this is bbc news, the headlines... a powerful earthquake hits china's tibet region near mount everest. chinese state media say 95 people are dead and hundreds more injured. commemorations are taking place in paris to mark the tenth anniversary of the terror attack on the satirical magazine charlie had to after it published cartoons of the prophet muhammad. —— charlie hebdo. we expect president macron to join the others who are marking the tenth anniversary of the islamist attack at the offices

of the satirical news magazine charlie hebdo. dignitaries are lining up. 12 people were killed including 12 of its best—known cartoonists. —— including its best—known cartoonists. if proclaims itself indestructible on the front cover. the attack was carried out because caricatures were published by the magazine of the profit manage. i want to update you on breaking news because officials in china's tibet region certainly is 95 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a powerful earthquake. chinese media is reporting that hundreds of houses have collapsed in the mountainous area. many homes have been left without water and power.

these are some of the latest pictures that cctv, which is chinese state media, broadcasting. you can see how those houses in this mountainous area have collapsed and they are one of the main roads, that has also collapsed after this huge earthquake on the 7.1 in magnitude, it struck. i can show you some of the rescue pictures coming in, because the military sent lots of people to that area to try to rescue, you can see someone being helped out. the local people of course are afraid to now go into any buildings because there have been a number of aftershocks in this area. the issue for the rescuers once they have tried area. the issue for the rescuers once they have tried to get underneath the rubble to get underneath the rubble and pull anyone who is the out and pull anyone who is the out it will be the fact that survivors will be the fact that survivors have nowhere to go and the have nowhere to go and the temperatures in this area where temperatures in this area where

it took place are around minus eight degrees at the moment but will drop to —18 celsius this evening. they will have lots of people out in the opening these freezing conditions. we also hearing that power and water in the region have also been disrupted and the chinese military is sending drones to try to get to some of the areas where people have been worst affected. the head of the national emergency operations centre in nepal, where the quakers also felt, gave more details on rescue operation. we initiated details on rescue operation. - initiated emergency response protocols. my team is assessing the situation and is working with local authority first responders. we have the

difficulty of the himalayan terrain, including some of the world's highest peaks. this is the winter season so the temperature is also freezing. of course, you can get much more on that quake on the bbc news website and app. mcdonald's staff have told the bbc they still face sexual abuse and harassment — a year after its boss told mps safeguarding had been strengthened. the uk's equality watchdog says it has intervened again, afterfresh complaints from employees, and has asked mcdonald's to improve its hr practices. the firm said it has a "relentless focus on eliminating all forms of harassment" and had rolled out company—wide programmes to improve safeguarding, awareness and training.

and then started referring to me as a monkey n—word. hundreds of mcdonald's workers spoke to the bbc in 2023 during our investigation into a culture of harassment, bullying, abuse. their testimony led to the ceo being summoned to parliament. i am absolutely determined to root out any of these behaviours. but how much has the company changed? there are things that have been happening within mcdonald's which shouldn't even have ever happened. it was horrible. matt left mcdonald's seven months ago after two years of working there. i don't think they care at all. he says it was a toxic place to work. for myself, it was being bullied for having a learning disability, having some astigmatism with my eye. and then it was stuff you noticed, managers and staff being racist to other staff,

managers trying to touch other staff up. it was emotionally great —— training. —— draining. mcdonalds said it has created a head of safeguard, established five ways for employees to speak up confidentially, including a new digital channel allowing instant and confidential reporting of issues, created an investigation�*s handling unit, drawing on independent legal expertise. in 2023 mcdonalds signed a legally binding agreement with the equality watchdog pledging to protect its staff from sexual harrassment, since then there have been 300 reports of harassment made and so it has been forced to take stronger action against the company in the light of the serious allegations that it has heard. alan, not his real name,

a teenage crew member in south—west scotland, says he and his colleagues are routinely subjected to verbal abuse, his words are spoken by a producer. very degrading, humiliating, it is homophobic slurs, sometimes to my face, sometimes behind my back. he says he complained to a senior manager, but nothing l was done. do you think there is | a speak up culture?— happening, i have heard people who are faced bullying who are scared to talk up just because they feel as if they are not going to get the help they need. —— who have faced bullying. mcdonald's told the bbc that keeping its workers safe was their most important responsibility. and it says it has undertaken extensive work over the last year to ensure we have industry leading practises in place, to support this priority. any incident of misconduct, and harassment is subject to rapid thorough investigation and action. what is happening shouldn't be happening, and people need to know about it.

