this is bbc news, with the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the pope warns europe against �*narrow self—interest�* over the way countries treats migrants, during a visit to greece. the former republican us senator and presidential candidate bob dole has died, at the age of 98. another 86 cases of the omicron variant are confirmed in the uk as the government defends the decision to re—introduce pre—departure covid tests from tuesday.

welcome to bbc news. pope francis has criticised what he's described as the �*narrow self—interest�* of european countries in the way they deal with migrants. he met refugees on the island of lesbos he's celebrated mass at a concert hall in the greek capital, athens, for more than 2,000 people. it's the second time the pope has visited the island in five years. he urged people to treat migrants with compassion. translation: those who are afraid of you have never looked... have never looked you in the eye. those who are afraid of you have never seen your faces. those who are afraid of you have never seen your children. those people forget that migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa.

not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. yes, it is a problem of the whole world. a humanitarian crisis affecting everyone. 0ur correspondent fergal keane is on the island of lesbos and sent this update. the pope came here with a profound message about the treatment of refugees. in essence, he said, recognise their humanity, nothing can be gained from building more walls, but much has changed since he visited in 2016. we live in a europe where fences have gone up, pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea including here from the island of lesbos have become commonplace. from croatia to hungary to the english channel, there are continuing stories of refugees in distress. what pope francis wanted to do here today was to focus not just the attention of greek authorities

or indeed the european union, but global attention on the problems that face refugees. he's calling for an end to what he has long complained about — a culture of selfishness and self interest, of individualism, and asking for people once again to look at a much larger context. however, the truth is that in europe especially, attitudes have hardened and that is reflected in the pushbacks, the fences that we have seen going up. it is hard to see anywhere right now, a coherent political vision to tackle this problem. the former us senator and presidential candidate bob dole has died, aged 98 . the elizabeth dole foundation announced that he passed away in his sleep early this morning. in february, it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was starting treatment. he was his party's longest—serving senate leader until mitch mcconnell surpassed his record in 2018.

0ur correspondent peter bowes reflected on his life and achievements. he was certainly a stalwart of the republican party and of american politics. 35 years recommend representing kansas, the house of representatives and the senate. he was his party's leader they are on two occasions. especially during that crucial period in american politics in the 1980s when ronald reagan was president, and they worked closely together. was president, and they bob himself had presidential aspirations. he stood as the running mate in 1976 for gerald ford, and then 20 years later was selected by the republicans to stand against bill clinton. that was not a successful campaign for bob dole, and he retired shortly after,

but he remained a key figure in his party. he was a fiscally conservative in terms of financial matters. he was very stalwart in terms of his beliefs. he was a stoic figure as well, especially as far as his own disabilities were concerned. very badly injured in the second world war. he was a key figure in getting the 1990 americans with disabilities act passed. that's a law that safeguards people in the workplace with disabilities. he will be remembered for that. changes to the rules for travellers arriving in the uk have been heavily criticised by the travel industry. from tuesday, passengers will be required to show proof of a negative pcr or lateral flow test taken no earlier than 48 hours before departing for the uk. downing street says the measures are necessary to slow the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. happy memories of holidays gone by. denis and his partner

were looking forward to many more smiling pictures, but because of the changes to travel rules, he's thinking of cancelling their upcoming trip to tenerife. a lot of it is the uncertainty as well. do you go on holiday and something changes dramatically again? my partner, she would have to self—isolate on the way back for four days, and that's four days loss of pay, she doesn't get paid. and it's those sorts of concerns that are worrying the travel industry. we believe this would be a significant setback for demand this winter, real impacts on christmas. i think we'll see people now cancelling or postponing travel plans. and for a sector that hasn't had any revenue for 18 months, give or take a few months over the summer period, it's really significant indeed. the airlines do not make money in the winter, and so we've got a really difficult stretch ahead of us now. at london's heathrow airport this morning, travellers were pragmatic about the new testing requirements. yeah, that definitely, obviously, adds some inconvenience to myjourney,

