this is bbc news. i'm alice baxter with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the international red cross says sanctions against the taliban are causing extreme hardship for ordinary afg ha ns. as coronavirus infections continue to rise, austria re—enters a nationwide lockdown, despite angry protests. a vigil in wisconsin for the people killed and injured when a car drove into a holiday parade. police are to charge the driver with five counts of intentional homicide. stolen from their parents 70 years ago — the inuit group seeking compensation from denmark.

we begin with some breaking news: reports are coming in that at least 45 people were killed after a bus with north macedonian licence plates caught fire on a highway in western bulgaria. at least 45 people have been killed wthe head of the fire safety department at the interior ministry said there were children among the victims, and seven people with burns were transferred to hospital in the capital sofia. it thought the accident happened around five hours ago but the sight of the accident is currently cut off. we will update you as soon as more details come in. a senior red cross official says policies designed to withhold international funds from the taliban are depriving ordinary afghan people

of the means of survival. speaking one hundred days after the taliban swept to power across the country, dominik stillhart urged international donors to find creative ways to send funds to the country to stave off severe malnutrition. as the taliban transitions from insurgency to government, they blame the west for the humanitarian crisis and say the world needs to take immediate action to prevent a catastrophe. the bbc�*s yalda hakim is in kabul. at the food distribution centre in south—east kabul, the hungry way to. this is a nation on the brink of starvation. for aid agencies, it's a race against time. emotions begin to run hi. this woman has arrived with her disabled son, pleading for

help. the world food programme says they are doing everything they can, but it's not enough. she tells me that she is desperate. the taliban says the world

needs to act.— the taliban says the world needs to act. ., ., ., needs to act. the international community _ needs to act. the international community has _ needs to act. the international community has a _ needs to act. the international community has a hand - needs to act. the international community has a hand in - needs to act. the international community has a hand in that. community has a hand in that because they have imposed sanctions and other steps which has led to the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i think the international community and other countries were speaking about human rights and advocating for human rights, they have such claims, and they should not take steps which lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan.— lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and these faces ofthe in afghanistan. and these faces of the crisis. _ in afghanistan. and these faces of the crisis. we _ in afghanistan. and these faces of the crisis. we have _ in afghanistan. and these faces of the crisis. we have just - of the crisis. we have just come to the children's hospital where there are many cases of children suffering from acute manual malnutrition. this child is three, and she is so weak she can barely open her eyes. this one is nearly one.

it's not just patients suffering. it's notjust patients suffering. healthcare staff haven't been paid for months. every single person we speak to is the same story, they cannot pay for their ticket to come here, they cannot pay for their food here, and she was just saying that someday they may have to admit her hair is a malnutrition patient herself because she doesn't know where she will get her next meal from. even before the taliban came to power, there was a humanitarian crisis in this country. drought, aid cuts and the economic collapse have

turned crisis into catastrophe. austria has entered a full lockdown as the number of coronavirus infections continue to rise. thousands of people have been protesting against the new restrictions, which include plans to make covid vaccinations compulsory next year. austria is the first country in europe to announce such a step. bethany bell reports. vienna is cold and quiet. austria is back in lockdown, after record numbers of new coronavirus infections. nonessential shops and restaurants are closed. the city's famous christmas markets were open last week, but now, they are all boarded up. the government says the restrictions will last for just

under three weeks. after that, vaccinated austrians will be allowed to go out again, but the lockdown for the unvaccinated will continue, and there are even tough tougher measures to come. austria has announced plans to make covid jabs compulsory by february. austria's leader told us the move is necessary because of the country's low vaccination rates. ,, , , ., the country's low vaccination rates. ,, , , . the country's low vaccination rates. ,, , . ., rates. simply we have 6696 of the rates. simply we have 66% of the pepulation _ rates. simply we have 66% of the population so _ rates. simply we have 66% of the population so far - rates. simply we have 66% of the population so far which i rates. simply we have 66% of. the population so far which has the population so far which has the vaccine, this instrument too little, too late, and we have a political force, too little, too late, and we have a politicalforce, the freedom party which is openly running against the vaccination, and seeing this is bad, don't take it, so we have a peculiar situation in austria. a peculiar situation in austria-— austria. but it is controversial, i austria. but it is - controversial, sylvia austria. but it is _ controversial, sylvia suffer suffers from allergies and is unvaccinated.— unvaccinated. she says that caettin unvaccinated. she says that getting the _ unvaccinated. she says that getting the shots _ unvaccinated. she says that getting the shots should . unvaccinated. she says that getting the shots should be j unvaccinated. she says that i getting the shots should be a personal choice. you read every

