major cities, including islamabad, just about seen here, lahore and karachi, were suddenly cut off justeople have died in the worst snowstorms to hit spain for up to half a century. storm filomena has blanketed parts of the country in heavy snow, closing roads and the main international airport in madrid. weather warnings have been issued, with temperatures forecast to hit minus 12 later in the week. with all the sport now, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. evening to you, reeta. there were 20 ties in the fa cup third round today. there are a lot of goals coming up on match of the day after the news, but here are a few of the key results — if you want them. the only goals in the all premier league tie between arsenal and newcastle came in extra time, with the gunners going through, as joe currie reports. the emirates, home to some of arsenal's finest fa cup moments in recent yea rs. arsenal's finest fa cup moments in recent years. 1a times they've lifted the trophy, code mikel arteta match last season's success? well, first he'd have to lead the defending champions past newcas

local time, power was cut to homes across the country, including, as you say, to my one here in islamabadid this had been because of a drop in frequency in the transmission system and he said that officials are working on restoring services. this has been, though, a really nationwide blackout with residents from every major city, every province talking about power outages in their areas. we are now getting reports that in some places, power is being restored, but officials have said that it could take several hours for services to be fully restored right across the country. i've been in pakistan reporting here for four years and certainly we've never seen anything like this. power cuts are not uncommon, definitely not on this scale. often what you would see at the height of summer, when a lot of people are using fans and air conditioners because of the heat, would be a couple of hours or a number of hours of power cuts, but certainly something like this has really taken people by surprise. there is concern, of course, about what the impact could be on hospitals, for example, but because p

secunder kermani joins me from islamabad by candlelight. what is happening?ss the country, including as you say to my one here in islamabad. the power minister has appealed for calm, he said this had been caused by a drop in frequency in the transmission system and he said that officials are working on restoring the service —— restoring services. this has been a really nationwide blackout with residents from every major city, every province, talking about power outages in their areas. we are now getting reports that in some places, power is being restored but officials had said it could take several hours for services to be fully restored right across the country. and how unusual is that? has it ever happened before? well, this is unusual. i have been in pakistan reporting the four years and sadly we have never seen anything like this. power cuts are not uncommon, they but definite on the scale, often what you would see at the height of summer when a lot of people are using fans and air conditioning units because of the heat would be a couple of hours are a n

local time. 0ur pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has more from islamabad.r four years and certainly we've never seen anything like this. power cuts are not uncommon, definitely not on this scale. often what you would see at the height of summer, when a lot of people are using fans and air conditioners because of the heat, would be a couple of hours or a number of hours of power cuts, but certainly something like this has really taken people by surprise. there is concern, of course, about what the impact could be on hospitals, for example, but because power cuts, even if they are not on this scale, are not uncommon, places like hospitals, places like airports, even many individual better off families have diesel powered generators which can provide electricity for a period of time, so i have been speaking to some airports and some hospitals and they say for the moment, they're all 0k, although if this situation continues for a lot longer, concerns would be rising. for the moment, though, people seem to be fairly calm. there is a wedding happening down the st

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. over the past five days through the sale of merchandise with his image at president biden's inauguration earlier this month. the picture launched hundreds of memes, and the 79—year—old decided to put the "chairman sanders" merch, including t—shirts, sweatshirts and stickers, on his campaign website last week. the first run sold in half an hour and there is now a long backlog of orders. the money will be distributed to several charities in his home state of vermont, including meals on wheels. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. after a very wet night, conditions have been improving gradually through the day today with some brightness across many central and southern parts of the uk, but the rain band has almost stalled across the north of the uk. here, we'll see further rain and hill snow at times, best of the sunshine for england and wales. and here we've got the mild air pumping in from the south—west so it will almost feel springlike in places given some

let's go live to come out in islamabad and try and get a bit more on this talk us through exactly what the supreme court said and presumably this is a big blow for the pole family who have been launching these appeals. indeed it is a huge blow as far as the petition of cause daniel family is concerned we have not yet studied did in detail of that word of the supreme court that should be remembered that. omar shakoor song to be complicit and a conspiracy and you know ordering down near to. do it ted it but dead in karachi of course when seen as a huge disappointment across pakistan and obviously also in the united states but the family was hoping that they would get justice from pakistan's apex court which had the supreme court i thought at this particular trial was concerned and of course they will be a huge disappointment we don't have the exact details of the word big but we should be we should be having died soon. but give us a bit more background because i believe that the just particular appeal was launched after i left him. from a comment omar saeed shaykh saying that he had been