but i totally understand it. i used to do that anywayjust to come back and be safe, so i think it's a good way to go about it, if it means we avoid a lockdown, definitely worth doing a test. literally no skin off anyone's back to get tested. i maybe if we were a bigger family it| would have been more of a concern, but right now, it's more of a cost versus safety thing. - many of the people travelling from london st pancras to europe today will have to take a test when they come home. the big question, though, is how much these changes will stop people travelling, especially over the christmas period — a time of course when people do tend to move around to see friends and family — because, perhaps, of the uncertainty involved and the cost. the deputy prime minister says it's better to be safe than sorry. i think, though, that the worst thing would be to then lurch, having not taken incremental steps that can make a difference, even if it's only at the margins. i think we want to make sure we take those steps earlier, precisely

to avoid the bigger disruption to travel and the economy. the measures will be looked at again in three weeks' time. katie prescott, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. the uk health security agency says there have been 86 additional confirmed cases of the 0micron variant of coronavirus, bringing the total in the uk to around 246. the bbc�*s health correspondent katherine de costa explains what uk scientists know about this new variant so far. early data from south africa suggests infections are spreading more quickly than in previous ways, and there's a high risk of reinfection among those who already had covid. most cases are mild, but it's early days. confirmed cases are low, but they are rising, and health officials say they're not all linked to travel. that suggests that there is some community transmission.

it's difficult to know if it will take off delta here in the uk. over 80% of the over 12s are double jab. a third are boosted. the government says its current measures are enough to slow the spread. we might find out in the next few days how our antibodies control or neutralise the variant, but it may take several weeks to gather enough real—world data to see how the vaccines work in reality. but even if there is a drop in protection against infection, scientists say they'll still provide a very good let's go back to those changes for travellers returning to the uk. nigeria has been added to the red list of countries. this means hotel quarantine for anyone coming back from there from next week. 0lufemi awokoya has been trying to get his wife home from nigeria before the changes to the travel rules.

thank you forjoining us. you came back last week. your wife is due to come back. tell us how costs have increased since. i’ilil come back. tell us how costs have increased since.— increased since. i'll get back on thursday and — increased since. i'll get back on thursday and i _ increased since. i'll get back on thursday and i was _ increased since. i'll get back on thursday and i was really - increased since. i'll get back on i thursday and i was really shocked and surprised that nigeria was put on the red list. my wife is in nigeria, she is supposed to come back on tuesday morning and only yesterday i was listening to the news and i was told, somebody phoned me to say, have you had the test? have you heard the breaking news was matter and i went to the tv and then realise nigeria was on the red list. and i thought why. we have been encouraged to take vaccinations. my wife has had the jab. and now, she

has to go to hotel tuesday the, in isolation for ten days. de has to go to hotel tuesday the, in isolation for ten days.— isolation for ten days. de believe because she's — isolation for ten days. de believe because she's had _ isolation for ten days. de believe because she's had her _ isolation for ten days. de believe because she's had her vaccines i isolation for ten days. de believe i because she's had her vaccines that she should be excused having to quarantine? i she should be excused having to quarantine?— quarantine? i understand the government _ quarantine? i understand the government is _ quarantine? i understand the government is trying - quarantine? i understand the government is trying to - quarantine? i understand the l government is trying to protect life, however, they have been encouraging us to take jabs then to take pcr tests, as he has done the pcr test, she is negative. she is an nhs staff. and she is going to be in isolation for ten days. however, because of it, before you travel to nigeria you have to take pcr test, £170, and nigeria have to do another one, £70, before you leave, another, £70, and now she's coming back to 2280. that will mean we are in debt,

we have to now look if i can afford it or look for a friend or someone to borrow or give me some money. it doesn't make sense. you to borrow or give me some money. it doesn't make sense.— doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility _ doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility of— doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility of trying _ doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility of trying to - doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility of trying to get - doesn't make sense. you looked at the possibility of trying to get her l the possibility of trying to get her back early, how much of the flights increased? mr; back early, how much of the flights increased? ~ , , ., , back early, how much of the flights increased? g , . , ., , ., increased? my first attempt was to d the increased? my first attempt was to dry the only _ increased? my first attempt was to dry the only airline _ increased? my first attempt was to dry the only airline that _ increased? my first attempt was to dry the only airline that came - increased? my first attempt was to dry the only airline that came from | dry the only airline that came from nigeria, same day. it was fully booked. i tried nigeria, same day. it was fully booked. itried british nigeria, same day. it was fully booked. i tried british airways. british airways usually was £470. i was trying to make a payment and when we got to where i need to make the payment, the system has crashed so i tried again and refresh it, and it was £5,000 when i checked again. more than ten times the price? i more than ten times the price? i thought, it can't be, i refreshed it and started again and it was 6500. i don't know if some people pray that.

