hello, i'mjames reynolds, this is outside source. france extends its overnight curfew to the whole country from saturday — and moves its start time forward to 6pm — as it battles to contain its coronavirus outbreak. the coronavirus crisis continues to worsen in many parts of the world — in the us the daily death now regularly surpasses 4,000 — we have a report from california. the risk of contracting coronavirus here in los angeles has never been greater than it is now. one in five people tested are testing positive. that is four times the number doing sojust two months that is four times the number doing so just two months ago. meanwhile in washington the second impeachment of donald trump is causing waves — we have all the reaction. votes are being counted in uganda's

presidential election. the incumbent, yoweri museveni says he's confident of victory — his main challenger bobi wine warns him no to steal the election. scottish patient and demand compensation after importers refused to accept deliveries due to border delays caused by brexit. we begin in france, where authorities have just announced they will extend an overnight curfew to the whole country from saturday. prime ministerjean castex says the curfew will also start two hours earlier — at 6 pm instead of 8 pm — for at least 15 days to better combat the spread of the coronavirus. the new rules mean that a 12 hour curfew, running from 6pm to 6am, will be in place across the country from saturday. from monday all travellers from outside the eu will have to show a negative covid

test and self isolate for a week(ani)the restrictions come as the covid—19 death toll in france nears 70,000 people let's go live to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. 6pm curfew, doesn't get more than that? ., ., ~ , that? you need to keep it in perspective _ that? you need to keep it in perspective in _ that? you need to keep it in perspective in the _ that? you need to keep it in perspective in the sense - that? you need to keep it in| perspective in the sense that that? you need to keep it in - perspective in the sense that the country is already under a curfew of one kind or another. i bought a quarter of the country where the infections have been rising more rapidly is already on the six o'clock curfew and that curfew is being set in the rest of the country. so the rest of us would have to get home by six instead of by a twitch will have an effect on the way we conduct our lives and they shopping and they will have to shut earlier and so on. what the

government is saying is to counteract the effect of getting together for drinks and the government clearly thinks this practice is still going on and people are still despite the warnings have little social gatherings before they go home in the evening and the want to put an end to that. they put an end to it already and they say it's had an effect on the number of infections have gone down quicker than the rest of the country. so they could be put on the same restriction now. how is the country's _ on the same restriction now. how is the country's health _ on the same restriction now. how is the country's health care _ on the same restriction now. how is the country's health care system - the country's health care system managing? how is the country's health care keeping this in perspective, what he was saying was that the country is in a worrying situation but not an alarming situation. in comparison with friends�*s neighbours it is not doing that badly. the number of

intensive care beds is high but it is stable. it is what they call a high plateau. in other words do not —— level of everything is too high. it is not the moment to call for a general we can find meant. which is of course a time for a graduated response to initiate this universal six o'clock lockdown. what the government is saying is able to keep abreast of the situation and any kind of weekly update will tinker with the rules and it may well be that if things get out of control and if they is a new variant particularly the one from britain which is very worrisome. if that starts to take hold and we see levels of infection skyrocketing them expects maybe a possibility here as well. what about the speed

of their vaccination? does here as well. what about the speed of their vaccination?— of their vaccination? does he have been reporting- — of their vaccination? does he have been reporting. france _ of their vaccination? does he have been reporting. france is- been reporting. france is embarrassed by the slowness of its response. at the start of the year it was supposed to take him in france as it was in european countries and after a week it was the number of vaccinations that have been carried out. it is picking up and from monday it will become even more because it is going to extend to the general population. people not in the homes. anyone over 75 from monday is eligible and can apply for a slot at one of the 700 centres that are being set up and about a million people who have some condition either treatment for cancer or an organ transplant which makes them vulnerable to covid—i9, they can also apply for an early inoculation and the hope is by the end of the month they will be way behind. picking up speed the marrow.

globally there have been more than 16,000 deaths recorded in the last 24 16,000 deaths recorded in the last 2a hours. the global death toll since the start of the pandemic is now close to 2 million. it is 1.99 million. a lot of new cases happening globally. we have full data for tuesday, and gave it registered nearly 700,000 new cases and confirmed injust one day. it is estimated it is currently 24.5 million people infected with the virus around the world. the us remains the country were steeped by the coronavirus pandemic. it's recorded more than 4000 deaths per day over the past week. in california to paris is putting a huge strain on the health care system. the pressure on the los angeles health care system has reached dangerous and desperate levels. ambulance teams have been told not to take those unlikely to make it to hospital. doctors must decide who

should receive the shrinking supplies of oxygen. heartbreaking choices for medical workers and for the families at the hundreds dying here every day. the risk of contracting the coronavirus here in los angeles has never been greater thanit los angeles has never been greater than it is now. one in five people tested are testing positive. that is four times the number doing so just two months ago. public health officials are warning it could get worse when hospitals are already overflowing. people have been ordered to stay at home to stop that from happening. more than 66,000 people in los angeles don't have a home, their lives already a constant battle for survival. now, they must confront cobit as well. this means semipermanent structure was built to construct trim to more than a hundred women, instead it's become a makeshift covid—19 warrant. national guard are now on the ground here learning how to protect themselves as they assist medical overwhelmed

and exhausted by the surgeon admissions. the stadium is now being transformed into massive vaccination sites in the hope of stopping this super surge. lebanon has entered its strictest lockdown since the start of the pandemic. for the first time, even supermarkets have been told to close their doors and only offer delivery, triggering chaotic panic buying as people rushed to grocery stores before they shut. today it emerged that lebanon's health minister is being treated for covid—19 after being hospitalised overnight. meanwhile, there a growing fear that hospitals do not have the facilities to cope with a dangerous surge in coronavirus cases. in beirut, intensive care units are now at ninety—eight per cent capacity, and on the streets, security forces are manning checkpoints to ensure compliance. for more on the situation in beirut, here's lebanese journalist kareem che—hayeb. lebanon has already been implementing a partial lockdown since earlier this month. its inability to control a surge in