but first this report from islamabad. >> the borders of the pakistan democratic alliance are in front of the election commission of pakistan which is simp waited in the red zone. normally protests are not allowed in this area. however, the government has said that it will keep all the roads open in order for the opposition to come and launch its protest in front of the election commission of pakistan and the important case against the pakistan that's the party led by emran khan. but if they are making this a real power show of force it has not been able to muster the kind of support that it has during the rallies across pakistan. the government, on the other hand, is still very confident that they will be able to do this. but this particular democratic alliance is an amalgamation of 11 political parties with different ideology. and they do not agree yet on the tactics and the strategy. however, they are hopeful that they will be able to bring their people against the government in a show of support in order to promote the government to step down. anchor: the p.d.m. alliance was formed

thank you very much come on to the reporting live from islamabad. well the man in charge of america's foreign policy says one of the top priorities of the new biden ministration will be how to handle iran in his 1st press briefings ins taking office the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken said washington wants to return to the 2050 nuclear deal was done from pulled out of in 20 teen but mr blinken called on iran to act 1st if. iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c v.o.a. the united states would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we probably lost are and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran but we are a long ways from that point iran is out of compliance on a number of fronts and it would take some time should it make the decision to do so for it to come back into compliance in time for us then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations so we're not we're not t

from islamabad he has come out hi donna. the government where the case being heard initially and where the supreme court of the province had 1st equate caird or marsh a clock had find that government had fired a petition and the supreme court along where daniel pearl's family against that equate to the supreme court decided to be a witness of god particular call did this then die court and out of court as had central. a team from the world health organization have ended that 2 week hotel corn in will hand china they will now begin investigating the origins of the corona virus pandemic off to months of to lay a new court willing has come into force in poland that makes abortion almost totally illegal despite women holding the biggest processed in recent history i'm surprised the verdicts were demonstrations timed. i see headlines news continues here as they're off to people and power. indeed 2000000 people have been excluded from the least of c. just. one i won a speech the family's life to live along. how was north korea one

and the pakistan government to keep british born ahmed omar saeed sheikh in jail let's go live to islamabad and our correspondent there. just take us through what happened in court today. yes well it's to reach the goals the government. has granted as the family of daniel. had to fire the next bale before they took for good you see behind me this entire country a fake court and a final deciding all part of the idea of the appeal of god going against the equator all omar shaykh along with other very complicated it should be remembered that so much a court facing very debts and then for the murder of daniel back in 2002 he would send james to dead along with other people for direct involvement in that march by the anti terror it's called however and i surprised the high court and that province knowing that that then by court equated to him and there's accomplices of that that's 10 times god that approximates garland and the supreme court that simply called holding the acts which there is so indeed a disappointment because we've also been hearing that the lawyer representing daniel bard family

this team of nepalese climbers were given a hero's welcome in islamabad.onour and a great team effort. i think it is emotional because we all walked the summit together and it is a clear message for everybody in the world to say that if you unite together, anything is possible. not quite on top of the world but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain — the only one higher than 8,000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is until a few days ago. hazardous conditions only making what they did all the more impressive. it was very cold, i almost quit the expedition and there was, like, a sunrise which warmed my body and it was fine again. and, imagine if this is the sort of welcome they received in pakistan, what will it be like when they finally get back home to nepal? tim allman, bbc news. and you can read more about their extraordinary achievement on the bbc news website or on the bbc news an app. —— on the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland. thanks for watching. hello there. flooding continues to be of conce

