this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00: mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. some are openly calling for him to resign. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered at a house in south wales. households could be paid to help avoid potential power cuts tomorrow evening — as supplies will be tight, in part because of problems in the french energy grid. and england and wales prepare to face each other in tomorrow's match for the world cup in qatar.

china's strict zero—covid policy, is being challenged on an unprecedented scale, with a second night of protests in cities across the country. many demonstrators held up blank banners in protest at censorship, and some called for president xi jinping, to step down. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people, in a fire at a block of flats last week. some blame covid restrictions for delaying the rescue effort. the blaze was in the city of urumqi in north—west china, and mass protests there have now spread to cities, including chengdu, wuhan, nanjing, shanghai, and the capital, beijing, from where our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has the latest, and a warning his report does contain some flash photography. the chinese capital became the latest city with a demonstration, calling for an end to the country's

covid restrictions. the symbol of this movement has become white sheets of paper, with protesters holding them up to represent the way people are silenced here by official censorship. they are chanting, saying that strict lockdowns and compulsory testing should stop. but dissatisfaction of the government's handling of the crisis is also spilling over into calls for press freedom and democracy. in the south—western city of chengdu, protesters blamed china's leader xi jinping personally, and criticised his lifetime leadership entitlement, and said their country does not need an emperor. this followed earlier calls in shanghai for xijinping to step down, and for the communist party to give up power, at the sites where protesters clashed with police barriers have gone up to stop gathering again. waves of anger have spread

across china following an apartment block fire in xinjiang last week, which killed ten residents. people have blamed covid restrictions for hampering the access of firefighters and blocking escape routes. china's foreign ministry spokesman said foreign forces with ulterior motives had linked the fire 20 covid measures. but these protests unleashed discontent which has been not very far below the surface. this man said people wanted dignity, the rule of law, and added that he didn't want china's children to go on living in this era of horror. one of the problems in china is that nobody knows when zero covid will end. if the government has a plan, it's not told people what it is, and so the belief this could go

on forever is causing a lot of consternation amongst the general public. zero covid in china means trying to return each outbreak to zero infections, using strict stay—at—home orders, travel bans and mass testing. entire cities are sometimes officially locked down, or effectively closed, with businesses shut. yet even with the strict measures, covid—19 continues to spread. the country posted record new case numbers over the past five days in a row. the bbc says it's extremely concerned about the treatment of one of its journalists, who was arrested while covering the protests in shanghai. camera journalist, ed lawrence, was beaten and kicked by police, before being held for several hours. chinese officials say he was detained as a precaution against being infected with covid by demonstrators. i'm joined now by alicia kearns

who is the chair of the foreign affairs select committee. thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to what we are seeing unfolding at the moment across china? i unfolding at the moment across china? ~ , . , , china? i think it is incredibly serious. there _ china? i think it is incredibly serious. there have - china? i think it is incredibly serious. there have been i china? i think it is incredibly - serious. there have been protests across china, particularly central china, for about the last year about these covid lockdowns and the zero covid policy of xi jinping. the change now is the interaction of political dissidents and the anger and outright calling for xi jinping to be removed. we should recognise with dozens if not more cameras trained on the faces of every single chinese national brave enough to protest, these are amazing acts of bravery because they will be identified by police forces at some point. identified by police forces at some oint. , ., ., ., ., point. there is a huge amount of eril point. there is a huge amount of peril involved. _ point. there is a huge amount of peril involved. the _ point. there is a huge amount of peril involved. the prime - point. there is a huge amount of| peril involved. the prime minister is making a foreign policy speech at mansion house tonight. what are you hoping he will say in light of what we are seeing about china? rishi sunak promised _ we are seeing about china? rishi sunak promised when _ we are seeing about china? i? si sunak promised when he became we are seeing about china? i1 si sunak promised when he became prime minister he would change china

policy on day one. we haven't seen that as yet but i recognise he has had on and on that dummigan was economic priority to look at at home so now is the time for him to set out his stall. what does it mean? what is the pragmatism when it comes to china, which i agree as to be cautious pragmatism? and like to see him set out that we will have a relationship where we engage with china but engagement means having those tough conversations. for example, during red lines, we don't want to see illegal police stations operating on british soil, the consul—general beating up those who seek refuge in our country, and we don't want to see our fantastic journalists like ed beaton on the streets of china, that they have to recognise and respect human rights. what about anything he might feel able to say about the reaction to these protests and how the authorities in china are dealing with them? i authorities in china are dealing with them?— authorities in china are dealing with them? ~ , ., u, ., ~ with them? i think you can make clear britain _ with them? i think you can make clear britain has _ with them? i think you can make clear britain has always - with them? i think you can make clear britain has always been - with them? i think you can make clear britain has always been a l clear britain has always been a strong voice for journalists clear britain has always been a strong voice forjournalists and also been a strong voice for the rights of those to protest. the rights of those to protest. the rights for people to gather and make their voices known. the problem is that history in china shows a

history of cracking down very strongly on protests and i'm worried about both the online and on the street reaction we will likely see from the police in the coming days because this has now become about xi jinping's credibility and his ability to sustain order. we know that for him order and his control is pivotal and all that really matters. in is pivotal and all that really matters. , ., is pivotal and all that really mattere— is pivotal and all that really matters. , ., ., , matters. in your view what is the a - roach matters. in your view what is the approach that — matters. in your view what is the approach that works _ matters. in your view what is the approach that works with - matters. in your view what is the approach that works with china? | matters. in your view what is the l approach that works with china? if you are too vocal and too heavy—handed, as beijing might see it, it could have a counter—productive effect. it, it could have a counter-productive effect. with china my belief— counter-productive effect. with china my belief is _ counter-productive effect. with china my belief is you - counter—productive effect. ti china my belief is you should compartmentalise, there are areas where we can coordinate with china and areas where we can cooperate with china but they have to be very clear hard lines that we do not expect to see them cross and generally with the chinese they are good at negotiating, good at compartmentalising, but we do have to engage with them. we do also have to engage with them. we do also have to show respect to their history and culture so it is not about insulting china but about working with them

and making clear we will respond with strength where we see our interests to be under threat. what interests to be under threat. what about interests _ interests to be under threat. what about interests of _ interests to be under threat. what about interests of ordinary people who are just demonstrating peacefully?— who are just demonstrating eacefull ? ~ , ., ., peacefully? absolutely and we have seen the foreign _ peacefully? absolutely and we have seen the foreign secretary - peacefully? absolutely and we have seen the foreign secretary say - seen the foreign secretary say everyone, even in china, is the right to protest. i have friends and loved ones living in china, i have checked in with them because i worry about them and i want to make sure they feel safe. the communist party shouldn't feel threatened by people standing up with a piece of blank white paper saying please listen to us, hear ourvoices. some people have been locked down 400 days in flats and it still has police mandated covid tests every single day with police patrolling those test sites and it is a militarised autocracy people say they don't want and migrate various xi jinping will lean more into it as we saw in hong kong. lean more into it as we saw in hong kona. ., ~ lean more into it as we saw in hong kona. . ~' ,, lean more into it as we saw in hong kona. ., ~ i. ., lean more into it as we saw in hong kona. ., ~ ,, ., i. for all the latest analysis on this developing story, just visit our website, bbc.co.uk/news.

three people have been arrested after the bodies of two babies were found at a home in bridgend, in south wales. two men and a woman are being questioned on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child. 0ur correspondent mark hutchings gave us this update from bridgend. as you can see behind me, there remains a police presence here outside this house where the grim discovery was made at around about 8pm on saturday night. what we do know is that three people are being questioned, and they are the 29—year—old woman, a 37—year—old man and a 47—year—old man. south wales police say officers will remain visible in this area as they try to piece together exactly what happened, what were the events that led up to this discovery. we have spoken to local people here who have spoken of their shock. they say that the people in this house are not terribly well known to people in the community. we have had a comment from superintendent marc attwell of south wales police who says

this is a very distressing incident. and also the leader of bridgend council huw david has spoken about his shock and tragedy. he has appealed to people not to speculate, particularly on social media, about what might have happened here. clearly many details yet to emerge, but what we do know are those grim basic facts that police are now investigating, the discovery of the bodies of two babies. mark hutchings reporting from bridgend. an extra £1 billion will be used to insulate thousands of homes across england, scotland and wales. the government says a three—year programme, beginning next spring, will provide loft and cavity wall insulation, saving hundreds of pounds on household bills. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. when it comes to our homes, the uk is said to have the oldest and least energy efficient

housing in europe. much of it leaky old victorian terraces, built over 100 years ago. a legacy of the industrial revolution. there is already a government scheme to get energy firms to help improve the worst homes. called eco, it's been in place for almost a decade, and is open to those in social housing or who own their own homes or rent privately and are on some benefits. it's now being expanded with another £1 billion, but only starting in spring next year and eligibility extended to those in lower council tax bands. it's going to be open to everybody, regardless of whether you live in private rented, or you own your own home. and it's designed to take measures to improve your home, if your energy certificate is a d or worse. and those measures could save you over 300 quid a year. fuel poverty campaigners say more should be done now for the most vulnerable. we believe government focus should be on the worst first, helping people in the greatest risk and greatestjeopardy, more of this money should be going to help them. if you are eligible,

your energy firm will do a survey and pay for the improvements, usually low—cost insulation or upgrades to your heating. the average cost about £1,500 per home, it could cut your energy bill by a few hundred pounds a year. labour have described it as a reheated announcement with no new resources. and campaigners say to really change things will cost billions more. if we are still exposed to the kind of pressures we have seen leading into this energy crisis, and we worked to expose in terms of decisions government had made going into them, we will not get to the position we need to be, because we cannot be repeating the kind of pressures people have been under this winter, going into next year. we've got to see a bit more ambition. a lot more ambition, actually, from the government to make sure we are not in this position again. this winter, the government is now planning to spend £18 million on more public information about how to reduce energy usage,

including advice to turn down the temperature of your boiler, turn off radiators when you're not using a room, and seal drafts from windows and doors. but many worry that the biggest concern should be for those who won't be able to heat their homes at all. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs �*super—cartel�* responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. the european union's police agency said it had made nearly 50 arrests in spain, france, belgium and the netherlands. it says six high—value targets were detained in dubai. europol says the scale of the cartel�*s cocaine business in europe was massive — with the substance sourced mainly from south america. 0ur correspondent anna holligan has more. the scale of this international take—down is a reflection of how sophisticated these criminal networks or super cartels have become. the main suspects when using a encrypted communication devices to organise the shipments, mostly from south america,

in through the ports of antwerp in belgium and rotterdam, here in the netherlands, flooding the continent with cocaine. as well as the arrests in europe, six high—value targets were detained in dubai. this is part of a new arrangement between europol and the united arab emirates which europol hopes will send a message far and wide that places like dubai can no longer be considered safe havens by those who have traditionally viewed dubai as such. two—year long operation, 30 tonnes worth of cocaine seized. anna holligan reporting from the netherlands. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after two teenagers were fatally stabbed just a mile apart, in south—east london. the boys, who are also 16, died on saturday evening, following the two separate

incidents in greenwich. the police say the attacks are linked. at the football world cup in qatar, there's been a been dramatic 3—3 between serbia and cameroon. right now south korea are playing ghana. for more on all the day's action my colleague lucy hockings is in doha. but of course, here in england and wales fans are the ones who are really looking forward to what happens in their match in the group stage, very much hoping that one of them or other will manage to get through to the final 16. it is looking fantastic for them over the past couple of days because we saw that great win from morocco yesterday, cameroon with a sensational victory a few hours ago, and right now i can tell you that ghana are up against south korea,

they are 2—0 up in the match so far, south korea had had a lot more possession so far and more attempts at goal but it is ghana who have been converting their chances successfully. and let's just take you back to this morning where, what a match, people are already saying one of the matches of the tournament so far, with cameroon up in action against serbia. cameroon first to get on the scoresheet but they gave serbia a bit of a kick with the goal and there was this breathless end with two goals for serbia. but from that point on the game started to shift. people thought the game was done at 3—1 and then there was a remarkable six minute period where cameroon came back scoring two goals in the 63rd and 66th minute. the

team was ecstatic, the crowd was ecstatic, and our bbc africa colleague was hugely excited jumping up—and—down and he told me just what this means for cameroon. what up-and-down and he told me 'ust what this means for cameroon._ this means for cameroon. what an extraordinary _ this means for cameroon. what an extraordinary game, _ this means for cameroon. what an extraordinary game, what - this means for cameroon. what an extraordinary game, what an - extraordinary game, what an extraordinary game, what an extraordinary result, at least for cameroon, who seemed to be losing the game, they were 1—0 upjust before half—time and slightly before half—time they went 2—1 down. after half—time, after the break serbia scored the third goal, and at that point everyone thought it was done and dusted. and then the manager who is a legend thought about it and made a substitute and brought in a superstar who helped the team in the cup of nations, the last two cup of nations, he got in, scored one, created one and the game was such a thriller. when i first saw the game

between ghana and portugal the other day i thought it is quite a storied game, it ended in a 3—2 loss to ghana, it was a good game but this one topped it. ghana, it was a good game but this one topped it— ghana, it was a good game but this one topped it. what kind of reaction are we seeing _ one topped it. what kind of reaction are we seeing from _ one topped it. what kind of reaction are we seeing from cameroon - one topped it. what kind of reaction are we seeing from cameroon so . one topped it. what kind of reaction i are we seeing from cameroon so far? brilliant. not in cameroon alone, it is across the continent, the indomitable lions are seen as a big football injoint indomitable lions are seen as a big football in joint command they were not expected to be where they are at this point. there were so many expectations but i can see that the whole of cameroon erupted in cheers. so let's look at the rest of the day, and we are keeping a close eye on south korea and ghana which is under way. on south korea and ghana which is underway. ghana on south korea and ghana which is under way. ghana were 2—0 up at half—time but i can tell you south korea havejust half—time but i can tell you south korea have just scored half—time but i can tell you south korea havejust scored in half—time but i can tell you south korea have just scored in the half—time but i can tell you south korea havejust scored in the past few minutes or so. staging a bit of a comeback, the south koreans, the fans looking very happy and optimistic in the stadium. later in the day we will see the favourites brazil take on switzerland in group

g, and the last match of the day is portugal versus uruguay in group h. ronaldo hugely popular here in qatar, lots of kids wearing the rinaldo shirt, lots of people follow portugal because of ronaldo. he was the first man to score in five world cup matches with his penalty in the last match, so he will captain portugal again this evening and that is another want to keep a close eye on. but the score right now from qatar is south korea one—two ghana. we are midway through the second half. that's it from doha, back to you in london. lucy, thank you very much. a huge landslide on the italian island of ischia, is now known to have killed at least 14 people, according to the regional governor. several others are missing, after homes were buried under tonnes of mud over the weekend. more than 100 firefighters, as well as divers and earth—moving units, are now on the island, trying to clear the streets. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is there. out of tragedy comes solidarity too.

from islanders doing their bit to clean, restore, help their ischia emerge from the mud. it was in part a disaster waiting to happen, with half the homes here illegally built, unable to withstand it. but for now, the needs or too great to look back. translation: we must show our spirit. - it's a catastrophe that has hit the island and our hearts. we know to show that beyond that disaster we know there have been errors in the past, of course, but we want to be part of the future. it was before dawn on saturday that after torrential rain the earth began to slide, pouring mud and debris down the hill, engulfing what lay in its path. today, the clean—up went on, slowly lifting what was hurled down here in seconds, the force of the mudslide devastating to see. far above the sea front is where the onslaught began, on santa barbara street lives are in ruins, houses caked in mountains of mud.

everybody here was either hit or knows those who work. or knows those who were. new victims are taken away as the number of dead continues to grow. beneath the mud are homes, cars but also bodies. we just met an elderly gentleman who had discovered that his grandchild had been buried by the landslide here. he was too emotional to talk. well beyond the clean—up, this is a community that will take so long to recover. this man does what he can to help clear his uncle's home, deluged by the rivers of mud. we are scared because we are living under this mountain that can go down at any moment. we are scared, and we are very sorry for the people who lost their lives. do you know people on this street? most of them, most of them. it is a small city and we know everybody. it is like a small family all around this place.