but we did not get a room to manoeuvre. the british airways usually gets to uk for 4:50am, and nigeria is going to be added to the red list by 4am on monday, so that means on sunday, you usually get to the uk at 4:50am. it is effectively 24 hours to say it right,...- 24 hours to say it right,... what sort of rule _ 24 hours to say it right,... what sort of rule should _ 24 hours to say it right,... what sort of rule should they - 24 hours to say it right,... what sort of rule should they have - sort of rule should they have brought in from nigeria, do you believe? i brought in from nigeria, do you believe? . ., ., ., , believe? i am not asking to be treated differently, _ believe? i am not asking to be treated differently, however. believe? i am not asking to be i treated differently, however the government has said that you will be given enough time, the government was encouraging travel. we did the jab, we travel to nigeria. sojust a few months ago, it is confirmed that

the omicron variant is not from travel but it is within the community so i believe the government should have done more before bringing in the restrictions. 0lufemi awokoya, we hope that you get your wife home safely and it is not too expensive.— not too expensive. thank you very much. not too expensive. thank you very much- thank _ not too expensive. thank you very much. thank you _ not too expensive. thank you very much. thank you for _ not too expensive. thank you very much. thank you for having - not too expensive. thank you very much. thank you for having me. l the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 43,992 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period. on average, 46,006 cases were reported per day in the last week. there were 54 deaths, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, which means the average number of deaths over the past seven days was 119. and more than 20 million people have received their boosterjab. an independent cinema in swansea has opened for business today after being ordered to shut by a judge for refusing to ask customers for covid passes. 0wner anna redfern was warned in swansea magistrates�* court

on tuesday that if her business reopened, there would be an application for her to be found in contempt of court. she said she would take a stand against the new measures — which apply to cinemas, theatres, and concert halls — calling them discriminatory and unlawful. ms redfern declined to comment today. a man has been arrested and more than 50 houses on a street in derby have been evacuated after suspicious items were found there. the explosive 0rdnance disposal team are on site and residents are being offered temporary accommodation while the searches continue. residents who have been evacuated from their homes will be contacted once it�*s safe to return. this morning, i went to church, and after that, they said i could not come house. something is happening. they cannot tell us. i was sleeping after night shift and it was around two o'clock. my little one wake me up. he said we have to go.

so, i was really frightened. the government has ordered a major review into the way various agencies handled the shocking case of arthur labinjo—hughes — the six—year—old boy who was tortured and killed by his father and stepmother two months after social workers had found there to be "no safeguarding concerns" in his home. the review will consider how best to protect children in england who find themselves under threat, as our correspondent sarah campbell reports. the house in which arthur spent the final, tortured months of his life. close by, family and friends gather together to remember the little boy who was made to feel that no—one loved him. applause arthur, are you going to play for england? in life, he loved school, football and superheroes. the cruelty and pain inflicted on him is almost impossible to comprehend. he was killed by his stepmother, emma tustin,

and father, thomas hughes. they were jailed for 29 and 21 years respectively. the attorney general is looking into whether their sentences are too lenient. but were others in a position to protect him and were warning signs missed? arthur raised concerns. he was not a baby, he was six years old. he raised concerns, and the system did not hear him. we must listen to the voices of children. announced today by the department for education, an urgent inspection into social care, health, police and probation services in solihull, where arthur lived and died. and a national child safeguarding practice review into lessons to be learned, to ensure best practice across england and to try and prevent another case such as this. at the vigil today, arthur�*s maternal grandmother. neighbours are struggling to accept what happened so close to home. for someone to be able to do anything like that isjust...

