this is bbc news, the headlines: the us house of representatives has approved president biden�*s one trillion dollar infrastructure bill, a key part of his programme to rebuild the united states following the coronavirus pandemic. a vote on a second bill, on social policy and climate change, has been delayed. greta thunberg has branded the cop26 climate conference a "failure", telling thousands of youth protesters in glasgow that world leaders are deliberately postponing much needed action. she said the summit amounted to a global "greenwashing festival" and was a publicity stunt. marilia mendonca, one of brazil's most successful singers, has died in a plane crash along with her uncle, producer and two crew members. the 26—year—old latin grammy winner who was brazil's most streamed artist on spotify last year, was flying to perform in a concert in the southeast of the country.

one in 55 people in the uk are believed to have tested positive for coronavirus last week, that's more than 1.2 million people. the office for national statistics says figures show a similar levels of infection to the previous week, but there are signs that the number of cases could be flattening out. our health editor hugh pym has this report. are we going to go in the left or the right arm, sir? as people come forward for boosterjabs, here in marlow in buckinghamshire, and here at st helens rugby league ground, the hope is that the spread of the virus can be slowed down. there are very tentative views among expert modellers that there may be a downward trend for infections. it's very possible that cases may continue to go down over the next few weeks, but i'm also very aware that we saw this in september and then we did see a climb in cases again. so i'm probably not

confident enough yet to say that this is definitively what we're going to see but if we continue to see this over the next couple of weeks, then i'll be increasingly confident that this wave is turning over. it's hard to read the data. the daily reported case numbers which cover people who have come forward for testing have been falling week on week. but an infection survey by the office for national statistics is based on household testing and includes those who don't have symptoms. it paints a broader picture. the latest ons survey suggests last week nearly 1.27 million people in the uk had the virus, about the same as the previous week. and the trend does appear to be flattening after increases recently. in england, one in 50 people had the virus. in wales, it was one in a0 and in scotland, one in 80. northern ireland, with one in 65, was the only one to show an increase. but school half term in some parts of the uk last week may have complicated the situation. half term can have had a positive impact

in that it may have paused some of those classroom transmissions that we were seeing happening very frequently through september and october. of course, what we don't know yet is if that will be a long lasting effect or that now the kids are back at school, we'll start to see those infections pick up again. while vaccinations continue, there's more optimism about covid treatments. in trials, a pill developed by pfizer greatly reduced the risk of getting seriously ill among the most vulnerable in trials. it will now be assessed by regulators. hugh pym, bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for our world. bethany bell looks at the consequences of the recent wildfires in greece. this summer, greece was on fire. thousands of wildfires

were found by its worst heat in decades. hardest hit was the country's second largest island, evia. the government has blamed climate change. i’m has blamed climate change. i'm a firefighter _ has blamed climate change. i“n a firefighter for 23 years and as i can remember, there is no similar situation. here, the fires were catastrophic. around one third of the island was burnt. thousands of people had to flee their homes. and a way of life was destroyed.

evia, off the coast of mainland greece. dense pine forests, beautiful beaches, and the sea. but this summer, a wildfire tour through the north of the island. it was the largest fire in greece since records began. over 50,000 hectares of woodland was burnt.

it took almost two weeks to bring the blaze under control. i was sent to report on the fires this summer. two months on, i've come back to see the aftermath. this is lieutenant colonel stratus who was responsible for co—ordinating firefighting aircraft across greece. he offered to take me up to see the extent of the destruction.

i'm a i'm a firefighter for 23 years and if i can remember, there is no similar situation. it was a war above the fires because we had a lot of fires all over in greece. almost 100 fires per day for five or six days period. so it was very, very difficult for us. period. 50 it was very, very difficult for us.— difficult for us. what was different _ difficult for us. what was different about _ difficult for us. what was different about the - difficult for us. what was different about the fires | difficult for us. what was i different about the fires this year? i different about the fires this ear? ~ ., year? i think that the conditions, _ year? i think that the conditions, the - year? i think that the i conditions, the weather conditions, the weather conditions is worse. very different from the other years. i think all of us, we can see the climate changes. so we must think about all of our lives

and the life of natural environment. that is not only greece problem or america's problem or airpods

is it healthy looking? airpods michael wright. it's survived. ——it�*s all right. the government is blaming climate change for these fires. hundreds of foreign firefighters were sent to greece to help. the government said it did all that was

humanly possible to combat the blazes. but it said the fires were too intense for their defences. honey from pine trees accounts for 70% of greece's total honey production. and until the fires, two—thirds of greek pine honey was produced here in evia's huge forests. goat bells ring. the fires have affected the honey trade across the country. this woman started beekeeping as a child with her father. this woman started beekeeping as a child with herfather. now she and her father run a honey

business. like many greek honey producers, she used to take her beehives to evia but that is no longer possible. where does this honey come from? where did it use to come from? how many other honey producers are being affected?

are you worried about the future of honey production? here in greece?

the forest that nikos and alexandra rely on for their bees will eventually regenerate if they can be protected from future fires.