there is little more they can do now than to wait as the search and rescue operation goes on, scouring the island for those still missing. climate change and extreme weather have collided with ischia's corrupt construction. for this stricken island, it has been a calamitous mix. mark lowen, bbc news, ischia. back now to our main story, protests in china about the ongoing covid lockdowns. the country's zero—covid strategy means there has been almost three years of restrictions, and while this has kept rates low, it also means the country is more at risk from new variants than other countries. let's speak to professor christina pagel from university college london. she has been modelling the spead of covid since the start of pandemic outbreaks and is also a member of independent sage group. thank you forjoining us. tell us

your assessment of how bad the covid situation is in china at the moment. it is not terrible right now, their infection rates are still below our infection rates are still below our infection rates. the problem is they are in a tricky situation because only about two thirds of their oldest people are vaccinated. that means that they have a big risk if they let it go with very few previous infections and not enough vaccination in that age group that they could have devastating numbers of deaths like hong kong did earlier this year when 0micron hit there. so what they really need to do is to use the time that they can to try and boost as many of them more vulnerable people as they can now and also think about, can they bring in anti—viral treatments that can help if people get it? who; in anti-viral treatments that can help if people get it?— in anti-viral treatments that can help if people get it? why have they been so slow — help if people get it? why have they been so slow off _ help if people get it? why have they been so slow off the _ help if people get it? why have they been so slow off the mark _ help if people get it? why have they been so slow off the mark with - help if people get it? why have they been so slow off the mark with theirj been so slow off the mark with their vaccine programme? timer;r been so slow off the mark with their vaccine programme?— been so slow off the mark with their vaccine programme? they haven't been slow off the mark. _ vaccine programme? they haven't been slow off the mark. they _ vaccine programme? they haven't been slow off the mark. they vaccinated - slow off the mark. they vaccinated about 90% of the people by the beginning of this year. the problem

is that they have much more vaccine hesitancy in the older population and also prioritised working age adults first. so unlike japan where you have 98% of over 80s vaccinated you have 98% of over 80s vaccinated you only have 60—65% of over 80s vaccinated in china. i don't know why they haven't prioritised this year, and they should have come now they are in a bind, but unfortunately if they let it go now there will be hundreds of thousands of deaths. ., ' . ., of deaths. how effective are the vaccines they — of deaths. how effective are the vaccines they are _ of deaths. how effective are the vaccines they are using? - of deaths. how effective are the vaccines they are using? they . of deaths. how effective are the i vaccines they are using? they are effective. vaccines they are using? they are effective- their — vaccines they are using? they are effective. they are _ vaccines they are using? they are effective. they are not _ vaccines they are using? they are effective. they are not as - vaccines they are using? they are | effective. they are not as effective as the mrna vaccines like pfizer and madonna. the study i saw recently said they are about 60% effective against severe outcomes so they certainly work to some extent but don't work as well as some of the other vaccines. china has developed its own mrna vaccines and they released some promising results this summer but i don't know yet how well they are rolling them out. iiiruilien summer but i don't know yet how well they are rolling them out.— they are rolling them out. when we look at the —

they are rolling them out. when we look at the measures _ they are rolling them out. when we look at the measures being - they are rolling them out. when we look at the measures being taken l they are rolling them out. when we| look at the measures being taken to control the outbreaks of covid, it looks extraordinarily draconian to us what is your view of how the chinese authorities are dealing with it? i chinese authorities are dealing with it? ., , ., ., ., ., ., it? i mean, it is an authoritarian reaime it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and _ it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and i — it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and i guess _ it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and i guess that - it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and i guess that meansl it? i mean, it is an authoritarian i regime and i guess that means you can deal with things differently. i think in the intro to the section you said they have been living under harsh restrictions for three years, i don't think that's a fair assessment, for most of the last three years people in china have been living in normal lives for the most part. what they have had is very strict entrance requirements which have stopped covid getting in, and what they have done is if it has got in that they have had quick, shortish lockdowns, so if you we have had and lasting less long. their lockdowns are much stricter than what we have had. and i certainly don't condone some of the authoritarian measures they are using. but i think at the moment

somehow they have to control the outbreak because letting it go would be devastating. but outbreak because letting it go would be devastating.— be devastating. but if they got on to of be devastating. but if they got on top of their _ be devastating. but if they got on top of their vaccine _ be devastating. but if they got on top of their vaccine programme, l be devastating. but if they got on - top of their vaccine programme, then it should follow that such strict measures wouldn't be required. yes but the measures wouldn't be required. iezs but they haven't got on top of measures wouldn't be required. iiezs but they haven't got on top of it yet. but they haven't got on top of it et. ., �* , but they haven't got on top of it et. . �* , , , ., , but they haven't got on top of it et. _., , ., yet. that's my point, if they get on to of yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one — yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one they _ yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one they can _ yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one they can reduce - yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one they can reduce the - top of one they can reduce the other. , , . ., , , other. yes, they can but they haven't- _ other. yes, they can but they haven't. and _ other. yes, they can but they haven't. and so _ other. yes, they can but they haven't. and so at _ other. yes, they can but they haven't. and so at the - other. yes, they can but they l haven't. and so at the moment other. yes, they can but they - haven't. and so at the moment they haven't. and so at the moment they have to do something. you can't vaccinate millions of people overnight, so somehow they are going to have to stop this spreading rapidly now and over the next three orfour rapidly now and over the next three or four months rapidly now and over the next three orfour months while rapidly now and over the next three or four months while they try and boost. hong kong, for instance, when it had its devastating wave in february, they have had a massive acceleration in their boosters over the last four months and now their death rates have come way down because of it so china has to do something like that. but what it means at the moment somehow they have to control it. i don't necessarily think the way they are doing it now is advisable but i'm not a chinese policy expert and i'm reluctant to kind of get into that

space. reluctant to kind of get into that sace. ., ,,., reluctant to kind of get into that sace. ., , ., ., space. professor christina pagel from ucl, _ space. professor christina pagel from ucl, thank _ space. professor christina pagel from ucl, thank you _ space. professor christina pagel from ucl, thank you for - space. professor christina pagel from ucl, thank you for your . space. professor christina pagel. from ucl, thank you for your time this afternoon. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. after what's been a very wet, unsettled month, we start to see some changes for the last few days of november. and certainly as we head into the early part of december, things are looking a lot drier and colder with the return of some frost and also some fog in places. now for the rest of this evening, it looks like most of the showers will fade away from the south—west of the country overnight. clear skies across central, northern and western areas means we could see a frost in places. a bit more cloud, though, i think, and fog developing through central and eastern areas. but it means some areas could start really quite foggy through tuesday morning. there'll be some frost around as well. so a cold and foggy start for some of us with limited brightness. however, there will be some sunshine around throughout the day on tuesday and most of this fog will lift into low cloud, though it could linger in some places where it will remain quite chilly all day. i think temperatures for most of us

in single digits tomorrow afternoon, the exception across the far south—east where we could see around ten celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered, at a house in south wales. households could be paid to help avoid possible power cuts tomorrow —— supplies will be tight, in part because of problems in the french energy grid. and england and wales players train ahead of tomorrow's world cup match in qatar.

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. straight to the world cup in qatar where it's the final day of the second round of group matches — with group h in action right now with south korea taking on ghana. ghana need to avoid defeat to continue in the tournament — and had been leading 2—0. mohammed kudus with the seocnd to make it 2—0 at half time. but south korea have fought back since the break. cho gue—sung scoring twice to put themselves back in this game, including this thumping header — two in the space of three minutes. however, in the last few minutes ghana have got another to make it 3-2 ghana have got another to make it 3—2 going into the closing stages of this game. into the fnial 20 minutes of this one. you can follow this live on bbc one and on the iplayer.

coming up later this afternoon — brazil will aim to make it two wins from two and qualify for the knockout stages — when they face switzerland — who are also aiming to make it back to back wins. that match kicks off at 4pm. in the other game in that group — cameroon drew 3—3 with serbia in a thrilling match. serbia were in control — leading 2—1 at half time. they added a third after the break but cameroon staged a fight back — thanks to vincent aboubakar�*s outrageous lob to make it 2—2. before eric maxim choupo—moting's equaliser three minutes later. that result leaves both sides two points adrift of brazil and switzerland, who meet later. and tonight — portugal can qualify for the last 16 — if they make it two wins from two when they face uruguay tonight. uruguay are still looking for their first win of the tournament after drawing their opening match against south korea. tomorrow — it's all eyes on a crucial night for england

and wales as they meet in their final group match. england go into the match after a disappointing draw with the usa — but they remain top of the group. manager gareth southgate says they're in a strong position. top of the group, good position to qualify, with an opportunity to top the group if we can win ourfinal game. that is good. in terms of performance two different sorts of opponents who have posed different challenges. across the two games we have managed to attack well and defend well but not necessarily done that in combination across the 90 minute period so we are always looking to improve performance. we have to try to piece those two parts of our game together. it's not as positive for wales — who find themselves bottom of the group. they aren't out of the tournament yet, but they must beat england to stand any chance of qualifying and also need some help

in the groups other match in which iran play the united states. ryder cup hopeful seamus power has been named in the great britain and ireland team to face a continental europe side in next year's hero cup in abu dhabi. the irishman currently leads the pga tour's fedex cup standings after a win and two top—five finishes in his first three events of the season. he has been selected along with 17 other players by ryder cup captain luke donald for the new event. the hero cup has been introduced to give more players more experience of a matchplay team tournament with an eye on the ryder cup, which is staged biennially. england captain ben stokes announced that he will be donating his match fees from the three—match test series against pakistan to the flood appeal in the country. ahead of the historic test beginning on thursday, in a tweet stokes said...

that is all the sport for now. let's get more now on our top story — and the chinese authorities have begun cracking down on anti—government protests which have spread to cities across the country. a number of people have been arrested in shanghai. some were detained for stopping to take photographs, and barriers have been put up along a main road in the city. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people who died in an apartment fire last week. some people blame draconian covid restrictions for hampering rescue teams. earlier i spoke to steven lynch, who's managing director of the british chamber of commerce in china, and is based in beijing. i began by asking him what evidence he'd seen of the protests. in my 12 years i have never seen

these levels of social unrest. the extraordinary levels of unrest are because of covid fatigue. there zero covid policy. the rest of the world is learning to live with the virus, yet we are seeing images of the world cup where every country is coming together and what is happening here in china, back into mass lockdowns, harsh, in some major cities. unfortunately it does not seem like there is any exit strategy, and people are waiting for normal life to come back. people are fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years of what ifs. we are looking forward to next year. people still do not

know what might happen. i am sitting here in beijing and i do not know what could happen to me tomorrow, i could be off to a quarantine centre after inadvertently contracting covid, the whole building could be shut down if someone was in contact. this is why we have seen these unparalleled issues facing the country right now. 25,000 new covid cases a day per average, and only about half of people aged 80 and over have received their first vaccination, the threat is still there, but how conscious are people inside china of how much the rest of the world has moved on in how it deals with coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts of 2021, china got it right for this country when it comes to covid, and did a good job in handling it, clear and consistent messaging. i think three years later we simply cannot say that is the case. having no covid in a country this size we know is almost impossible. what we saw come out of the 20th party congress, is that is the policy they are following, the dynamic zero covid.

but in the rest of the world and in the uk we had a vaccination programme and road map. china is following mass testing, mass lockdowns, this has been the case for three years and no end in sight for what is coming next year. this is where the concerns of so many ordinary chinese and foreign nationals is. one thing i can say is factually this is the worst sentiment that there has ever been for british businesses here in china. anecdotally speaking to foreign nationals and chinese nationals, they are feeling the same, they are scared, worried, simply fed up with not having normal life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, how far do some people feel they are able to go, such is the extent of their discontent? of course, this is unprecedented, the civil unrest has never, i have never seen anything like this. i think it is two sides, political

demonstrations, but i think the bulk of people demonstrating, they want an end or a road map to some level of normalisation when it comes to zero covid or covid within this country. i cannot stress, if there is one case in a city, the whole city could be locked down and that has happened for the last three years. people are just so worried, when will the end come? we don't have any communication around an exit strategy and that is what people are calling for. there are some political demonstrations, we have seen some of the images in the videos you have played, but the bulk of people are generally demonstrating for the end of covid or some sort of road map. stephen lynch from the british centre of commerce in china, there. ukraine's state electricity grid operator says emergency shutdowns are taking place across the country, after a rapid increase in power shortages. the cause is said to be technical issues in the network — following last week's russian missile strikes — combined with a surge

in demand this morning amid "deteriorating" weather. earlier our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker, explained what conditions were like there. last night, president zelensky said that in most regions they were now at a point where it was only planned outages, scheduled power cuts, essentially to try and stabilise the network. that's after millions of people lost power following wednesday's missile strikes. but this morning, we've had an update from ukraine's power grid operator. and what they're saying is actually some further emergency outages are having to take place. that's because we're told there have been some technical issues arising. of course, there's been extremely extensive damage to ukraine's energy infrastructure. they have been working to repair it. but those issues, matched with a surge in demand on monday morning, has led to a widening of the gap between the amount of electricity being produced and the amount that is being demanded by consumers in ukraine. so further outages today for people.

and of course, as you can see, pretty cold weather here, hovering around zero, minus one, but set to get colder over the coming week, reaching around minus seven according to the forecasts on wednesday night. what are people doing to cope with this? well, a number of things. it's not rare to see people walking around having bought big bottles of water in case their water supplies get cut off, as happened to many people last week. there are also these points of refuge that are being set up by the ukrainian government and beyond as well, where people can go for some warmth, to charge their phones so they can get in touch with friends or family. check that they're 0k. one woman we spoke to, she went there because she was due, nine months pregnant and she wanted to be sure that she could call an ambulancejust in case she needed to. so people being affected in lots of different ways by these ongoing issues. president zelensky in his overnight address also saying, though, that people should be prepared

for further russian missile strikes. the british government is hosting an international conference on preventing sexual violence during conflict. survivors and senior officials from around seventy countries are in london for the two—day gathering. the foreign secretary james cleverly is set to announce a new strategy to tackle the problem. 0ur chief international correspondent lyce doucet has been speaking to him and shejoins me now. here in london, senior level ministers and representatives from about 50 countries have gathered here along with about more than 50 survivors of sexual abuse in conflict to discuss how to properly deal with this issue. some of our viewers may remember that a decade ago it was the then foreign secretary william hague working with angelina jolie to launch this initiative about preventing sexual violence in conflict. it was painful to listen to the survivors today,

including the advocate angelina jolie saying, so little has been done over the past decade. britain didn't give it the focus it had initially done at the start, so when i sat down with james cleverly i asked what he would do to reassure the survivors of sexual violence in conflict that britain would stay the course this time. the conversations we have in public, they echo what we say in private, the conversations we have in private. the recognition that this is a problem that has not gone away is absolutely key. the recognition, though, that there is a way of eradicating this... is there a way when conflicts seem to get ever worse? we have seen for example in colombia... a peace deal signed. there has. but look at what is happening in ukraine, democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, it gets worse. the peace deal shows a recognition,

proactivity, training and education can reduce the incidence of sexual violence in conflicts, hasn't eradicated but it has reduced it. so, this is not inevitable. we must never allow ourselves to believe this is inevitable. james cleverly, and of course britain is hoping to work with international organisations and others who believe that this issue has to be front and centre. at the conference centre just behind me, it was the first lady of ukraine who just spoke and she mentioned how important it was to make survivors feel safe in orderfor them to give testimony, and in her case it is the russian war in ukraine. shocking levels of abuse reported. one of the issues britain is now responsible for, a criminal court set up,

virtual rooms where survivors can give their testimony in safety to get notjust support for them, counselling, trauma support, but alsojustice. lyce doucet reporting. here in the uk, the engineering giant rolls royce has completed what it describes as the world's first tests of a modern aircraft engine running on hydrogen. enabling aircraft to fly on hydrogen — which does not produce carbon emissions when burned — is widely seen as a vital and potentially revolutionary step in making the industry more climate friendly. 0ur correspondent theo leggett went down to the test site to take a look. preparing an aircraft engine for a vital series of tests. in the aviation industry, it could be a landmark moment, because this engine is being powered by hydrogen instead of the more normalfuel, kerosene. for this one, it's fed by hydrogen, and the only bit that we've changed is the fuel injectors there. the rest of it is the same. it's all part of the drive to make huge cuts in carbon emissions. were going to improve the efficiency of engines, which will use less fuel

and therefore produce less c02. we're also going to substitute today's kerosene with sustainable aviation fuel which, again, a significant reduction in co2. but the advantage of hydrogen is that you can burn it without producing any c02 at all. it's no hydrocarbons and so all you produce is water vapour. this is a normal aircraft engine. it's barely been modified. the interesting stuff, really, is what's going on over here where the supply of hydrogen comes in, and what the engineers are trying to do here is see how a known quantity like this engine responds to a new type of fuel, and that's the tricky part. the engine itself is being tested by rolls—royce, but the project's being supported and part—funded by easyjet, which believes hydrogen power is a major part of its future. the cost of carbon is only going in one direction — it's going up, whether it's through regulation and taxation, whether it's the price of fuel, as we've even see more recently so, you know, this is an investment that's notjust doing the right thing for the planet but, actually, from a business perspective,

makes a lot of sense as well. the hydrogen being used in the tests is obtained from water using electricity provided by wind and wave power here in the orkney islands. but supplies of this green hydrogen are very limited. most hydrogen used in industry today is produced from fossil fuels in a process that uses lots of energy and creates emissions. green campaigners say generating enough clean fuel could be a major problem. a lot of industries are saying, "we can use hydrogen — "we need hydrogen." you hear it for cars, for trucks, for ships, for planes, for home heating, for chemicals, for agriculture. at the moment, the uk effectively produces zero green hydrogen but to fulfil all of the needs that everyone wants is absolutely impossible. making planes fly on hydrogen power is going to be challenging. it'll require new aircraft designs and new infrastructure, as well as plentiful supplies of clean fuel. these tests, then, arejust

a small first step, but they could herald one of the biggest changes the aviation industry has ever seen. theo leggett, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered, at a house in south wales. households could be paid to help avoid possible power cuts tomorrow — supplies will be tight, in part because of problems in the french energy grid. business leaders in the north west of england are warning rail services could descend into chaos injanuary — unless the government takes action. members of the northern powerhouse partnership are asking the transport secretary to intervene, following a long period of disruption caused by strikes and cancellations. the government agrees the current situation is unacceptable.