cases forced the authorities to revisit this lockdown and implement a complete lockdown and the state of emergency. it is primarily because a month ago that hospitals are struggling to take in all the patients. most patients with mild symptoms are being sent back home and most hospitals including lebanon's large private hospitals that are well equipped are transforming entire words to take in more covid—19 patients of moderate and severe cases. it is a pressing point by lebanon which is going to a criminal —— crippling economic process. doctors described the situation of a controlled mass. things have not lost complete control but it is still a mess nonetheless. it's extremely stressful in the past year has been difficult with the currency declining by 80%. the babe ruth port explosion which flattened much of the capital. putting all these things together, it's been a very distressing time for much of the population and many people fearing that they might not have access to resources once they need them are

purchasing a lot and under these kinds of circumstances many are saying that it's hard for them to be hyper rational about how they go about these things. japan has so far managed to keep covid—19 relatively well contained, it has seen just over 4,000 deaths so far, but it is seeing a slow increase in daily cases, as you can see in this graph from japan news, the number of people being hospitalised, the dark pink line, is also on the rise. and today a japanese minister has, for the first time, signalled that this summer's already delayed 0lympics might not take place. taro kano said the government had to do the best it could to prepare for the games, but said "it could go either way". up until now, japan has insisted that covid will be sufficiently under control by the summer for the tokyo olympics to go ahead. now to china, where a team of experts from the world health organisation

arrives in the chinese city of wuhan — for a long—delayed investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. the group will spend two—weeks in quarantine in a hotel before visiting different sites under chinese supervision. 0ur correspondent robin brant is in wuhan with more on what we can expect the investigation team to do there. it has taken a long time to get them here, it ended with two people staying in a hotel room under quarantine for a fortnight and then leaving. a baker team is here now and they're here for around a period of time up until the very end of theseissues of time up until the very end of these issues last week. and still deciding on dates and arrangements up deciding on dates and arrangements up until last week. they are now in quarantine for a period and that is the most significant question. what kind of access are they going to get and the city where the press reports of cases where. what kind of access are they going to get to research

material. human and animal samples. the kind of data material that chinese authorities and chinese scientists have been gathering over the last year. the answer is we do not know at this stage. it may be because it's not been made public but maybe at this stage they don't know either. the research team arrived on the same day that china reported a death from covid—nineteen for the first time in eight months. no details were given about the incident — other than it occurred in hebei province. the last reported death in mainland china was in may last year. kerry allen is china analyst for bbc monitoringq where will the who investigators want to go once they're out of quarantine — starting at the seafood market presumably? we know that this is a woman with underlying health conditions but we don't even know which city or which county she lives in. we know that there are more than 500 cases of confirmed symptomatic cases but there are cases expanding three cities and the government has not

been releasing this information yet. there are questions as to whether. he had been stressing she has underlying health conditions more than anything else. it was not unexpected to some extent. but for china this is a big deal because it's been more than a hundred days since any confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. let since any confirmed deaths from the coronavirus-— coronavirus. let us look at that world health _ coronavirus. let us look at that world health organization - coronavirus. let us look at that| world health organization team coronavirus. let us look at that. world health organization team in wuhan. fist world health organization team in wuhan. �* ., j wuhan. at the moment they're undergoing _ wuhan. at the moment they're undergoing two _ wuhan. at the moment they're undergoing two weeks - wuhan. at the moment they're undergoing two weeks of- wuhan. at the moment they're i undergoing two weeks of currency wuhan. at the moment they're - undergoing two weeks of currency and they will be there for another two weeks. they will be looking at the early stages of the coronavirus and a member of the patient�*s links to this seafood market. so that's a possibility but there are two members of the teams that are still not able to reach wuhan at the moment because cheney requires that you need to have to coronavirus tests and an antibody test before arriving and to people tested

positive for antibodies of the coronavirus.— positive for antibodies of the coronavirus. has cheney been forthcoming — coronavirus. has cheney been forthcoming with _ coronavirus. has cheney been forthcoming with the - coronavirus. has cheney been forthcoming with the who - coronavirus. has cheney been l forthcoming with the who since coronavirus. has cheney been - forthcoming with the who since the crisis began? in forthcoming with the who since the crisis began?— crisis began? in recent days it's been emphasizing _ crisis began? in recent days it's been emphasizing that - crisis began? in recent days it's been emphasizing that china i crisis began? in recent days it'sl been emphasizing that china has crisis began? in recent days it's - been emphasizing that china has been working closely with the who and the ministry has been emphasizing that china is showing a transparent approach and working closely with the who but at the same time there have been some cutbacks. so the world health organization did indicate it wanted to travel to china and they are a number of visa restrictions in place and there have been the case more recently at the beginning of the year that the visit was to push back. china has been very careful about any information in terms of what they visit red and fair. i had seen already on platforms facebook or twitter and clear censorship in place about people wanting to talk about this visit and that's what's going to

happen. so posts from social media users that you can see only a handful. 44 men have served as us president. 40 of them managed to get by without being impeached. three faced impeachment. just one — donald trump — has been impeached twice. the house of representatives has formally charged him with inciting a mob that stormed congress last week after he repeated false claims of election fraud. five people died in the violence. the president still hasn't reacted directly to his second impeachment but as you can imagine — many other people have. here's one democrat speaking to the bbc. a lot of folks we are saying we cannot heal the democracy unless there is accountability and siding and insurgents needs to see some sort of accountability. essen and insurgents needs to see some sort of accountability.— sort of accountability. even if it is towards _ sort of accountability. even if it is towards the _ sort of accountability. even if it is towards the end _ sort of accountability. even if it is towards the end of _ sort of accountability. even if it is towards the end of the - sort of accountability. even if itj is towards the end of the term. sort of accountability. even if it i is towards the end of the term. if they did not go forward with impeachment one could argue that

there is a just mean a president can do anything they want in the last few weeks of the term and not be held accountable? veteran lawyer alan dershowitz�*s has a completely different view. we should not become amazing free speech in the interest of ending a term for five days early. it will stick with us forever and it will be a horrible precedent. 10 republicans broke from their party to vote for impeachment this time — remember that none defected during the first impeachment a year ago. if mr trump is convicted by a two—thirds majority in the senate, a subsequent vote could then also vote to bar him from ever holding public office again. so will any of this happen before mr trump leaves office on the 20th january ? no. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says. . .. "given the rules, procedures, and senate precedents that govern mr mcconnell says we will not convene the senate for a trial untiljanuary 19.

