called against his own government — hoping to trigger an election in february. this is the scene live in damascus — as regional and international powers step up engagement with syria's new rulers — while the country looks to rebuild. and — zakir hussain, legendary master of the indian tabla drums, has died at the age of 73. we'll be looking at the mastery of his work and his life. let's return to our top story — the scale of the disaster brought to the french overseas territory of mayotte we have some pictures to show you that gives you a sense of the devastation, what we're hearing is that whole villages

have been blown away and hundreds, one person on the island has been saying that thousands of people that they fear have been killed as a result of the cyclone. the french authorities are promising a massive response and these are soldiers that have been deployed to mayotte. efforts are being snapped up by the french to get help, they are desperately in need of some basics like food and water, we already are hearing that people are starting to die of thirst and hunger and there is a real concern of the risk of cholera. mayotte was one of the worst cyclones to hit the island in 90 years, what is going on with the weather,.

what i can show you as the satellite image of the path of this storm, that has been crucial, the eye of the storm, north of madagascar. cyclones like this will make landfall in madagascar, when they do that, the rugged terrain of the island to tears them apart and they lose strength, this storm system has stayed right out over open waters, it will continue to identify, gathering the energy. the extra energy resortjust meant the energy. the extra energy resort just meant that the storm continued to intensify, didn't get the chance to weaken over madagascar as would often be the case. where is it heading now? it made a third landfall in northern madagascar, it is pushing its way south, it is good to move again against parts of mozambique, its northern mozambique, its northern mozambique, pushing south eastwards, and then it will

head to zimbabwe. the winds are easing with this storm system, we won't see the devastation like we've seen in mayotte, the rainfall will be the real threats now, every hundred millimetres of rainfall in places, we are looking at potential for flooding and landslides places in southern mousa began zimbabwe. this is the last cyclone _ mousa began zimbabwe. this is the last cyclone in _ mousa began zimbabwe. this is the last cyclone in 90 _ mousa began zimbabwe. this is the last cyclone in 90 years - mousa began zimbabwe. this is the last cyclone in 90 years to l the last cyclone in 90 years to hit mayotte, once again people are asking, is there a link between a storm, a cyclone like this and climate change? the climate scientists _ this and climate change? tue: climate scientists will this and climate change? tte: climate scientists will be doing the research of the next couple of weeks to look at the specific impacts of cyclone chido, although not seeing more of the second, more of them are becoming more intense, a major category three orfour becoming more intense, a major category three or four cyclone for instance just like cyclone chido, the warmer air and warmer ocean means that we are seeing more moisture, not only at the wind is stronger but the rainfall is more intense and we are seeing probably more of

these very intense cyclones forming as we continue to warm our axis of it. forming as we continue to warm our axis of it— our axis of it. thank you very much. let's ta ke let's take your life to mozambique and speak to guy taylorfrom unicef. i hope you're 0k, taylorfrom unicef. i hope you're ok, you and your team. how did cyclone chido in pact was a bit. how did cyclone chido in pact was a bit-— was a bit. people were hit re was a bit. people were hit pretty hard _ was a bit. people were hit pretty hard yesterday - was a bit. people were hit - pretty hard yesterday morning, it arrived as a category four cyclone, it's done a lot of damage. yesterday we were able to carry on... a lot of destruction here, rueful enough buildings, health centres, schools, a lot of infrastructure put out of action, today with been able to get out into the rural communities that surround the area, these are places for people already looking in

precarious conditions, very high levels of poverty, there we've seen a lot of creative destruction, a lot of buildings completely destroyed including some of those critical facilities like health centres and schools. also as was mentioned, a lot of rain, a lot of water on the ground, that presents a very serious risk of cholera, malaria, diarrhoea which among the biggest killers of children. that is something of children. that is something of particular concern. t’se of particular concern. i've been speaking _ of particular concern. i've been speaking to - of particular concern. i've been speaking to a - of particular concern. i've been speaking to a charity that works in mayotte, their biggest worry is about access to clean water, there was already an issue on mayotte on clean water, what's that situation again was a big?— water, what's that situation again was a big? the similar icture, again was a big? the similar picture. in — again was a big? the similar picture, in mozambique - again was a big? the similar picture, in mozambique we. again was a big? the similar. picture, in mozambique we are ready before that had 3.4 million children in need of humanitarian systems, they are