yunus mulla reports. there has been wide spread disruption on the railways this year. and it could get worse in the new year~ _ and it could get worse in the new year. �* . ., ., , year. and it could get worse in the new year- — business leaders from across the north of england say that's having a negative impact on the economy. they're calling for the transport secretary to act to prevent things getting worse. if many of those who worked in the department of transport down in london had to use these trains, then it would have got sorted a long time ago. it's not good enough that those in the north of england are getting a second—class service. we need the investment in the long term in better connectivity, better infrastructure, but in the short term we just need to make the trains we've already got actually work. new timetables, cancellations and overcrowding have all had an impact, but the business group says there is a failure to agree new overtime working arrangements at some operators including trans—pennine. it wants the government

to open the way for new working arrangements. you have got to unlock their ability to negotiate with out so many restrictions, without the handcuffs are placed upon them. at the moment, the government is saying you cannot talk about money at all until you've agreed to a whole change of working practices. the government has said... trans—pennine has apologised for the disruption and says work has continued to address the impact of sickness and a shortness of drivers. later this week, metro mayors have arranged to meet the man to help avoid what could be impending chaos in the following weeks.

campaigners have renewed calls for the government to deliver its £50 million spending pledge to fund research into motor neurone disease. it comes after the death this weekend of former scotland international rugby player doddie weir. he was diagnosed with the condition in 2016, and was a leading fundraiser for mnd charities. greg mckenzie reports. doddie weir has been described as an international force of nature. a six foot six inch tall sportsman who was just as brave off the field as he was on it. he had won 61 caps for his country. weir has scored! the former scotland international was diagnosed with motor neurone disease six years ago, during which time he had dedicated his life to raising awareness of the muscle wasting condition. becoming one of the world's leading mnd campaigners. we need help because at the moment there is no cure, it's a terminal illness. doddie weir's campaigning won him both awards and huge affection, establishing the my name's doddie foundation. he was also part of the successful

campaign to get the uk government to invest £50 million in targeted mnd research. following doddie's death, friends and fellow mnd campaigner rob burrow has criticised the government, calling for their promise to be delivered. he tweeted. .. 0ther campaigners also say the money has been too slow to materialise. his passing has galvanised the whole of the mnd community. and we're more determined than ever to deliver on doddie's legacy, a world free from mnd. in a statement, a department of health and social care spokesperson said... but some experts say the process of obtaining funding

needs to be simplified. i do honestly believe that there is a desire within government to get the money to us. but i don't think quite yet we have found the mechanism in the way that that can happen. while tributes to doddie continue to flood social media, work to find a cure for mnd will continue. campaigners, professors and charities are due to come together tomorrow for a key meeting to discuss their plans. greg mckenzie, bbc news. it's been described as an archeological "treasure trove," roman mosaics and buildings discovered under a farmers field in rutland in the east midlands. the remarkable find was made during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but archeologists have uncovered more and more artefacts ever since. the exact location is being kept secret, but phil mackie was given exclusive access. after a millennium and a half, a roman home has emerged from the soil.

this is part of the rutland villa complex, first discovered by the landowner�*s son two years ago. last year, they started digging and found this amazing mosaic depicting a scene from homer's iliad. nothing like it had ever been found in britain before. they also used ground penetrating radar to survey the entire field and saw many more buildings. it's divided into three rooms, and each room would have had its own temperature. so, this room was what is known as the caldarium. this summer, archaeologists returned and uncovered much, much more. just gobsmacked, really. i mean, this, this is not the sort of. . .survival of archaeology that we expect in a rural situation. this is a complete one—off, really, ithink. you know, just by finding the mosaic as we did a couple of years ago — it's amazing. so, this is one of the buildings that is part of a much

larger villa complex. this is the living room here. that is the fireplace, and you can still see the charred remains of a fire that must have been lit 1600, 1700 years ago. but what this site does is it gives a much greater insight into life at a period about which we know very little and will give a greater understanding of what life was like in roman britain. the field is literally filled with roman rubble — roof tiles, pottery and masonry — and they found another mosaic with an intricate pattern, a way for the family who owned it to show off their wealth. it's amazing. it sort of makes up for all the muddy ditches that i've spent a lot of my time in. just being able to work on something like this, it kind of brings you a lot closer to the people that were living here, really. you know, and you're sort of experiencing the same kind of things that they would have been looking at every day. so it really does bring it to life for you. they think the site's possibly 100

years older than previously thought, although the mosaics were added much later, in the fifth century. a last blast of roman britain. phil mackie, bbc news, rutland. the singer, dua lipa, has received albanian citizenship in a ceremony hosted by the president in tirana. the singer was born in london, but her roots go back to kosovo. wendy urquhart reports. # i got you, moonlight. you're my starlight... # dua lipa is famous all over the world, and her disco—pop songs have won her a clutch of awards, including three grammys, two mtv europe awards, and six brit awards. her family are kosovan—albanians who fled to london in the 1990s and returned briefly in 2008 — but dua lipa has never forgotten her roots. on sunday, she was welcomed to tirana by the president, bajram begaj, who presented her with albanian citizenship and said she had made

her country proud. translation: it is a special pleasure today in the - presidency to welcome the greatest artist, dua lipa, and herfamily. i say a great artist — a simple girl whose fame is known all over the world. she has given us the greatest pride. # i wanna stay at home cos i was doing better alone... dua lipa grew up listening to david bowie, bob dylan, radiohead and the police — mainly thanks to her dad, who's also a singer—songwriter. and she was inspired by madonna, gwen stefani, and blondie. but getting her albanian citizenship was clearly a precious moment for the singer. translation: it is a great | honour for me and my family to have an opportunity to represent my country and people. this girl is no wallflower — she has frequently spoken out against sexism in the music industry, and is an avid supporter of the lgbtq community. # midnight conversations... # dua lipa has clearly

found her potion for success — she's topped the charts all over the world, modelled for several top fashion companies, featured on the cover of numerous magazines, and even designed her own clothes. now, she's officially albanian, too. wendy urquhart, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. after what's been a very wet, unsettled month, we start to see some changes for the last few days of november. and certainly as we head into early part of december, things are looking a lot drier and colder with the return of some frost and also some fog in places. now for the rest of this evening, it looks like most of the showers will fade away from the south west of the country overnight. clear skies across central, northern and western areas means we could see a frost in places. a bit more cloud, though, i think, and fog developing through central and eastern areas. but it means some areas could start really quite foggy through tuesday morning. there'll be some frost around as well. so a cold and foggy start for some

of us with limited brightness. however, there will be some sunshine around throughout the day on a tuesday and most of this fog will lift into low cloud, though it could linger in some places where it will remain quite chilly all day. i think temperatures for most of us in single digits tomorrow afternoon, the exception across the far south—east where we could see around ten celsius.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines: mass detentions in china at protests over strycova covid lockdown spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. this are an unprecedented challenge to president xi jinping._ president xi jinping. this is a sort of militarised _ president xi jinping. this is a sort of militarised autocracy _ president xi jinping. this is a sort of militarised autocracy that - president xi jinping. this is a sort i of militarised autocracy that people are saying they don't want and my grave fear is that xi jinping will lean more into that as we saw in hong kong. lean more into that as we saw in hong kong-— lean more into that as we saw in hon: kona. , ., ., , hong kong. three people are arrested after the bodies _ hong kong. three people are arrested after the bodies of _ hong kong. three people are arrested after the bodies of two _ hong kong. three people are arrested after the bodies of two babies - hong kong. three people are arrested after the bodies of two babies are - after the bodies of two babies are discovered at a house in south wales. households could be paid to help avoid possible power cuts tomorrow. supplies will be tight in part because of problems in the french energy grid. england and wales players train ahead of tomorrow's world cup match in qatar.

good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. china's strict zero—covid policy is being challenged on an unprecedented scale, with a second night of protests in cities across the country. many demonstrators held up blank banners in protest at censorship, and some called for president xi jinping to step down. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people, in a fire at a block of flats last week. some are blaming covid restrictions for delaying the rescue effort. the blaze was in the city of urumqi in north—west china. mass protests there have now spread to cities, including chengdu and wuhan, nanjing, shanghai, and the capital, beijing, from where our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has the very latest; and a warning,

his report contains flash photography. the chinese capital became the latest city with a demonstration, calling for an end to the country's covid restrictions. the symbol of this movement has become white sheets of paper, with protesters holding them up to represent the way people are silenced here by official censorship. they are chanting, saying that strict lockdowns and compulsory testing should stop. but a dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the crisis is also spilling over into calls for press freedom and democracy. in the south—western city of chengdu, protesters blamed china's leader xi jinping personally, and criticised his lifetime leadership entitlement, and said their country does not need an emperor. this followed earlier calls in shanghai for xijinping to step

down, and for the communist party to give up power, at the site where protesters clashed with police barriers have gone up to stop gathering again. waves of anger have spread across china following an apartment block fire in xinjiang last week, which killed ten residents. people have blamed covid restrictions for hampering the access of firefighters and blocking escape routes. china's foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijian said foreign forces with ulterior motives had linked the fire 20 covid measures. but these protests unleashed discontent which has been not very far below the surface. a chant can quickly become a speech. this man said people wanted dignity, the rule of law, and added that he didn't want china's children to go on living in this era of horror. one of the problems in china is that nobody knows

when zero—covid will end. if the government has a plan, it's not told people what it is, and so the belief this could go on forever is causing a lot of consternation amongst the general public. zero—covid in china means trying to return each outbreak to zero infections, using strict stay—at—home orders, travel bans and mass testing. entire cities are sometimes officially locked down, or effectively closed, with businesses shut. yet even with the strict measures, covid—19 continues to spread. the country posted record new case numbers over the past five days in a row. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. earlier i spoke to conservative mp alicia kearns who is the chair of the foreign affairs select committee — she gave me her reaction to what is happening in china. i think it is incredibly serious.

there have been protests across china, particularly central china, for about the last year about these covid lockdowns and the zero—covid policy of xi jinping. but the change now is the introduction of political dissidents and the anger and outright calling for xijinping to be removed. we should recognise with dozens if not more cameras trained on the faces of every single chinese national brave enough to protest, these are amazing acts of bravery because they will be identified by police forces at some point. there is a huge amount of peril involved. the prime minister is making a foreign policy speech at mansion house tonight. what are you hoping that he will say in light of what we are seeing about china? so, rishi sunak promised when he became prime minister he would change china policy on day one. we haven't seen that as yet but i recognise he has had enormous economic priorities to look at at home so now is the time for him to set out his stall. what does it mean?

what is the pragmatism when it comes to china, which i agree has to be cautious pragmatism ? i'd like to see him set out that we will have a relationship where we engage with china but engagement means having those tough conversations. for example, drawing red lines, we don't want to see illegal police stations operating on british soil, the consul—general beating up those who seek refuge in our country, and we don't want to see our fantasticjournalists like ed beaten on the streets of china, that they have to recognise and respect human rights. what about anything he might feel able to say about the reaction to these protests and how the authorities in china are dealing with them? i think you can make clear britain has always been a strong voice forjournalists and also been a strong voice for the rights of those to protest. the rights of people to gather and make their voices known. the problem is that history in china shows a history of cracking down very strongly on protests and i'm worried about both the online and the on—street reactions we will likely see from the police in the coming days because this has now become about xi jinping's credibility and his ability to sustain order.

we know that for him order and his control is pivotal and all that really matters. in your view what is the approach that works with china? if you are too vocal and too heavy—handed, as beijing might see it, it could have a counter—productive effect. with china, my belief is you should compartmentalise, there are areas where we can coordinate with china and areas where we can cooperate with china, but thetr have to be very clear hard lines that we do not expect to see them cross and generally with the chinese they are good at negotiating, good at compartmentalising, but we do have to engage with them. we do also have to show respect to their history and culture. so it is not about insulting china but about working with them and making clear we will respond with strength where we see our interests to be under threat. what about the interests of ordinary people who are just demonstrating peacefully? absolutely. and we have seen the foreign secretary say everyone, even in china, has the right to protest. i have friends and loved ones living in china, i have checked in with them because i worry about them and i want to make

sure they feel safe. the facts are that chinese communist party shouldn't feel threatened by people standing up with a piece of blank white paper saying please listen to us, hear our voices. some people have been locked down for 100 days in flats and it is still police mandated covid tests every single day with police patrolling those test sites and it is a militarised autocracy people say they don't want and my fear is xijinping will lean more into it as we saw in hong kong. the bbc says it's extremely concerned about the treatment of one of its journalists, who was arrested while covering the protests in shanghai. camera journalist, ed lawrence, was beaten and kicked by police, before being held for several hours. chinese officials say he was detained, as a precaution in case he caught covid from demonstrators. the country's zero covid strategy means there has been almost three

years of restrictions, while this has kept rates low, it also means the country is more at risk from new variants than other countries. let's speak to our science correspondent james gallagher. give us your assessment of what we are seeing in terms of covid in china. ~ ., , are seeing in terms of covid in china. ~ . , ., , ., china. we are seeing china standing alone in comparison _ china. we are seeing china standing alone in comparison to _ china. we are seeing china standing alone in comparison to what - china. we are seeing china standing alone in comparison to what the - china. we are seeing china standing | alone in comparison to what the rest of the world has done. you saw places like europe, indeed in the uk, where covid was spreading from the beginning, it was a conscious decision not to go for a zero covid strategy, the idea was to use lockdowns to buy time to find vaccine coming on as the population, build up immunity and get back to normality. you saw other countries like australia and new zealand which did kind of shut down, they had that zero covid policy, sealed their borders and then vaccinated and opened up and you're kind of left with china is one of those countries thatis with china is one of those countries that is still using lockdowns to suppress the virus, it hasn't pivoted to vaccine immunity as others have. pivoted to vaccine immunity as others have-— pivoted to vaccine immunity as others have._ two - pivoted to vaccine immunity as - others have._ two problems, others have. why not? two problems, one is the vaccine _ others have. why not? two problems, one is the vaccine they _ others have. why not? two problems, one is the vaccine they are _ others have. why not? two problems, one is the vaccine they are using - others have. why not? two problems, one is the vaccine they are using on i one is the vaccine they are using on the other as they have not been able

to get it to enough people. you will hear chatter that the vaccines being used in china are useless, they are not useless, they are doing a good job but not as good as the mrna vaccines we have used here, things like pfizer and madonna jabs. they are not giving quite the same amount of protection as low as. what that means is if each individual vaccine doesn't give the same protection you have to vaccinate more people. the problem is you are seeing the opposite play out in china, particularly in those people most at risk, safe in the over 80s, you are seeing low levels of vaccination. with that as the picture, when it comes to vaccination, what would happen if they didn't keep up to what looks like quite draconian measures for dealing with people when they succumb to coronavirus? there would be a really big problem. there would be a really big problem. there were some attempts to estimate what would happen earlier this year if china was to abandon zero covid policy overnight, and that came up with figures of hospitals being overwhelmed, 15 times the capacity, 1.5 million people dying from covid

if they just completely let loose. so it kind of really poses this long—term challenge for china, is it continued reliance on zero covid kaman locking down, shutting down the virus whenever it pops up, or does it require a redoubled effort on vaccinating people who are most vulnerable on the whole population. the lesson from around the world is covid isn't going away, it is here to stay. china is1 billion out of covid isn't going away, it is here to stay. china is 1 billion out of 8 billion in the world and the virus is spreading in the other seven billion and will come into the country all the time. so covid is going to pose a challenge and these are long—term plans. going to pose a challenge and these are long-term plans.— are long-term plans. james, thank ou ve are long-term plans. james, thank you very much- _ three people have been arrested after the bodies of two babies were found at a home in bridgend, in south wales. two men and a woman are being questioned on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child. 0ur correspondent mark hutchings gave us this update from bridgend. as you can see behind me, there remains a police presence here outside this house where the grim discovery was made at around about 8pm on saturday night.