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.espite many being closed for most of the pandemic, including the first star for a vegan restaurant. the organisers insisted the awards were credible and that it would have been unfair not to reward those that struggled on creatively. mark lobel reports. preparing his signature starter of cauliflower in cream and vanilla dressing a miniscule number of times, sylvain has had a grating year. translation: people are messing up takeaways _ and delivery guys are not getting paid well. these dark kitchens are dirty but booming. meanwhile, restaurants with high standards remain closed. it's a detriment to our culture and morale. hejoined the he joined the cream of the proper culinary visits to peru, thailand, japan and lebanon. he hopes michelin recognition will help restaurants bloom again, but for some food critics that is hard to do just. translation: | find it very curious. - with restaurants closed for more than six months and feverish because of curfews and sanitary rules, how michelin w

secunder kermani is our correspondent in islamabad and has the latest. they will governing the talks, now they will go the agenda and that will bring the different priorities the different sides want. the afghan government want a peace deal. the taliban says that will have to wait until a power sharing agreement has been made. so far progress has been quite slow in these talk and it took them thee months to agree on the preliminary issues and we now getting to the competing visions for the future of afghanistan, the more modern system and the ideas of the taliban. a study of covid—19 patients in wuhan in china, where the virus first emerged, has found that more than three quarters have at least one continuing symptom, six months after they first fell ill. over sixty percent continued to experience fatigue and muscle weakness. thousands of devotees thronged a church in the philippine capital, manila, for a glimpse of a centuries—old statue ofjesus christ believed to have miraculous healing powers, after an annual catholic parade was cancelled due to covid

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.ravel bans on the uk, much of the eu and brazil despite an orderfrom president trump to lift them. the white house decreed on monday that the entry ban would end on 26 january, six days after mr biden takes office. our north america correspondent, david willis has the latest. that's right, the travel ban that was brought into effect in the early part of last year mike, and itapplied to travellers from brazil, and from much of europe, coming into the united states, and was imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. today, president trump declared his intention to lift that ban, starting from next week, some six days after he leaves office. not so fast said the incoming biden administration, their spokeswoman said they had no such plans to lift that ban, and of course, combating the coronavirus is the number one priority of the incoming president, joe biden. mr trump of course has been under pressure from the airlines, some of them had lost about 95% of their business, as far as europe

major cities, including the capital islamabad, lahore and karachi, were suddenly cut offjust after midnightter said the cause of the blackout was being investigated. saudi and qatari airlines have announced that they will start flights between their two countries again, following the recent deal that ended a long—running regional dispute. qatar airways and the saudi carrier, saudia, said their flights would resume on monday. earlier, the land border between the two gulf states was re—opened. as the trump administration enters its final days in office, the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced that the us is lifting long—standing restrictions on its relationship with taiwan. the state department said the regulations had been imposed decades ago to appease the mainland communist chinese government. margaret lewis is a professor of law at seton hall university in the us and a visiting professor at academia sinica in taiwan. she says this is a bold move by the trump administration. it is dramatic in that for now decades, the us and taiwan have had an unofficial relationship, albeit a r

along with the family of daniel byrd in the country's highest court that is the supreme court in islamabad and today we have this decision in pakistan we have political systems saw a need permission of government of say in the last a peek independently and the supreme court and boards for that battle in pakistan are independent and when bennett is supreme court decides on something it's very difficult to change that decision the family and the provisional government can go all fired because he should but they will have to go to the scene go to the same supreme court review its own decision and what happens now to ahmed omar saeed shaikh is the essential step for a doesn't return to the u.k. which is where he's a citizen from. actually he was sent free by the previous decision of the high court but then the government as i said provincial government is you know they had a bargain and it exercised their boller and they detained him but 90 days and during that time they appealed to the supreme god so that was an executive order by the british government otherwise the court had set him free no

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me are lucy fisher — deputy political editor, the daily telegraph and jack blanchard, uk political editor at politico tomorrow's front pages. starting with. let's start with the telegraph, and it carries a warning from scientists, that people might start ignoring covid rules once they've been vaccinated. unions say firms are using secret software to spy on staff working from home during the pandemic. that's in the metro. the sun celebrates signing up 50,000 volunteers to support britain's vaccination programme. some think that matt hancock praised the paper for some think that matt hancock praised the paperfor a some think that matt hancock praised the paper for a few hours ago. some think that matt hancock praised the paper for a the vaccination effort is on the front page of the guardian too — it says experts want high—risk, minority ethnic groups to be prioritised for covid jabs.

