welcome to bbc news. i'm ben boulos. our top stories: a second night of violence in the netherlands as new coronavirus restrictions draw protesters onto the streets in the hague. the world health organisation says it is very worried about the number of cases in europe, as the virus once again becomes the continent's biggest killer. success today does not mean success tomorrow because no country is an island. the missing tennis player peng shuai — new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. bad news for hong kong's wild boars — attacks on the public prompt authorities to launch a cull of the creatures in urban areas.

hello, welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. as the netherlands battles record coronovirus infections a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague with protests also taking place in other towns. the latest violence follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least fifty people were arrested, and several others received gunshot wounds. the dutchjustice minister, ferd grapperhaus, has called the violence criminal and repulsive. our correrspondent in the hague, anna holligan, reports. another dutch city rocked by

discontent. in the hague writers don't bicycles and pelted police with stones and fireworks. —— rioters. officers used horses, dogs, batons and likes to chase them away. —— bikes. earlier, anti—vax demonstrators brought music to the southern city, while most dutch people accept the need for tougher rules, the distrust is spreading. in for tougher rules, the distrust is spreading-— is spreading. in my opinion, coronavirus _ is spreading. in my opinion, coronavirus rules _ is spreading. in my opinion, coronavirus rules is - is spreading. in my opinion, coronavirus rules is not - coronavirus rules is not acceptable any more. we have to live with corona so please invest in health in holland so we can handle coronavirus infection in the hospitals. the ni . ht infection in the hospitals. the night before, _ infection in the hospitals. the night before, they were rampages in rotterdam. riot

police fired live rounds. a number of demonstrators were hit and hospitalised. investigation is under way to find out if the injuries were caused by police gunfire. the justice minister described these scenes are simply criminal behaviour and there was not much sympathy among the locals. translation: i am was not much sympathy among the locals. translation:— locals. translation: i am very an: locals. translation: i am very angry about _ locals. translation: i am very angry about it- _ locals. translation: i am very angry about it. they _ locals. translation: i am very angry about it. they have - angry about it. they have renovated the centre of the town and a bunch of idiots destroyed. in my view, this people should be punished and go to jail and let them pay for their entire life, absolutely. restrictions in the netherlands began last saturday and will remain until at least the start of december. the netherlands is amongst several european countries batley record infection rates in many governments are considering implementing tougher measurements targeting the unvaccinated. —— battling. the

far—right freedom party marched against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations. a 20 date lockdown will start next week. "20 lockdown will start next week. ——20 day. dad might�*s capital copenhagen — — denmark, witness is good as well. germany expected to have new measures and a full lockdown could still happen here. the uk has not yet seen such a rapid increase in infections and these are some of the reasons why.— of the reasons why. many countries _ of the reasons why. many countries in _ of the reasons why. many countries in europe - of the reasons why. many countries in europe were | of the reasons why. many - countries in europe were faced with delta a little bit later so they are dealing with now and some of them opened up slightly later than we did so thatis slightly later than we did so that is a factor. there are differences in vaccines. high levels of vaccine uptake in some european countries. in the uk hi infection _ some european countries. in the uk hi infection rates _ some european countries. in the uk hi infection rates also - uk hi infection rates also helped to adopt immunity. the

push to get mr —— boosterjabs continue. countries are struggling to ease pressure on health services and the streets. anna holligan, bbc news. journalist stephanie van der berg is in the hague and told us more about what's driving the protests there. well, the main point of the demonstration is not that they have a current lockdown like in the netherlands, where bars, restaurants and clubs and other public spaces are closed at 8:00pm, but the government announced that if that doesn't work, bringing down the record numbers of infections we are seeing the netherlands, that they might have to look at a system were unvaccinated people no longer will be able to have a green check in the corona app and therefore cannot access bars and restaurants, so they would be restricted in their movements, especially going out,

and that is what a lot of people are protesting about, the possibility of having separate measures for the unvaccinated. thousands of croatians have also taken to the streets of the capital, zagreb, in the biggest gathering in the country against covid restrictions and mandatory vaccine certificates, since the beginning of the pandemic. from monday, only people with covid passports can enter government and public buildings in croatia. the world health organisation has called for an urgent tightening of measures across europe, warning that half a million more deaths could be recorded by march, unless urgent action is taken. the un body says, at the moment, one person is dying from the virus in europe every is—to—20 minutes. dr hans kluge, the who's regional director for europe, spoke to the bbc earlier. we are definitely worried. but the good news is that we know what to do.