it would require at least 17 republicans to vote yes for impeachment in order for it to pass. to tell us about the likelihood of this, here's our correspondent gary o'donoghue. i think it's a lot more likely than it was even a base coat that 17 republicans will a donald trump, particularly after the list seems to last wednesday which horrified democrats and horrified republicans in the senate and the house as well. they felt under threat, under physical threat. they felt under threat, under physicalthreat. from they felt under threat, under physical threat. from these protesters who appointed to be supporters of the president. that's a big change. the other big change that's taken place is the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell has indicated he's open to impeachment process, possibly even open to the idea of convicting donald trump and that gives a big, big green night to republican senators who may have been wavering and gives them cover. whether it's enough to get those 17 votes let

have to wait and see because it is there a big, big ask. it's going to be an interesting discussion and debate by the democrats over how big a beer and how long a time that allow this child to go on. whether it be a quick down and dirty thing or will it be lots of witnesses and evidence and the fear forjoe biden is this whole thing overshadows the first period and the first days of his inauguration and his administration when he wants to push on with covid—19 relief and getting the economy back on its feet. is the president to be allowed to turn up and say not guilty? yes, there is nothing to stop him turning up and being a witness if he is called. the senate rules _ being a witness if he is called. tue: senate rules for being a witness if he is called. tte: senate rules for these being a witness if he is called. "tt2 senate rules for these trails being a witness if he is called. tt2 senate rules for these trails can pretty much make it up as they go along and if he chooses to present himself i think it will be very difficult for the senate to refuse to do that and if his lawyers called

him they could do that as well. sometimes these things require votes on the rules but i think if you wanted to do it you probably could. that will be quite a spectacle. what does preisdent—electjoe biden make of all this? following the house vote he tweeted "the process continues to the senate—and i hope they'll deal with their constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation." inafew hours' time he's expected to unveil his covid—relief package that he has suggested will be in the trillions of dollars and will want the country's full focus on that. political analyst dr. brian klass explains the path that the soon—to—be president is trying to tread. he believes in accountability for trump and he think it's important to draw a line in that sound bite he wants his presidency cannot be defined by the past presidency. he does not want every news headline and january 28 onward to be about donald trump.

meanwhile, federal law enforcement�*s efforts to identify and arrest those involved in last week's storming of the capitol is continuing, with more arrests on wednesday. thejustice department and fbi have opened criminal investigations into more than 160 people. among those who have been charged is the swimmer klete keller, who won olympic gold medals in 2004 and 2008. court records show he was identified partly by the team usa jacket that he wore. additional charges have also been brought against this conspiracy theorist, known as the "qanon shaman", who has been a regular attendant of trump rallies. and a supporter of the far—right group the proud boys, who threatened to deploy what he described as "armed patriots" to washington last week was charged wednesday with stockpiling military—style combat knives and more than 1,000 rifle rounds in his new york home. there are now concerns about how donald trump's base, particularly his far—right supporters, will react to his impeachment. here's the thoughts of one expert who tracks fringe groups online. their far theirfar right in the us is their far right in the us is serious

over the impeachment. for them, donald trump is their leader but in many ways he is a symbol of their movement. so while they are upset, it's also a very motivating decision for people to continue to organise. and it is that motivation, that the authorities are worried about. they've drafted in thousands of troops to guard the seats of government in washington, amid warnings from the fbi of armed protests across the country in the build—up to joe biden's inauguration. delta airlines has announced it won't accept firearms as checked baggage on flights bound for washington dc. the airline has also banned people for harassing other passengers or unruly behaviour related to the election results. last week, trump supporters heckled utah senator mitt romney on a delta flight from salt lake city to the capital. other parts of the country are also taking precautions against further violence. multiple state governors are activating the national guard — including in george, ohio and wisconsin. in florida and oklahoma, lawmakers and staff are being told to work from home due to the possibility of protests.

and virginia and utah are closing their capitol buildings due to planned protests. here's tracy walder, a former fbi and cia agent in dallas, talking about what her concerns are. less concerned with something like a breach of the capitol again, we have 20,000 national guards that played out there. the capital itself is secure but with coming more and more concerned about our threats from the inside. threats from law enforcement officers and threats from military inside their military. let's turn to brexit now — scottish fishermen are demanding compensation for seafood rejected by european importers after delays at eu borders. customs health checks and export declarations have meant the produce has taken too long to arrive. the government says its "working

hard" to address what it calls "teething problems". lorna gordon reports. it isa it is a prime product which usually commands premium prices in europe. elijah seafood needs to get to market fresh and that means fast. but for the last two weeks there has been new layers of brexit red tape and paperwork and additional checks which lead to disruption and delays and warnings that some businesses could go bust. me and warnings that some businesses could go bust-— and warnings that some businesses could go bust. we are losing money and we can't — could go bust. we are losing money and we can't continue. _ could go bust. we are losing money and we can't continue. we - could go bust. we are losing money and we can't continue. we said - could go bust. we are losing money| and we can't continue. we said stuff to you up last week and it took five days to arrive there and we lost that product. so we are on the second week now and we cannot sell to our biggest market which is the eu. it to our biggest market which is the eu. ., , ,., , , , , eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing _ eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to _ eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to stay _ eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to stay in _ eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to stay in the - eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to stay in the port. . eu. it means some fishing vessels are choosing to stay in the port. a| are choosing to stay in the port. a third of the scottish beach is now tied up in harbor. some of the boats that are heading out to sea are choosing to land in countries like denmark to try to avoid bottlenecks.

