welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: tragedy in the english channel as 27 people drown trying to reach the uk. it's the worst incident of its kind since the migrant crisis began. the british prime minster calls forjoint patrols with france to stop the crossings as four suspected traffickers are arrested. the poor migrants who have been coming from their country and they are so close to the dream. we, thejury, find the we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. president biden welcomes the guilty verdicts against three white men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery.

apple warns activists its iphones are being targeted by state—sponsored hackers days after filing a lawsuit against an israeli spyware firm. three parties agree to form a coalition government in germany, led by social democrat olaf scholz, and pledge to make climate change its top priority. and remembering amy winehouse: ten years after her death, the singer's notebooks and stage outfits go on display. hello and welcome to the programme. first, 27 people, including a child, have drowned while trying to reach the uk. the dinghy carrying the migrants sank. it's the deadliest incident since the channel between england and france became a major route for migrants. the french coastguard said a fisherman had alerted

the authorities after seeing the capsized vessel and bodies in the water near the port of calais. two people have been rescued. lucy williamson reports from calais. this is a tragedy that began with hope. where are you going now? the uk. the water nothing to be afraid of yet. several boats set off from this coast at first light this morning. this one reached british shores without disaster. but a flimsy boat, dozens of desperate people, the warning signs have always been there. and today, one of these boats never arrived. translation: kelly and northern france have been suffering for more than 20 years. our two great country should work together as friends to fight against this.

a local fisherman spotted the passengers floating motionless in the water. helicopters and boats were scrambled to the scene for a rescue operation, but many had already drowned. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way, and it also shows how vital it is that we now step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to sea in this way. the rescue and recovery operation has been going on here into the night, but there are very few notes about who the victims are or why their boat sank. there are questions already being raised in the local media here about whether it was simply bad weather, high waves or whether it may have been hit by something like a container ship. no confirmed details as yet. but people here in this calais migrant camp are so determined to reach the uk that no—one we met tonight said they'd change their plans. this man tried crossing

yesterday, but gave up because the waves were too high. france's coastline has never been as simple to secure as the eurotunnel or the calais port. smugglers have made the most of that. the poor migrants who have been coming from their country and they have spent months and months to come here. and they are so close to their dream. with such bad weather, with such rough sea, they are martyred. many more migrants arrived in the uk today, good publicity for the people smuggling rings. but it often takes many attempts, and those who have capsized before have told me what it's like waiting in the water for help to arrive. one thought in their minds as the minutes tick by — what if it doesn't get here in time? lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. to the us now. president biden has hailed the verdict of a court in the us state of georgia, which found three white men

guilty of murdering a young black man, ahmaud arbery, while he was outjogging. the three men claimed they were defending themselves while trying to perform a citizens�* arrest on mr arbery who they said "looked like a burglar." our correspondent aleem maqbool has been following the trial in georgia. 0-4-3-3. there have been times when this moment seemed a very distant prospect. we, thejury, find the defendant, travis mcmichael, guilty. 0h, woo! the shout of relief came from the father of ahmaud arbery, who was shot dead in february of last year. two others were also found guilty of murder. they'd all seen 25—year—old ahmaud running through their neighbourhood and claimed he'd fitted the description of a crime suspect. they chased him and killed him. during the trial, the man who fired the fatal shots, travis mcmichael, was the only one of the three

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there may still be questions about the way the police behaved after this killing. questions about the underlying issues surrounding race in this society that contributed to the killing. but for now at least, all of those who for months have been calling forjustice for ahmaud arbery, there was just a huge sense of relief. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in brunswick, georgia. we can now speak to dr rashawn ray who is a senior fellow at the brookings institution who specialises in criminaljustice and race in american public policy. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— the programme. thank you for havin: the programme. thank you for having me- — the programme. thank you for having me- i— the programme. thank you for having me. i reaction - the programme. thank you for having me. i reaction to - the programme. thank you for having me. i reaction to this i having me. i reaction to this verdict? _ having me. i reaction to this verdict? i — having me. i reaction to this verdict? ithink_ having me. i reaction to this verdict? i think for - having me. i reaction to this verdict? i think for a - having me. i reaction to this verdict? i think for a lot - having me. i reaction to this verdict? i think for a lot of l verdict? i think for a lot of --eole verdict? i think for a lot of peeple they _ verdict? i think for a lot of people they think - verdict? i think for a lot of people they think that - verdict? i think for a lot of people they think that the | verdict? i think for a lot of - people they think that the jury got it right and i think that is something that is key here. the jury was highly slanted in the county in georgia where this case took place, about 30,000 of the residents are black, but only one of the 12 jurors were black, so people were worried about that. but