what we do know is that three people are being questioned, and they are the 29—year—old woman, a 37—year—old man and a 47—year—old man. south wales police say officers will remain visible in this area as they try to piece together exactly what happened, what were the events that led up to this discovery. we have spoken to local people here who have spoken of their shock. they say that the people in this house are not terribly well known to people in the community. we have had a comment from superintendent marc attwell of south wales police who says this is a very distressing incident. and also the leader of bridgend council huw david has spoken of his shock at a tragedy. he has appealed to people not to speculate, particularly on social media, about what might have happened here.

clearly many details yet to emerge, but what we do know are those grim basic facts that police are now investigating, the discovery of the bodies of two babies. mark hutchings reporting from bridgend. an extra £1 billion will be used to insulate thousands of homes across england, scotland and wales. the government says a three—year programme, beginning next spring, will provide loft and cavity wall insulation, saving hundreds of pounds on household bills. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. when it comes to our homes, the uk is said to have the oldest and least energy efficient housing in europe. much of it leaky old victorian terraces, built over 100 years ago. a legacy of the industrial revolution. there is already a government scheme to get energy firms to help improve the worst homes. called eco, it's been in place for almost a decade, and is open to those in social housing or who own their own homes or rent privately and are on some benefits. it's now being expanded with another £1 billion, but only starting in spring next year and eligibility extended to those in lower council tax bands.

it's going to be open to everybody, regardless of whether you live in private rented, or you own your own home. and it's designed to take measures to improve your home, if your energy certificate is a d or worse. and those measures could save you over 300 quid a year. fuel poverty campaigners say more should be done now for the most vulnerable. we believe government focus should be on the worst first, helping people in the greatest risk and greatestjeopardy, more of this money should be going to help them. if you are eligible, your energy firm will do a survey and pay for the improvements, usually low—cost insulation or upgrades to your heating. the average cost about £1,500 per home, it could cut your energy bill by a few hundred pounds a year. labour have described it as a reheated announcement with no new resources. and campaigners say to really change

things will cost billions more. if we are still exposed to the kind of pressures we have seen leading into this energy crisis, and we worked to expose in terms of decisions government had made going into them, we will not get to the position we need to be, because we cannot be repeating the kind of pressures people have been under this winter, going into next year. we've got to see a bit more ambition. a lot more ambition, actually, from the government to make sure we are not in this position again. this winter, the government is now planning to spend £18 million on more public information about how to reduce energy usage, including advice to turn down the temperature of your boiler, turn off radiators when you're not using a room, and seal drafts from windows and doors. but many worry that the biggest concern should be for those who won't be able to heat their homes at all. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.

it is1:15pm. it is 3:15pm. the headlines on bbc news: an unprecedented challenge of the demonstrations over zero covid to xi jinping. two babies have been found dead at a house in south wales. supplies of energy will be tight in part due to problems in the french energy grid tomorrow night. a huge landslide on the italian island of ischia, is now known to have killed at least 14 people, according to the regional governor. several others are missing, after homes were buried under tonnes of mud over the weekend. more than 100 firefighters, as well as divers and earthmoving units, are now on the island, trying to clear the streets. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is there. out of tragedy comes solidarity too. from islanders doing their bit to clean, restore, help their ischia emerge from the mud.

it was in part a disaster waiting to happen, with half the homes here illegally built, unable to withstand it. but for now, the needs or too great to look back. translation: we must show our spirit. - it's a catastrophe that has hit the island and our hearts. we know to show that beyond that disaster we know there have been errors in the past, of course, but we want to be part of the future. it was before dawn on saturday that after torrential rain the earth began to slide, pouring mud and debris down the hill, engulfing what lay in its path. today, the clean—up went on, slowly lifting what was hurled down here in seconds, the force of the mudslide devastating to see. far above the sea front is where the onslaught began, on santa barbara street lives are in ruins, houses caked in mountains of mud. everybody here was either hit

or knows those who work. or knows those who were. new victims are taken away as the number of dead continues to grow. beneath the mud are homes, cars but also bodies. we just met an elderly gentleman who had discovered that his grandchild had been buried by the landslide here. he was too emotional to talk. well beyond the clean—up, this is a community that will take so long to recover. this man does what he can to help clear his uncle's home, deluged by the rivers of mud. we are scared because we are living under this mountain that can go down at any moment. we are scared, and we are very sorry for the people who lost their lives. do you know people on this street? most of them, most of them. it is a small city and we know everybody. it is like a small family all around this place. there is little more they can do now than to wait as the search and rescue operation goes on, scouring the island for those still missing.

climate change and extreme weather have collided with ischia's corrupt construction. for this stricken island, it has been a calamitous mix. mark lowen, bbc news, ischia. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after two teenagers were fatally stabbed just a mile apart, in south—east london. the boys, who are also 16, died on saturday evening, following the two separate incidents in greenwich. the police say the attacks are linked. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs �*super—cartel�* responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. the european union's police agency said it had made nearly 50 arrests in spain, france, belgium and the netherlands. it says six high—value targets were detained in dubai. europol says the scale of the cartel�*s cocaine business in europe was huge — with the substance sourced mainly from south america. 0ur correspondent anna holligan has more.

the scale of this international take—down is a reflection of how sophisticated these criminal networks or super cartels have become. the main suspects were using specially encrypted communication devices to organise the shipments, mostly from south america, in through the ports of antwerp in belgium and rotterdam, here in the netherlands, flooding the continent with cocaine. as well as the arrests in europe, six high—value targets were detained in dubai. this is part of a new arrangement between europol and the united arab emirates which europol hopes will send a message far and wide that places like dubai can no longer be considered safe havens by those who have traditionally viewed dubai as such. two—year long operation, 30 tonnes worth of cocaine seized.

anna holligan reporting. it's been described as an archeological "treasure trove," roman mosaics and buildings, discovered under a farmers field in rutland in the east midlands. the remarkable find was made during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but archeologists have uncovered more and more artefacts ever since. the exact location is being kept secret, but phil mackie was given exclusive access. after a millennium and a half, a roman home has emerged from the soil. this is part of the rutland villa complex, first discovered by the landowner�*s son two years ago. last year, they started digging and found this amazing mosaic depicting a scene from homer's iliad. nothing like it had ever been found in britain before. they also used ground penetrating radar to survey the entire field and saw many more buildings. it's divided into three rooms, and each room would have had its own temperature. so, this room was what is known as the caldarium. this summer, archaeologists returned and uncovered much, much more. just gobsmacked, really.

i mean, this, this is not the sort of. . .survival of archaeology that we expect in a rural situation. this is a complete one—off, really, ithink. you know, just by finding the mosaic as we did a couple of years ago — it's amazing. so, this is one of the buildings that is part of a much larger villa complex. this is the living room here. that is the fireplace, and you can still see the charred remains of a fire that must have been lit1,600, 1,700 years ago. but what this site does is it gives a much greater insight into life at a period about which we know very little and will give a greater understanding of what life was like in roman britain. the field is literally filled with roman rubble — roof tiles, pottery and masonry — and they found another mosaic with an intricate pattern, a way for the family who owned it to show off their wealth.

it's amazing. it sort of makes up for all the muddy ditches that i've spent so it really does bring it to life for you. they think the site's possibly 100 years older than previously thought, although the mosaics were added much later, in the fifth century. a last blast of roman britain. phil mackie, bbc news, rutland. a full scale cast of what could be the largest animal ever to walk on land, is coming to the uk in the new year. the dinosaur known as patagotitan, will go on display at the natural history museum in london. measuring 115 feet from nose to tail, it could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes, more than five double decker buses.

it is always related to a double—decker bus! professor phil manning — the chair of natural history at the university of manchester — said this dinosaur is hugely important. this is at the moment the largest dinosaur in the world and at 37 metres it is absolutely vast. i have seen this skeleton whilst working in north america where it has been on display, so seeing it coming to the uk is fabulous. there are so many different species of dinosaur now. when i was a munchkin getting interested in dinosaurs, a great way to get into science, i learned maybe a dozen names. now there is over 1000 which you can work with. so if you go to a museum like the natural history museum in london you can come face—to—face with some of the most wonderful dinosaurs known and to come face—to—face with the largest and you get to see dp as well, that's one of the dinosaurs that also got me into science, so it is worth it.

that also got me into science, so it is worth it— that also got me into science, so it is worth it-_ is worth it. professor phil manning from the university _ is worth it. professor phil manning from the university of— is worth it. professor phil manning | from the university of manchester. rolls—royce has completed what it describes as the world's first test of a modern aircraft engine running on hydrogen enabling aircraft to fly in hydrogen not reducing carbon emissions when burned which is widely seen as a vital and potentially revolutionary step in making the industry more climate friendly. theo leggett went down to the test sites to take a look. preparing an aircraft engine for a vital series of tests. in the aviation industry, it could be a landmark moment, because this engine is being powered by hydrogen instead of the more normalfuel, kerosene. for this one, it's fed by hydrogen, and the only bit that we've changed is the fuel injectors there. the rest of it is the same. it's all part of a drive to make huge cuts in carbon emissions. we're going to improve the efficiency of engines, which will use less fuel and therefore produce less c02. we're also going to substitute today's kerosene with sustainable aviation fuel which, again, a significant reduction in co2. but the advantage of hydrogen is that you can burn it without producing any c02 at all. it's no hydrocarbons and so all

you produce is water vapour. this is a normal aircraft engine. it's barely been modified. the interesting stuff, really, is what's going on over here where the supply of hydrogen comes in, and what the engineers are trying to do here is see how a known quantity like this engine responds to a new type of fuel, and that's the tricky part. the engine itself is being tested by rolls—royce, but the project's being supported and part—funded by easyjet, which believes hydrogen power is a major part of its future. the cost of carbon is only going in one direction — it's going up, whether it's through regulation and taxation, whether it's the price of fuel, as we've even see more recently so, you know, this is an investment that's notjust doing the right thing for the planet but, actually, from a business perspective, makes a lot of sense as well. the hydrogen being used in the tests is obtained from water using electricity provided by wind and wave power here in the orkney islands. but supplies of this green

hydrogen are very limited. most hydrogen used in industry today is produced from fossil fuels in a process that uses lots of energy and creates emissions. green campaigners say generating enough clean fuel could be a major problem. a lot of industries are saying, "we can use hydrogen — "we need hydrogen." you hear it for cars, for trucks, for ships, for planes, for home heating, for chemicals, for agriculture. at the moment, the uk effectively produces zero green hydrogen but to fulfil all of the needs that everyone wants is absolutely impossible. making planes fly on hydrogen power is going to be challenging. it'll require new aircraft designs and new infrastructure, as well as plentiful supplies of clean fuel. these tests, then, arejust a small first step, but they could herald one of the biggest changes the aviation industry has ever seen. theo leggett, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. after what's been a very wet, unsettled month, we start to see some changes for the last few days of november. and certainly as we head into the early part of december, things are looking a lot drier and colder with the return of some frost and also some fog in places. now for the rest of this evening, it looks like most of the showers will fade away from the south—west of the country overnight. clear skies across central, northern and western areas means we could see a frost in places. a bit more cloud, though, i think, and fog developing through central and eastern areas. but it means some areas could start really quite foggy through tuesday morning. there'll be some frost around as well. so a cold and foggy start for some of us with limited brightness. however, there will be some sunshine around throughout the day on tuesday and most of this fog will lift into low cloud, though it could linger in some places where it will remain quite chilly all day. i think temperatures for most of us in single digits tomorrow afternoon, the exception across the far south—east where we could see around ten celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered, at a house in south wales. britain's national grid say they will not ask households to use less electricity on tuesday, after earlier publishing a notice saying it may use the blackout prevention scheme for the first time. and england and wales players train ahead of tomorrow's world cup match in qatar.

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's been a day of goals galore at the world cup today — with 11 scored in just two matches so far. in group h — portugal could book their place in the last 16 with a win over uruguay tonight — but the lowest ranked team in the competition ghana is second in that group after beating south korea. ghana needed a win to keep their hopes alive of progressing — and were comfortably leading 2—0 at half time. but south korea fought back — two goals — and two headers from cho gue—sung in the space of three minutes — made it 2—2. but ghana — who couldn't afford to lose — were back in front moments later. kudos with his second — cue wild celebrations — ghana still in the tournament. south korea sit bottom of the group — and must win their final match — against portugal.

so five goals in that game — six in the earliest game of the day — as cameroon produced a stunning comeback to draw 3—3 with serbia. cameroon did take an early lead — but serbia were in control at half time — leading 2—1 — with both goals coming in first half injury time. they added a third after the break but cameroon staged a fight back — thanks to vincent aboubakar�*s outrageous lob. before eric maxim choupo—moting's equaliser three minutes later. and the other game in that group begins shortly — as brazil take on switzerland. both teams won their opening match — and a win for either side would see them qualify for the last 16 with a game to spare. tomorrow — it's all eyes on a crucial night for england and wales as they meet in their final group match. england go into the match after a disappointing draw with the usa —

but they remain top of the group. a draw would guarantee england's place in the last 16 — while a win would mean they go through as group winners. it's not as positive for wales — who find themselves bottom of the group. they aren't out of the tournament yet, but they must beat england heavily to stand any chance of qualifying and also need iran and usa to draw in the groups other match. we have worked so hard to get into this position and my frustration and disappointment for the players is that we have shown nowhere near the levels of performance of what has got us to the world cup and that is what disappoints me. so we have picked them up and we have addressed it and we have got to draw a line under it, the last performance. we have to go and perform and give our supporters, irrespective of what happens in the other result and whether we go home or go through, we have to give a performance that our

supporters are proud of. the game of rugby union could be changing ahead of next year's world cup. a countdown �*shot clock�* time could be introduced on scrums, line—outs, and kicks at goal — to help speed up the game. other ideas include enhancing the in—stadium fan experience by broadcasting interactions between the referee and television match official. the proposals will be considered by world rugby over the coming weeks. england captain ben stokes announced that he will be donating his match fees from the three—match test series against pakistan to the flood appeal in the country. ahead of the historic test beginning on thursday, in a tweet stokes said... "the game has given me a lot in my life "and i feel its right for me to give something back that "goes beyond cricket." that is it for the sport for now.

let's get more now on our top story — and the chinese authorities have begun cracking down on anti—government protests which have spread to cities across the country. a number of people have been arrested in shanghai. some were detained for stopping to take photographs, and barriers have been put up along a main road in the city. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people who died in an apartment fire last week. some people blame draconian covid restrictions for hampering rescue teams. earlier i spoke to steven lynch — who's managing director of the british chamber of commerce in china, and is based in beijing. i began by asking him what evidence he'd seen of the protests. in my 12 years of being in china i have never seen these levels of social unrest take place. the extraordinary levels of unrest are quite shocking and this is all because of covid fatigue.

