna samples to help with identification process. meanwhile, the search team is still trying to retrieve black boxes underwater. according to the navy today, they found a lot of debris underwater, which makes it very hard for them to locate and to find the black boxes. that's why they are now trying to clear that debris in the hope to find the black boxes as soon as possible. more than 50,000 britons living in spain have now applied for residency there, but the post—brexit migration process is now more complicated and more expensive. gavin lee has been speaking to britons on spain's south coast. the new year has brought storms to the costa del sol. and there are new rules for british citizens living here or wanting to. it's been a christmas odyssey

from warrington to malaga for lifelong friends jan and sonya, who arrived days before the brexit transition period ended. they're now living together with their husbands and five pets. it can be enough to make us fall out forever, couldn't it? yes. but we've not. i think it forced our hand certainly with putting up the houses for sale and making that decision. it's a big decision. and you're going to give everything up at home to come and do this. for anyone arriving here now as a british citizen, there are some big differences to consider. for tourists, you can stay here up to three months in a six—month period. you can'tjust come and go as you please. if you're coming here to live, you must be earning at least £24,000 a year or have the equivalent in the bank. and british driving licenses must be changed for spanish ones. this small town here near seville is where tracy and her family have made their home. she left hereford 16 years ago.

my husband's spanish. my son is spanish and british. if we ever wanted to move back to the uk as a family, i would be able to. i imagine he would be able to take out a british passport, so it wouldn't be a problem, but enrique, who's a builder, would need to fit in either with the minimum income or the points—based system, which makes it almost impossible for us to ever live in the uk again. the storm passes, an era of easy travel to spain. british people are no longer the biggest buyers of property on this coast. the brexit effect is reshaping its population. eight years ago, robert chelsea sustained third—degree burns on more than half of his body when he was involved in a car crash. in 2019, he became the first ever african—american to receive a full—face transplant. we should warn you that it includes some footage of the surgery.

we were thrilled and our prayers had been answered when my godfather woke up, but what we didn't really realise is what we were up against. he was burnt over 75% of his body, mostly upper body, he had lost his lips, a part of his nose, a part of his ear. he was almost unrecognisable. there's a serious lack of donors in the black community and minority communities as it relates to the need.

the fundamental principle of all transplantation is that we recover organ, in our case it's the face, then repackage it and cool it down and literally bring it to robert, whose old scarred face is partially removed and then the new phase is essentially brought and gradually connected, the nerves, the vessels, the arteries and everything. good to see you, too. you feeling good? facial transplantation has a lot of risks.

he came out and, believe it or not, he was already moving. there were already facial expressions. it was probably one of the most amazing experiences i've ever seen.

remarkable. goodbye. good evening. last week's bitter cold has been replaced for the start of this week with something a little milder. quite a lot of cloud around today, as you can see by this weather watcher picture from cambridge, but those temperatures held up for many at around eight, nine, ten degrees. that said, we had some colder air into the far north east. it brought some snow and some rain into scotland, particularly out to the west. now, this weather front here is the dividing line between that colder air pushing across from the north and moving that milder air further south. so, as we go through the night—time, we'll have clearing skies across scotland and northern england. a blanket of cloud and rain sits across england and wales primarily, and here it will stay mild, 8—9 degrees.

but with clearer skies, temperatures falling below freezing, icy stretches could be an issue first thing. there could also be a few wintry showers as well, but primarily dry with some sunshine through scotland, northern ireland and northern england. our weather front continues to linger across the far south west, but here it will stay rather drab, but on the mild side. 10—11 degrees can't be ruled out. further north, it's a cool afternoon, 4—5 at the very best. now, this contrast with the feel of the weather is set to continue through the middle of the week, and it will turn the weather story a little tricky because this triangle here is the dividing line between this milder air. we've got this south—westerly flow, and as that continues to bump into the cold air sitting across the eastern half of the uk, on the leading edge, we'll see some sleet and snow. primarily to higher ground, but at this stage, we can't rule out that there could be some sleet and snow at lower levels. it will turn back readily to rain through the middle part of the afternoon as the milder air

kicks in, but look how cold it is further north and east. and through the night, those temperatures are set to fall away again, so we could have a wintry mix through wednesday night into the early hours of thursday morning. eventually we expect that milder story to take over, but it's certainly worth keeping abreast of the forecast through wednesday and thursday, particularly across the north and east of the country. on the whole, thursday will turn milder and stay on the wet side. by friday, cloudy and cooler once again.

this is bbc news with me, tim willcox. the headlines at eight... the government sets out its plan to vaccinate the most vulnerable adults for coronavirus by mid february, and all adults by the autumn. it comes as a further 529 deaths are reported in the uk. so far, across the uk, we've given 2.6 million doses to 2.3 million people. meanwhile, hospitals are seeing increasing numbers of younger patients in their 305 and 405. fears restrictions may have to tighten further as some high streets and beauty spots remain crowded. running from the police moments after he murdered three people sitting in a park, khairi saadallah