day you are guilty that we have lockdown, you are guilty that people are dying, you are guilty, guilty, buti people are dying, you are guilty, guilty, but i am here since two years and i have less contacts, and nothing, ijust go to work, see my family, and be here in the garden. i'm not guilty of anything.— guilty of anything. other austrians _ guilty of anything. other austrians are _ guilty of anything. other austrians are queueing l guilty of anything. otherl austrians are queueing up guilty of anything. other - austrians are queueing up for covid shots. the city of vienna has even started vaccinating young children. the first place in europe to do so. max is seven years old. his mother says he is having the jab to protect his grandmother who has had cancer. with the introduction of these news policies, austria knows europe and the world will be watching.

police in the american state of wisconsin say a car ramming incident on sunday was not a terrorist event. five people were killed and 408i was injured when daryl brooks drove into the crowd in the town of waukesha. he will be appearing in court later today. how could something so horrifying have happened in the city? this was a moment to answer these questions, so many people had them, to come together in grief, but the community is still in shock.— still in shock. she told me that she — still in shock. she told me that she had _ still in shock. she told me that she had just - still in shock. she told me | that she had just witnessed someone get run over, and i asked her, is the person 0k, and shejust broke asked her, is the person 0k, and she just broke down, asked her, is the person 0k, and shejust broke down, and i turned around and came to ghetto because it was just a scary, i knew she was going to need someone, so we had lots of hugs last night. we need someone, so we had lots of hugs last night-— hugs last night. we were feet from getting _

hugs last night. we were feet from getting hit, _ hugs last night. we were feet from getting hit, and - hugs last night. we were feet from getting hit, and i- hugs last night. we were feet. from getting hit, and i watched a little boy go down right in front of me, and people fly off the hood of the car, it's something, images i will never forget. this little girl narrowly escaped with her life. she had no idea what was hurtling towards her. here, the moment when the joy and festivity of the christmas parade turned to horror and tragedy. the vehicle travelling at full speed struck members of at full speed struck members of a marching band, the driver continuing forward, hitting and running over others in his path. these young dancers perfectly in step one moment, the next brutally disrupted. people, families and children ran for their lives. others try to save those injured on the pavement. it to save those in'ured on the pavement._ to save those in'ured on the avement. . , u, ., ~ pavement. it was carnage, like a war zone. — pavement. it was carnage, like a war zone, they _ pavement. it was carnage, like a war zone, they were - pavement. it was carnage, like a war zone, they were adults, l a war zone, they were adults, children injured, some of our first responders were there,

they had left their families to treat people, they helped with command, transport. the suspect is a local man. — command, transport. the suspect is a local man, an _ command, transport. the suspect is a local man, an aspiring - is a local man, an aspiring rapper. posted this video on his youtube channel including what looks like the red vehicle used and hit—and—run. police said he fled a domestic disturbance, and he had acted alone and intentionally. they have drawn up homicide charges against him. at the scene of the crime the police court and has come down on the road has reopened, but nothing feels back to normal, and it won't for a very long time. let's get some of the day's other news. the mayor of the biggest city in the french overseas territory of guadaloupe has said france must restore order on the caribbean archipelago after days of violent protests over coronavirus restrictions. there are fears that organised criminal groups are taking advantage of the unrest.