their dynamic zero covid policy. the rest of the world is learning to live with the virus. we are seeing images of the world cup where every country is coming together. and what is happening here in china? we're going back into mass lockdowns in some major cities. unfortunately it does not seem like there is any exit strategy, and people are waiting for normal life to come back. people are fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years of what ifs. we're looking forward to next year and people still do not know what might happen. i am sitting here in beijing and i do not know what could happen to me tomorrow, i could be off to a quarantine centre after inadvertently contracting covid. someone in the whole building could have covid and it could be shut down. this is why we have seen these unparalleled issues facing

the country right now. 25,000 new covid cases a day per average, and only about half of people aged 80 and over have received their first vaccination, so the threat is still there, but how conscious are people inside china of how much the rest of the world has moved on in how it deals with coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts of 2021, china got it right for this country when it comes to covid, and did a good job in handling it, with clear and consistent messaging. i think three years later we simply cannot say that is the case. having no covid in a country this size we know is almost impossible. what we saw come out of the 20th party congress, is that is the policy they are following, this dynamic zero covid. but in the rest of the world and in the uk we had a vaccination programme and a road map. china is following mass testing, mass lockdowns, this has been the case for three years and no end in sight for what is coming next year. this is where the concerns of so many ordinary chinese and foreign nationals is.

one thing i can say is, factually, this is the worst sentiment that there has ever been for british businesses here in china. anecdotally, speaking to foreign nationals and chinese nationals, they are feeling the same, they are scared, worried, simply fed up with not having normal life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, how far do some people feel they are able to go, such is the extent of their discontent? of course, this is unprecedented, the civil unrest has never...i have never seen anything like this. i think it is two sides — one is political demonstrations, but i think the bulk of people demonstrating, they want an end or a road map to some level of normalisation when it comes to zero covid or covid within this country. again, i cannot stress, if there is one case in a city, the whole city could be locked down and that has happened

for the last three years. people are just so worried, "when will the end come?" we don't have any communication around an exit strategy and that is what people are calling for. there are some political demonstrations, we have seen some of the images in the videos you have played, but the bulk of people are generally demonstrating for the end of covid or some sort of road map. stephen lynch from the british centre of commerce in china, there. ukraine's state electricity grid operator says emergency shutdowns are taking place across the country, after a rapid increase in power shortages. the cause is said to be technical issues in the network — following last week's russian missile strikes — combined with a surge in demand this morning amid "deteriorating" weather. earlier our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker, explained what conditions were like there. last night, president zelensky said that in most regions they were now at a point where it was only planned outages, scheduled power cuts, essentially to try and stabilise the network.

that's after millions of people lost power following wednesday's missile strikes. but this morning, we've had an update from ukraine's power grid operator. and what they're saying is actually some further emergency outages are having to take place. that's because we're told there have been some technical issues arising. of course, there's been extremely extensive damage to ukraine's energy infrastructure. they have been working to repair it. but those issues, matched with a surge in demand on monday morning, has led to a widening of the gap between the amount of electricity being produced and the amount that is being demanded by consumers in ukraine. so further outages today for people. and of course, as you can see, pretty cold weather here, hovering around zero, minus one, but set to get colder over the coming week, reaching around minus seven according to the forecasts on wednesday night. what are people doing to cope with this? well, a number of things.

it's not rare to see people walking around having bought big bottles of water in case their water supplies get cut off, as happened to many people last week. there are also these points of refuge that are being set up by the ukrainian government and beyond as well, where people can go for some warmth, to charge their phones so they can get in touch with friends or family. check that they're 0k. one woman we spoke to, she went there because she was due, nine months pregnant and she wanted to be sure that she could call an ambulancejust in case she needed to. so people being affected in lots of different ways by these ongoing issues. president zelensky in his overnight address also saying, though, that people should be prepared for further russian missile strikes. thousands of people are dropping

out of apprenticeships in england every year, after firms provided little or no training, according to a report. edsk, a think tank, found that the majority of people quitting cited "poor quality", including lack of training and bad management. the most recent official data suggests that nearly half of apprentices fail to complete their courses. joining me now is tom richmond, director of edsk and co—author of the report. thanks forjoining us. what prompted you to carry out the study in the first place? almost ten years ago the government announced a major review of apprenticeships in england to stamp out poor quality apprenticeships, ten years ago we had problems with apprentices not getting good enough training and problems with apprentices not getting training at all, so we thought at edsk ten years and would be a good time to thought at edsk ten years and would be a good time— be a good time to look again at what is happening — be a good time to look again at what is happening but _ be a good time to look again at what is happening but the _ be a good time to look again at what is happening but the sad _ be a good time to look again at what is happening but the sad truth - be a good time to look again at what is happening but the sad truth is, . is happening but the sad truth is, half of apprentices are now failing to complete their programme and that compares to university students only dropping out about 5% of the time so we have clearly got some very serious and deep—rooted problems. we wanted to shine a light on what has happened. wanted to shine a light on what has ha ened. , . wanted to shine a light on what has hauened. , . ., , happened. very much so when many emlo ees happened. very much so when many employees believe _ happened. very much so when many employees believe that _ employees believe that apprenticeships should be a source

of exactly the right sort of skills and staff. i'm picked some of the problems you found with how these apprenticeship schemes are structured or not structured —— untangle some of the problems. tens of thousands — untangle some of the problems. tens of thousands of _ untangle some of the problems. tezis of thousands of apprentices each year are ending up on schemes where the employer or the training company is letting them down so we found examples notjust a poor quality training but 20% of apprentices do not get any training at all. 30% of apprentices do not get any training at all from their training company. when you magnify that over a whole country what you see is there is a lot of apprentices who are notjust at risk of poor practice but because of the fact they are only getting paid £4 81 per hour as their apprentice minimum wage which is lower than the national minimum wage, it leaves apprentices open to exploitation in some cases and we are concerned that some employers and training companies are not fulfilling their responsibilities to look after and trained apprentices. how well—organised is the

apprenticeship environment? it does require perhaps periods of time in a couege require perhaps periods of time in a college or actual structured training within the working environment, so how clear other guidelines on what is supposed to be provided? the guidelines on what is supposed to be rovided? ., ., provided? the government have given emlo ers provided? the government have given employers and — provided? the government have given employers and training _ provided? the government have given employers and training companies - provided? the government have given employers and training companies the j employers and training companies the freedom to put together programmes over the past ten years since the major government review i mentioned and to be fair, some employers and training companies have done an excellentjob and we have seen some great apprenticeships in brand—new parts of the economy like software development as well as the classic areas like construction and engineering. but the problem is the government has tried to push very hard to get their reforms of the ground and we think in the process they have let some employers and training companies into the mix who are not able or not willing to deliver a great training experience and so even with the best will in the world and with the government department for education supporting them they do —— have not delivered so we are calling for those training

companies and employees to be kicked out of the system if they cannot deliver a great experience for apprenticeships.— deliver a great experience for apprenticeships. what about the money and _ apprenticeships. what about the money and the _ apprenticeships. what about the money and the funding - apprenticeships. what about the money and the funding they - apprenticeships. what about the i money and the funding they receive for providing this training? at money and the funding they receive for providing this training? that the for providing this training? at the moment the _ for providing this training? at the moment the government - for providing this training? at the moment the government does i for providing this training? git tie: moment the government does have some funding rules where they say very clearly that training companies does not deliver what they are supposed to, they can call the money back, but what we found is that the rules about what counts as acceptable are incredibly lax so we found examples and we spoke to apprentices, they say when they are set homework tasks the training company can count the time and apprentice spends as training and we dispute that in our report because that is not what an apprentice ship is supposed to be. and apprentice being left to sit in front of computer doing their homework is not training so one of the recommendations is that the government has got to tighten up the rules, notjust on which employers and training company is going to the system, but they have also got to behave in the best way for their

apprentices. it behave in the best way for their apprentices-— behave in the best way for their apprentices. it sounds like there needs to be _ apprentices. it sounds like there needs to be an _ apprentices. it sounds like there needs to be an overhaul - apprentices. it sounds like there needs to be an overhaul and i apprentices. it sounds like there i needs to be an overhaul and some kind of inspectorate that checks up on the validity of what employers claim they are providing. at on the validity of what employers claim they are providing.- claim they are providing. at the moment ofsted, _ claim they are providing. at the moment ofsted, which - claim they are providing. at the moment ofsted, which i'm i claim they are providing. at the j moment ofsted, which i'm sure claim they are providing. at the i moment ofsted, which i'm sure you moment 0fsted, which i'm sure you know, they inspect schools and they also inspect apprenticeship provision but they are not given the resources by government to inspect employers and training providers often enough to catch bad practice so what we recommended in the report is we have set up a new national apprenticeship inspectorate to make sure the employers and training providers who are involved in apprenticeships can and will deliver apprenticeships can and will deliver a great experience for apprentices because when we have got half of apprentices dropping out around the country, we know we have serious problems and unfortunately, we don't think that small changes are going to make the difference at all. we have got to do a betterjob of protecting apprentices so everyone on apprenticeships gets a great deal. ., . ., ., i'

deal. tom richmond from the think tank edsk, thanks _ deal. tom richmond from the think tank edsk, thanks for _ deal. tom richmond from the think tank edsk, thanks forjoining i deal. tom richmond from the think tank edsk, thanks forjoining us. i the headlines on bbc news... mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered, at a house in south wales. britain's national grid say they will not ask households to use less electricity on tuesday, after earlier publishing a notice saying it may use the blackout prevention scheme for the first time. the british government is hosting an international conference on preventing sexual violence during conflict. survivors and senior officials from around seventy countries are in london for the two—day gathering. the foreign secretary james cleverly is set to announce a new strategy to tackle the problem. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to him.

here in london, senior level ministers and representatives from about 50 countries have gathered here along with about more than 50 survivors of sexual abuse in conflict to discuss how to properly deal with this issue. some of our viewers may remember that a decade ago it was the then foreign secretary william hague working with angelina jolie to launch this initiative about preventing sexual violence in conflict. it was painful to listen to the survivors today, including the advocate angelina jolie saying, so little has been done over the past decade. britain didn't give it the focus it had initially done at the start, so when i sat down with james cleverly i asked what he would do to reassure the survivors of sexual violence in conflict that britain would stay the course this time. the conversations we have in public, they echo what we say

in private, the conversations we have in private. the recognition that this is a problem that has not gone away is absolutely key. the recognition, though, that there is a way of eradicating this... is there a way when conflicts seem to get ever worse? we have seen for example in colombia... a peace deal signed. there has. but look at what is happening in ukraine, democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, it gets worse. but where the peace deal has been signed it shows a recognition, proactivity, training and education can reduce the incidence of sexual violence in conflicts. it hasn't eradicated it but it has reduced it. so, this is not inevitable. we must never allow ourselves to believe this is inevitable. james cleverly, there. and of course britain

is hoping to work with international organisations and others who believe that this issue has to be front and centre. at the conference centre just behind me, it was the first lady of ukraine who just spoke and she mentioned how important it was to make survivors feel safe in orderfor them to give testimony, and in her case it is the russian war in ukraine. shocking allegations of abuse reported there. one of the issues britain is now responsible for, a criminal court set up, virtual rooms where survivors can give their testimony in safety to get notjust support for them, counselling, trauma support, but alsojustice. lyce doucet reporting. business leaders in the north west of england are warning rail services could collapse into chaos by january — unless the government takes action. members of the northern powerhouse partnership are asking the transport secretary to step—in — after the disruption caused

by strikes and cancellations. the government agrees the current situation is unacceptable. yunus mulla reports. there has been wide spread disruption on the railways this year. and it could get much worse in the new year. the northern powerhouse partnership says recruitment of new train drivers is a major issue and is calling on the government to intervene. if many of those who worked in the department of transport down in london had to use these trains, then it would have got sorted a long time ago. it's not good enough that those in the north of england are getting a second—class service. we need the investment in the long term in better connectivity, better infrastructure, but in the short term we just need to make the trains we've already got actually work. new timetables, cancellations and overcrowding have all had an impact, but the business group says there is a failure to agree new overtime working arrangements at some rail operators including trans—pennine.

it wants the government to open the way for new working arrangements. the rail industry is saying you have got to unlock their ability to negotiate with out so many restrictions, without the handcuffs being placed upon them. at the moment, the government is saying you cannot talk about money at all until you've agreed to a whole change of working practices. the government has said... trans—pennine has apologised for the disruption and says work has continued to address the impact of sickness and a shortness of drivers. later this week, metro mayors

are expected to meet the governmwent to help improve services. 50 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed amongst asylum seekers arriving in the uk. there were five cases until september, 18 in october and 27 cases in november. they tend to mostly be found amongst young men who are aged between 14 and 25 but clearly an increase with 50 cases of diphtheria now being reported amongst asylum seekers arriving in the country. the singer, dua lipa, has received albanian citizenship in a ceremony hosted by the president in tirana. the singer was born in london, but her roots go back to kosovo. wendy urquhart reports. dua lipa is famous all over

the world, and her disco—pop to london in the 1990s and returned briefly in 2008 — but dua lipa has never forgotten her roots. on sunday, she was welcomed to tirana by the president, bajram begaj, who presented her with albanian citizenship and said she had made her country proud. translation: it is a special pleasure today in the - presidency to welcome the greatest artist, dua lipa, and herfamily. i say a great artist — a simple girl whose fame is known all over the world. she has given us the greatest pride. # i wanna stay at home cos i was doing better alone... dua lipa grew up listening to david bowie, bob dylan, radiohead and the police — mainly thanks to her dad, who's also a singer—songwriter. and she was inspired by madonna, gwen stefani, but getting her albanian citizenship was clearly a precious moment for the singer. translation: it is a great | honour for me and my family

to have an opportunity to represent my country and people. this girl is no wallflower — she has frequently spoken out against sexism in the music industry, and is an avid supporter of the lgbtq community. # midnight conversations... # dua lipa has clearly found her potion for success — she's topped the charts all over the world, modelled for several top fashion companies, featured on the cover of numerous magazines, and even designed her own clothes. now, she's officially albanian, too. wendy urquhart, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. there are some big changes to our weather for the upcoming week. higher pressure will start to settle things down. it's going to turn colder as we draw our air in from the east, certainly by the end of the week. and we'll see some problems with mist and fog at times, too. also some frost as well. so big changes from the very wet, unsettled weather

that we've had of late. now, this afternoon doesn't look too bad for many. quite a bit of sunshine around. showers affecting parts of western scotland, wales, south—west england in towards the channel. most places drier. a much better afternoon across the south and south—east after yesterday's cloud and rain. and it could be up to 11 or 12 degrees in the south, a little bit cooler further north. now, as we head through this evening and overnight, most of the showers fade away. it turns drier for many, winds, very light, lengthy, clear skies, i think. so that will allow temperatures to plummet down to freezing or below across northern, central and western areas. so some frost likely, but we'll also see some mist and fog developing, and quite extensive across parts of england and wales. that could cause some issues for tuesday morning, cold and foggy for some of us. other areas will see quite a bit of sunshine around too, as you can see here on the map. this fog will be stubborn to clear in places, so it could stay rather grey and foggy all day in areas. other areas will see the fog lift into low cloud and there should be a bit of sunshine around too, and far fewer showers than we've had today. temperature wise, single figures, i think, for most, particularly where the fog lingers.

up to around ten degrees close to the south—east coast. so as we move deeper into this week, this area of high pressure over the northeast of europe starts to exert its force across the country. it will keep these weather fronts at bay, but one such front will affect parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland throughout the day on wednesday. a bit more of a breeze here, so i think a little less cold than it will be elsewhere across the country, which will be mostly dry but rather grey and gloomy, i think, with limited brightness. again, some mist and fog in places which will linger all day. so these sorts of values actually feeling cooler than that with a lack of sunshine around. but it does turn colder, we think, towards the end of the week thanks to this area of high pressure. that will bring more of a breeze, certainly an onshore breeze to eastern areas, and even feed in a few showers at times across the eastern side of the uk. and these over the pennines, for example, could turn wintry in places as those temperatures begin to fall away. a little below the seasonal norm,

so some big changes on the weather.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines on bbc news: mass detentions in china as protests over strict covid lockdown spread to major cities. households could be paid to help avoid possible power cuts tomorrow. supplies will be tight, in part because of problems in the french energy grid. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs super cartel responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. england and wales players train ahead of tomorrow's world cup match in qatar.

