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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new video emerges of trump insurrectionists inside the senate chamber rifling through desks and photographing documents. a major expansion in england's vaccination rollout, as the over 70s are sent an invite for theirjab, as well as those who are classed as clinically extremely vulnerable. russian police detain the kremlin critic alexei navalny, who was nearly killed by nerve agent poisoning last year, as he lands back in moscow. and, a champion climber, paralysed in a car accident ten years ago, has scaled 250 metres of a hong kong skyscraper.
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it's the week of the inauguration of president—elect joe biden, and tensions are high following the violent riots that took place on 6th january on capitol hill. we've just got these new pictures in from the new yorker magazine, which released unseen footage showing the mob in the senate chamber, rifling through senators desks, hurling insults at some of them, and taking photos of documents. so, security is tight. thousands of national guard troops have been deployed in washington ahead of the ceremony, as you can see, they're guarding the perimeter of the capitol building, and fencing has been erected, a vastly different sight to previous inaugurations where crowds of people line up on the mall.
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the guards are staying inside the building, on standby. capitol police have confirmed they have already made some arrests. all 50 us states have upped their own security, after warnings from the fbi that their capitals should also brace for armed protests and potential violence. some, like michigan, pennsylvania and florida, have activtaed their own national guard. let's get the latest from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. peter, this is a huge week for the us and a lot of tension and anxiety about health it will all go off? it anxiety about health it will all go off?— anxiety about health it will all go off? anxiety about health it will all no off? , ., ., , ., all go off? it is going to be a momentous _ all go off? it is going to be a momentous week— all go off? it is going to be a momentous week in - all go off? it is going to be a momentous week in the - all go off? it is going to be a i momentous week in the united states for all sorts of reasons. of course it is the end of the trump presidency after a tumultuous four years of controversy after controversy a nd of controversy after controversy and of course the biggest controversy of the lot coming right at the end with mr trump contesting the election
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result, never conceding it, never congratulating joe biden, his successor, joe biden 78 years old, the oldest person to assume the presidency, so for all sorts of reasons, all eyes will be on the inauguration on wednesday, not least because of the immense amount of security which you have just been describing that is currently in washington, dc. by wednesday we expect there will be something like 25,000 national guard troops and that is on top of the troops that have been deployed around the country, warnings from the fbi that every single state and the state capitals, i'm in california and the state capital here is sacramento, and there is concern that there could be some protest leading up could be some protest leading up to the inauguration. i've got to say that these warnings have been coming at us from the fbi three or four days now and over the weekend, especially sunday there were really big concerns that some trouble might start. actually, there's been no trouble stopping there
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have been a few small gatherings of protesters around the country but no significant trouble to talk about, so that might bode well for the next few days, because really people have been, i think, few days, because really people have been, ithink, holding their breaths, not wanting to see a repeat of the violence that we saw in the capitol building. that we saw in the capitol building-— that we saw in the capitol buildina. ,., , building. 0k, peter bows there in los angeles, _ building. 0k, peter bows there in los angeles, thanks - building. 0k, peter bows there in los angeles, thanks very - in los angeles, thanks very much copy we can now s much copy peak to tracy walder who's a former fbi special agent and cia operative who previously specialised in counter—terrorism. give us an idea of the scale of the challenge in making sure that happens peacefully? thank ou so that happens peacefully? thank you so much — that happens peacefully? thank you so much for— that happens peacefully? thank you so much for having - that happens peacefully? thank you so much for having me - that happens peacefully? thank| you so much for having me copy i think the scale is two. at first we are looking at physical security, securing the capital itself, closing the bridges, setting up a perimeter, having police forces and the national guard there,
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but i think we're looking at something a little bit different in that now we are having to guard ourselves bit from brett from the inside. just recently they discussed that now the fbi is having to vet all 25,000 of the national guard troops for domestic terrorism tendencies and leanings, which is going to be a monumental task. so i think what we are looking at is something that we really haven't seen before. we have never shut our national mall down before and inauguration and i don't think we had ever thought that perhaps an attack would come at us from the inside quite obviously, there are some cases where people's activities and intentions can be picked up easily. i mean, there's at least one case where there's at least one case where the police have arrested a man who said that he would take firearms to washington during the inauguration. howe, though, do you detect ones that are not as obvious as that? where are the real dangers hiding? so, i