it'sjust crushing. very sad. and nothing's been learnt from baby p and others. i arthur�*s name is added to the list of children whose deaths have caused shock and outrage. the hope — that lessons learned may save others. sarah campbell, bbc news. let�*s get more on this with drjo finch, who�*s a professor of social work at the university of east london and a former children and families social worker. thank you forjoining us. looking ahead to this national review the government wants to launch, how necessary is such a review, in your view? .. , , necessary is such a review, in your view? , , ., , ., view? sadly, there needs to be a review of what _ view? sadly, there needs to be a review of what happened - view? sadly, there needs to be a review of what happened in - view? sadly, there needs to be a review of what happened in this i review of what happened in this particular local authority, just to see if there were opportunities that the terrible abuse that this young

child faced had come to light previously, or there were other kind of services involved. i suppose i am reminded that there have been a number of public inquiries into child deaths, so my question would be what would be different about this, and is this designed to be politically expedient and try and, you know, he�*s the public was not concerned, notjust in cases of terribly shocking cases like this, but i think there are nuanceds about social work practice that might not get picked up in such a review, and my worry would be that whilst it involves the police and probation services, my worry would be that social workers with the target or scapegoat in all of this. i am not condoning poor practice in any way, if there have been failings by social workers, if there have been failings by socialworkers, i if there have been failings by social workers, i would want them to be kind of looked at, but i think

that the arena child protection which, yes, social workers would be involved with this but there are a range of other agencies involved in safeguarding children. is a range of other agencies involved in safeguarding children.— safeguarding children. is a former social worker _ safeguarding children. is a former social worker what _ safeguarding children. is a former social worker what is _ safeguarding children. is a former social worker what is your - safeguarding children. is a former social worker what is your view i safeguarding children. is a former social worker what is your view of| social worker what is your view of the commentary i have been hearing which is that, over time, when social workers visit families, it has become 2—parent focus, rather than child focused. there is not enough suspicion, if you like, of when the signs are there, that something is going wrong. i when the signs are there, that something is going wrong. i think, when ou something is going wrong. i think, when you go _ something is going wrong. i think, when you go and _ something is going wrong. i think, when you go and visit _ something is going wrong. i think, when you go and visit a _ something is going wrong. i think, when you go and visit a family - something is going wrong. i think, i when you go and visit a family where there may be significant harm, yes of course your focus should be on their parents or the carers, and there should be practice where

children are spoken to and listen to, and social workers should be curious, but i am concerned that what needs to happen is good relationships developing with parents and, you know, social workers, parents may be very fearful of social workers coming round. there is a stigma about social workers coming round. and i think there has been commentary that social workers were naive. we don�*t know what happened in this particular case about social workers. i suspect that every social workers. i suspect that every social worker in this country, since their situation has come to public attention, is probably saying there but for the grace of god go i. social workers are very attuned to assessing risk, but recognising what assessing risk, but recognising what a difficult decision it is.—

a difficult decision it is. doctor jo finch a difficult decision it is. doctor jo finch from _ a difficult decision it is. doctor jo finch from the _ a difficult decision it is. doctor jo finch from the university i a difficult decision it is. doctor jo finch from the university of| a difficult decision it is. doctor - jo finch from the university of east jo finch from the university of east london, this is a conversation i�*m sure we will keep having, thank you. good night. at least 14 people have died and dozens have been injured on indonesia�*s java island, after an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. indonesia sits on the ring of fire, a region around the pacific ocean that�*s susceptible to volcanos and earthquakes. the volcano — mount semeru — has been in a state of blanketed in volcanic ash, this is the devastating aftermath of the mount semeru eruption, with houses buried almost up to their roofs. heavy rain turned the ash into mud, adding a challenge to the rescue effort by the indonesian disaster mitigation agency. these adverse conditions have hampered the evacuation effort for the past two days. according to local officials, ten people are still trapped in their homes and they�*re still looking for at least one missing person.

meanwhile, more than 900 people from villages had been evacuated to mosques, schools and village halls. rescue organisers say that for now, they have received enough essential supplies like food, clothes, first aid and masks. those who had to flee their homes couldn�*t take anything with them. the houses were covered with thick volcanic ash and mud and their livestock killed in the eruption. the eruption of mount seemeru also destroyed a bridge that connected two regions in the area. a couple of villages have now been cut off, making it difficult to deliver aid to people in these isolated areas. officials hope that as soon as the weather permits, rescue and aid could be carried out by helicopter, but the indonesian geology agency warns of follow—up eruptions that can happen at any time. this is at least the third volcanic eruption in indonesia this year. the country has the most active