very overstretched, the humanitarian system. this is not only going to make things worse, we are looking mayotte the poorest country in the world, a lot of people don't have access to clean water, this is only making things harder. we are working with our partners to distribute water purification and buckets, partners are distributing food, shelter materials, medication, tends to treat and prevent cholera, the magnitude of this cyclone is going to outstrip. when he talked about critical infrastructure being affected, you did mention health care facilities, is that quite a lot of damage to those of you have functioning clinics and hospitals?— functioning clinics and hositals? ., ,., hospitals? there are some functions _ hospitals? there are some functions in _ hospitals? there are some functions in hospital - hospitals? there are somej functions in hospital where hospitals? there are some - functions in hospital where the quality of infrastructure seems to be a bit better made out of

bricks and concrete. mud bricks are obviously not able to withstand weights that we've seen with the flooding, that is very worrying particularly many children are suffering from malnutrition, this could easily kill children in a matter of days. where responding and speaking to a lot of cut... it really is a big humanitarian response received here. has a full picture — response received here. has a full picture emerged _ response received here. has a full picture emerged of- response received here. has a full picture emerged of what l response received here. has a| full picture emerged of what is needed? t full picture emerged of what is needed? .�* full picture emerged of what is needed? ., �* ~' full picture emerged of what is needed? ., �* ,, a needed? i don't think so. as i said, needed? i don't think so. as i said. we _ needed? i don't think so. as i said. we are _ needed? i don't think so. as i said, we are only— needed? i don't think so. as i said, we are only able - needed? i don't think so. as i said, we are only able to - needed? i don't think so. as i said, we are only able to get| said, we are only able to get down to the rural areas today of the cyclone path. we are just starting to get a full picture of the impact and i think the picture in terms of death and injury is going to go

up death and injury is going to go up and the understanding of the impact this will have on people's lives. a challenging time for you and your team. thank you very much. let's take you back an hour to syria,. syria's de—facto leader, ahmed al—sharaa — the man who led the rebels who seized damascus — has met the un envoy to the country. it's the latest step in what appears to be a concerted international effort to smooth the transition of power. the envoy, geir pedersen, said he supported lifting sanctions on syria. the eu has also signalled a willingness to deal with the new power in syria — but says the relationship will depend on the direction that leadership takes. however — not all reactions have been diplomatic. neighbouring israel has continued bombarding syria — carrying out its heaviest series of airstrikes in the region for more than a decade. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab explained how much help syria will need

to rebuild. at the edge of the city centre of damascus, here at the neighbourhood ofjobar, that was considered a front line during the years of the war. this area revolted against bashar al—assad and has been bombed heavily year after year. and look at it, every single street, every single building, has been reduced to rubble. there has been nearly 400,000 people living here before the war started. they are scattered around the world, and that's going to be the challenge for the new leadership with mr ahmed al—shara. he wants to bring money to rebuild these neighbourhoods. the international community also is looking at ways of supporting syria. they want the refugees back. they need to rebuild this. there are eu and us sanctions on the country that blocked aid

and blocked money coming in, especially to rebuild the country. and that's what mr al—shara is focusing on to lift these sanctions. but he's also wanting his own organisation, hayat tahrir al—sham, that is designated as a terrorist organisation, to be delisted. and for that, many leaders around the world are calling for this transitional government to be an inclusive government that protects the rights of minorities, the rights of women, and to include all the denominations of the syrian society in it and to be democratic. so there are lots of tests ahead in the coming period to have the flow of money, the flow of cash to rebuild the economy and rebuild these neighbourhoods. as bashar al—assad's forces destroyed many cities and many towns and many villages. a lot is needed to be done. this is a country that was, you know, torn by 13 years of war,

and it won't be able to build it on its own. the energy is amazing among people. they want to be engaged. they want to come back. many have already crossed the borders from different borders to come back and settle here. but for this to be rebuilt, it needs international support. not a syrian one only. but shady life pictures from damascus and of 81 on other developments, lots of people in town at the moment, regional and international powers are stepping up their engagement with the new looters of syria, there is still ongoing concern about theirjihadist origins, but many are saying it's time to engage with the new rulers of the eu... with been hearing from... talking about the need for political transition, he is also in damascus at the moment holding talks. we'll continue

to keep across development in syria for you.