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think the real dangers, and the sounds redundant because we have so much but the real dangers are really online stopping it gets really difficult to monitor every single one of those caverns and really the fbi can only monitor the chat rooms that they are aware of, quite frankly. i am sure that there are some that they are not aware of. and of course the threats that we are dealing with are extremely broad stopping most oaks are not going to get online and say, i'm going to conduct a terrorist attack at this location at this particular time with this particular weapon. they are extremely broad and i think that is what we are seeing with the warnings and all the for the capitol building is, is that the fbi had seen on these internet chat rooms and decided perhaps it was maybe geared towards two capitol building but because they didn't want a repeat of january six, they went ahead and shut all of them down. what we are seeing here is monumental, we are looking at private companies that are also
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pitching and copy delta and american airlines are not allowing folks to check weapons and on flights to the, we've never seen anything like that before. ~ ., ., ., never seen anything like that before. ~ ., ., ~ , before. who do you think poses the biggest _ before. who do you think poses the biggest security _ before. who do you think poses the biggest security risk, - before. who do you think poses the biggest security risk, the i the biggest security risk, the biggest threat? to the biggest security risk, the biggest threat?— the biggest security risk, the biggest threat? to me, and it's difficult to _ biggest threat? to me, and it's difficult to say _ biggest threat? to me, and it's difficult to say this, _ difficult to say this, obviously i'm a former law enforcement officer myself, i do thank that the folks from the inside that i'd keep referring to really pose the largest brett. we're talking law enforcement officers, national guardsmen, because we have seen this increase of folks that were arrested, participating in the january six attacks, either contributing towards them, storming the capital, or in the chat rooms in regards to this attack, and i think this is not attack, and i think this is not a place where we expect a threat to come from, and i think this is the place where we probably need to look the most at a threat coming from.
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and, this is going to be an inauguration like no other. in terms of the people who are overseeing it and securing it, will they ever have dealt with anything quite like this or? no, i was thinking about that today, in our centuries of history as a country, we have never not had a peaceful transition of power, and i think this really marks the first time that we asked being not a peaceful transition and power and we are not used to dealing with that and quite frankly i think we are a little gobsmacked that that has happened to us and i think that is going to be the most difficult thing, is that we really pride ourselves on this freedom and this openness when it comes to our inauguration is and right now that is just not possible. and right now that is 'ust not ossible. ., . , and right now that is 'ust not ossible. . _ . ., possible. 0k, tracy walder, former fbi _ possible. 0k, tracy walder, former fbi special - possible. 0k, tracy walder, former fbi special agent, i possible. 0k, tracy walder, i former fbi special agent, thank you very much.
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let's get some of the day's other news. the brazilian government says a nationwide inoculation programme will start on wednesday, following the approval of two coronavirus vaccines. brazil's health regulators have authorised the emergency use of the 0xford/astrazeneca jab, as well as china's sinovac. eight million doses will be available this week. new economic figures from china show that it grew at its slowest pace last year, in more than four decades because of the coronavirus pandemic. but the annual growth rate of 2.3% surpassed most predictions. it means china is expected to be the only major economy to have expanded last year. the australian authorities say there will be no special treatment for tennis players and staff after four more people connected with the open tournament tested positive for covid—i9. nine cases have now been registered among those who've arrived in melbourne. from 4:00am this morning, nearly all people coming to the uk must self—isolate for 10 days upon arrival. if they pay for a covid test after five days and test negative, they can leave quarantine early. people must also test