by joining hundreds of mcdonald's workers in a legal action against the company, matt hopes to improve the lives of the teenagers still working there. with me is news reporter noor nanji, who worked on the bbc investigation into sexual harassment at mcdonald's. there has been reaction already to this new report that we have just seen from zohi? this morning _ just seen from zohi? this morning we _ just seen from zohi? this morning we have - just seen from zohi? this morning we have heard i just seen from zohi? ti 3 morning we have heard from liam byrne, the chair of the business select committee, who will be questioning the uk boss of mcdonald's later. he said the situation at mcdonald's is appalling and she also raised theissue appalling and she also raised the issue of zero—hour contracts, he said that it is a factor in creating an imbalance of power which he says allows abuse to flourish within the workplace. i think that it's a really interesting point, mcdonald's has around thatjust under 170,000 people working

for it across the uk. most of them are on the zero—hour contracts, 89% of the young workforce on those contracts, so mcdonald's tells us that like being on those contracts because as you can expect, lots of them are at school, university and university and couege university and university and college and it offers them the flexibility that they might appreciate. the workers we have spoken to, some said they like being on those contracts. we have spoken to 50 workers across the country who said it creates instability because they do not know what their hours will be from one week to the next. one allegation we have heard is from a young woman who left mcdonald's in 2023, she said she was offered shifts in return for sex. mcdonald's says it does not recognise that claim and it says workers are given the choice to switch on to what they called these minimum guaranteed hours contracts but workers we have spoken to have said they do not get offered a choice. we have heard from the trade union congress who also

raised this issue, saying mcdonald's has serious questions to answer when it comes to these contracts and this is all particularly interesting in the context of the employment rights bill already going through parliament, and i think we can expect to hear a lot of these issues raised in that meeting later today. these all have implications for business well beyond just mcdonald's. hoar beyond “ust mcdonald's. noor nan'i, beyond just mcdonald's. noor nanji, thank _ beyond just mcdonald's. noor nanji, thank you _ beyond just mcdonald's. noor nanji, thank you very - beyond just mcdonald's. noor nanji, thank you very much i nanji, thank you very much indeed. a line of breaking news on the weather conditions here in the uk, we have been hit by snow over the weekend and flirting. we are hearing from liverpool's john lennon airport that their runway is now open and flights should resume shortly, but there will be delays to passengers and you are advised to check with the airline regarding particularflights. we are also hearing aberdeen airport has resumed flights but also there are lengthy delays

continuing. the good news is liverpooljohn lennon airport and aberdeen airport, their runways are now open and flights are resuming, but we can expect plenty delays. also the met office has issued some new warnings for scotland and northern ireland. there is met office weather warning for snow and ice covering northern and western scotland and northern ireland and said further snow showers will bring two to five centimetres widely across northern and western scotland with ten centimetres over higher ground. a yellow warning for scotland and northern ireland. i will take you back

to the pictures we are getting from paris because president macron is about to arrive to take part in commemorations in the french capital, we can see him just arriving with his wife brigitte macron tail. they are marking ten years since he islamist gun attack at the magazine charlie hebdo, 12 people were killed including several of its best—known cartoonists. let's speak to nabila ramdani, a french—algerian journalist and author of fixing france: how to repair a broken republic. thank you forjoining us. i know you were base just a few streets ago when —— a few streets ago when —— a few streets away when this attack happened ten years ago. reminders of what happened. i was literally a few streets away when the charlie hebdo attack started in paris on january the 7th 2015 at 1130. i