days before he takes temporary charge of the church of england, the archbishop of york stephen cottrell is facing calls to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case. a bbc investigation has found that as bishop of chelmsford, mr cottrell allowed a priest, david tudor, to remain in post despite knowing he had been barred by the church from being alone with children. archbishop cottrell says he didn t have the legal power to sack the priest. david tudor didnt respond to our questions. 0ur religion editor aleem macbool reports. in three weeks' time, the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, is due to take temporary charge of the church of england. but we can now reveal a case that raises serious questions about his judgment. and the children... it relates to this man,

david tudor, who for ten years was a priest under stephen cottrell, even though since the late 19705 tudor had faced allegations of abuse against children. he abused his position of trust and it's had a huge effect on my life. having that huge secret pulled me away from my parents. i've lived with shame for 40 years. debbie, not her real name, says she was sexually abused by reverend tudor abused by reverend tudor between the ages of 13 and 15. between the ages of 13 and 15. her case, and that of two other her case, and that of two other girls, went to court in 1988, girls, went to court in 1988, and he was found guilty and he was found guilty of indecent assault of indecent assault and jailed for six months. and jailed for six months. the convictions were later the convictions were later quashed on technical grounds, quashed on technical grounds, but subsequently the church but subsequently the church found enough evidence found enough evidence to ban him from being a priest, to ban him from being a priest, but only for five years. but only for five years. by the late �*90s he was back by the late �*90s he was back as a vicar on canvey island as a vicar on canvey island in essex, and for years moved in essex, and for years moved through the ranks, though through the ranks, though the church did say he couldn't the church did say he couldn't be left alone with children. be left alone with children. that's where stephen cottrell that's where stephen cottrell comes in, made tudor�*s boss comes in, made tudor�*s boss

in chelmsford in 2010. in chelmsford in 2010. ..to share this service with you. well, within days of arriving here, as bishop, stephen cottrell was told about david tudor�*s past and that he was a priest who was banned from being left alone with children. two years later, he found out that david tudor had paid

that this case was not acted on when he knew information at the time. how can you have the moral and ethical authority to lead an institution with that? you can't. so, yes, i do think he needs to consider his position. only two months ago, david tudor admitted sexual misconduct and was sacked by the church. but he leaves difficult questions for those who for years allowed him to continue as a priest. now to the us — where president—elect donald trump made a very public appearance at an event featuring two of the themes he's used to rally his supporters — the armed forces, and american football. he took his seat at the army versus navy game in maryland — for the record, navy beat army 31—13. but of more interest to the political commentators watching was his own line up — alongside him in the stands, was much of his

national security team. there you can see vice—president electjd vance and — beside him — his embattled pentagon pick pete hegseth. 0pposing the use of some vaccines, the crunch point will come for him injanuary when he makes his case for congress in his confirmation hearing. these are much under discussion when it comes to us politics, let's bring in our reporter who like many others is also... let's start with the army versus navy game, we see these pictures there, so many people on hand trying to curry favour with donald trump it seems. i'm glad you reported peace corps which i wasn't paying attention to, i was more preoccupied with what was

happening in the stand. i think the thing that was most evident from that game is the public support that trump is throwing behind these embattled pigs. the one that stuck out to me was his nominee for the pentagon post, the secretary of defence nominee pete hegseth who as i'm sure the bbc is reporting, is under immense scrutiny because of his allegations of sexual misconduct and his alcohol abuse during his time at fox news as a weekend host, as well as the allegations of his financial handling of nonprofit veterans advocacy groups that he's been part of. we've seen earlier in trumps transition, he backed away from his nominee for attorney general, matt gaetz, was seeing a more strident trump when it comes to pete hegseth, as you mentioned, it was a same strategy with his pick for the director for