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negative before travelling. the over 70s and people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable will begin to receive letters in england this week, offering them a coronavirus jab. the vaccination programme is being expanded to include these groups, having already reached 3.8 million people across the uk. sunday saw the lowest daily increase in new covid cases of the year so far. pallab ghosh reports. the nhs is scaling up its immunisation programme. ten new mass vaccination centres opened today, bringing the total to 17. medicalstaff today, bringing the total to 17. medical staff have so far been giving jabs to the two groups on the top of the government's priority list, you have residents and their carers, and to the over 80s, as well as frontline health and care workers the priority stopping the vaccination sites that have enough to play in the capacity will now be allowed to
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offerjabs capacity will now be allowed to offer jabs to the capacity will now be allowed to offerjabs to the next capacity will now be allowed to offer jabs to the next two groups on the list, the over 70s and the clinically extremely vulnerable, such as people receiving cancer treatment or have severe respiratory disease stopping the move is in line with the government's plan to vaccinate around 15 million of those most at risk from coronavirus by the 15th of february. it’s at risk from coronavirus by the 15th of february.— 15th of february. it's not auoin 15th of february. it's not going to _ 15th of february. it's not going to be _ 15th of february. it's not going to be the - 15th of february. it's not going to be the case i 15th of february. it's not| going to be the case that 15th of february. it's not i going to be the case that on valentine's day or the 15th of february, we are free, but equally i'd don't think that we will be having to wait until the autumn. i think somewhere between those two, subject of course to this uncertainty about new variant of the coronavirus, and it will be very important that we don't see those taking off in a way that undermines the effectiveness of vaccines. some hos - itals effectiveness of vaccines. some hosoitals will — effectiveness of vaccines. some hospitals will be _ effectiveness of vaccines. some hospitals will be open _ effectiveness of vaccines. some hospitals will be open for i hospitals will be open for vaccinations 2a hours a day seven days a week on a trial basis in the next ten days. there's been condemnation
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in europe and the united states of the arrest in moscow of the kremlin critic, alexei navalny, minutes after his return from germany. he flew in from berlin but was led away by police after reaching passport control. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. he'd only been back on russian soil a few minutes when alexei navalny was told he was being detained. a kiss goodbye for his wife, yulia. then the kremlin�*s fiercest critic was led away. earlier, there were chaotic scenes at a different moscow airport, where mr navalny�*s flight had been scheduled to land. police detained his supporters. "it's a disgrace," they chant. inside, the arrivals hall filled with riot police, who cleared the terminal. but in the end, the plane was re—routed to another airport.
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for alexei navalny, this isn't quite home, sweet home, as you can see from the welcome party. he's back in the country where last summer he was poisoned, allegedly by a group of undercover russian security agents. a country he has accused of state terrorism. five months ago, alexei navalny fell sick on an internal russian flight. in a coma, he was airlifted to berlin for urgent treatment. toxicology reports from germany, france and sweden confirmed the opposition activist had been poisoned by novichok nerve agent. last month, president putin dismissed accusations that the russian state was behind the attack on mr navalny. "if our agents had wanted to kill him", he said, "they'd have finished the job." but for weeks, the authorities here have been dropping not—so—subtle hints that mr navalny should stay away from russia.
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hints he decided to ignore when he left berlin. "as a citizen of russia", he says, "i have the absolute right to return home." he did come back to russia. but tonight, alexei navalny is not at home with his family. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a champion climber, paralysed in a car accident ten years ago, has scaled 250 metres of a hong kong skyscraper. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first, america first.
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demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him i the butcher of lyon. klaus altmann is being heldj on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: new video emerges of trump insurrectionists inside the senate chamber rifling through desks and photographing documents. a major expansion in england's vaccination rollout,
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as the over 70s are sent an invite for theirjab, as well as those who are classed as clinically extremely vulnerable. president trump has pulled out nearly all of the 700 us troops from somalia, in one of his final foreign policy moves before he leaves the white house. critics say the withdrawal is too hasty, as after three decades of conflict, the country is still fighting the islamist militant group, al shaabab. now, incoming presidentjoe biden faces the tough decision of whether or not to send us forces back in. andrew harding reports from the somali capital, mogadishu. we all carry aks with five mags, and one other weapon for myself. mogadishu is supposed to be on the mend. but after 30 years of war, this is still a dangerous city, and it's going through another rough patch. armed guards for us and fresh signs of trouble, we find a group of weary women.