good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. china's strict zero—covid policy is being challenged on an unprecedented scale, with a second night of protests in cities across the country. many demonstrators held up blank banners in protest at censorship, and some called for president xi jinping to step down. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people, in a fire at a block of flats last week. some are blaming covid restrictions for delaying the rescue effort. the blaze was in the city of urumqi in north west china, and mass protests there have now spread to cities, including chengdu, wuhan, nanjing, shanghai, and the capital, beijing, from where our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has the very latest; and a warning, his report contains flash photography. the chinese capital became the latest city with a demonstration,

calling for an end to the country's covid restrictions. the symbol of this movement has become white sheets of paper, with protesters holding them up to represent the way in which people are silenced here by official censorship. they are chanting, saying that strict lockdowns and compulsory testing should stop. but a dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the crisis is also spilling over into calls for press freedom and democracy. in the south—western city of chengdu, protesters blamed china's leader xi jinping personally, and criticised his lifetime leadership entitlement, and said their country does not need an emperor. this followed earlier calls in shanghai for xijinping to step down, and for the communist party to give up power, at the site where protesters clashed with police barriers have gone up to stop gathering again. waves of anger have spread

across china following an apartment block fire in xinjiang last week, which killed ten residents. people have blamed covid restrictions for hampering the access of firefighters and blocking escape routes. china's foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijian said foreign forces with ulterior motives had linked the fire to zero—covid measures. but these protests unleashed discontent which has been not very far below the surface. a chant can easily become a speech. this man said people wanted dignity, the rule of law, and added that he didn't want china's children to go on living in this era of horror. one of the problems in china is that nobody knows when zero—covid will end. if the government has a plan, it's not told people what it is, and so the belief this could go on forever is causing

a lot of consternation amongst the general public. zero—covid in china means trying to return each outbreak to zero infections, using strict stay—at—home orders, travel bans and mass testing. entire cities are sometimes officially locked down, or effectively closed, with businesses shut. yet even with the strict measures, covid—19 continues to spread. the country posted record new case numbers over the past five days in a row. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. ruby 0sman, is a geopolitical researcher at the tony blair institute for global change. how much pressure is present xi jinping really under?— how much pressure is present xi jinping really under? that's a good auestion jinping really under? that's a good question and _ jinping really under? that's a good question and it _ jinping really under? that's a good question and it is _ jinping really under? that's a good question and it is worth _ jinping really under? that's a good question and it is worth setting i jinping really under? that's a good question and it is worth setting up| question and it is worth setting up the pressure systems under the

pressure on president xi jinping the pressure systems under the pressure on president xijinping is under. it is fair to say we have not seen protests like this in a long time. we have seen protests on a larger scale individual but we haven't seen for a long time a unifying call to action and it is fascinating because i think zero covid is something that almost everyone has felt on a personal level and so people feel a sense of community with what is going on a urumqi, wuhan and it bills together in a national movement in a way that maybe other sort of more local grievances haven't been able to do. and that introduces a certain level of pressure. but i think what is also a point of worry is if you go on chinese social media at the moment, you will see we seem to have reached a critical mass of people, not necessarily being outright critical, but debating it and discussing the policy in a way we haven't seen before. i think that is a worry and people asking questions at this point with no exit strategy

in the party has no answer to it. how clear are people in china generally? vaccination hasn't covered as many people as they might have wished, and the fact they are still having these what look to our eyes draconian lockdown measures. to eyes draconian lockdown measures. trr be honest i think the vexing question doesn't come into these questions that much but it will obviously come into the strategy that they will eventually have. i think the thing is, even in a perfect world where you have the best mrna vaccine, you have full coverage for those who are most vulnerable compared to only 66% of over 80s who are currently vaccinated, even then you would still get breakthrough cases on a scale potentially enough to overwhelm china's health infrastructure. that's the problem, that's the corner of the authorities have found themselves back into, evenif have found themselves back into,

even if you vaccinated everyone that will not solve the problem. at the moment we are not seeing that come up moment we are not seeing that come up so much. i think a lot of the pain and frustration is with arbitrary sets of restrictions at the local level, people being separated from families and the sort of things we have seen in urumqi and the human costs of excessive restriction are what is causing the frustration, not necessarily the ineffectiveness of the vaccine rolled out. ineffectiveness of the vaccine rolled out-— rolled out. how likely is it, though. — rolled out. how likely is it, though, given _ rolled out. how likely is it, though, given the - rolled out. how likely is it, though, given the way i rolled out. how likely is it, though, given the way the | rolled out. how likely is it, - though, given the way the chinese government operates, that they will be frank with the public about what needs to happen to get out of this situation? it needs to happen to get out of this situation? , ., ., ., , ., situation? it is a good question because obviously _ situation? it is a good question because obviously the - situation? it is a good question because obviously the ideal i situation? it is a good question i because obviously the ideal strategy at this point would be to have that very honest conversation with the public, saying we will set out an exit strategy for you but that will mean a tough couple of months, we need you to lockdown while we vaccinate, while we jab and stockpile. and i think we might see

some approximation of that. we saw in the early days of covid how good parts of the chinese system are at moving at scale when they are told to. so we might hopefully see elements of that, we might see it with everyone coming together, using these months to protect the most vulnerable and cushioned the reopening. but i think also we will see quite a lot of scapegoating in the coming months as well. you can already see that. the chinese system is designed in a lot of ways to protect the centre, so i think the centre is often quite willing to throw people under the bus when it comes to zero covid command big business are coming under increasing blame for some of the profiteering aspects and we might see people shift the blame and that might get in the way of having those honest conversations that need to be had. ruby 0sman from the tony blake institute for global change, thank

you for your insight. national grid have decided they do not need to pay households to cut energy use tomorrow night. the grid warned earlier today it might need to bring in a plan to manage demand for power on tuesday evening meaning it would have to ask for is to use less power in peak times in return for payment. some are warning it is only a matter of time before the scheme is to be introduced. david cox is an independent energy analyst. have they managed to avert the need, david? irate they managed to avert the need, david? ~ ., �* ,, ., they managed to avert the need, david? ~ ., �* «i ., ., they managed to avert the need, david? ., �* «i ., ., ., david? we don't know the detail of wh the david? we don't know the detail of why they were _ david? we don't know the detail of why they were so _ david? we don't know the detail of why they were so short _ david? we don't know the detail of why they were so short of - why they were so short of electricity this afternoon and tomorrow, but it looks like there are two main reasons. one was the problem is with the french nuclear reactors in france. a lot of them are shut down at the moment for maintenance. normally we import around two gigawatts of electricity from france. and also at the moment i think you will notice that the wind isn't blowing. there is a very high pressure system sat over the uk and northern europe meaning we are getting no powerfrom wind

and northern europe meaning we are getting no power from wind fired generation, onshore or offshore command that makes us short. it is possible national grid havejust looked at their numbers again and think that there is enough electricity today and tomorrow. they do have another plan to bring on coal—fired power stations that have been mothballed if we need to or if they need to, to bring on a significant amount of electricity, around one gigawatt. iiirui’hat significant amount of electricity, around one gigawatt.— significant amount of electricity, around one gigawatt. what is your understanding _ around one gigawatt. what is your understanding of _ around one gigawatt. what is your understanding of how— around one gigawatt. what is your understanding of how this - around one gigawatt. what is your understanding of how this would i understanding of how this would work? who could reduce their use in exchange for some money? this work? who could reduce their use in exchange for some money?- exchange for some money? this is a trial that has — exchange for some money? this is a trial that has been _ exchange for some money? this is a trial that has been talked _ exchange for some money? this is a trial that has been talked about i exchange for some money? this is a trial that has been talked about for. trial that has been talked about for a while. 0ctopus and oboe have run some on the other energy suppliers will probablyjoin individually. the dome of the way it works as national grid will say, like they did earlier, before they cancelled it, we need electricity tomorrow evening, can we activate the scheme?

—— 0vo. and then consumers use less electricity than they would have done tomorrow evening between four and 7pm, or between four b and 9pm, and 7pm, or between four b and 9pm, and hopefully that averts any need for blackouts. the problem with that is you do need a smart meter can we do need to register with your supplier, and at the moment this trial and this scheme hasn't really been proven in anger.— been proven in anger. david cox, energy analyst. _ been proven in anger. david cox, energy analyst, good _ been proven in anger. david cox, energy analyst, good to - been proven in anger. david cox, energy analyst, good to see i been proven in anger. david cox, energy analyst, good to see you. j energy analyst, good to see you. thank you very much. musician, bob dylan, has made a rare public statement to apologise to fans for selling merchandise signed by machine. the singer says he started using an auto pen in 2019 after developing vertigo. joining me now is our music correspondent, mark savage. when did this come to light? bob i [an has when did this come to light? bob dyian hasjust — when did this come to light? firm“, dylan hasjust put out a book called dylan has just put out a book called the philosophy of modern song centres is mackem sold 900 copies forth $600 each, also to be hand

signed, limited edition from the publisher simon & schuster. when fans started getting them, they were sharing the images of his signature 0nline, and they slowly started realising that when they compared them the signatures were all the same. there was a bit of an uproar, as you could imagine, if you had paid that much money for this book, and although simon & schuster initially said that the signatures were all genuine, they later admitted that bob dylan had used a machine to replicate his signature. that then turned into a bit of an 0utcry because people realised that he had been using the same machine to autograph artworks. he is an artist who sells a lot of prints, sometimes for up to $12,000, going back three years. he hasn't been putting his signature 0nto these things by hand, he's been using a machine to replicate it. the reason for that is some _ machine to replicate it. the reason for that is some kind _ machine to replicate it. the reason for that is some kind of— machine to replicate it. the reason for that is some kind of health i for that is some kind of health condition. he says it started as vertigo, which my wife suffered from vertigo, which my wife suffered from vertigo at 0ne vertigo, which my wife suffered from vertigo at one point, and it's a

donachie can make you unstable when concentrating on something like writing for a long period of time and again offset waves of nausea. that's understandable. he said even after he recovered from that during the pandemic he didn't have the staff he needed to help them process all of the signatures so he continued to use it, and he has apologised and said he will rectify the situation. the fans who bought these hand signed copies of the book are all going to be refunded. itrier? are all going to be refunded. very disappointing. _ are all going to be refunded. very disappointing, isn't _ are all going to be refunded. very disappointing, isn't it? it makes you wary of buying stuff like this. it does. there is a suspicion within the collectors' communities about the collectors' communities about the use of auto pens, which essentially write out your signature and then a real pen held by a robot arm replicates it, bit like they used to be a children cosmic toy called a super graph we can trace over a piece of art and replicated on a piece of paper and pass it off to your art teacher, i guess! but a lot of people who collect signatures will only trade them, or only buy them if they see the signature being

written in person. we do know that for example sinead o'connor used an auto pen to autograph her memoir last year but there was less of an outcry about that because she was only charging £30 for it rather than the 600 that bob dylan charged. 0f the 600 that bob dylan charged. of course the auto pen has quite a long history. it goes back to 1803, thomas jefferson was the first history. it goes back to 1803, thomasjefferson was the first us president to use one and barack 0bama became the first us president to sign a bill into law using an auto pen and extend the patriot act in 2015 while he was on holiday, or at a summit, i think, in france, and couldn't get back to the white house to put the bill into law.— to put the bill into law. excellent knowledue to put the bill into law. excellent knowledge hinterland _ to put the bill into law. excellent knowledge hinterland about i to put the bill into law. excellent knowledge hinterland about the l to put the bill into law. excellent i knowledge hinterland about the use of the auto pen, mark. hugely impressive. thank you very much indeed, mark savage, a music correspondent.— indeed, mark savage, a music- correspondent._ incredible correspondent. thank you. incredible action at the — correspondent. thank you. incredible action at the world _ correspondent. thank you. incredible action at the world cup _ correspondent. thank you. incredible action at the world cup in _ correspondent. thank you. incredible action at the world cup in qatar- action at the world cup in qatar today. in group g there was an incredible performance from cameroon

who recovered being 2—0 down against serbia to draw 3—3. this afternoon in group h garner held off the south korean comeback to win the 3—2. currently brazil are in action against switzerland. —— ghana. we are showing you some pictures there of fans in the yellow and green football tops watching in sao paulo. currently the score is 0—0. let's get the latest from lucy hockings in qatar. hello and welcome to doe hah, what a fantastic day we have had so far. brazil right now in action against switzerland. that's goalless. but for the african nations here it has been an incredible 24 hours, following on from morocco's stunning win over belgium on sunday, because first up this morning we had cameroon drawing with serbia 3—3, it was a thrilling match, full of twists and turns, knew which way it

would go, and we havejust had ghana beating south korea three having roller—coaster for ghana, the first nation in 40 years to have both scored and conceded at least five goals after the opening two matches of a specific world cup. and watching it all with great excitement as my colleague from bbc africa. wow, starting with ghana, what a day, you must be exhausted. a, what a day, you must be exhausted. roller—coaster, as you mention. for ghana it was a must win, and it was with cameroon but ghana hadn't won a world cup game since 2010 when they scored against... thea;r world cup game since 2010 when they scored against. . .— scored against... they are the lowest ranked _ scored against... they are the lowest ranked team _ scored against... they are the lowest ranked team here. i scored against... they are the | lowest ranked team here. yes, scored against... they are the i lowest ranked team here. yes, 61 in the fifa rankings _ lowest ranked team here. yes, 61 in the fifa rankings so _ lowest ranked team here. yes, 61 in the fifa rankings so they _ lowest ranked team here. yes, 61 in the fifa rankings so they really i the fifa rankings so they really needed this win to bring up the morale of the fans, but of course for the team as well, they are a football giant africa, and theyjust had to win this game and they produced that and played like their lives depended on it.—

lives depended on it. mohammed kudus, fantastic. _ lives depended on it. mohammed kudus, fantastic. scored - lives depended on it. mohammed kudus, fantastic. scored two i lives depended on it. mohammedl kudus, fantastic. scored two goals and then it — kudus, fantastic. scored two goals and then it looked _ kudus, fantastic. scored two goals and then it looked like _ kudus, fantastic. scored two goals and then it looked like they - kudus, fantastic. scored two goals and then it looked like they would | and then it looked like they would win the game and then south korea came back. they equalised. and you are starting to think, 0h, came back. they equalised. and you are starting to think, oh, no! and then they scored a winnerjust before the end. we then they scored a winner 'ust before the endi then they scored a winner 'ust before the end. ~ «i , , before the end. we keep using the word roller-coaster _ before the end. we keep using the word roller-coaster but _ before the end. we keep using the word roller-coaster but that i before the end. we keep using the word roller-coaster but that is i before the end. we keep using thej word roller-coaster but that is how word roller—coaster but that is how it has felt today because when we watched the cameroon against serbia match we couldn't believe that one. for an african fan from the beginning of this tournament it has been up—and—down. the first cameroon game, and the senegal game, people felt their hearts were falling down and then they got picked up, senegal won their second game, morocco won their second game, and of course we have ghana winning their first game. cameroon, yes, quite an exciting game, should have won the game but itjust blows open the group. giee itjust blows open the group. give us a sense _ itjust blows open the group. give us a sense of— itjust blows open the group. give us a sense of the _ itjust blows open the group. give us a sense of the reaction to these matches back on the continent. all of the african countries supporting each other. do they all feel they are in it together. the

each other. do they all feel they are in it together.— are in it together. the whole continent — are in it together. the whole continent would _ are in it together. the whole continent would be - are in it together. the whole continent would be following are in it together. the whole i continent would be following the african teams of the five african teams in the world cup, of course. if you don't have a team from sub—saharan africa, that is quite a shame, but the continent is supporting all of the five teams. doesn't matter if the teams are from north africa or from west africa, the whole continent is watching, and i'm sure they are enjoying this. but i'm sure they are enjoying this. but i can see their heart beating so fast as they are watching these games. fast as they are watching these ames. ~ ., ,, fast as they are watching these ames. ~ ., i. _ fast as they are watching these ames. ~ ., ., games. would you say the heat has heled the games. would you say the heat has helped the teams? _ games. would you say the heat has helped the teams? it _ games. would you say the heat has helped the teams? it is _ games. would you say the heat has helped the teams? it is so - games. would you say the heat has helped the teams? it is so hot i helped the teams? it is so hot today. helped the teams? it is so hot toda. .,,._ helped the teams? it is so hot toda . , ., helped the teams? it is so hot toda . ., , ., ., today. probably it would, the air conditioning _ today. probably it would, the air conditioning in _ today. probably it would, the air conditioning in the _ today. probably it would, the air conditioning in the stadiums i today. probably it would, the air conditioning in the stadiums but| today. probably it would, the air i conditioning in the stadiums but the heat is playing a part. it conditioning in the stadiums but the heat is playing a part.— heat is playing a part. it has been a treat heat is playing a part. it has been a great day _ heat is playing a part. it has been a great day and — heat is playing a part. it has been a great day and lovely _ heat is playing a part. it has been a great day and lovely to - heat is playing a part. it has been a great day and lovely to have i heat is playing a part. it has been| a great day and lovely to have you with us. thank you so much. we will watch another big match later today between portugal and uruguay. let's look ahead to that game with a portuguese football expert and co—creator of breaking the lines a soccer news website and also landed