this process for now has switched to free food once customer is in europe could be lost and jobs are on the line. could be lost and “obs are on the line. ., , ., , ,, line. from fishing to processing lants to line. from fishing to processing plants to the — line. from fishing to processing plants to the staff _ line. from fishing to processing plants to the staff that - line. from fishing to processing plants to the staff that the - line. from fishing to processing - plants to the staff that the employ. even this week we've had to send the stuff home because we did not have to produce coming in.— to produce coming in. many of the issues faced _ to produce coming in. many of the issues faced by _ to produce coming in. many of the issues faced by studies _ to produce coming in. many of the issues faced by studies fishermen | issues faced by studies fishermen are being experienced by fishing communities elsewhere in the uk pumping questions in the commons and this response. t am pumping questions in the commons and this response-— this response. i am aware there have been some — this response. i am aware there have been some keeping _ this response. i am aware there have been some keeping issues _ this response. i am aware there have been some keeping issues as - been some keeping issues as businesses get used to the process and authorities in the eu countries are suggesting new procedures and we are suggesting new procedures and we are working closely with both industry and authorities in the eu to iron out these issues and to ensure it could flow smoothly to market. ., , ,., ,._ , market. the scottish government says wasted loads — market. the scottish government says wasted loads like _ market. the scottish government says wasted loads like this _ market. the scottish government says wasted loads like this one _ market. the scottish government says wasted loads like this one was - wasted loads like this one was foreseeable and unacceptable. jabs foreseeable and unacceptable. jobs and livelihoods might not matter to

tories _ and livelihoods might not matter to tories but _ and livelihoods might not matter to tories but they matter to scott's. i understand — tories but they matter to scott's. i understand that the prime minister indicated _ understand that the prime minister indicated that compensation would be forthcoming. that needs to happen and it_ forthcoming. that needs to happen and it needs to happen now. the uk government — and it needs to happen now. the uk government insists _ and it needs to happen now. the uk government insists the _ and it needs to happen now. the uk government insists the issues - and it needs to happen now. the uk government insists the issues are l government insists the issues are temporary. the fishermen are hoping this means there boats will be back. france is to extend a six o'clock evening curfew across the whole of the country. that will start from saturday. it's in order to fight the spread of coronavirus. the curfew began at eight o'clock in most areas including paris. the country plus �*s pay minister said the measure would last for at least two weeks. he said that from monday all travels to france from outside the european union would have to produce a negative covid—19 test. just updating you with members from across the world. 16,000 more deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours and that brings the global

death toll since the pandemic began to almost 2 million. hello there. many of us have had to either contend with heavy rain or significant snow today. it made for some beautiful weather watch your pictures being sent in. take a look at county durham earlier on this afternoon. a gorgeous woodland walk, no doubt. but we did see around ten cm plus of lying snow across parts of scotland and northern england. even a centimeter or two starting to accumulate across the east midlands. further north and west it was a different story. it was heavy rain in excess of 15 mm of rain fell in greater manchester and lead to some localized flooding as well. the weather front was fairly slow moving, you can see where the snow was sitting through the spine of the country. still some heavy rain to clear from the southeast as well,

but it will do so through the latter stages of this evening and overnight. that in turn will bring a new set of problems with light winds, clearing skies and seeing the temperatures are falling away, and we could have some widespread freezing services. almost anywhere across the country. so ice is an issue, and also the potential for some freezing fog. so if you do have to make an essentialjourney tomorrow, it is worth bearing in mind about that ice and fog, and tune into your bbc local radio station early morning travel and traffic updates. but on the whole, friday is all about this ridge of high pressure. so yes we are in the colder air mass. the blue colors. the milder, whether whether waiting in the wings for saturday. but friday will be a quieter day. the fog should take it's time to lift away, but hopefully into the afternoon some brighter skies, particularly further west you are a dryer story but not a particularly warm one. temperatures peaking around 2 to 5 degrees, maybe 6 or 7 out to the west. that milder air starting to arrive. so as we go into the weekend this low pressure moves in from the atlantic, the isobars of squeezing together around the low, the winds

will strengthen. going to drive significant rainfall. it will push through at quite a pace, potentially on saturday, easing the southeast corner by the middle of the afternoon, something brighter following on behind. a scattering of showers to the northwest of the great glen. temperatures should peak on saturday, little higher, but may be at around eight to ten for many. now as a move into sunday it could be drier and quieter still with some sunshine coming through. potential for a little more rain from monday onwards. take care.

hello, this is outside source. france extends its overnight curfew to the whole country from saturday — and moves its start time forward to 6pm — as it battles to contain its coronavirus outbreak. tu rkey�*s turkey's president receives china's coronavirus jab live on tv as max fascination begins. —— max vaccination. votes are being counted in uganda's presidential election. the incumbent, yoweri museveni says he's confident of victory — his main challenger bobi wine warns him no to steal the election.