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relating to race moving forward. relating to race moving forward-— relating to race moving forward. ., ., ., forward. back to have you on as alwa s. forward. back to have you on as always. thank _ forward. back to have you on as always. thank you. _ always. thank you. thank you for having _ always. thank you. thank you for having me. _ let's get some of the day's other news. sweden's first female prime minister, magdalena andersson, has resigned hours after being voted into office. it follows the collapse of her tentative coalition government after one of its members, the green party, said it was withdrawing its support. ms andersson said she was ready to be appointed as prime minister again, but at the head of a single—party government. the us state department has designated three leaders of the islamic state group's afghanistan branch, known as isis—k, as 'specially designated global terrorists'. this makes it illegal to have any financial or business transactions with the men. the move is part of us efforts to prevent afghanistan becoming once again a base for international terrorism. the british government has urged all its nationals to leave ethiopia immediately, saying the conflict is deteriorating quickly. the uk has warned that the fighting may move closer to the capital, addis ababa, in the coming days.

the united states, france, germany and turkey have also urged their nationals to leave. the un is evacuating families of international staff. the former leader of the farc rebel group, rodrigo londono, has apologised to their victims during more than five decades of conflict with the colombian armed forces. mr londono, who was better known as 'timochenko', was speaking at a ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of a historic peace agreement between the marxist group and the colombian government. the french international footballer karim benzema has been found guilty of involvement in attempted blackmail over a sex tape. six years ago benzema was part of a conspiracy which attempted to extort money from a former france team—mate, mathieu valbuena. mr benzema has been given a one—year suspended prison sentence and a fine of more than $80,000.

some breaking news: the german health authorities have announced that more than 100,000 people have died of covid since the start of the pandemic. germany is facing a surge in virus cases. 351 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, bringing the total death toll to 110,119. in germany, three political parties have struck a deal to form the next government, putting the environment center stage. the social democrats, greens and free democrats have unveiled their coalition agreement, which marks the end of the chancellor angela merkel era. damien mcguinness has the latest from berlin. the end of an era in germany. after 16 years of conservative—led government under angela merkel, germany's new leaders are younger and more radical, and they want to modernise the country. it's an unusual alliance —

a left—wing social democrat chancellor, olaf scholz, in government with the greens and the business—friendly liberals. in germany, it's called a "traffic light coalition" after the colours of each party. mr scholz drew parallels between the incoming coalition and germany's first—ever real traffic lights on potsdamer platz in berlin in 192a. translation: my aspiration as chancellor _ is to make sure that this traffic light coalition can play a similarly ground—breaking role in germany. the climate change measures are ambitious — by 2030, coal will be phased out and 80% of germany's electricity will come from renewable sources. tackling social inequality is also a top priority. healthcare workers will get a bonus and the minimum wage will be increased. but with germany seeing record covid infection

and death rates, for many voters, the biggest challenge right now is how the incoming government will fight the pandemic. translation: the first thing should be - to sort out the pandemic. it cannot stay like this. that's the top priority for me. translation: i think the most important thing at the moment| is the covid crisis. there's nothing else as far as i'm concerned. and how will we proceed with vaccinations? what are the new regulations? the leaders of the new coalition appear to have energy, ambition and confidence — qualities they will need given they are taking over in a time of crisis. damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: ten years after her death, lyrics, notebooks and stage outfits from the much—missed british singer amy winehouse go on display in london.

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 19605. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis.

this is bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughn jones. the latest headlines: at least 27 migrants have drowned in the english channel after their dinghy capsized near the french port of calais. ajury in the us finds all three defendants guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man outjogging in the state of georgia. president biden has welcomed the verdict. apple has sent alert messages to activists in several countries, warning their iphones may have been targeted by state—sponsored attackers. at least six thai activists and a dozen employees at an el salvadoran newspaper said they received the warning. on tuesday apple filed a lawsuit against israeli spyware maker nso group, accusing it of using its pegasus spyware to attack apple users.