remember it like yesterday and it was a massive shock about what happened, even though there had been very sinister warnings beforehand including a firebomb attack on charlie hebdo's officers and indeed death threats and effectively the gunman, who identified themselves as members of al-qaeda, said they were taking revenge against charlie hebdo for blaspheming against the prophet muhammad, he was the most revered prophet in the muslim world. muslims were among the first victims just as they were in subsequent terror attacks in paris and there is absolutely no doubt that everybody of right minds came together to condemn the absolute barbarity of what happened, no matter what the background. two things can be true at the same time and in line with all civilised notions of free speech it had always

been perfectly acceptable to condemn terrorist atrocities while also describing a lot of charlie hebdo's output is not just unfunny but also criminal. there were many people who were incensed at the way that figures like the prophet muhammad were depicted in a series of cartoons as figures of ridicule, the prophet muhammad was linked to all kinds of acts of evil in a manner that can only be described as violent and indeed pornographic and, dare i say, in breach of hate laws that were never upheld. very ordinary muslims, including poor immigrants, were being demonised as well and in a way that subjected them to attacks. we can see the live pictures of president macron greeting

people at the scene. i remember from the time, the days after, they shocked the whole world. there became the i am charlie movement a few days after this attack? ., ., ., ., . ~', attack? following the attacks in which people _ attack? following the attacks in which people from - attack? following the attacks in which people from all- attack? following the attacks| in which people from all kinds of backgrounds and faiths were killed, world leadersjoined vast crowds on the streets of four days later in what became known as the greatje suis charlie much, everyonejoined together to celebrate the core ideals of the french republic of liberty, equality and fraternity, and the message issued to people from every part of the globe that free speech mattered and would be protected eternally. ten years later, the je protected eternally. ten years later, theje suis charlie legacy, the charlie hebdo legacy, lives on. the magazine is still published and receives

government security grants but the collective response we all witnessed in 2015 has by no means stood firm, and on the contrary many argue that the attacks highlighted deep tension in french society that has still not been resolved and, dare i say, cracks in an allegedly nationwideje suis charlie solidarity appeared straightaway when even schoolchildren were punished for not observing a minute's silence for the victims, for example. this was seen as extremely critical because those that wanted to question the free speech myth were not just a an opinion but also demonised. i just a an opinion but also demonised.— just a an opinion but also demonised. i want to policy because we _ demonised. i want to policy because we want _ demonised. i want to policy because we want to - demonised. i want to policy because we want to listen l demonised. i want to policy i because we want to listen into what is happening at this commemoration. —— i want to pause you.

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those wreaths were laid at the front of the charlie hebdo building. you saw president macronjust standing building. you saw president macron just standing with his wife, brigitte, and the rest of the people as this memorial is taking place. nabila ramdani is still with us. at the time, we didn't know this attack would be one of the others that followed. what has been the long—term impact on the people of france? i long-term impact on the people of france?— of france? i think it is very important. _ of france? i think it is very important, the president l of france? i think it is very| important, the president of france, emmanuel macron, is leading commemorations outside the old charlie hebdo officers and has specifically called for the events of today, the commemoration, to focus on appalling crimes, barbaric acts of terrorism, rather than the ins and outs of free speech. this is to avoid poking of hatred and indeed division and

it is also highly significant that the families of the deceased have also asked for today's ceremonies to be nonpolitical and dignified because there is no doubt that the je suis because there is no doubt that theje suis charlie slogan was manipulated for political reasons and this is something we need to pull away from. i principally see the je suis charlie attacks as being about barbaric terrorism and not a chance for free speech, and many people have come to the same conclusion —— and not a chance to defeat free speech. some people think it is fine to demonise islam and not other faiths and this is pretty unfortunate in a country which has the largest muslim population in western europe, about 6 million people. in the wake of the charlie hebdo attacks and subsequent terrorist attacks across france, notjust in paris but also in nice, for example, in which lots of people from diverse backgrounds were