turkey has started mass coronavirus vaccinations using china's sinovac vaccine. earlier, president erdogan received his first dose at ankara city hospital in the turkish capital. addressing reporters while leaving the hospital, the president said that 256,000 people across turkey have received their first doses so far. translation: as the government we will do everything we can. - we are using every means available. hopefully following the initial 3 million doses and additional 25 to 30 million doses will arrive subsequently. we will complete all of the vaccines that come from china. 50 million. but new questions have been raised over the efficacy of the jab, after clinical trials in brazil showed it was onlyjust over 50% effective. so let's take a closer look. these new clinical trial results in brazil found the vaccine was 50.4% effective. last week researchers announced, the vaccine had a 78% efficacy against mild—to—severe

cases of the coronavirus. but on tuesday, they revealed — calculations for that figure did not include data from a group of "very mild infections". several countries have placed orders with china — including indonesia which has a reported budget of almost one and a half billion dollars for the vaccine. turkey — has already got three million doses of sin—ovac — is expecting to receive a total of 50 million. but despite protests within the country it's not deterring turkey from continuing its programme. our corresponent orla guerin is in one of istanbul's newest hospitals that's begun vaccinating people. coming through. precious cargo, climate controlled. these vials, not from western manufacturers, but from sinovac in china. turkey has agreed to buy 50 million doses. butjust before the roll out here, clinical trials in brazil found this vaccine to be only 50.4% effective. one of the first in line to get the jab, the head of a major hospital. even he is allowed to wince.

i asked the doctor if he was concerned about the data from brazil. "no," he said. "clinical trials in our country are transparent, based "on scientific research and statistically correct. "we found this vaccine to be more than 90% effective." well, there is another vaccination about to happen here now. in this room alone, there are six people being vaccinated every hour. that's one every ten minutes and there are 50 rooms like this, in this hospital alone. the teams here will be working until midnight tonight. now that a vaccine is here, they don't want to lose a minute. covid has killed more than 23,000 people in turkey. doctors say the vaccine is now the best weapon, but there are fears that some here won't be willing to get it. do you think people are convinced that the vaccine

won't work because there has been some doubt about this particular vaccine from china? yes. they don't trust in the chinese vaccine. yeah, that has been around turkey since the vaccine was introduced. but as far as i know, people will get used to it and in the end, they will do it. staff here want the vaccine to be catching. in their long, brutal battle against covid—19, they say this is a day of hope for them and for turkey. orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. the world health orgasniation stipulates that a vaccine must have an overall efficacy over 50% for approval by the world health organisation, so how does this one compare to the main players on the vaccine market?

according to pfizer—biontech — their vaccine which was the first to get mass approval, here in the uk, has a 95% efficacy. that one was developed in germany. the moderna vaccine, developed in the us, has a similarly high efficacy — at 94.5%. next up the oxford/astra zeneca vaccine, developed in the united kingdom has an overall efficacy of 90%. compare that to the chinese sinovac, which has barely scraped above that 50% efficacy level in these latest trials. but turkey isn't the only one expected to roll out the chinese coronavac in the coming weeks, and this news from brazil has lead to international criticims of beijing from country's relying on sinovac as their only vaccine candidate. bbc monitoring's laura gozzi has more. turkey signed a deal for 50 turkey signed a dealfor 50 million doses of the vaccine before the final results of the trial were even published. this prompted questions from independent media in the country, but from social media users as well. some of whom wondered why exactly turkey had decided to go for

the chinese vaccine. in brazil, interestingly, despite the fact that it was a brazilian lab that announced yesterday that according to the latest tests the chinese vaccine may only have 50% efficacy, actually the media in the country has wrecked quite calmly. i think the overwhelming sentiment is that after all of the hundreds of thousands of deaths that have occurred in brazil, people feel lucky to have a vaccine at all. no prizes for guessing that a number of chinese diplomats and embassies across the world sent out tweets trying to give assurances on the safety and efficacy of the corunna vac, this was the case for the chinese embassy in the philippines. domestic state media quoted the

sinovac ceo saying that the discrepancies over the efficacy data in brazil compared to indonesia or turkey was to be expected and was normal because of differences in target populations and test conditions. but really what i think is notable and interesting is that despite the concerns that there may be over the vaccine the financial advantages of the chinese jabber difficult to overlook from many countries. meanwhile the uk has banned travel from a host of south american countries amid concerns about a new variant of coronavirus detected in brazil. prime minister borisjohnson had said he was "very concerned" about it, and the uk's transport secretary, grant schapps announed the ban on twitter. he said... he also said travel from portugal will also be suspended

given its strong travel links with brazil — reinforcing that this will act as another way to reduce the risk of importing infections. scientists are racing to grow the new variant in the lab to understand its biology and the way it's mutated. early testing suggests it has similar mutations to the south african variant, but there's still doubt over here's our health correspondent, michelle roberts. we are hearing about a new variant of coronavirus that has originated in brazib — of coronavirus that has originated in brazil. it's not the first one that_ in brazil. it's not the first one that has— in brazil. it's not the first one that has happened, we've had one in the uk _ that has happened, we've had one in the uk as— that has happened, we've had one in the uk as well and another from south _ the uk as well and another from south africa. all of them appeared to be _ south africa. all of them appeared to be more — south africa. all of them appeared to be more infectious, more easily spread _ to be more infectious, more easily spread than — to be more infectious, more easily spread than the original strain that caused _ spread than the original strain that caused the pandemic. experts are investigating it at the moment to see how— investigating it at the moment to see how well vaccines might work against _ see how well vaccines might work against it — see how well vaccines might work against it. the reason why is some of the _ against it. the reason why is some of the mutations to these variants involve _ of the mutations to these variants involve the — of the mutations to these variants involve the spike protein of the virus _ involve the spike protein of the virus. that's the bit that lets it attach — virus. that's the bit that lets it attach and _ virus. that's the bit that lets it attach and get into cells, and also attach and get into cells, and also a part— attach and get into cells, and also a part of— attach and get into cells, and also a part of the virus that vaccines have _ a part of the virus that vaccines have been— a part of the virus that vaccines have been designed around. at the moment— have been designed around. at the moment there is no suggestion that

any of— moment there is no suggestion that any of these new variants are more serious _ any of these new variants are more serious in _ any of these new variants are more serious in terms of illness for people — serious in terms of illness for people who catch it, but obviously what _ people who catch it, but obviously what experts want to know is of the vaccines _ what experts want to know is of the vaccines will work as well as they do currently for other types of coronavirus. brazil has been at the centre of pandemic before. in earlyjune, it was averaging about 1,000 deaths per day from covid—19, joining the united states — and later india — as the countries with the world's largest death tolls. then the spread of the virus eased, and the daily death toll began to drop. but brazil's daily cases has been slowly increasing since november. yesterday the country registered 60,899 new covid cases — taking their total to 8.2 million. they also registered 1,274 more deaths from covid yesterda — taking the pandemic total to more than 205,000. camilla mota is in sao paolo.