this team of nepalese climbers were given a hero�*s welcome in islamabad. their achievement is a sourcet quite on top of the world but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain — the only one higher than 8,000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is, until a few days ago. hazardous conditions only making what they did all the more impressive. it was very cold, i almost quit the expedition and there was, like, a sunrise which warmed my body and it was fine again. and, imagine if this is the sort of welcome they received in pakistan, what will it be like when they finally get back home to nepal? tim allman, bbc news. following the announcement that glastonbury will not be taking place, the mayor of rio de janeiro says his city will not be hosting the carnival in july. the cancellation comes as brazil struggles under the latest wave of coronavirus infections, with little prospect of an immediate campaign of mass vaccination. brazil is reeling of course from the second wave which is claimed more than 200 thousand in the country, the second highest total in the world

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. a bit warmer here, i'm glad to say.g rain on the way and it's thanks to storm christophe. between tuesday and thursday large rainfall totals but of concern that the ring going into the peaks and pennines where we could see 150 or 200 millimetres of rain. the met office have issued an amber weather warning and rivers are already running at elevated levels before the rain from christophe starts to arrive but it will overnight, becoming heavy and persistent, fringing into the far south of scotland, colder weather further north in scotland where we will see showers and fraught so our risk of icy stretches here to start tuesday but this zone or persistent heavy rain, it will rain all day across parts of northern ireland, northern england and wales, clearer skies with brighter conditions in scotland but it stays cold here, temperatures of 4 or 5 compared to milder weather further south, drier and brighter all day across south—east england. as we go through

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.ed for most of the pandemic — including the first star for a vegan restaurant. the organisers insisted the awards were credible and that it would have been unfair not to reward those that struggled on — creatively. mark lobel reports. hello, iam hello, i am the owner of a restaurant in paris and i was awarded a michelin star. preparing his signature starter of cauliflower in cream and vanilla dressing for a tiny number of private diners has been of comfort for sylvain. this past year has greeted with him. having a closed restaurant he says is felt like being in prison during the pandemic. translation: people are messing up translation: people are messing up takeaway and delivery guys are not getting paid well. dark kitchens are dirty but booming. meanwhile restaurants with high standards are closed, it is a detriment to our culture and morale. , , , , ., morale. despite being grateful for “oinint morale. despite being grateful forjoining the _ morale. despite being grateful forjoining

was plunged into darkness around an hour ago. 0ur pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani is in islamabade time tojoin us and thank you very much for taking the time to join us and obviously for using up precious charging your phone. how unusual is this for an entire country to go into a blackout? pakistan has had problems with electricity supply in the past but this is very unusual. i have beenin but this is very unusual. i have been in pakistan coming up to four yea rs been in pakistan coming up to four years now and we have certainly seen nothing on this scale. around an hour ago, about midnight local time, homes across the country had suddenly had their power supply cut. we have had reports from every major city from every province of outages. it does seem that the is to fully nationwide blackout. now, the power minister, 0mar ayoob has said that the cause of this was under investigation but fundamentally there was a drop in frequency and there was a drop in frequency and the transmission system and that attem pts the transmission system and that attempts are now being made to restore

street journal reporter daniel pearl by pakistan's top courts let's go live to our correspondent in islamabad developments taking place this morning talk us through the details of what pakistan's supreme court has announced this morning. well 1st of all it's important to understand that the government where the case was being heard initially and where the supreme court of this province had 1st marché clark had filed that government had fired a petition and the supreme court along where daniel pearl's family against that they quit the supreme court decided to. of died but take a look at the sendai court and of course as has sent shock waves their family lawyer has said that omar shaykh had indeed admitted and written or the idea had a minor role in the murder of the wall street journalist daniel pearl what that drove certain but the court of course are portraying the. announced by the same the high court. kemal this was a huge story at the time with global repercussions give us a bit more background on how we go on to this point. where this dates back to 2002 journalists for wall street journa

major cities, including the capital islamabad, lahore and karachi, were suddenly cut offjust after midnighte blackout was being investigated. saudi and qatari airlines have announced that they will start flights between their two countries again, following the recent deal that ended a long—running regional dispute. qatar airways and the saudi carrier, saudia, said their flights would resume on monday. earlier, the land border between the two gulf states was reopened. us prosecutors say they've arrested prominent figures involved in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. the fbi is appealing for public help in its search for those responsible for the attack. so far there have been more than eighty arrests. it comes as democrats say they'll open impeachment proceedings against donald trump on monday. they claim the president incited the violence. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the images that shocked america and the world. video and photographs that are now being scrutinised by the authorities to bring those responsible to justice. this man, dressed in a bearskin headdress