pick for the directorfor national intelligence, as pick for the director for national intelligence, as well as his pick to for the fbi. that was most memorable, jd vance the events presidents will act bringing along this form former marine, but was put on trial last week for strangling somebody in a chokehold in new york, he was let off of those cases, i think that was coming together of not only be political but cultural moment that the us is in. the only thing _ moment that the us is in. the only thing that _ moment that the us is in. the only thing that seems to be discussed over the weekend is the small flurry of defamation cases we've seen from the trump administration, is this a sign that they're going to crack down on unfavourable reporting? i think that's what we're taking it as, the most notable thing that happened over the weekend was that trump and abc news agreeing to a definition

settlement, $1 million in attorney fees, to have apologised for the mistake was made on air when he said that trump was found globally... civil liable for sexual... raping columnist jean civil liable for sexual... raping columnistjean carroll, decades ago in a new york department store. what happened was instead of it being raped, it was actually a very narrow new york definition of being sexually abused. because of that, they agreed to this settlement. it does mark this sort of turning point within the media relations and the trump presidency, there was speculation online that potentially abc could have defended itself against these charges, but as we try and cover this administration, that was something that can down the line, we are seeing a lot of other threats, cnn was put up

as a threat in terms of their coverage with some of the nominees. that's what we are preparing for in this country and in this administration. thank you very much. zakir hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. upsot+00v).the indian classical music icon died of a lung the indian classical music icon died of a lung disease, at a hospital in san francisco— his family said in a statement. hussain was a four—time grammy award winner and has received the padma vib—hushan. second—highest civilian award. through his performances, he transformed the tabla into a globally loved solo instrument that was the star of the show. (read 0n) (read 0n) the composer and musician nitin sawhney has been talking to us about his memories

of zakir hussain. it's impossible to, to overestimate his influence not only on indian classical music and tabla, but also as a musician. he transcended the instrument and, you know, was a huge contributor to to music generally. you know, he broke so many boundaries. he was somebody who was an inspiration to so many musicians across the world. i mean, in the same way that panditji ravi shankar had collaborated with yehudi menuhin back in the 19505. zakir hussain continued to collaborate with people from in the pop sphere, you know, from van morrison to the grateful dead. but also his greatest and best known collaboration was withjohn mclaughlin, the noted jazz guitarist, and they formed a band called shakti, which was a hugely influential band, certainly on people like myself and many other musicians and composers, i would say. you know, he was somebody who was always pushing boundaries. i met him a few, you know, a few times. i was privileged to have done that. and, and the first time i met him was at the rhythms

of the world festival in toronto, at the harbour front, where he gave lectures and he would lecture a great deal. it was an educationalist as well as somebody who inspired a lot of other musicians as a maestro of the instrument. scientists have uncovered the aftermath of the exceptionally violent attack about 4000 years ago in somerset when at least 37 people appeared to be butchered and likely eaten. it's the largest case of violence between humans identified in early bronze age england which had been considered a peaceful time. the victims bones were found by carvers in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, carver5 in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, expert5 carver5 in the 19 —— by cavers, in the 19705, experts say they were thrown into a 18 metre shaft by the prehistoric attackers. 0ur 5cience correspondent told me what 5cienti5ts think happened. the scientists think happened. the scientists think happened. the scientists were _ scientists think happened. he scientists were really shocked ijy scientists were really shocked by what they think happened, they hadn't seen such a violent

attack, all they had is this bone fragments, it's hard to piece it together, they do have some theorie5, this was quite a 5ome theorie5, this was quite a peaceful time of the early bronze age didn't have any weapons of fortifications, it wasn't considered a place where you need to protect yourself from any attacks. they don't think it was a case of an invading group attacking a community, that leads them to believe that this was possibly driven by extreme anger and rage, possibly building up over time, someone in one community perhaps did something unfavourable but may have been accusations of witchcraft, tho5e accusations of witchcraft, those ideas are circulated and it'll built up over time and it led to this shocking attack, one of the professors talked about perhaps there was one very antagonistic per5on about perhaps there was one very antagonistic person in the community who wouldn't let things go, that person might have had a grudge and that may have had a grudge and that may have led to tension between these two communities, and led to this very shocking attack, they say it was very extreme