well, yeah, the situation on the ground here in brazil is very convoluted. the news about the new variant is just the latest on a few come on a range of very bad news that we have been getting here. 1ng that we have been getting here. is you pointed out, we just passed the you pointed out, wejust passed the number the level again of 1000 deaths by coronavirus and one civil day come threshold we thought we left behind in september. there's been a surge in the number of cases announced, and where the new variant has been discovered, but not only their can be we've been seeing a surge in the number of cases in the whole country, and we have been getting really dramatic reports from health care workers. they've been saying there's not enough oxygen for everyone who is that hospitals are completely overwhelmed, and that people are suffocating to death. so the state has justice declared a curfew and said it's going to

transfer some of its patients to other states in order to try to deal with the problem. the other states in order to try to deal with the problem.— other states in order to try to deal with the problem. the president of brazil was a _ with the problem. the president of brazil was a notable _ with the problem. the president of brazil was a notable skeptic - with the problem. the president of brazil was a notable skeptic when l brazil was a notable skeptic when things began, how has his attitude influenced the country's ability to respond? influenced the country's ability to resond? . _, influenced the country's ability to resond? ~ _, ., influenced the country's ability to resond? ~ ., influenced the country's ability to resond? ., ,. ., ., respond? welcome a bowl scenario has not made any — respond? welcome a bowl scenario has not made any comment _ respond? welcome a bowl scenario has not made any comment specifically - not made any comment specifically about this even though there's been hugely debated today on social media, but it's no secret that he has been downplaying the pandemic since the beginning, and that has not changed. either when he himself got the virus injuly, actually he's been accused of being negligent, of trying to push unproven treatment methods while sabotaging the efforts of some state and local governments. brazil has not started its vaccination programme yet and the president has a very dubious rhetoric about it. on one hand he

says that vaccination is important and that his cabinet is doing whatever it can to get it out there, but then he waves to his conservative base and says that he himself is not going to take it, and that his government is not responsible for any side effects. the fact is that brazilians have not seen a robust logistic plan for this programme. minister of health says it's going to start next wednesday but a lot of brazilians are really skeptical about this promise. thank ou so skeptical about this promise. thank you so much- _ a day after becoming the first president to be impeached twice. being impeached again has led to a falling out with his personal lawyer and former new york mayor, rudy giuliani, and is refusing to pay his legal bills. for his part, mr giuliani has been lashing out at others — in an interview with the news website, the hill, he criticised fellow republican —

and house minority leader — kevin mccarthy, who rejected mr giuliani's unsubstantiated claim that the so—called left wing group "antifa" was responsible for the violence on capitol hill. the reporter who did that interview with mr guliaini is brett samuels. he's on the line from washington. tell us more about the interview. thank you for having me on. i had a chance to speak with rudy giuliani earlier this week, the day before the president was impeached and you know, he's still one of the president's most outspoken defenders in a time when the number of defenders the president has certainly dropping. there's not many people willing to step in and to defend the president's conduct last week surrounding the riots at the capital, but rudy giuliani is one of those people at when i talked to him

he was pretty adamant pushing this, as you said, unsubstantiated claim that it was antifa people at the riots, when the fbi said there's no evidence of that and kevin mccarthy the leader of the republican caucus in the house of representatives also told his members, you know, there's nothing to that and to stop spreading those claims. but rudy giuliani has never been one to shy away from a fight, certainly against critics of president trump. itjust evidence i think of the rift between the president's most ardent supporters and the people who at this point orjust kind of ready to be done or at least move on from president trump given the events of last week. stay there brett. the trump campaign has pushed back on reports of a rift, on this today. a senior campaign manager has tweeted.

i must say, that does sound like president trump himself dictating that to someone else. it’s president trump himself dictating that to someone else.— president trump himself dictating that to someone else. it's true, the resident that to someone else. it's true, the president has _ that to someone else. it's true, the president has losses _ that to someone else. it's true, the president has losses access - that to someone else. it's true, the president has losses access to - president has losses access to twitter but it would seem from that tweet at least he's finding ways to get his voice in there and get his message out there. but you know, this is what we have heard before where the new york times or washington post or any number of publications will report something that, you know, it's publications will report something that, you know, its other unflattering to the president or portrays his relationships with those around him in a negative light, and he is quick to come in the past he's at least been quick to hop on twitter and call fake news or pushback but without twitter he's unable to do that so it's pushback but without twitter he's unable to do that so its left to others to do it for him. but certainly the reporting about the souring relationship between the president and giuliani is another example of how in his final days the president is fighting them so if fewer and fewer people willing to defend heaven he finds himselfjust