killed, there were attacks against muslims by far right parties such as the national rally which enjoyed increasing electoral successes. less than two weeks after the charlie hebdo attacks the then prime minister said, and hebdo attacks the then prime ministersaid, and i quote, there was a social, territorial and ethnic apartheid that france was ignoring at its peril. it led to far more divisions, dare i say, that unity. divisions, dare i say, that uni . r divisions, dare i say, that uni . a ., unity. as we mentioned, the magazine — unity. as we mentioned, the magazine itself _ unity. as we mentioned, the magazine itself still - magazine itself still publishing and has published a special edition to mark this tenth anniversary?- tenth anniversary? indeed, there is a _ tenth anniversary? indeed, there is a new _ tenth anniversary? indeed, there is a new edition - tenth anniversary? indeed, there is a new edition of i there is a new edition of charlie hebdo unveiled which goes on sale today. on the cover there is typically a man sitting on a kalashnikov and the magazine called on readers to submit, i quote, their funniest and meanest depictions of god in a typically

provocative and defined contest for the special anniversary edition. dare i say i think the fundamental issue here is that the magazine, some of its material, is in clear breach of hate laws that were never upheld, and that is also a problem, the rule of law, including the implementation of legislation that exists against hate law and hate speech, should be applied to avoid this kind of extreme reaction, because otherwise you just have extremes talking to each other while the vast majority of people are caught up in these barbaric attacks.— barbaric attacks. nabila ramdani. _ barbaric attacks. nabila ramdani, journalist - barbaric attacks. nabila| ramdani, journalist and barbaric attacks. nabila - ramdani, journalist and author of fixing france: how to repair

a broken republic, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we are watching these live pictures from paris, as we said. the french president emmanuel macron taking part in these commemorations to mark ten years since that attack by islamist gunmen at the offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. 12 people were killed, including several of its best—known cartoonists. they were shot by two brothers angered by the magazine's publication of caricatures of the prophet muhammad. as we said, the attack sparked an on bbc news. now to something complete attack rent. on bbc news. now to something complete attack sparked an said, the attack sparked an international outcry and we international outcry and we have seen that reeds are being have seen that reeds are being laid outside the magazine's laid outside the magazine's former headquarters. there will former headquarters. there will be further ceremonies such be further ceremonies such other sites later today and other sites later today and there will be further coverage there will be further coverage on bbc news. now to something on bbc news. now to something completely different. completely different.

the conservation charity... —— the conservation charity, fauna and flora, has published a list of ten species across the globe that it's working to save this year. they range from a chameleon the size of a paper clip to the whale shark. let's speak to ceo of conservation charity, fauna and flora, kristian teleki. thank you forjoining us. outline the species you are trying to say. gopis species do not get enough attention, i'm sure we focus on the charismatic animals like lions, and gorillas but charismatic animals like lions, and gorilla— charismatic animals like lions, and gorillas but there are many more that _ and gorillas but there are many more that are _ and gorillas but there are many more that are less _ and gorillas but there are many more that are less familiar - and gorillas but there are many more that are less familiar for. more that are less familiar for many people. equally important plants and animals that require urgent need of conservation attention, this is about the habitats and ecosystems where these fauna and flora live and these fauna and flora live and the people who rely on them. every species matters. in the case of these species we have plans in place to address some

of these and many of the threat that these animals are facing and aiming to have a big impact in 2025. whether it is a chameleon the size of a paperclip... {iii chameleon the size of a paperclip- - -_ chameleon the size of a paperclip. .. of this list is not extensive _ paperclip. .. of this list is not extensive of - paperclip. .. of this list is not extensive of the - paperclip. .. of this list is not extensive of the one | paperclip. .. of this list is - not extensive of the one that need protecting but it is about inspiring us to try to protect as many of these species as possible?— possible? absolutely, it is really easy _ possible? absolutely, it is really easy to _ possible? absolutely, it is really easy to get - possible? absolutely, it is really easy to get caught l possible? absolutely, it is. really easy to get caught up possible? absolutely, it is - really easy to get caught up in the doom and gloom of the news cycle is at the moment and the not so spectacular ending of 2024 when we saw more setbacks than progress on nature and climate. we want to start off the year with hope and optimism, change the story around nature and climates. fauna and flora is the world's oldest conservation organisation, or 120 years we have been protecting and restoring nature and