let's look to the positive side — portugal, spain, where i have been recently, they are implementing what i call a vaccination plus path. they are vaccinating, now they are boosting but also implementing the basic measures like masks. average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors. any percentage above that will have an immediate effect. much more attention to be paid to ventilation. and, finally, two new treatment protocols which have to be standardised. let's get some of the day's other news: a major rescue operation has been taking place in southern india where flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people. in one incident, three buses were washed away. analysts say unpredictable and extreme weather across south asia is driven by climate change and made worse by human activity

such as deforestation and over—development. thousands of demonstrators have turned out in paris to demand an end to violence against women. slogans on banners carried by the protesters included "no means no" and "educate your sons". the demonstrators are also calling for more equality between men and women and stronger government measures to fight sexism. france is sending special police agents to restore order in the french overseas territory of guadeloupe in the carribean. trade unions launched an indefinite strike last monday to protest the compulsory vaccination of health workers against covid—i9. on friday a night time curfew was imposed following five days of unrest. chinese state media has posted two videos which it says shows the missing chinese tennis player, peng shuai. the editor of the global times newspaper posted the videos and said they were filmed

on saturday in beijing. there have been no confirmed sightings of the former world number one doubles player since earlier this month, when she alleged she was sexually exploited by a former vice—premier of china. our news reporter courtney bembridge told me more. she posted on chinese social media site weibo two weeks ago, claiming that she was forced into sex with the former china vice premier zhang gaoli. this is a first time a claim like this has been made against such a senior leader in china and we can see the original post here. that only lasted about half—an—hour before it was removed and erased from china's internet entirely. that has been no tangible evidence of peng shuai's whereabouts since then. and then this week, the chinese—owned media released an e—mail purportedly from her, saying that she was fine, that she was resting at home and that she had not meant the allegations. but the wording of that email raised alarm bells and now

we've had these videos. now, these strange videos raise a number of questions. they were also released by as you say by the editor of chinese state—run newspaper. he claims they were filmed on saturday and that they show peng shuai having dinner with her coach and friends. we're not going to show you the video because we cannot verify its authenticity and we do not know the circumstances about around how this was obtained but this is a screen grab of he video and in the white shirt is the womant this editor claims is peng shuai. she doesn't say anything in that video. i have watched it but it is all very staged. there is a voice off—screen that instructs the participants when to start and then they make a point, there's a detailed discussion making a point about the day, saying that it is november 20. so that's the first video, and then there was also a second video that shows again a lady purported to be peng shuai — there she is — but the bbc china media analysts have looked at both of these videos closely and you can see here, they have pointed

out that the date has been blurred. we can see an 11 there at the start and the section where we should be seeing the day has been blurred out. a lot of questions about the authenticity about these videos and exactly how they were obtained. obviously the world of competitive sport, people get to know each other and people will be concerned. what has been at the reaction from the tennis world? peng shuai is a world former number one doubles player, she has won two grand slam titles and is very well known. calls from people across the tennis world asking for more information about her whereabouts. the women's tennis association's statement, the head of the wta, steven simon said of these latest videos. ..

strong words and the wta has threatened to pull its tournament out of china unless it receives proof she is a safe and it says these videos do not go far enough. we have heard from several past and present plays including serena williams, roger federer, novak djokovic, naomi osaka. roger federer says... everyone from past players and coaches is really hoping to get more solid information about her whereabouts and safety. sophie richardson is the china director at human rights watch. i asked her what she made of the videos. we are extremely sceptical about the veracity of it and would not think for a moment that it proves anything about peng shuai's safety or well—being. it is worth pointing out that the chinese government really has form when it comes to not

just cohousing confessions from people but finding ways to broadcast them. what you're correspondent described is an entirely consistent with what we have seen, for example from a swedish person who said he was fine and happy to stay in china and sorry for the mistakes he made. this happens fairly regularly. that it is happening at such a high profile educates the world about what the rule of law does not involve inside china. beijing is due to host the winter olympics in a matter of months from now. what do you think the rest of the world needs to do, the international olympic committee need to do is send a clear message that this kind of treatment, if it is as people suspect, is simply not acceptable? she also an olympian and when a government,

just before it hosts an olympics, to an olympian is not a good look. we have argued a long time that the chinese government should not be awarded the games and after 2008, we have made the argument even more strongly because the government failed to fulfil any human rights promises it had made to get the games. we can see the situation inside the country has deteriorated significantly. one really wonders if players even feel safe to go and compete there. we have argued for a diplomatic boycott but i think this development may actually lead to athletes themselves not wanting to go to compete in a beijing and i wasjust looking at a tweet from martina navratilova saying to the ioc where are you in protecting athletes' human rights. there is a real lack of confidence in some of the governing bodies in sport to take care