turning on even those who are willing to step up and go to bat for him. we willing to step up and go to bat for him. ~ ~' ., willing to step up and go to bat for him. ~ ~ ., ., willing to step up and go to bat for him. ~ ~' ., ., , willing to step up and go to bat for him. . ~' ., ., , , ., him. we know that rudy giuliani said that there should _ him. we know that rudy giuliani said that there should be _ him. we know that rudy giuliani said that there should be trial _ him. we know that rudy giuliani said that there should be trial by - that there should be trial by combat, whether stan now that was a reference to a game of thrones, is that right? reference to a game of thrones, is that riuht? ~ reference to a game of thrones, is that right?— that right? well, it took a while to net to his that right? well, it took a while to get to his defense _ that right? well, it took a while to get to his defense of— that right? well, it took a while to get to his defense of those - that right? well, it took a while to - get to his defense of those comments but yes on the way he referenced the hbo show game of thrones. he says a lot of criticism because he used the phrase trial by combat to say, you know, let's have a trial by combat to see who is right about these unproven claims of widespread fraud and he took a lot of heat for that because as we know now within an hour or so these trump supporters were inside the capital trying to halt the certification of votes in clashing with police and obviously a cabinet police officer died in that. —— capital police officer. and he

argued that putting in context by citing game of thrones in lake in the show the character as for a trial by combat when he was accused of murder and i'm trial by combat when he was accused of murderand i'm not trial by combat when he was accused of murder and i'm not sure if the mayor understands or remembers how that whole plot line ends, but he went on to say that he believes these comments are being taken out of context, and that the crowd did not react violently or get all excited and start chanting about violence or anything, so he maintains that he is not to blame here for the violence and above certainly has rhetoric and the president's rhetoric, it's hard to separate the things that they were saying about the election being stolen and about the need to fight against the certification of the election, hard to separate that from what we saw at the capital just a short time later where these pro—trump people were rioting and clashing with law enforcement and lawmakers to evacuate or go into

hiding. still to come. we will go to uganda where votes are being counted in the country's presidential election. people who have had yoweri museveni 19 are protected from getting it for at least five months, our science correspondent has more. coronavirus is spreading fast, and the number of people have been infected with covid is rising. this latest study is looking at how likely they are to catch it again. so what if you already had coronavirus? does having already had coronavirus? does having a past infection protect you? scientist tracked more than six and a half thousand health care workers who had artie been infected with coronavirus. they found that most had protection from the virus for five months, the duration of the study. compared with people who had never had covid there were 83% less

likely to catch the virus again. it's the big question many have been asking, can you get covid twice? a small number of re—sipping from around the world in this study found some as well. 44 potential cases were detected and some had high enough levels of the virus to risk spreading it to others.— spreading it to others. there are --eole spreading it to others. there are people who _ spreading it to others. there are people who have _ spreading it to others. there are people who have had _ spreading it to others. there are people who have had infections. spreading it to others. there are . people who have had infections that can transmit to others, is not 100% protected. so we are still asking people what we are seeing such a high amount of infection and we need to do everything to protect the nhs to do everything to protect the nhs to take every precaution. if to do everything to protect the nhs to take every precaution.— to take every precaution. if you've been infected _ to take every precaution. if you've been infected in _ to take every precaution. if you've been infected in the _ to take every precaution. if you've been infected in the past, - to take every precaution. if you've been infected in the past, do - to take every precaution. if you've been infected in the past, do you| been infected in the past, do you still need to have a vaccine? essen still need to have a vaccine? even if this study _ still need to have a vaccine? even if this study says _ still need to have a vaccine? even if this study says that _ still need to have a vaccine? even if this study says that many - still need to have a vaccine? even if this study says that many of us that had — if this study says that many of us that had coronavirus but have residual— that had coronavirus but have residual immunity for four five months. — residual immunity for four five months, as i mentioned with the common— months, as i mentioned with the common cold viruses itjust does not last well, _ common cold viruses itjust does not last well, and these services are

very— last well, and these services are very good — last well, and these services are very good at subverting immunity and knocking _ very good at subverting immunity and knocking out parts of your immune response — knocking out parts of your immune response. while the vaccines that we have are _ response. while the vaccines that we have are really, really well designed to give you rip—roaring long—lasting immunity. this is outside source live from the pc. the government in france has announced a 6pm curfew nationwide to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. votes are being counted in the ugandan elections. a 38—year—old singer is challenging the incumbent president yoweri museveni, who is 76. this is robert kyagulanyi casting his ballot, he's known by his stage name bobi wine and says he represents the country's younger generation. mr museveni cast his vote in his own rural area. he campaigned on a platform promising stability — having already served five terms in office. so far violence has been at an unprecedented level.

these pictures show security forces cracking down on opposition rallies in the run up to the election. dozens of people have been killed in incidents like these. the government says the ban on gatherings was to prevent the spread of coronavirus. the opposition say it was a smoke screen for repression. bobi wine and other opposition candidates were arrested several times. the bbc�*s patience atuhaire is in kampala, she sent this report on the day's voting. the day started off with 8 cents of eagerness and anticipation as voters turned out in large numbers. but as the queues grew longer and longer, frustration. , . , frustration. they have been there. the thin . s frustration. they have been there. the things which _ frustration. they have been there. the things which we _ frustration. they have been there. the things which we are _ frustration. they have been there. the things which we are going - frustration. they have been there. the things which we are going to l frustration. they have been there. i the things which we are going to use in the election. we the things which we are going to use in the election.— in the election. we are not getting information _ in the election. we are not getting information or _ in the election. we are not getting information or any _ in the election. we are not getting information or any evidence. -- i

information or any evidence. —— updates — information or any evidence. —— updates so _ information or any evidence. —— updates. so it's not fair. on information or any evidence. -- updates. so it's not fair.- updates. so it's not fair. on the northern side _ updates. so it's not fair. on the northern side of— updates. so it's not fair. on the northern side of the _ updates. so it's not fair. on the northern side of the city - updates. so it's not fair. on the northern side of the city there l updates. so it's not fair. on the i northern side of the city there were major problems. election observers expressed concerns about the slow process. apart from wearing masks, most coronavirus prevention measures like social distancing seemed to go out the window as people grew anxious to cast their ballots in time. the a biometric voter verification system deployed for the first time in uganda's voting history suffered major glitches as it was unable to read thumbprints in some cases. earlier in the week the ugnadan authorities ordered the blocking of social media, messaging apps and certain sites for virtual private networks which people use to get around social media blocks. this unverified letter posted by a uganda journalist appears to be from the authorities ordering internet providers to shut down the whole internet at 19:00 local time on the eve of the election. it says the measure is temporary but doesn't say when the internet