that it probably the memory of it reverberated down generations that he can think about people telling the story of the attack over time, perhaps around the fire, they think that cannibalism may have been ritualistic, attempt to dehumani5e victim5 been ritualistic, attempt to dehumani5e victims to send message that people didn't know what triggered the attack, they were trying to send a message that whatever it was it was unacceptable and they didn't want it to happen again. let’s want it to happen again. let's leave you _ want it to happen again. let's leave you with _ want it to happen again. let's leave you with pictures - want it to happen again. let's leave you with pictures from | leave you with pictures from berlin,.

we are in this wedge of milder air, quite a bit of cloud around, a bit of sunshine to, the milder it is right across the milder it is right across the country on the boundary of that cold air to the north of scotland, we've had this stationary weather front which has brought some very high rainfall to parts of northern scotland, particularly the highland. mo5t scotland, particularly the highland. most were dry. variable cloud5, 5ome sunny 5pell5, temperature stability. it could be looking up at and 50 millimetres of rain falling acro55 50 millimetres of rain falling across the time monday is out. that's likely to cause some issues, with some some localised flooding in on someplace. the rates have to push northward 5uite5 which pu5h northward 5uite5 which wind directions from the south, this new area of low pressure which will bring breezy and wet weather to northern and western areas as we go through tonight, they hear but some chillier 5pots acro55 neath ea5t they hear but some chillier 5pots acro55 neath east and south—east of england, clearer 5kies. tuesday, rather cloudy one, breezy, not break5 5kies. tuesday, rather cloudy one, breezy, not breaks of patchy rain, scotland and northern ireland, northern and western of wales, mo5tly dry,

we5tern of wales, mo5tly dry, odd showers in the east. given some odd showers in the east. given 5ome brightne55, it will be quite mild, temperature is ten to 12 degrees. wet and windy weather 5pread to 12 degrees. wet and windy weather spread across the country during tuesday night, one area of low pressure closer with gradually, another one will arrive acro55 with gradually, another one will arrive across southern part5 will arrive across southern parts of england and wales, in between should be dry, 5un5hine around. quite breezy, few showers acro55 northern and western areas and cooler 5igns we5tern areas and cooler 5igns here. this next area of low pressure will 5wipe mo5t here. this next area of low pressure will 5wipe most of england and wales with wet and windy weather on wednesday night, on thursday, it moves away and takes the milder air weather5. cold north westerly wind for thursday itself, plenty of sunshine around on thursday but it will be notably cold, scattering of showers, mainly northern and western areas and these will be wintry over the hills. temperatures back into single digits across the board, this valley is actually closer to what to expect this time of year. it stays blustery for the end of

the week and the weekend, sunshine and showers, these will be wintry on the hills in the north.

today at one, signed, sealed, delivered. the government approves the sale of royal mail to a czech billionaire. six days a week deliveries will stay, as will the commitment to one—price—goes anywhere despite it being under review by the regulator. also on the programme... days before taking temporary charge of the church of england, the archbishop of york faces calls to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case. this case was not acted on when he knew information at the time. how can you have the

moral and ethical authority to lead an institution with that? you can't. mp5 will raise concerns in the commons today about links between prince andrew and a man accused of spying for china. as many as a thousand people are feared dead as the worst cyclone in 90 years hits the french island of mayotte in the indian ocean. cani can i kick it? yes, you can. and robbie williams on teenage fame, the new film about his life, and why he's played by a cgi chimpanzee. i was like, i am a lyon. and he cocked his head and i went, monkey? so he said ok, here is the idea. and coming up on bbc news, sunday sackings. both southampton and wolves are on the hunt for new managers as they struggle to stay in touch in the premier league.