of athletes's safely and well—being. given the outright over this, even if some big countries, big olympic players like the us and uk were to boycot unilaterally the winter olympics, do you think that would deter china at all? would itjust carry on with what it is doing regardless? i think one has to try, to pull the levers that are available. this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to not just take an olympic athlete off the grid but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. it has disapperead artists from wei wei, to senior tibetan monks, and this continues to happens because there is no real consequences for the government officials responsible for it. especially with crimes against humanity, holding chinese officials accountable is

essential to breaking the cycle of total impunity and hopefully part of what comes out of this experience is notjust peng shuai's well—being and safety but also a renewed diplomatic willingness to actually use the mechanisms through the united nations, domestic courts and cause to produce accountability to deter future violations. sophie richardson is the china director at human rights watch. a reminder of our top stories: a second night of violent demonstrations against covid restrictions in the netherlands after the city of rotterdam was rocked on friday night. new videos reportedly of the missing tennis player peng shuai, out with friends this weekend, fail to allay the fears of the international community. there have been calls for calm in the united states after friday's court verdict that cleared a teenager of murder. 18—year—old kyle rittenhouse had argued he was acting in self—defence when he shot dead two men and injured

a third during unrest last year over the police shooting of a black man. the not guilty verdict has divided the country, as our north america correspondent nomia iqbal now reports. whose streets? all: , , whose streets? our streets! hundreds of people marched through new york in protest at the verdict. in the city of portland, a riot broke out after protesters smashed windows and threw rocks at police, but nothing on the scale of last year's unrest. i'm alive but what could've happened? after the verdict came out, kyle rittenhouse spoke to one of america's most conservative talk show host, tucker carlson. the jury reached the correct verdict. self—defence is not illegal. and i believe they came to the correct verdict and i'm glad that everything went well and it's been a roughjourney, but we've made it through it. we made it through the hard part. the case goes beyond what happened in this courthouse in kenosha.

for most republican politicians, kyle rittenhouse is a brave patriot who was simply defending himself that night after being chased. but many democrats are worried that by not being held accountable for killing two men and injuring a third, it sends a dangerous message. the vice president said the decision reflected poorly on the justice system. the verdict really speaks for itself. as many of you know, i've spent a majority of my career working to make the criminaljustice system more equitable and, clearly, there's a lot more work to do. president biden says he understands the anger and concern by some, but struck a more measured tone. i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works and we have to abide by it. this case has exposed so many divisions that already exist in america — about gun laws, racism and left versus right. the story of this teenager will do almost nothing to bring the sides together. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kenosha.

venezuelans go to the polls on sunday in regional elections. for the first time in a number of years, the opposition will be taking part and president nicolas maduro has also invited eu observers to monitor the vote for the first time in more than a decade. but will this make for free and fair elections? our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from the state of miranda. "do you want change or more of the same?", asks opposition candidate david uzcategui. he's doing his best to win over the people of milagro — spanish for miracle. pretty apt for a place where people have more faith in divine intervention than in politicians to lift them out of poverty. translation: we can see - that the best leaders are those in the community, in unions,

in neighbourhoods. they allow a movement to grow from the bottom up, disrupting politics and that can triumph over the political stalemate that president nicolas maduro has created. this, though, is a country where people are so desperate the political language most understand is handouts. in this case, it's medicine. across the road, nada and her two—year—old grandson darrel are queueing for construction vouchers. she wants to finish building her house. nowadays, it's feeling empty — darrel�*s mum left to find work in colombia when he was a few months old. "he is helping us with things we need," nada tells me. she used to support the government, but no longer. "things have to change here." the campaign event for rival hector rodriguez has a totally

different vibe — a sensation that they've already won. many here are members of youth groups and community leaders, all convinced the status quo is the best option. translation: the opposition isn't united, it doesn't give . young people any opportunities, but the government is a means to an end. horn blares. venezuelan people have a choice in these elections but there's a real power imbalance between the opposition and the government. take these buses, for example. they've been put on by the organisers to bring supporters to the rally. in the hills overlooking caracas, an abandoned tunnel project.