france has sent special forces to beef up security. the former president of south korea, chun doo—hwan, whose iron—fisted rule following a 1979 military coup sparked massive street protests, has died at the age of 90. a former military commander, chun presided over the infamous army massacre of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators in gwangju in 1980 — a crime for which he was later convicted and received a commuted death sentence. china has warned that any taiwanese company that supports �*s the island's independence will be punished china has warned that any taiwanese company that supports the island's independence will be punished according to the law. the warning came hours after two subsidiaries of a taiwanese conglomerate, far eastern group, were fined millions of dollars by chinese regulators. the warning is the latest intensification of beijing's economic, diplomatic, and military pressure on taiwan, which it considers

an inseparable part of china. 70 years ago, denmark conducted a �*social experiment�* on children from greenland, taking them away from their parents so they could become more danish. 22 inuit children were taken to live in denmark for a year ini951. only six of them are still alive and they're now seeking $38,000 each in compesation. the lawyer representing the group says their childhoods were ruined, and they lost theirfamilies, language and culture. with me is our news reporter courtney bembridge. what was the purpose of this failed experiment? at the time, greenland was a danish colony, and these children, in us children were taken from their families to become part of this so—called danish elite in greenland — inuit. danish elite in greenland - inuit. , , .,

inuit. they were trying to create more _ inuit. they were trying to create more danish - inuit. they were trying to - create more danish influence in the territory, only a couple of years later, greenland became autonomous, but in 1951, 22 children were taken away from theirfamilies. some of children were taken away from their families. some of them were not orphans, they had parents and they were taken away and spent a lot of time in foster homes while they were there and then when they returned, they will not return to their families, returned, they will not return to theirfamilies, and returned, they will not return to their families, and they were sent to orphanages where they had a very tough time and one of those children, and we can see her now, this is helen, she spoke to the bbc five years ago and told her story, her father at the time had just died from the back... and her mother had several very young children, and she was pressured into sending her daughter away, and when helen spoke about her experience, this is what she said. translation: from the boat i look to my mum and i cannot way better, i was too upset, i thought why are you letting me leave? in denmark i was put with two different foster families, was put with two different fosterfamilies, the was put with two different foster families, the first one was with the doctor outside of copenhagen, i didn't feel welcome in the family. i felt

like a stranger. the following year in 1952, 16 of us were sent home to greenland. when the ship docked i grabbed my little suitcase and rushed down the bridge into the arms of my mum and i talked and talked about all that i had seen but she didn't answer. i love up at her in confusion. after a while she said something but i couldn't understand what she was saying, not a word copy and i thought, this is awful. i can't speak with my mother anymore. we speak two different languages. really powerful, isn't it? and the survivors are now threatening to sue if they don't get compensation? yes, just six of them are still alive and they are all aged now in their 70s but they are represented by a lawyer who say they lost their childhood, their sense of belonging, their culture, their language as we heard there and they are seeking 38,000 us dollars each, but an apology has come from the prime minister last year,

who said we cannot change what happened but we can assume our responsibilities and apologise to those we should have taken care of but failed, but the lawyer representing these victims say that doesn't go far enough, they need to be compensated and he's given the prime minister's office two weeks by which to respond to this claim if not he will launch legal proceedings. ok, we will keep _ launch legal proceedings. ok, we will keep an _ launch legal proceedings. ok, we will keep an eye _ launch legal proceedings. 0k, we will keep an eye on the story. thank you for bringing this to us. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it might look like your school maths homework, but these equations and formulae are by einstein, and on auction for an estimated $3 million. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world — the first of a new generation of leaders.

margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s — it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news, the headlines: in western bulgaria

at least 45 people, many of them children, have been killed when a bus caught fire on a motorway. the bus is believed to be from north macedonia. the international red cross says sanctions against the taliban are causing extreme hardship for ordinary afghans, and malnutrition in hundreds of children. let's stay with that story. the bbc�*s yalda hakim sat down with the islamic emirates of afghanistan's official spokesman, suhail shaheen. she asked him when all women and girls will be allowed to freely work and study. we have the policy that women have the right to have access to education and work, so the policy is there. but now, coming to implementation, in some provinces, this policy has been implemented, and some