should be reinstated. bbc monitoring's beverley ochieng is in nairobi in neighbouring kenya. thank you so much forjoining us. how can you find out what's happening in uganda? brute how can you find out what's happening in uganda? how can you find out what's hauenina in uanda? . ., , happening in uganda? we have mostly relied on broadcast _ happening in uganda? we have mostly relied on broadcast outlets, _ happening in uganda? we have mostly relied on broadcast outlets, the - happening in uganda? we have mostly relied on broadcast outlets, the tvs i relied on broadcast outlets, the tvs have given live feeds during the day without voting was taking place. many ugandans on social media are using vpns, but there is difficulty in being able tojust make phone calls or send sms and bobi wine has expressed this frustration with his phone at his wife's phone over the course of the day. very difficult to have a sense of how tallying is taking place in the election will commission have said they have their own system in place to ensure that tallies come in in time. this could possibly undermine the credibility of the election. haifa possibly undermine the credibility of the election.— of the election. how is the president _ of the election. how is the president managed - of the election. how is the president managed to i of the election. how is the | president managed to keep of the election. how is the i president managed to keep hold of the election. how is the - president managed to keep hold of powerfor so many years? weill. power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni _ power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni is _ power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni is east - power for so many years? well, yoweri museveni is east african | yoweri museveni is east african public regions longest—serving leader and he's been in power since 1986. he came in after a rebellion

and has gained revolutionary credentials through the 80s and 905. he's credentials through the 805 and 905. he's been seen as a key ally of the west and the region, he led variou5 mediation efforts in the region of south of the den. he helped in congo with the conflict of the escalated. but over the last five years he has maintained this strain on power because of the way his administration would seem to undermine the opposition. in fact one of the reasons he is in this election because of a constitutional referendum where the age of the president was removed. he is 76, it was 75. with this removed it remained in power indefinitely. itrui’ith remained in power indefinitely. with the su ort remained in power indefinitely. with the support what kind of challenge doe5 three have? he the support what kind of challenge does three have?— does three have? he gained popularity — does three have? he gained popularity as _ does three have? he gained popularity as a _ does three have? he gained popularity as a musician i does three have? he gained j popularity as a musician and does three have? he gained i popularity as a musician and many does three have? he gained - popularity as a musician and many of his songs were about social

political change. this resonated with so many young people would only ever known yoweri museveni a5 a leader and challenge them in terms of when the election was coming how to remove him from power. the ideology behind that. bobi wine ran for mp in 2017 and un5eated a candidate. he challenged the constitutional change in presidential limit5 even if that failed, and he's led prote5t5 failed, and he's led protests against arbitrary adulation of changes. he is popular among young voters who are a good majority, and his ideology resonates. in the capital and he's been eclipsing yoweri museveni in recent months from what we have seen. in yoweri museveni in recent months from what we have seen.- from what we have seen. in the sentence. _ from what we have seen. in the sentence, the _ from what we have seen. in the sentence, the timetable - from what we have seen. in the sentence, the timetable for i from what we have seen. in the sentence, the timetable for the results? , , ., j~ sentence, the timetable for the results? , , ., j~ ., , results? they start within 48 hours, so we will see _ results? they start within 48 hours, so we will see if _ results? they start within 48 hours, so we will see if that _ results? they start within 48 hours, so we will see if that happens. i results? they start within 48 hours, so we will see if that happens. we l so we will see if that happens. we will speak to you again then. bbc monitoring in neighboring kenya. thank you forjoining u5.

thank you forjoining us. of the stories on our thank you forjoining us. of the stories on our website and i'm on twitter. please do stay with us. hello there. many of us have had to either contend with heavy rain or significant snow today. it made for some beautiful weather watch your pictures being sent in. take a look at county durham earlier on this afternoon. a gorgeous woodland walk, no doubt. but we did see around ten cm plus of lying snow across parts of scotland and northern england. even a centimeter or two starting to accumulate across the east midlands. further north and west it was a different story. it was heavy rain in excess of 15 mm of rain fell in greater manchester and lead to some localized flooding as well. the weather front was fairly slow moving, you can see where the snow was sitting through the spine of the country. still some heavy rain to clear from the southeast as well, but it will do so through the latter stages of this evening and overnight.

that in turn will bring a new set of problems with light winds, clearing skies and seeing the temperatures are falling away, and we could have some widespread freezing services. almost anywhere across the country. so ice is an issue, and also the potential for some freezing fog. so if you do have to make an essentialjourney tomorrow, it is worth bearing in mind about that ice and fog, and tune into your bbc local radio station early morning travel and traffic updates. but on the whole, friday is all about this ridge of high pressure. so yes we are in the colder air mass. the blue colors. the milder, whether whether waiting in the wings for saturday. but friday will be a quieter day. the fog should take it's time to lift away, but hopefully into the afternoon some brighter skies, particularly further west you are a dryer story but not a particularly warm one. temperatures peaking around 2 to 5 degrees, maybe 6 or 7 out to the west. that milder air starting to arrive. so as we go into the weekend this low pressure moves in from the atlantic, the isobars of squeezing together around the low, the winds will strengthen. going to drive significant rainfall.

it will push through at quite a pace, potentially on saturday, easing the southeast corner by the middle of the afternoon, something brighter following on behind. a scattering of showers to the northwest of the great glen. temperatures should peak on saturday, little higher, but may be at around eight to ten for many. now as a move into sunday it could be drier and quieter still with some sunshine coming through. potential for a little more rain from monday onwards. take care.

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