pegasus can activate a phone's cameras and microphones, and grant access to messages, photos and emails. adam shapiro is the head of communications at front line defenders, an organisation which has uncovered previous pegasus attacks. hejoins me from detroit. thank you for coming on the programme. how worrying is this development? it is programme. how worrying is this develorament?— development? it is extremely wor in: development? it is extremely worrying that _ development? it is extremely worrying that more _ development? it is extremely worrying that more and - development? it is extremely worrying that more and more| worrying that more and more cases of pegasus is used againstjournalist, defenders of civil society. we are starting to see the tech companies take action, as apple hasjust done. companies take action, as apple hasjust done-— has 'ust done. apple is nine, its hasjust done. apple is nine, its reputation _ hasjust done. apple is nine, its reputation is _ hasjust done. apple is nine, its reputation is partly - hasjust done. apple is nine, its reputation is partly built l its reputation is partly built on security so how damaging will this be?— will this be? the flow in message _ will this be? the flow in message was _

will this be? the flow in | message was discovered will this be? the flow in i message was discovered a will this be? the flow in - message was discovered a while back. they moved quickly to fix it but what we know is just how much it was exploited to target activists, human rights defenders and journalists. apple and all security companies have to deal with this but importantly governments have to deal with it. it is government doing the spying. it. it is government doing the s- int. ., ., , ., it. it is government doing the s- int. ., .,, ., spying. how does that spying actually work, _ spying. how does that spying actually work, in _ spying. how does that spying actually work, in simple - spying. how does that spying i actually work, in simple terms? a pegasus attack can be delivered by a state, a government entity because nso group sells the software to a government entity to use. it can be infiltrated into a fine device sometimes by sending a fine message, somebody will click on something but increasingly it is zero click attacks whereby messages can be delivered to a device through the cellphone network or wi—fi and the user does not have to

click on anything in order for that software be deployed on the telephone. this is extremely worrying. that feels even more _ extremely worrying. that feels even more worrying. _ extremely worrying. that feels even more worrying. it - extremely worrying. that feels even more worrying. it could l extremely worrying. that feels l even more worrying. it could be on your phone without you necessarily knowing it. without ou doint necessarily knowing it. without you doing anything. _ necessarily knowing it. without you doing anything. what - necessarily knowing it. without| you doing anything. what about this ritht you doing anything. what about this right back? _ you doing anything. what about this right back? is _ you doing anything. what about this right back? is this - you doing anything. what about this right back? is this a - this right back? is this a while we will always be fighting? war. iht while we will always be fighting? war. while we will always be fitthtin? war. �* ., ., fighting? war. a decade ago when the — fighting? war. a decade ago when the arab _ fighting? war. a decade ago when the arab spring - fighting? war. a decade ago when the arab spring was i fighting? war. a decade ago - when the arab spring was under way, hacking team out of italy, the uk and germany were selling similar kind of software to nefarious governments. governments are always going to try and do this and it is on us, civil societies, journalists and tech companies increasingly to do the fight back, shining the light, exposing what is going on and

holding these private companies and governments to account. hotter and governments to account. how do ou and governments to account. how do you hold — and governments to account. how do you hold a — and governments to account. how do you hold a government to account as you claim, if they are launching these attacks? is it by lawsuits going after these companies that sell the technology? it these companies that sell the technology?— these companies that sell the technology? it is lawsuits like that but also _ technology? it is lawsuits like that but also more _ technology? it is lawsuits like that but also more robust - that but also more robust trading guidelines and licensing. most of these companies that are developing this spyware are located in democratic countries, western countries or at least likely self described democratic country like israel. but they are effectively weapons to anyone. we need a human rights protocol for how to ensure the licensing of the software is not granted to governments in the west to use but governments elsewhere. . ., the west to use but governments elsewhere-— elsewhere. thank you for talkint elsewhere. thank you for talking it _ elsewhere. thank you for talking it through - elsewhere. thank you for talking it through with i elsewhere. thank you for| talking it through with us. thank you.

from her unmistakable voice, to her signature beehive, british singer, amy winehouse is being remembered in a new exhibition, a decade after her death. handwritten lyrics and notebooks as well as outfits she wore onstage, are going on display at london's design museum. tarah welsh has been to see it. this is the most magical part of the exhibition. # he takes the day but i am home...#. amy winehouse — her voice, her style, her presence, recreated through animation. just part of this exhibition about her life and career at the design museum. there's things you'd expect from an exhibition, like magazine covers and her grammy awards. and there are really personal touches here, as well, like amy's notes and notepads, talking about her dreams and her ambitions for the future. having access to so much of amy's handwritten material was extremely moving. like, i've read maybe hundreds of pages of amy's notebooks and

diary entries and lyric pages. and it'sjust a real insight into who she was as a person and how she worked, and how incredibly clean her copy was when she was writing these poems that turned into songs. so that was probably, yeah, the most amazing part of the process for me. amy beyond the stage celebrates her creativity, her music, her style and her inspirations. there's so much that would be of interest to her. you know, the stuff about billie holliday and sarah vaughan and ella fitzgerald. this exhibition would bejust up her alley. this is the sort of exhibition that she would go and pay to see, so, yeah, ithink she would be happy. what i hope they take away is to see a very positive side of amy. you know, everyone knows what happened. everyone has seen the horrible tabloid stuff. this is, from start to finish, positivity and it's superb, you know, and i'm loving it. i'm really loving it. amy winehouse died ten years ago, but her influence on the world