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theyjust fled from their homes in the somali countryside to escape islamist fighters. "the conflict started again," says this 50—year—old woman, "so we ran here to mogadishu for safety." but will they find it? another suicide attack by the islamist militants of al—shabaab. their target? a hotel popular with local politicians — 15 dead. so they blew up this wall? yes. and you fixed it already? of course. we fix it within days, not more than two days. life goes on? yes, of course. but that resilience is being tested. for years now, somalia's neighbours — with america, britain and others, have been trying to help rebuild this country and its military almost from scratch. but this week, president trump pulled out key us forces. his successor may reverse that, but for now, somalis are worried the move
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will play into the hands of the enemy, al—shabaab. they are well organised and coherent organisation who have a very strategic vision to conquer this country. so that's a real risk? it's a real risk. after all these years, all this money, all these dead soldiers, al—shabaab could still sweep back into power here? i have no doubt. the truth is that al—shabaab is still a very powerful force here. they're like a shadow state, they still control much of rural somalia, and even here in mogadishu, they still collect taxes from most businesses. they are poised to seize power again, which makes the american troop withdrawal so alarming to so many here. at the nearby beach, a moment to relax, but younger somalis are impatient for change. "we want the americans to stay," says achmed,
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"but we also need jobs and real democracy." elections are overdue here and tensions are rising. a fractured nation has a lot on its plate. andrew harding, bbc news, mogadishu. indonesia's mount semaru has erupted in java. indonesia's mount semaru has erupted injava. it is one of the most populated and popular hiking destinations but so far no—one has been asked to evacuate and no casualties have been reported. evacuate and no casualties have been reported-_ been reported. villages on the mountain slope _ been reported. villages on the mountain slope have - been reported. villages on the mountain slope have been i been reported. villages on the i mountain slope have been warned of cold lava flow which can be triggered by rainfall. a third night of tension into an easier
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has resulted in the arrest of over 200 people, mostly young people who vandalised property and tried to steal from shops and tried to steal from shops and banks. protesters were not making clear demands but there is widespread dissatisfaction in tunisia which india was severe economic problems. —— which is enduring severe economic problems. let's catch up with all the latest sport now. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your monday sport briefing. inter milan have gone joint top of serie a, level on points with rivals ac milan thanks to a 2—0 win overjuventus. arturo vidal set them on their way against the champions of italy. his first half goal, followed by nicola barella's just after half time made it 2—0. juve stay fifth — and 7 points adrift from their opponents. manchester united remain top of the english premier league after a goalless draw at anfield, against the champions liverpool. liverpool goalkeeper allison had to make some late saves to prevent united coming away with a win — but the result means jurgen klopp's side are now fourth — three points off the top.
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the worst thing you can face in football is playing against a side with world—class players and they all defend. they are all deep in the box. it is really difficult and a big challenge. but the way we understood the game, the way we felt the game, the way we we reacted in the moment was really good. elsewhere, manchester city are now second. they hammered crystal palace 4—0. and spurs are 5th, after beating sheffield united. barcelona were beaten by athletic bilbao, in the final of the spanish super cup on sunday and there was drama right at the end of the match. twice barca led, through french international antoine griezeman, but they were pegged back — bilbao with a 90th minute equaliser. so to extra—time it went, where inaki williams won it for the basque side. barca had captain lionel messi sent off, right at the end of extra time — lashing out at asier villalibre, which was spotted by the video assistant referee. and yan bingtao fought back to beatjohn higgins — and win snooker�*s masters.