others, it is under way, to be implemented. d0 others, it is under way, to be implemented.— others, it is under way, to be implemented. do you regret that uirls in implemented. do you regret that girls in this _ implemented. do you regret that girls in this country _ implemented. do you regret that girls in this country and - girls in this country and women, for the last 63, 66 days now have been denied the right to go to school? ida. now have been denied the right to go to school?— now have been denied the right to go to school? no, for women the will to go to school? no, for women they will be _ to go to school? no, for women they will be promoted. - to go to school? no, for women they will be promoted. they - they will be promoted. they will not lose one year. all girls will be promoted. kabul collapsed all of a sudden so we have not worked out about how the universities, female, male students, so we faced everything all of a sudden. so uirls everything all of a sudden. so girls can be hopeful that after the winter break, they can return to school?- the winter break, they can return to school? yes, yes. there will _ return to school? yes, yes. there will be _ return to school? yes, yes. there will be a _ return to school? yes, yes. there will be a tele- - return to school? yes, yes. there will be a tele- bun i there will be a tele— bun announcement? there will be a tele- bun announcement?- there will be a tele- bun announcement? yes. i think if ou announcement? yes. i think if you follow— announcement? yes. i think if you follow it — announcement? yes. i think if you follow it has _ announcement? yes. i think if you follow it has already - announcement? yes. i think if you follow it has already been| you follow it has already been

announced by me. —— taliban. have any countries indicated they are willing to work with the taliban and work with you to deal with the humanitarian crisis as well as recognition legitimising the government? all countries, including europe, and even us. they are working with us. so all countries are willing and actually interacting with us, and they want to work with us. the only question is that they are not recognising us. i think they are putting pressure, but their pressure is negatively impacting the people of afghanistan.— impacting the people of afghanistan. impacting the people of afuhanistan. , , afghanistan. the un says this country is _ afghanistan. the un says this country is heading _ afghanistan. the un says this country is heading towards i country is heading towards catastrophe, towards starvation stopping the famine, the hunger, poverty. what do you think will be the end result? if they are saying our country is heading towards catastrophe,

starvation, humanitarian crisis, then it is their responsibility to take action. proper action in order to prevent all these tragedies. let's get an update on all the sport now. hello, i'm mark edwards with your sport! the former tottenham hotspur manager mauricio pochettino is the leading contender to take over permanently at manchester united, following the departure of ole gunnar solskjaer. it's not thought the club has made an approach, but pochettino is understood to be open to taking the job now. it's thought he's not completely happy with the setup at his current club, paris saint germain. he's essentially first—team coach there, under sporting director leonardo. pochettino has been at psg for 10 months and they sit 11 points clear at the top of the league after 1a games. to tuesday's champions league now where barcelona will play benfica as they look to avenge their defeat

by the portuguese side in lisbon earlier in the season. a win for barca will see them reach the last 16 of the competition with a match in hand, despite a difficult start to the campaign following 3—0 defeats by both bayern munich and benfica and they have a new man in charge. xavi hernandes says he's pretty relaxed about his role at the club. have to say, i am sleeping even more than before. maybe because i'm even more tired than the past, but while i think explained to you in the first press conference, that i explained to the players first the rules, and then the values. respect, attitude, if it. this is in my opinion the most important thing in one group. meanwhile bayern munich head coach julian nagelsmann hopes that the coronavirus crisis at the german club won't shatter them but help them grow, as they prepare to play dynamo kyiv.

they'll be without seven players who are in quarantine. lebronjames has been suspended for one game, and isaiah stewart for two following their altercation on sunday night in detroit. the los angeles lakers came from 17 points down to beat the detroit pistons but the big talking point came in the 3rd quarter when lebronjames and isaiah stewart were both ejected from the game. james appeared to strike stewart in the face, and the pistons centre retaliated. and look who's back — it's the one the only. it's tiger woods, who shared this clip on social media of him hitting balls with the caption �*making progress�*. it�*s the first time we�*ve seen the 15—time major winner doing this since his car crash back in february, could the 45—year—old make another comeback? let�*s hope so. and finally roma boss jose mourinho has bought felix afena—gyan a new pair of shoes after the teenager scored his first serie a goals on sunday night. the ghanaian ran to the bench to celebrate with his manager after breaking the deadlock against genoa in the 82nd minute.