others too. are you optimistic about the _ others too. are you optimistic about the future? _ others too. are you optimistic about the future? galba - about the future? galba absolutely, we would not be in this business if we were not optimistic. we are working with local communities and partnerships and governments around the world in partnerships and governments around the worl— around the world in more than 45 countries — around the world in more than 45 countries to restore - around the world in more than| 45 countries to restore species and habitats. it is about taking this off in bite—size pieces, not trying to address it all at once but if we can inspire others to do the same then we will make great progress in the coming year. kristian teleki, hopefully by appearing live on bbc news you have done that around the world and we will keep an eye on the fauna and flora that need protecting. thank you for joining us. just to return to our main story today, the powerful earthquake that has hit china's tibet region, it has destroyed hundreds of buildings and we are just hearing that russia's president putin has said the chinese president xijingping his president xi jingping his condolences president xijingping his condolences following the

earthquake. —— has sent. 95 people have been killed, many houses collapsed in this mountain region area which is holy for tibetan buddhists. stay with us on bbc news. a reminder here in the uk of breaking news in the last few minutes in terms of the weather, we know that liverpool's john lennon weather, we know that liverpool'sjohn lennon airport has reopened but we also have new weather alerts for scotland and northern ireland. let's get and northern ireland. let's get a round—up with carol kirkwood. hello again. the cold weather is set to continue as we go through much of the rest of this working week. we are looking at sharp overnight frosts, particularly on wednesday and thursday night. the risk still of snow and ice but it looks like by the weekend we will see something a bit less cold coming our way. not so today, the low pressure that brought all the rain

that caused the flooding and the snow has moved away, but we are all in this north and north—westerly airflow, and you can see from the blues on that chart it will be another cold day today. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. we have seen a few wintry showers and snow showers. they will continue across the north of scotland. a wintry mix of showers coming in across the west, few of those getting inland, and temperatures today, 3—9 degrees, so another day for wrapping up warmly. through this evening and overnight we continue with the snow showers in the north of scotland. a few of those blowing in across northern ireland, isle of man, north—west england, north—west wales. we will also see some freezing fog patches form under clearer skies and light winds, and by the end of night we will have some rain starting to show its hand in south—west england. but a widespread frost again, the risks of ice tomorrow morning on damp surfaces, and we could see temperatures fall away as low as minus eight. tomorrow, any freezing fog will be slow to clear, some could linger. there will be a lot of dry weather around. we are also looking at the risk

of some snow showers still across the far north of the country. and we have also got the rain coming in across southern england. on its leading edge, we could also see some wintriness on especially the tops of the hills. this is an area we haven't really seen much snow, and the met office has a weather warning out, 2—5 centimetres is possible, but the exact position could change. at the moment we think it will be south of the m4 corridor, but this system bringing it will move away, which means on thursday we open the doors to still northerly winds, still some snow showers, some freezing fog once again slow to clear, central england, south and east england, north wales, north west england and the snow showers in the north still accompanied by a blustery wind. temperatures 3—4 degrees, seven in the channel islands. then the outlook sees the chance of some rain and some snow, on friday for some of us, but it gets a little bit less cold.

live from london. this is bbc news. a powerful earthquake hits china's tibet region, near mount everest — chinese state media say 95 people are dead and hundreds more injured. a huge rescue operation continues. flood warnings are in force across large parts of the uk — with a danger to life alert in south leicestershire. commemorations are taking place in paris to mark the tenth anniversary of the attack on the serrat girl magazine charlie hebdo after it published political cartoons of muhammad —— the satirical magazine. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with the latest on that major earthquake that has struck china's tibet region.