and an abandoned community who has given up on politics altogether. voting doesn't feel like a priority when there's no power at home. and their taps have run dry. maria comes here once a week to collect water for the family. she's angry and fed up. translation: to be honest, i don't want to vote for either side, but you need to take part. these elections mark a change with both sides now participating. but people here have got used to neglect. few think sunday's vote will make any real difference to their lives. katy watson, bbc news, venezuela. the taliban in afghanistan say they have started paying government employees, who have not received their salaries since the group seized power in mid august. a spokesman said three months of salary would be paid to civil servants through

the banking system. an official said they were able to pay the overdue salaries after earning revenues of around $277 million in the past 2.5 months. germany and the netherlands have also indicated they are willing to explore paying health and education sector employees directly through international organisations. wild boars are invading the streets and alleys of hong kong — so much so that authorities are planning a cull. it's thought the boars are being forced from their natural habitat into populated areas in search of food. i spoke to kim mccoy, founder of the hong kong animal law and protection organisation, and asked if a cull was really necessary. from my perspective, a non—lethal method should always be employed before resorting to any lethal method. the situation is increasingly worrying because we are seeing more and more wild boars entering into urbanised areas. i see them every single night on my street, looking through the rubbish bins

with their piglets, and they are looking for food because they know where there's humans, there's food, so they are coming down from the hills into more urbanised, populated areas. and whether a cull is the solution, well, as i said, i always think a non—lethal method is always to be preferred. that said, do they pose any threat? if they are just scavenging for food and people do not approach them, do they — i mean, would they, say, move towards someone or attack them of their own volition, or not? i think the problem is they've now conditioned themselves to realise that humans equals food so when they see humans, it's likely a chance they will be fed. i mean, even last night in the park beside me, i saw a wild boar, you know, scavenging in the area and there were people feeding it,

so it now realises that where there are people, there's food, so whether they will attack, i'm not sure. i mean, they are wild animals and they are wild for a reason so, i mean, if we don't approach them and we keep wildlife wild, then i think that's the best solution. yeah. i mean, if the thing that's drawing them to the populated areas is easy sources of food, where people are, would it be an solution to maybe put more of the food they like in their natural habitats, in the parks and the hiking trails and so on? i mean, that is a solution. but also, the hong kong government have done a lot in terms of how to manage this wild boar problem. they've amended or changed the design of these rubbish bins that we have to make them more animal—proof, so that wild boars are unable to get into them as easily. i mean, they have this

wonderful capture, contraception and release programme which was extremely effective but it's also very costly. that's all for now. see you soon. hello. it may have turned colder but along with that change, the skies in many areas on sunday will be a good deal bluer. in fact, that change took place on saturday in scotland once the colder air had moved on through. in fact, that's now spread south right towards the uk. along with the sunshine, though, there is a chance of catching a shower — and more especially across eastern areas of the uk. so this cold front is moving away so behind it the colder air, along with the clearer skies, across the uk but, yes, that colder air has arrived. now, it will feel very different from everything we've had so far this autumn, but it's not at all unusual for the time of year. and there will be a touch of frost in parts of scotland and northern england as the day begins, and as i mentioned earlier, once it's up, plenty of sunshine around,

with a scattering of showers in northern scotland, wintry on hills and a few early on in north east england, becoming more widespread across the eastern side of england as we go on through the day. one or two heavier ones in there as well. whereas for much of south west scotland, northern ireland, wales, the western side of england, bar an isolated shower, it'll be dry and sunny. and there's a brisk breeze adding a chilly to average speeds around some coasts of northern scotland, north sea coasts, a0 mph gusts, and temperatures for the most part in single figures — just io—ii around some of the coasts of wales and south west england. we'll keep a few showers in the east overnight and into monday and cloud increasing in northern scotland with a few outbreaks of rain moving in. with the cloud here, temperatures are holding up with the wind along the north sea coast, whereas elsewhere, there will be a more widespread frost as monday begins. now, monday for england and wales will deliver quite a bit of sunshine. some cloud increasing in northern england. still the chance for a shower towards the north sea coast, parts of south east england. notice cloudier skies for

northern ireland and scotland. some patchy rain in northern scotland. with that, though, temperatures are edging up again a few degrees. so temperatures actually rally for a few days in the week ahead before, later in the week, we have another push of cold air spreading its way southwards and likely to be a touch colder than the air we find ourselves in at the moment. quite a lot of dry weather around this week — just a few showers here and there — and the showers, as the colder air moves in by friday, will be wintry in places.

this is bbc news, the headlines: rioting has broken out for a second night in the netherlands over new coronavirus lockdown restrictions. hundreds of people have lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague. the protests mirror friday night's violence in rotterdam. the world health organisation says its very worried about the rise in covid—i9 cases in europe. the un body has warned there could be a further half—a—million covid—related deaths on the continent by march, estimating one person is dying from the virus there every fifteen minutes. the women's tennis association says new videos allegedly showing missing tennis player peng shuai this weekend are not enough to guarantee she is safe. her whereabouts have been uncertain since she accused a high ranking chinese official of sexual harassment. the wta says it's prepared to cancel tournaments in china.

now on bbc news, dateline london, with shaun ley.