mourinho has said that he promised the 18—year—old a very expensive pair of shoes, for 800 euros, and that he ran to him to make sure he didn�*t forget. mourinho made good on his promise and presented the youngster with the shoes on monday. perfect shoes, perfect price, perfect dance moves! that�*s all the time we got left for now, from the mark edwards and the rest of the team, goodbye. a rare manuscript showing calculations made by albert einstein, as he tried to formulate his general theory of relativity, is now on sale in paris. co—authored with his friend, michele besso, the 54—page document is brimming with equations and formulae. it�*s being auctioned for an estimated price of more than $3 million.

translation: i find translation: | find particularly - translation: | find particularly touching | translation: | find - particularly touching when reading the manuscript is that we have this sort of monolithic and infallible image of einstein as an absolute genius, who from the first calculation finds the right equation. but this manuscript shows that einstein was intelligent but he was a scientist and just like any other he goes through phases of doubt. einstein makes errors in this manuscript and that, i think, errors in this manuscript and that, ithink, makes it errors in this manuscript and that, i think, makes it even greater in a way because we see the persistent.— the persistent. there we go. let's the persistent. there we go. let'sjust _ the persistent. there we go. let's just remind _ the persistent. there we go. let'sjust remind you - the persistent. there we go. let'sjust remind you of - the persistent. there we go. let'sjust remind you of ourl let�*s just remind you of our breaking stories stopping a bus accident on a motorway in western bulgaria has killed at least 45 people on board. children were among the ms, seven people with burns were taken to hospital in the capital sofia and interior ministry officials was unclear if the bus had caught fire and then crashed or burst into flames after crashing. the bus

had north macedonia plates and embassy officials said most of the victims were from the country. we will bring you more on that as we get it. you can reach me on twitter, i�*m @ bbcbaxter. hello. after all of monday�*s sunshine, tuesday will be a cloudier day with the best of any sunny spells across southernmost parts of the uk. despite all the cloud, there�*ll be a lot of dry weather around, though you may encounter a little light rain or drizzle. it is high pressure, which is why it is mainly dry — it is bringing in the cloudier moist weather from the atlantic with some air which is a little less chilly than it�*s been — but i�*m not sure we�*ll notice much difference between monday and tuesday because we�*re exchanging sunshine for so much more cloud — cloud will have prevented much in the way of frost into scotland and northern ireland overnight. it�*s england and wales that�*ll start with the lower temperatures and the greater chance for a frost, but also some early sunny spells. a rather cloudy day, though, in scotland

and northern ireland, some patchy rain and drizzle north and west scotland, into northern ireland. and northwest england and north wales could see some of that, as well — and see the cloud just increasing further through wales and england. just east anglia across southern england, to parts of south wales having some sunny spells on through the afternoon with temperatures which are close to average for the time of year. the odd shower near the north sea coast and the far southeast of england into the channel islands, a few of those could continue into tuesday night. with a lot of cloud around, so bear the only frost, and a band of rain working into scotland and northern ireland as we start off on wednesday morning. now, some fog patches for tuesday morning, as there could be for wednesday morning, as well — and particularly through parts of wales and england, they mayjust end with a grey and rather misty, murky day, an already cold—feeling day. ahead of this weather front, which takes rain towards northwest england and wales, and out of scotland and northern ireland with sunshine following, but blustery showers, wintry on hills. it is a colder—feeling day for wednesday. and then, for thursday, the colder air has come back — but it�*s a brighter day

again with sunny spells, though cloud steadily increasing in scotland and northern ireland. wintry showers in northern scotland, a few coastal showers elsewhere in both the east and west of the uk, but most dry with some sunshine. and then, this at the end of the week that will take us into the weekend, as well, an area of low pressure moves across us — so wet weather pressing south, heavy showers following on behind, and stronger winds with gales in places, as well. and it will feel much colder with a significant wind chill around. and some of these showers may be wintry not necessarilyjust on hills.

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