but the trees will take up to 30 years to grow back. chainsaw whirrs. there is a real danger of erosion and flooding when the rains come. chainsaw whirrs. the race is on to create

protective terraces of logs to stop landslides this winter. the forestry department has had teams —— hired teams of locals to cut down burnt wood all over northern evia to make space for new trees to grow. chainsaw whirrs. it wasn't just the island it wasn'tjust the island of avia. this summer, athens was burning as well. we came here in august, we stood here and we

watched first of all there was smoke coming over that mountain, and then we saw the flames coming over the mountain and the hillside burning. to see all the weather... ilyas tziritis works for the world wildlife fund and is also a volunteer firefighter who worked right here in this suburb this summer. he is concerned that magnifiers will happen again and again unless there is more focus on prevention.— there is more focus on prevention. there is more focus on -revention. ., prevention. here we are in the... prevention. here we are in the- -- we _ prevention. here we are in the... we are _ prevention. here we are in the... we are here. - prevention. here we are in the... we are here. in - prevention. here we are in the... we are here. in the| the... we are here. in the beginning, we think that it was one more firefighter. this is the fire that get out of control, very easily and with no wind. �* control, very easily and with no wind-— no wind. and what happened right here. — no wind. and what happened right here, how— no wind. and what happened right here, how did - no wind. and what happened right here, how did the - no wind. and what happened i right here, how did the flames get so close to the houses? figs

get so close to the houses? as ou can get so close to the houses? is you can see, the forest is mixed with housing. the majority of the fires start from here to the forest. these red areas. from here to the forest. these red arm-— red areas. what did you think when you _ red areas. what did you think when you had _ red areas. what did you think when you had the _ red areas. what did you think| when you had the government blame climate change for this fire? ,., . ., , fire? the politicians here in greece say _ fire? the politicians here in greece say the _ fire? the politicians here in greece say the forest - fire? the politicians here in greece say the forest fires | fire? the politicians here in. greece say the forest fires is climate change, but climate change is one of... one of the criteria to have more intensive forest fires, it is not the ultimate criteria. in the forest fires don't start from climate change. you have 10,000 incidents in the country, 40% of them are negligence. eliasson says forest management is essential. forest fires can be stoked by forest fires and dead leaves. —— elias. known as

forest fuel, this is highly flammable and needs to be cleared. ~ , . , cleared. we greece it is the concentration _ cleared. we greece it is the concentration of _ cleared. we greece it is the concentration of forest - cleared. we greece it is the l concentration of forest fuels. so we must find clever ways to decrease the forest fuels. we must take the correct decisions to protect forests, to protect soil, to prevent erosion. if we don't solve the causes of fires, you have done nothing. are you worried that if there are more heatwaves next year and years to come, we're going to see more huge like this? —— magnifiers like this. the scientific _ magnifiers like this. the scientific result - magnifiers like this. the scientific result so - magnifiers like this. the scientific result so we're going to have more heatwaves, more days of fire danger, so things are not so optimistic about forest fires and the beginning of mega fires in the future. if you ask our colleagues in spain, portugal or turkey, they are going to explain to you that the new

trend in forest fires is megafires, affected by a change. we must believe in prevention to answer climate change. and we see the effect of climate change across europe, when you see countries that recently were not affected from forest fires, like romania, poland, sweden, scandinavian countries, so you see that fires are going up north in europe.— see that fires are going up north in europe. how do we fiuht north in europe. how do we fight climate _ north in europe. how do we fight climate change? - north in europe. how do we fight climate change? we i north in europe. how do we - fight climate change? we must take serious _ fight climate change? we must take serious political— take serious political decisions. we must cut the emissions in order to stop or to slow climate change. on the other hand, we must prepare the citizens to adjust to the new reality. i am very confident about nature, nature is going to do the work. the mediterranean forest are used to forest fires. it is inside the rehabilitation mechanism.

so i trust nature. what i am not trusting is humans. laughs. (applause). backin back in evia, nikos is getting married. he has invited us to the civil wedding. he and his wife evmorfia are expecting a baby. a little boy.

traditional music plays. your son is going to grow up with the forest, in a way, so he is going to grow up with a new forest that is growing now.

a day after his wedding, i met nikos again in his half burnt orchards. he had brought some honeycomb from his hives. that is good! that is really good. i have never had honey out of, directly out of a hive before. so good. he told me it felt like the end of an era.

evia's forest will eventually grow back, if new fires can be prevented. but these burnt trees are an unsettling reminder of how fragile this landscape is. especially if megafires in the mediterranean become the new normal.

hello there. after what was, at times, quite a chilly week of weather the weekend is getting off to a relatively mild but relatively cloudy start. you can see that cloud spilling in from the west on our earlier satellite picture. with that, though this feed of westerly winds and mild air certainly making its presence felt through the day ahead. so we can sum saturday's weather up like this, it will be mild, it will be turning windy though. increasingly windy, particularly in the north of the uk and for some there will be some outbreaks of rain, courtesy of this area of low pressure and this frontal system pushing in from the north—west. some quite heavy bursts of rain across the western side of scotland, that rain more generally pushing south—eastwards across scotland and northern ireland through the morning. that rain getting down into parts of north—west england and north wales during the afternoon. ahead of that, eastern and southern counties of england will stay predominantly dry, but rather cloudy. limited sunny spells. the skies will brighten in the north—west of the uk, but with some showers and some windy weather later

in the afternoon. top temperatures 11 to 1a degrees. it will be mild out there. during saturday night we see this band of cloud and patchy rain pushing across the south. more pushing into the north—west where it'll be turning very windy indeed. exposed spots in northern scotland seeing gusts of wind in excess of 60, perhaps more than 70 mph. that could cause some disruption. a relatively mild night once again — eight, nine, ten or 11 degrees to take us into sunday morning. as we start sunday, low pressure passing to the north of the uk, all the white lines, the isobars squeezing together. indicative of a windy start to the day, especially in northern scotland, we will keep some showers going through the day. most other areas will be dry and there is a decent chance of seeing some spells of sunshine through sunday afternoon. temperatures may be down a little, but still quite mild. 10—13 degrees. and then as we head through the coming week, high pressure will try to hold on towards the south of the uk. whereas we will see frontal systems from time to time pushing across northern and western areas. so what that means that the driest of the weather will be found towards the south and east,

closest to that area of high pressure. more chance of rain at times towards the north—west but for all of us it is going to remain mild.

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