of music goes on — an insight into where it all started opens to the public here in kensington on friday. tarah welsh, bbc london. their doors have been shut for two years but finally new zealand has unveiled plans to welcome back warren is from next year, from the 13th of april fully vaccinated visitors will be allowed to enter the country but will still have to self isolate for seven days when they arrive. we spoke to one of the founders of the group, grounded key was, a network of new zealanders who for the past two years have been lobbying the government to allow people to travel back home. this has been a long time coming for a lot of people who have been struggling to get back into new zealand. i think what a lot of people abroad haven't realised is that

new zealand's citizens as well have really struggled to be able to get home. we were required previously to enter a lottery system, and only if you were lucky enough to get a lucky number in the lottery, essentially, were you able to get a spot to go home. so we have people within our network who've been stuck overseas for six or 12 months, parents separated from their kids, a lot of people in very dire financial situations or who have lost visas. so for them to be able to have a date upon which they can return home is obviously fantastic, but doesn't in some ways take away from the heartbroken struggles that people have gone through over the recent months. i know that your organisation has worked very hard to try and convince the government of this policy u—turn. what worked in the end? how did you manage to do this? i think it's been a range of things, really. it's both pressure from organisations like ours, we've really been lobbying the government, and also trying to raise public awareness of the situations of individuals

who are stranded, and just how difficult it is to get back home. i think in recent months there's been increasing i'm lewis vaughn jones, i'm lewis vaugthones, this is bbc news. hello. some pretty lively weather conditions on the way to us later in the week and into the start of the weekend. we could see some severe gales develop quite widely, particularly through friday into saturday. and to go with it, a realfeel of winter in the air — much, much colder with more of you seeing a little bit of sleet or even snow. that colder air pushing southwards overnight into the start of thursday, and that really makes for the chill for the first of the commutes of the day, temperatures widely at or just above freezing. so, frost in places, maybe just frost—free in the south—east corner where the overnight cloud and patchy drizzle just about to clear, and in the far north of scotland overnight, heavy showers continuing with sleet and snow, even down to sea level. they'll continue throughout the day, a few showers down across eastern coastal

counties of england, one or two to the west of wales, cornwall and across northern ireland. but for most of you, thursday is one of those crisp, clear days, good visibility, but a chilly feel in the breeze, temperatures around 5 to 8 degrees. now, as we go into thursday night, temperatures actually lift a little bit. outbreaks of rain spreading their way in, from the north and the west, but strengthening winds across the board. that will stop temperatures from falling to freezing here, but there could be a frost to start friday, east anglia and the south—east in particular. but even here, we'll see rain push through on friday. this is the area of low pressure that's going to cause us all sorts of problems. the exact track will dictate who sees the strongest of the winds and who will see a bit of snow. to begin friday, it's outbreaks of rain spreading southwards and eastwards. the strongest of the winds to the north and the west of the country could touch damaging 70, maybe 80mph for one or two later in the day, and blizzard conditions developing across parts of higher ground of scotland. and this is where we'll see the strongest of the winds really late friday and into friday night, pushing down the western side of this area of low pressure.

cold air with it, so a mixture of rain, sleet and snow notjust to the hills, one or two to lower levels, but it's going to be a difficult mix to get exactly right. keep checking the forecast. but it could be a night of disruption into the start of saturday with strong winds. more wintry showers around on saturday, an icy wind and an added wind chill too. so, whilst temperatures on the thermometers saturday afternoon say it to 7 degrees, already lower than normally expected at this stage of november, it will feel closer to freezing, if not below for many of you. things will turn quieter, though, through saturday night into sunday. widespread frost to begin the day, but for most, it'll be a dry day with some spells of hazy sunshine. keep up to date with the latest forecast details here on bbc news.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the leaders of france and britain say they will increase efforts to prevent migrant crossings the english channel after at least 27 people drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of northern france. four suspected traffickers have been arrested on suspicion of being linked to the sinking. president biden has welcomed the verdict of a court in the us state of georgia, which found three white men guilty of murdering a young black man, ahmaud arbery, while he was outjogging. the defendants chased mr arbery before one of them shot him three times. in germany, three parties have agreed to form a coalition government, led by a social democrat, for the first time in 16 years. olaf scholz, who will replace angela merkel as chancellor, has pledged to make climate change his top priority.

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