a podcast about portuguese football. goods are with us. they are a bit poor defensively against ghana, portugal, even though they won. what you expect from today's match? afternoon, it is a pleasure to be on bbc. as you mentioned, there were some defensive flaws in the opening match against ghana. i think not having to pay who has been the leader of the defence for so long really hurt them and you had to play ruben dias and danny lowe pereira who is a natural defensive midfielder, making for an awkward call no combination going are against a call no combination going are againsta guinean call no combination going are against a guinean attack were so many speedy attackers. this time round i think it will be different. you are going up against players such as darwin nunez, luis flores, so some very good attackers, and i expect pepe to be back in the line—up because danilo pereira is missing through injury. i have concerns because pepe has only played twice since october four, played twice since october four, played 45 minutes in a friendly against nigeria in three minutes in

another match so i'm concerned whether he is match fit and concerned whether he will be able to do the full ruben dias if portugal are to have a chance of winning today.— chance of winning today. zach, how do ou chance of winning today. zach, how do you rate — chance of winning today. zach, how do you rate the _ chance of winning today. zach, how do you rate the mentality _ chance of winning today. zach, how do you rate the mentality of - chance of winning today. zach, how do you rate the mentality of the i do you rate the mentality of the team? there are so much talk about ronaldo, one of the world's most famous people, and he's been quite controversial in some of the interviews he is given recently, the reaction to it, his departure from manchester united as well. how does the national team block out that noise, do you think they have been doing that successfully? it is an interesting question. i doing that successfully? it is an interesting question.— doing that successfully? it is an interesting question. i think from the interviews _ interesting question. i think from the interviews perspective, i interesting question. i think from the interviews perspective, do i the interviews perspective, do something that can only help portugal because this is a ronaldo who has frankly been playing some of his worst football the past few months. i do think being at united has been a weight on his shoulders so it has been good to get that off. we have seen him struggle a bit

against ghana, missed an easy chance but nevertheless drew a penalty and picked up a much—needed goal. i think portugaljust need to move forward. the fact is this is a team with some of the best players in world football. in terms of individual quality they have nothing to envy the likes of england, france and brazil. that's been the biggest question of this portuguese team, both mentality and consistency. and they play like one of the biggest teams in world football, or will they revert into their shell, as we have seen so many times against big opposition? that is a question think is going to be answered today against a team such as uruguay. can i ask against a team such as uruguay. can i ask about — against a team such as uruguay. can i ask about that some more, the depth of talent in the portuguese side. you didn't even mention raffia layout who came off the bench and scored a fantastic goal. i'm wondering, of a country that only has 10 million people in it, how is it that portugal is so good at football and produces such incredible talent? it

football and produces such incredible talent?- football and produces such incredible talent? , . , incredible talent? it is incredible. i think incredible talent? it is incredible. i think one _ incredible talent? it is incredible. i think one of _ incredible talent? it is incredible. i think one of the _ incredible talent? it is incredible. i think one of the biggest - incredible talent? it is incredible. j i think one of the biggest reasons has been the increased investment in academies that we have seen over the past two decades from benfica, sporting, as well as other smaller portuguese teams and we are seeing so many fantastic players such as joao felix and rafael leao living this academies and leading to some of europe was my biggest teams, rafael leao leading milan to the scudetto. there is a chance rafael leao will not start. made a big impact from the bench. 0ne leao will not start. made a big impact from the bench. one of the best players on form in the past few months. he will have a big impact today coming off the bench. i don't think he will start. but you look at what he offers, and whether that is sharpshooting, elite finishing as well as pace from the bench, these are all things portugal really need. they don't have that many speedy wingers who are going to make an

impact against a tired legs. i think for that reason fernando santos will bring him off the bench. irate for that reason fernando santos will bring him off the bench.— bring him off the bench. we are really looking — bring him off the bench. we are really looking forward _ bring him off the bench. we are really looking forward to - bring him off the bench. we are really looking forward to the i bring him off the bench. we are i really looking forward to the match. thank you, zach moore for your perspective on the portuguese side. still no goals between brazil and switzerland. that's it from doha, back to you in the studio. thank you very much. three people have been arrested after the bodies of two babies were found at a home in bridgend, in south wales. two men and a woman are being questioned on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child. 0ur correspondent mark hutchings gave us this update from bridgend. as you can see behind me, there remains a police presence here outside this house where the grim discovery was made at around about 8pm on saturday night. what we do know is that three people are being questioned, and they are the

29—year—old woman, a 37—year—old man and a 47—year—old man. south wales police say officers will remain visible in this area as they try to piece together exactly what happened, what were the events that led up to this discovery. we have spoken to local people here who have spoken of their shock. they say that the people in this house are not terribly well known to people in the community. we have had a comment from superintendent marc attwell of south wales police who says this is a very distressing incident. and also the leader of bridgend council huw david has spoken of his shock at a tragedy. he has appealed to people not to speculate, particularly on social media, about what might have happened here. clearly many details yet to emerge, but what we do know are those grim basic facts that police are now investigating, the discovery of the bodies of two babies. mark hutchings reporting from bridgend. a huge landslide on the italian island of ischia, is now known to have killed at least 14 people, according

to the regional governor. several others are missing, after homes were buried under tonnes of mud over the weekend. more than 100 firefighters are now on the island, trying to clear the streets. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is on the island. out of tragedy comes solidarity, too. from islanders doing their bit to clean, restore, help their ischia emerge from the mud. it was in part a disaster waiting to happen, with half the homes here illegally built, unable to withstand it. but for now, the needs or too great to look back. translation: we must show our spirit. - it's a catastrophe that has hit the island and our hearts. we know to show that beyond that disaster we know there have been errors in the past, of course, but we want to be part of the future. it was before dawn on saturday that after torrential rain the earth began to slide, pouring mud and debris down the hill, engulfing what lay in its path. today, the clean—up went on, slowly lifting what was hurled down here in seconds, the force of the mudslide

devastating to see. far above the sea front is where the onslaught began, on santa barbara street lives are in ruins, houses caked in mountains of mud. everybody here was either hit or knows those who work. or knows those who were. new victims are taken away as the number of dead continues to grow. beneath the mud are homes, cars but also bodies. we just met an elderly gentleman who had discovered that his grandchild had been buried by the landslide here. he was too emotional to talk. well beyond the clean—up, this is a community that will take so long to recover. this man does what he can to help clear his uncle's home, deluged by the rivers of mud. we are scared because we are living under this mountain that can go down at any moment. we are scared, and we are very sorry for the people who lost their lives.

do you know people on this street? most of them, most of them. it is a small city and we know everybody. it is like a small family all around this place. there is little more they can do now than to wait as the search and rescue operation goes on, scouring the island for those still missing. climate change and extreme weather have collided with ischia's corrupt construction. for this stricken island, it has been a calamitous mix. mark lowen, bbc news, ischia. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. wet weather will be replaced with something dry and cold as we move into the early part of december coinciding with the start of meteorological winter. for the rest of this week it will turn colder and drier and we will see problems with

patchy fog overnight which could linger through the days causing issues in their own right. tonight we will see fog developing through central, southern and eastern parts of england, further north and west where we have clear skies, likely to see a widespread frost. quite a cold night compared to what we have been used to for so long now. this fog could be problematic in places tomorrow morning and it could be quite chilly. some areas will see plenty of sunshine, much of scotland, northern ireland, may be northern england, wales and south—west of england seen the best of the sunshine. the fog could linger, it may lift into low cloud and mailing it in some areas and where it does it will stay cold and grey. but in the sunshine highs of around 8—10 . feeling cooler than we have been experiencing but closer to the seasonal norm. see later. —— see you later.

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mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. britain's national grid say they will not ask households to use less electricity on tuesday, after earlier publishing a notice saying it may use the blackout prevention scheme for the first time. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs �*super—cartel�* responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. bob dylan has issued an apology for using a machine to duplicate his signature on books and artworks since 2019. and england and wales players train ahead of tomorrow's world cup match in qatar. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre.

0ne one of the favourites are in action in the world cup at the moment. that is brazil, they are taking on switzerland. it is goalless in their game at the moment. switzerland also won their first game — so victory for them — would also see them reach the last 16 with a match to spare. well the other game in that group proved to be one to remember from this tournment — as cameroon produced a stunning comeback to draw 3—3 with serbia. cameroon did take an early lead — but serbia were in control at half time — leading 2—1 — with both goals coming in first half injury time. they added a third after the break but cameroon staged a fight back — thanks to vincent aboubakar�*s clever

lob here, before eric maxim choupo—moting's equaliser three minutes later saw them keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 16. and in group h, ghana — the lowest ranked team in the competition stunned south korea in a match packed with twists and turns. ghana needed a win to keep their hopes alive of progressing — and were comfortably leading 2—0 at half time. south korea fought back — two goals — and two headers from cho gue—sung in the space of three minutes — made it 2—2 but ghana — who couldn't afford to lose — were back in front moments later. mohammed kudos with his second — cue wild celebrations — ghana still in the tournament. south korea sit bottom of the group — and must win their final match — against portugal who play uruguay tonight. tomorrow marks the start of the final round of group matches — with still lots to be decided. ecuador, senegal and the netherlands can all progress from group a. while in group b, it's crunch time for

england and wales. england are looking to bounce back from their disappointing draw against the usa — but do still sit top of the group. a draw would be enough for england to progress — a win would mean england win the group. we have worked so hard to get into this position. my frustration and disappointment for the players is that we have shown nowhere near the levels of performance of what has got us to the world cup and that is what really disappoints me. so we have picked them up and we have addressed it and we have

got to draw a line under it, the last performance. we have to go and perform and give our supporters, irrespective of what happens in the other result and whether we go home or go through, we have to give a performance that our supporters are proud of. professional footballers in scotland are to be banned from heading the ball in training the day before and after a game. clubs are also being told to limit exercises that involve repetitive heading to one session per week. the new guidelines come after glasgow university research that showed former footballers were three—and—a—half times more likely to die from brain disease. i hope that is implemented and stuck to by the clubs because it is ok to say that but i remember years ago, you might concede a goal from a set piece and spend the next eight heading balls for the rest of the day. things have come a long way. the research going into brain injuries is there, the evidence is there, now we need to put in the restraints and to support the players around what are many games

they are having to play many times they are having to play many times they have got to have the ball. that is all the sport _ they have got to have the ball. that is all the sport for— they have got to have the ball. that is all the sport for now. more now on china, where the state's strict zero—covid policy is being challenged on an unprecedented scale, with a second night of protests in cities across the country. many demonstrators held up blank banners in protest at censorship, and some called for president xi jinping to step down. earlier i spoke with professor christina pagel from university college london. she has been modelling the spead of covid since the start of pandemic outbreaks and is also a member of independent sage group. i asked for her assessment of the covid situation in china. it is not terrible right now. the infection rates are still below our infection rates are still below our infection rates are still below our infection rates but the problem is they are in a tricky position because only about two thirds of their oldest people are vaccinated. that means they have a big risk if they let it go with very few

previous infections and not enough vaccination in that age group, they could have devastating numbers of deaths, like hong kong did earlier this year when 0micron hit. so what they really need to do is to use the time of day can to boost as many of their more vulnerable people as they can now and also think about can they bring in anti—viral treatments that could help if people get it. why have they been so slow off the mark with their vaccine programme? they haven't been slow off the mark, they vaccinated about 90% of their people by the beginning of this year, but the problem is they have much more vaccine hesitancy in the older population and they also prioritised working age adults first. so unlike, say, japan, we have 98% of those over 80 vaccinated, you only have 60% of that age group vaccinated in china.

i don't know why they haven't prioritised this year, and they should have come now they are in a bind, but unfortunately if they let it go now there will be hundreds of thousands of deaths. how effective are the vaccines they are using? they are effective. they are not as effective as the mrna vaccines like pfizer and moderna. the study i saw recently said they are about 60% effective against severe outcomes so they certainly work to some extent but don't work as well as some of the other vaccines. china has developed its own mrna vaccines and they released some promising results this summer but i don't know yet how well they are rolling them out. when we look at the measures being taken to control the outbreaks of covid, it looks extraordinarily draconian to us but what is your view of how the chinese authorities are dealing with it? i mean, it is an authoritarian regime and i guess that means you can deal with things differently.

i think in the intro to the section you said they have been living under harsh restrictions for three years, i don't think that's a fair assessment, for most of the last three years people in china have been living in normal lives for the most part. what they have had is very strict entrance requirements which have stopped covid getting in, and what they have done is if it has got in they have had quick, shortish lockdowns, so fewer than we had and lasting less long. their lockdowns are much stricter than what we have had. and i certainly don't condone some of the authoritarian measures they are using. but i think at the moment somehow they have to control the outbreak because letting it go would be devastating. but if they got on top of their vaccine programme, then it should follow that such strict measures wouldn't be required? yes, but they haven't got on top of it yet. that's my point, if they get on top of one they can reduce the other. yes, they can, but they haven't.

and so at the moment they have to do something. they can't vaccinate millions of people overnight, so somehow they are going to have to stop this spreading rapidly now and over the next three or four months while they try and boost. hong kong, for instance, when it had its devastating wave in february, they have had a massive acceleration in their boosters over the last four months and now their death rates have come way down because of it, so china has to do something like that. but what it means at the moment is somehow they have to control it. i don't necessarily think the way they are doing it now is advisable but i'm not a chinese policy expert and i'm reluctant to kind of get into that space. professor christina pagel from ucl, there. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after two teenagers were fatally stabbed just a mile apart, in south—east london. the boys, who are also 16, died on saturday evening, following the two separate incidents in greenwich. the police say the attacks are linked. police across europe have

dismantled what they describe as a drugs "super—cartel" responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. the european union's police agency said it had made nearly 50 arrests in spain, france, belgium and the netherlands. it says six high—value targets were detained in dubai. europol says the scale of the cartel�*s cocaine business in europe was massive — with the substance sourced mainly from south america. 0ur correspondent anna holligan has more. the scale of this international take—down is a reflection of how sophisticated these criminal networks or super cartels have become. the main suspects were using specially encrypted communication devices to organise the shipments, mostly from south america, in through the ports of antwerp in belgium and rotterdam, here in the netherlands, flooding the continent with cocaine. as well as the arrests in europe, six high—value targets were detained in dubai. this is part of a new arrangement between europol and the united

arab emirates which europol hopes will send a message far and wide that places like dubai can no longer be considered safe havens by those who have traditionally viewed dubai as such. two—year long operation, 30 tonnes worth of cocaine seized. the british government is hosting an international conference on preventing sexual violence during conflict. survivors and senior officials from around 70 countries are in london for the two—day gathering. the foreign secretary james cleverly is set to announce a new strategy to tackle the problem. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to some of the campaigners calling for a new approach. ministers and representatives from about 50 countries have gathered here along with about more than 50 survivors of sexual abuse in conflict to discuss how to properly deal with this issue. it isa

it is a relaunching of an initiative because the uk, a highly publicised effort by the then foreign secretary, william hague, working with the activist angelina jolie, to prevent sexual violence in conflict, but in the past ten years so little has been done. the british government certainly accepts that now and the survivors were blunt in their opening statements to the conference. 0ne their opening statements to the conference. one very well known activist who was a victim of the violence of the islamic state said that action had been painfully slow —— islamic state. so now there's a that more will be done and done quickly, but can those promises be believed? we are joined quickly, but can those promises be believed? we arejoined by quickly, but can those promises be believed? we are joined by a woman who knows a lot about this issue. leila, thanks forjoining us. you are with the organisation the forgotten children of war, what is your story? forgotten children of war, what is yourstory? i’m forgotten children of war, what is your story?— forgotten children of war, what is our sto ? �* ., ., . your story? i'm one of the children born out of— your story? i'm one of the children born out of sexual _ your story? i'm one of the children

