hello this is bbc news with reged ahmad. the headlines. the number of coronavirus jabs hits a daily record of nearly 600,000, but there's a fresh warning from medics on easing the lockdown. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain sir tom moore — the second world war veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs — is in hospital with covid—19.

manchester united player, marcus rashford, says he's been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on saturday. reports that more than 5,000 people have been arrested in russia, as protests take place in support ofjailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. mps will debate the cladding crisis tomorrow, as campaigners say residents of flats covered in the flammable material, are being financially crippled by rising insurance costs. now on bbc news... from civil war to the pandemic, 2020 was a deadly year for the syrian province of idlib. our world follows two syrian doctors brought face—to—face with life and death. even before coronavirus, 2020 got off to a deadly start in the syrian

province of idlib. but life continued for the millions of syrians trapped in the territory. as doctors, mohammed and zeina worked on the frontline of the humanitarian crisis. as coronavirus sweeps across the devastated region, where a third of the population live in refugee camps, the couple have to make a choice. to care for their patients or protect their growing family. with their first child expected just as the outbreak reaches its peak, it is a choice that will force the family apart. and for longer than any of them expected.

mohammed and his family of four live in idlib, a province in the north—west corner of syria.

it is the only territory still held by anti—government rebels and the start of 2020 saw some of the bloodiest violence as president bashar al—assad tried to regain control. hospitals were bombed, hundreds of civilians killed, and a million people forced from their homes. as doctors, both mohammed and his wife zeina were on the front lines of the crisis. a ceasefire is announced at the start of march, six days later, the world health organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic.

mohammed is appointed head of the coronavirus response team and with zeina's help, starts preparing the refugee camps for a possible outbreak. with a third of idlib�*s population living in these cramped conditions with little access to clean water, mohammed fears the virus could spread quickly.

surrounded by government forces and with little movement in and out of the territory, idlib manages to avoid an early outbreak. but another test result has come back positive.

but coronavirus does eventually come to idlib in earlyjuly when zeina is six months pregnant, and the first identified case is a doctor from the hospital where

she works. her test results come back negative but with the outbreak spreading among hospital staff, she is becoming anxious about the health of her baby. within weeks, mohammed's fears have come true. the virus has spread to idlib�*s refugee camps where a million people live in close proximity.

with few health facilities, mohammed is sent to assess any suspected cases. officially, he has found 33 positive cases in the camps, but mohammed knows that most of them are going undetected. and with the syrian currency in freefall following the introduction of new us sanctions injune, even those who want to take the virus seriously can barely afford to do so.

especially as the ceasefire between the syrian government, its russian allies, and turkish—backed rebels is starting to fall apart. explosion. zeina and mohammed decide that it's too dangerous for them

to have their baby in idlib. but trapped within the besieged territory, their only other option is to give birth in neighbouring turkey, a country that closed its border with syria in 2015. as a doctor zeina is allowed in, but the children cannot go with her. zeina makes a risky decision: to leave idlib with her children via an unofficial route.

mohammed stays behind to work on the coronavirus response. it's october, and the number of positive cases in north—west syria has risen tenfold over the last month.

mohammed managed to reach zeina in turkey on the day she gave birth.

but now she's out of the hospital, mohammed has to return to idlib, leaving the family in turkey.

mohammed has been separated from the family for one week. during that time, dozens of people have been killed in a series of airstrikes, including four children.

he's on his way to one of idlib�*s dedicated coronavirus hospitals. it's working at full capacity, and patients are being turned away. the hospitals are also running low on oxygen.

to make matters worse, nearly 1,500 doctors and nurses have tested positive for the virus — 30% of the medical workforce in idlib.

three weeks after giving birth, zeina is trying to get back into syria to look after mohammed. but having entered turkey via an unofficial route, she is repeatedly turned away from the border.

but even with his symptoms, mohammed must continue to work. there are only 70 ventilators across the whole of idlib, and growing competition among the hospitals.

after four attempts, zeina and the children finally make it across the border, but it's not the homecoming mohammed was hoping for.

after ten days in quarantine, mohammed takes another covid test. it's negative.

it's the 1st of december, and one month since mohammed held his youngest child, aleen.

hello. it's not going to be as cold tonight, there's more cloud around across parts of england, wales and northern ireland. from it today, some of us have had a bit more snow. particularly again into parts of wales. this is how it looked on the radar picture today. very wet weather pushing into colder air. some snow really into parts of wales, some of the high ground of southern england. this really has not amounted to very much at all. but we will keep some patchy rain, sleet and hill snow around, for some of us tonight. but that weather system just fizzling out as we see another more substantial one coming in for monday night into tuesday. yet more rain, and for this one some significant snow. but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england. patchy rain, sleet, a little bit of hill snow. similar picture for parts of northern ireland. for northern england and scotland some clear spells, wintry showers

for the northern isles, northern and eastern parts of scotland. making it icy in places, but it's where we have clear spells, this is where temperatures will be at their lowest tonight. but even here, not as cold as it was last night. a similar picture going into tomorrow, still a few more of these wintry showers. northern and eastern scotland, a few centimetres in places out of these. a lot of cloud, misty and murky across the southern half of england, for wales and into northern ireland where here we are going to see outbreaks of rain developing again into the afternoon. not quite as cold tomorrow, not sure many of us are going to notice the difference, though. it is still chilly. a bit of rain, sleet and snow from northern ireland pushing into parts of scotland on monday evening, but this is the more substantial system coming in on monday night. more rain to flood affected areas bumping into the cold air. some snow for parts of wales, the midlands, northern england into scotland and northern ireland, giving a covering for some of us going into tuesday morning. some really difficult conditions. it will be icy in places, could be a bit of freezing rain for a time in parts of wales and the midlands.

and whilst for some of us on tuesday that turns back to rain, there will be further snow falling into the pennines and across parts of scotland some significant accumulations into the hills, here, but a bit of snow to lower levels, whereas elsewhere is turning milder and will be a fair few heavy showers around. this weather system is still close by for the rest of the week. there will be further rain and snow affecting parts of northern ireland and scotland, and another weather system with another dose of rain coming into at least the southern half of england and for parts of wales going into wednesday. it all turns a bit quieter later in the week, and where you have turned milder it will be colder again.

tonight at 10pm, the uk records its highest number of coronavirus vaccinations in a single day, close to 600,000. nearly nine million people have received their first injection, but there's a warning the lockdown must not be eased, too quickly. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain sir tom moore, who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, has been taken to hospital, after testing positive for coronavirus. we'll have the very latest. also on the programme — thousands are arrested across russia, during mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. police investigate, after man united's marcus rashford is the latest player racially abused, on social media.