volcanoes in the world, spread along sumatra and java islands. valdya baraputri, bbc news, jakarta. in northern england and parts of scotland, around 4,000 homes are still without power for a second weekend in the wake of storm arwen, which swept across large parts of the uk and tore down electricity lines. thousands are living in freezing temperatures as they wait for power companies to reconnect their energy supply. 0ur correspondent peter harris reports from northumberland. in the nick of time, the pub has its power back. last night, a heavy snowfall left villagers snowed in, but at least they�*re now warm after a week—long ordeal. it�*s been very eventful, long, but i said like yesterday there was a few of us in the pub, and i said i feel like we all live together now because we�*ve spent that much time together in this pub. throughout the power cuts, the pub

in northumberland had been a refuge to huddle together. the last emergency food drops were arriving today, but being reconnected is a relief. beautiful, because i could get a shower last night! which we haven't been able to. and then, of course, they had the food on, so we came over and the snow... just came suddenly down and that was it. nightmare. total nightmare. if it wasn't for here, coming over here i and that, it would be totally... not everyone is so lucky. across england and scotland, thousands are still without power after nine days. no central heating, hot water, showers, nothing. it�*s grim for us, but i�*m more worried about elderly people. in parts of rural northumberland, there are freezing temperatures,

but there was a more upbeat progress report from northern power today, who hope to restore power to all homes across the north—east of england by tuesday. there are still questions about reconnecting power supplies and the delays. today, the business secretary visited county durham. we completely accept that this was wrong. we've spoken directly to the northern power grid company and we will have a review. we'll make sure that if they have failed to invest in infrastructure there could well be enforcement action. as work goes on to get power back after storm arwen, the met office has now issued a new weather warning. storm barra is due to hit northern england and scotland on tuesday. peter harris, bbc news, northumberland. tensions are high after indian security forces have killed at least 13 civilians in a botched ambush near the myanmar border. on saturday, an army patrol opened fire on a group of miners returning

home in nagaland after mistaking them for militants. angry villagers have set fire to vehicles belonging to security forces following the incident. 0ur south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan gave us more details. on saturday evening, a group of coal miners were returning from the northeastern indian state of nagaland which borders myanmar, and the indian army says it was acting on a specific intelligence input and they asked a van to stop, but they did not stop till they opened fire. they later realised there were six civilians killed in the incident. angry civilians then targeted army camps. that resulted in the further loss of blood they ordered an inquiry in this incident will be investigated.

the indian government is also expressing shock and at the same time ordered an investigation. fresh violence has erupted on sunday because many villagers were still angry and attacked army camps in the district. two more civilians were reported killed. the government has imposed restrictions in the district to prevent further violence, but it also shows the challenges faced by the indian security forces as they deal with the many insurgent groups in the northeast of india. yes, because the army�*s been battling militants for a long time in nagaland, so how common are these tensions between military and locals? these are some of the longest running insurgencies in this part of india for more than five or six decades. the indian army has been fighting various groups and some are demanding total independence, some are demanding... i have a homeland for the naga

tribes. in other states, people there are accusing forces of using their special powers to target civilians. and also human rights abuses. the army denies this and says they carry out actions against insurgents, and they say any complaints of rights abuses they will properly investigate. it also shows the challenge because the rebels are sometimes based in myanmar. this is an increasing concern. the army is involved in many other insurgencies and the northern province of kashmir. there�*s a long way to go before the government can bring peace to the state of nagaland. how damaging will this incident be? this will be very damaging for the indian government and the security forces.

in the state itself, and as we speak, there have been any protests in the state of nagaland. the other states are watching closely, and they will demand withdrawing special powers given to the army in these areas. anbarasan ethirajan. the duke of cambridge has revealed how his mental health was affected while he was an air ambulance pilot. prince william served in the east anglian air ambulance for two years and said the intensity of the job meant he felt he was taking home people�*s trauma and sadness. in an audio recording for apple, which the prince made while walking through the queen�*s sandringham estate, he also shared the treasured memory of his mother, princess diana, singing tina turner at the top of her voice during the school run. the formula one championship is going down to a deciding final race, after defending champion lewis hamilton came from behind to win an eventful saudi arabia grand prix. he beat his main rival max verstappen into second place, meaning the pair will start the final race of the season in abu dhabi level on points. the race was stopped twice because of crashes —

and the cars of the two leaders touched as they jostled