born out of sexual violence - your story? i'm one of the children born out of sexual violence related conflict, _ born out of sexual violence related conflict, in— born out of sexual violence related conflict, in bosnia, and my birth mother— conflict, in bosnia, and my birth mother could not look after me because — mother could not look after me because of the pain and trauma she had experienced there and i was adopted — had experienced there and i was adopted by two britishjournalists who were — adopted by two britishjournalists who were documenting the war at the time who were documenting the war at the lime and _ who were documenting the war at the time and who could not stand to see the suffering of another child. so this is_ the suffering of another child. so this is something that is super important to me and i was adopted and then_ important to me and i was adopted and then brought back to the uk and i and then brought back to the uk and i have _ and then brought back to the uk and i have been— and then brought back to the uk and i have been working with the foreign office _ i have been working with the foreign office on— i have been working with the foreign office on creating a platform and making _ office on creating a platform and making sure that children born out of conflict —related sexual clients is put _ of conflict —related sexual clients is put on — of conflict —related sexual clients is put on the agenda. —— sexual violence — is put on the agenda. -- sexual violence-— is put on the agenda. -- sexual violence. ~ , ., ., violence. when you get together with other people — violence. when you get together with other people who _ violence. when you get together with other people who have _ violence. when you get together with other people who have been - violence. when you get together with other people who have been in i other people who have been in similar situations to you, what is it that they need? it similar situations to you, what is it that they need?— similar situations to you, what is it that they need? it varies. a lot need suwort. — it that they need? it varies. a lot need suwort. so _ it that they need? it varies. a lot need support, so a _ it that they need? it varies. a lot need support, so a sense - it that they need? it varies. a lot need support, so a sense of - need support, so a sense of belonging and identity, but there is financial_ belonging and identity, but there is financial support, economic support, and also _ financial support, economic support, and also to _ financial support, economic support, and also to be able to access education which is something that in bosnia _ education which is something that in bosnia you _ education which is something that in bosnia you were not able to access

previously — bosnia you were not able to access previously. the law has now been changed — previously. the law has now been changed as — previously. the law has now been changed as part of action that the forgotten — changed as part of action that the forgotten children of war association has taken but it is these — association has taken but it is these barriers to having an equal life these barriers to having an equal the of— these barriers to having an equal life of other children that are born at not _ life of other children that are born at not add — life of other children that are born at not add a conflict that is what we are _ at not add a conflict that is what we are really asking for. you were taken in by _ we are really asking for. you were taken in by two — we are really asking for. you were taken in by two loving _ we are really asking for. you were taken in by two loving parents. i l taken in by two loving parents. i understand you did go back and you did see your birth mother. is that normal? it did see your birth mother. is that normal? . , . did see your birth mother. is that normal? ., , ., , , normal? it varies and it is very personal _ normal? it varies and it is very personal and _ normal? it varies and it is very personal and specific - normal? it varies and it is very personal and specific to - normal? it varies and it is very personal and specific to the i normal? it varies and it is very - personal and specific to the person and the _ personal and specific to the person and the child and the mother at the time so _ and the child and the mother at the time so it— and the child and the mother at the time so it is— and the child and the mother at the time so it is not necessarily something that always happens and some _ something that always happens and some children born out of conflict -related — some children born out of conflict —related sexual violence lived with their and _ —related sexual violence lived with their and with —related sexual violence lived with theirand with their —related sexual violence lived with their and with their mothers at the time but _ their and with their mothers at the time but this was something i really felt passionately about and thankfully my birth mother was happy to do this _ thankfully my birth mother was happy to do this and i really believe that has brought us a sense of peace and healing _ has brought us a sense of peace and healing through some of the pain we have experienced both together so it is really _ have experienced both together so it is really brilliant that we were

able _ is really brilliant that we were able to — is really brilliant that we were able to have a relationship now. when _ able to have a relationship now. when you — able to have a relationship now. when you come to a conference like this you will be on a panel talking about action, so what is your message?— about action, so what is your messaue? ~ ., .«r ., ., message? we need to take action now. ten ears message? we need to take action now. ten years ago — message? we need to take action now. ten years ago was _ message? we need to take action now. ten years ago was the _ message? we need to take action now. ten years ago was the first _ message? we need to take action now. ten years ago was the first time - message? we need to take action now. ten years ago was the first time i - ten years ago was the first time i came _ ten years ago was the first time i came out— ten years ago was the first time i came out about my story and i felt very much— came out about my story and i felt very much like i was the only child born— very much like i was the only child born out— very much like i was the only child born out of— very much like i was the only child born out of conflict but now children _ born out of conflict but now children born out of conflict -related _ children born out of conflict —related sexual violence has been put on _ —related sexual violence has been put on the — —related sexual violence has been put on the agenda and there is a speech— put on the agenda and there is a speech and a discussion on this but we do _ speech and a discussion on this but we do need — speech and a discussion on this but we do need to see some deliverables and we _ we do need to see some deliverables and we need to see some endorsement from countries to review their law policy _ from countries to review their law policy and — from countries to review their law policy and practice around the barriers — policy and practice around the barriers stopping children from getting — barriers stopping children from getting equal rights, but alsojust we need — getting equal rights, but alsojust we need to keep this on the agenda and it— we need to keep this on the agenda and it cannot be a conference and a moment— and it cannot be a conference and a moment in— and it cannot be a conference and a moment in time that is not delivered on because _ moment in time that is not delivered on because these things are happening again in the ukraine and we need— happening again in the ukraine and we need to— happening again in the ukraine and we need to keep talking about sexual violence _ we need to keep talking about sexual violence in _ we need to keep talking about sexual violence in conflict and the children— violence in conflict and the children born out of it. what we are heanna children born out of it. what we are hearing today _ children born out of it. what we are hearing today is _ children born out of it. what we are hearing today is the _ children born out of it. what we are hearing today is the issue _ children born out of it. what we are hearing today is the issue of - children born out of it. what we are hearing today is the issue of the - hearing today is the issue of the survivors needing to feel safe and they need to tell their story and

they need to tell their story and they need to feel they are protected, is there going to be that kind of support?— protected, is there going to be that kind of support? within the platform what we are — kind of support? within the platform what we are asking _ kind of support? within the platform what we are asking governments - kind of support? within the platform what we are asking governments to l kind of support? within the platform l what we are asking governments to do is to have _ what we are asking governments to do is to have a _ what we are asking governments to do is to have a child sensitive approaches and non—judgement and no stigma _ approaches and non—judgement and no stigma and _ approaches and non—judgement and no stigma and to listen to the actual people _ stigma and to listen to the actual people that have had those experiences, ratherthan people that have had those experiences, rather than a top—down approach. _ experiences, rather than a top—down approach, really understand and live the experiences of the survivors and the experiences of the survivors and the children— the experiences of the survivors and the children themselves, that is something which is so crucial because _ something which is so crucial because ultimately they are the ones that know— because ultimately they are the ones that know what each one of them it needs— that know what each one of them it needs and — that know what each one of them it needs and that looks different based on different people. that is what we are really— on different people. that is what we are really asking for, to really listen — are really asking for, to really listen to— are really asking for, to really listen to the survivors and i do feel— listen to the survivors and i do feel there _ listen to the survivors and i do feel there has been a strong sense that the _ feel there has been a strong sense that the survivors have really stood up that the survivors have really stood up and _ that the survivors have really stood up and said — that the survivors have really stood up and said what their needs are in this conference and they need to be delivered _ this conference and they need to be delivered on. the headlines on bbc news: mass detentions in china — as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are

an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. britain's national grid say they will not ask households to use less electricity on tuesday, after earlier publishing a notice saying it may use the blackout prevention scheme for the first time. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs �*super—cartel�* responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. business leaders in the north west of england are warning rail services could collapse into chaos by january — unless the government takes action. members of the northern powerhouse partnership are asking the transport secretary to step—in — after the disruption caused by strikes and cancellations. the government agrees the current situation is unacceptable. yunus mulla reports. there has been wide spread disruption on the railways this year. and it could get much worse in the new year. the northern powerhouse partnership says recruitment of new train drivers is a major issue

and is calling on the government to intervene. if many of those who worked in the department of transport down in london had to use these trains, then it would have got sorted a long time ago. it's not good enough that those in the north of england are getting a second—class service. we need the investment in the long term in better connectivity, better infrastructure, but in the short term we just need to make the trains we've already got actually work. new timetables, cancellations and overcrowding have all had an impact, but the business group says there is a failure to agree new overtime working arrangements at some rail operators including trans—pennine. it wants the government to open the way for new rest day working arrangements. the rail industry is saying you have got to unlock their ability to negotiate with drivers and crew without so many restrictions, without the handcuffs being placed upon them. at the moment, the government is saying you cannot talk about money at all until you've

agreed to a whole change of working practices. the government has said... trans—pennine has apologised for the disruption and says work has continued to address the impact of sickness and a shortness of drivers. later this week, metro mayors are expected to meet the government to work out a way forward to help improve services. here in the uk, the engineering giant rolls royce has completed what it describes as the world's first tests of a modern aircraft engine running on hydrogen. enabling aircraft to fly on hydrogen — which does not produce carbon emissions when burned — is widely seen as a vital and potentially revolutionary step in making the industry more climate friendly. our correspondent theo leggett went down to the test site to take a look. preparing an aircraft engine

for a vital series of tests. in the aviation industry, it could be a landmark moment, because this engine is being powered by hydrogen instead of the more normalfuel, kerosene. for this one, it's fed by hydrogen, and the only hit that we've changed is the fuel injectors there. the rest of it is the same. it's all part of a drive to make huge cuts in carbon emissions. we're going to improve the efficiency of engines, which will use less fuel and therefore produce less c02. we're also going to substitute today's kerosene with sustainable aviation fuel which, again, a significant reduction in c02. but the advantage of hydrogen is that you can burn it without producing any c02 at all. it's no hydrocarbons and so all you produce is water vapour. this is a normal aircraft engine. it's barely been modified. the interesting stuff, really, is what's going on over here where the supply of hydrogen comes in, and what the engineers are trying to do here is see how a known quantity like this engine responds to a new type of fuel, and that's the tricky part. the engine itself is being

tested by rolls—royce, but the project's being supported and part—funded by easyjet, which believes hydrogen power is a major part of its future. the cost of carbon is only going in one direction — it's going up, whether it's through regulation on taxation, whether it's the price of fuel, as we've even see more recently so, you know, this is an investment that's notjust doing the right thing for the planet but, actually, from a business perspective, makes a lot of sense as well. the hydrogen being used in the tests is obtained from water, using electricity provided by wind and wave power here in the orkney islands. but supplies of this green hydrogen are very limited. most hydrogen used in industry today is produced from fossil fuels in a process that uses lots of energy and creates emissions. green campaigners say generating enough clean fuel could be a major problem. a lot of industries are saying, "we can use hydrogen — "we need hydrogen."

you hear it for cars, for trucks, for ships, for planes, for home heating, for chemicals, for agriculture. at the moment, the uk effectively produces zero green hydrogen, to fulfil all of the needs that everyone wants is absolutely impossible. making planes fly on hydrogen power is going to be challenging. it'll require new aircraft designs and new infrastructure, as well as plentiful supplies of clean fuel. these tests, then, arejust a small first step, but they could herald one of the biggest changes the aviation industry has ever seen. theo leggett, bbc news. it's been described as an archeological "treasure trove," roman mosaics and buildings, discovered under a farmers field in rutland in the east midlands. the remarkable find was made during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but archeologists have uncovered more and more artefacts ever since. the exact location is being kept secret, but phil mackie was given exclusive access.

after a millennium and a half, a roman home has emerged from the soil. this is part of the rutland villa complex, first discovered by the landowner�*s son two years ago. last year, they started digging and found this amazing mosaic depicting a scene from homer's iliad. nothing like it had ever been found in britain before. they also used ground penetrating radar to survey the entire field and saw many more buildings. it's divided into three rooms, and each room would have had its own temperature. so, this room was what is known as the caldarium. this summer, archaeologists returned and uncovered much, much more. just gobsmacked, really. i mean, this, this is not the sort of. . .survival of archaeology that we expect in a rural situation. this is a complete one—off, really, ithink. you know, just by finding the mosaic as we did

a couple of years ago — it's amazing. so, this is one of the buildings that is part of a much larger villa complex. this is the living room here. that is the fireplace, and you can still see the charred remains of a fire that must have been lit 1,600, 1,700 years ago. but what this site does is it gives a much greater insight into life at a period about which we know very little and will give a greater understanding of what life was like in roman britain. the field is literally filled with roman rubble — roof tiles, pottery and masonry — and they found another mosaic with an intricate pattern, a way for the family who owned it to show off their wealth. it's amazing. it sort of makes up for all the muddy ditches that i've spent a lot of my time in. just being able to work on something like this, it kind of brings you a lot closer to the people that were living here, really. you know, and you're sort of experiencing the same kind of things that they would have been looking at every day. so it really does bring

it to life for you. they think the site's possibly 100 years older than previously thought, although the mosaics were added much later, in the fifth century. a last blast of roman britain. phil mackie, bbc news, rutland. a full skeleton cast of what could be the largest animal ever to walk on land, is coming to the uk in the new year. the dinosaur known as patagotitan, will go on display at the natural history museum in london. measuring 115 feet from nose to tail, it could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes, more than five double decker buses. where would we be without the double—decker bus for comparison?! professor phil manning — the chair of natural history at the university of manchester — said this dinosaur is hugely important. this is at the moment the largest dinosaur in the world and at 37 metres it is absolutely vast. i have seen this skeleton whilst working in north america where it has been on display,

so seeing it coming to the uk is fabulous. there are so many different species of dinosaur now. when i was a munchkin getting interested in dinosaurs, a great way to get into science, i learned maybe a dozen names. now there is over 1,000 which you can work with. so if you go to a museum like the natural history museum in london you can come face—to—face with some of the most wonderful dinosaurs known and to come face—to—face with the largest and you get to see dippy as well, that's one of the dinosaurs that also got me into science, so it is worth it. professor phil manning from the university of manchester. now it's time for a look at the weather stav. it has been a bit murky in places. big changes to the weather for the upcoming week. it will turn cold as we draw the air from the east and by the end of the week stop some problems with mist and fog at times as well, and also some frost. so big changes from the wet and settled

weather we have had of late. this afternoon doesn't look bad for many, quite a bit of sunshine, showers affecting parts of western scotland and in towards the channel, most places dry and a much better afternoon in the south and south—east after the cloud and rain yesterday and it could be up to ii yesterday and it could be up to 11 degrees in the south but a bit cooler further north. this evening and overnight, showers fade away, winds very light, lengthy clear skies so that will allow temperatures to plummet down to freezing or below in northern and central and western areas so frost likely but also mist and fog developing in parts of england and wales which could cause issues for tuesday morning. cold and foggy for some of us but other areas with sunshine as well, but the fog will be stubborn to clear in places so it could stay rather grey and foggy all day. other areas will have the fog lifting to low cloud and there should be a bit of sunshine around and fire a few showers compared to

today. —— farfewer. and fire a few showers compared to today. —— far fewer. up and fire a few showers compared to today. —— farfewer. up to and fire a few showers compared to today. —— far fewer. up to around 10 degrees in the south—east coast. as we move deeper into the week we have an area of high pressure over north—east of europe and that exerts its force over the north of the country and one such front will affect parts of northern ireland and northern and western scotland on wednesday, a bit more of a breeze, so less cold compared to elsewhere which will be mostly dry but rather grey and gloomy i think with limited brightness. mist and fog in places which will linger or date so these values feel cooler than that with a lack of sunshine —— linger all day. we pick up more than easterly wind thanks to the area of high pressure and that will bring more of the breeze, the onshore breeze, to eastern areas, and feed in a few showers at times across the eastern side of the uk and these over the pennines, for example, could turn wintry in places. big changes on the

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this is bbc news. enclave at my re. our top stories. —— | enclave at my re. our top stories. —— i am clive myrie. mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. this is the sort of militarised autocracy that people are saying they don't want, and my grave fear is that xi jinping will lean more into that, as we saw in hong kong. the last bit of fine—tuning for england and wales ahead of tomorrow's world cup clash in qatar. scottish football will ban heading the day before and after matches. it's over fear of it's overfear of brain it's over fear of brain injury. three people arrested out of the bodies of two babies are discovered in a house in south wales.

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