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the 20—year—old from china won his first triple crown title on his masters debut — beating higgins 10 frames to 8. he's the youngest masters champion since ronnie 0'sullivan won aged 19 in 1995. arsenal face newcastle in the english premier league's monday game. mikel arteta's side are unbeaten in their last four — but newcastle have struggled for form of late under steve bruce. beaten by leicester and sheffield united, and currently 15th. james harden will hoping to replicate his stunning debut for the brooklyn nets, when they host in the form milwaukee bucks on monday. it's set up for an exciting showdown between the two form teams in the east. the nets dominated the orlando magic in their last match — harden starring in their 122—115 win. the bucks though are on a a—game winning streak. with 72 tennis players under quarantine in their hotel
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rooms in melbourne, due to positive covid tests on their charter flights, it's forced some creative training, ahead of next month's australian open. british number two heather watson shared a video of her running 5 kilometres from her door to her window to keep fit. such an innovative method there. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — including the latest from the cricket in australia, and in sri lanka — plus the nfl playoffs. but from me and the team — that's your monday sport briefing. a professional paraplegic climber has become the first person in hong kong to climb more than 250 metres of a skyscraper, while strapped to a wheelchair. lai chi—wai scaled the great height using a piece of rope, and sheer grit and determination, as our reporter freya cole explains. from dizzying heights, lai chi—wai looks tiny, but in the grand scale of the situation, he has more strength than most.
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translation: i was quite scared, climbing up a mountain, i could hold onto rocks or little holes. but with glass, all i can really rely on is the rope that i'm hanging off. ten years ago, lai chi—wai was in a car accident which left him paralysed from the waist down. it ended his highly successful professional career as a climber as he knew it. but over time, he's overcome mental and physical barriers and now there is very little that will stop him. translation: i want to climb something higher| than lion rock mountain. i want the image of me climbing up in a wheelchair to become a reality, and it's always been a dream. lai chi—wai came so close to the top when he had to stop due to exhaustion. he raised almost $700,000 us for spinal cord patients, a huge contribution with a strong message to live life
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with no limits. freya cole, bbc news. now, what has been described as the most expensive work of art has gone on display at grand central terminal in new york. have a look. it is said to be a statement on the ever rising cost of studying for a college diploma in the united states. what you see there are more than 2500 donated by college graduates from across the country. the value of the pieces based on average total cost of a —— of attending a four year course so the total tops $470 million. don't forget, you can reach me on the team here on social
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media. thank you for watching and we will see you soon. hello there. after the snow that some of us had last week, this week, the weather focus shifts to rain, enough rain in a few places over the next few days to give the very real risk of some flooding. now, having said that, monday morning is getting off to a decent start, a lot of dry weather around. 0ne band of rain across the north coast of northern ireland, the far south of scotland. that will drift up towards the central belt. some wintry showers in northern scotland. eastern counties of england holding onto some brightness, but further west across england and wales as well, we'll see thickening clouds, some mist and hill fog and some outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. and as we go through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, that rain will spread across england and wales, becoming really heavy and persistent over high ground in north wales, northern england, some of that rain getting into northern ireland as well. very mild by the end
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of the night down towards the south, staying colder further north across scotland, but we'll also remain drier with just a few showers. but for tuesday, this procession of weather fronts is going to be working its way across the british isles, bringing some heavy and persistent rain. you can see where we're expecting the wettest of the weather. for a time across northern ireland, maybe into southern scotland, but certainly across northern england, wales. pretty wet across the south west as well, where it will also be pretty windy. further north, lighter winds across the northern half of scotland, some spells of sunshine, but it will be chilly across the northern half of the uk, whereas further south, very mild indeed, 12—13 celsius. but i think it is the rain that gives most cause for concern. met office yellow warnings in force across all of england and wales through the middle part of the week. but there's an amber warning in force across parts of the south pennines and the peak district, and in this area, there is the potential certainly for some flooding and some travel disruption if you do need to make an essential journey through tuesday and indeed on into wednesday,
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because you can see the rain just keeps on coming, particularly across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland always a little bit drier, but maybe some snow mixing if the rain does get up into southern scotland, because there will be some colder air in place across the northern half of the uk. and as we move out of wednesday into thursday, as our rainmaker area of low pressure deepens and slides away eastwards, the winds will pick up. those winds will start to come from the north, so it will feel colder for the end of the week and snow could return.
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this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. china's economy bounces back, as it reports strong growth in the fourth quarter of a pandemic—ravaged year. winds of change, germany's christian democrats elect armin laschet as the successor to chancellor angela merkel, we take a look at what that means for the eurozone's biggest economy. and asjoe biden gets ready to move into the white house, we take a look at his plans to rebuild the country's infrastructure and slowing economy.

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