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. many congratulations to all of them.it's unique because the sticker found its way onto the bill between stages of the printing process. as you can see, it has the official seal and the note's serial number printed over it. current bidding for the note is at $57,500. but it's not the first time it's been up for sale, in 2003, the note sold on ebay for $10,000, and it went under the hammer a few years later, that time going for over $25,000. it will make a lot more now. i hope you have either got it or find another one. goodbye. hello there. storm christoph has been named by the met office and it will bring a double whammy of severe weather and disruption in the next few days. first up is the rain and flooding. this is rain accumulating in the next three days, and the bright colours show where we are expecting the heaviest of the rain. it will be very wet in the welsh hills, but the main concern is the amount of rain expected in the southern pennines and northern peak district. we have an amber rain warning here that has b

secunder kermani reports from islamabad.ow they are trying to establish an agenda for the talks. and following the meeting this evening, both sides released short statements, saying that the talks were held in a cordial atmosphere and that they will continue, but the two sides have very different priorities. the afghan government has been calling for a ceasefire, but the taliban say that's not possible until a new, what they are terming islamic government, has been created. and progress has been slow. it took the negotiating teams nearly three monthsjust to agree on the preliminary issues and throughout that period violence in afghanistan has been continuing, so whilst there is still a degree of hope that these talks could eventually lead to a settlement after years of conflict, there is also frustration that so far they haven't really made much difference to the lives of ordinary people so far. an important backdrop to all of this is uncertainty about the future of american forces in afghanistan. following orders from presi

major cities, including the capital islamabad, lahore and karachi, were suddenly cut offjust after midnighter minister said the cause of the blackout was being investigated. saudi and qatari airlines have announced that they will start flights between their two countries again following the recent deal that ended a long—running regional dispute. qatar airways and the saudi carrier saudia said their flights would resume on monday. earlier, the land border between the two gulf states was re—opened. the us vice president mike pence has said he will attend joe biden's inauguration in 10 days' time. mr pence's announcement comes just a day after president trump said he wouldn't go to the inauguration of his successor on january 20th. us prosecutors say they've arrested three prominent figures in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. the fbi is appealing for public help in its search for those responsible for the attack. meanwhile, us democrats have confirmed that impeachment proceedings against president trump will begin on monday. here's our washington correspondent lebo diseko. it's almost cert

large parts of the country into darkness on saturday evening major cities including the capital islamabad the 2nd largest city lahore and karachi were left without electricity because dan's power minister said it was triggered by an engineering fault which caused power plants to shut down he treated that dense fog was delaying efforts to fix the problem but the system should be back up to full capacity by sunday evening now the number of people who died from coven 1000 in belgium is past 20000 more than half the victims were in retirement homes country of 11 and a half 1000000 people has consistently reported more coronavirus deaths but capita than any other nation it's confirmed more than 600000 cases since the pandemic began strict measures remain in place including curfews as well as the closure of balls cafes and restaurants. meanwhile england's chief medical officer is warning that the national health service is facing its most dangerous situation in living memory as kovan 1000 factions soar across the u.k. on sunday britain reported almost 55000 new cases for the 2nd day in a row u.

this team of nepalese climbers were given a heroes welcome in islamabad.source of pride.— is a source of pride. i think it was a — is a source of pride. i think it was a great _ is a source of pride. i think it was a great honour and i it was a great honour and a great team effort. i think it is emotional because we all walked the summit together and it is a clear message for everybody in the world to say that if you unite together, anything is possible. hat that if you unite together, anything is possible. not quite on to of anything is possible. not quite on top of the _ anything is possible. not quite on top of the world _ anything is possible. not quite on top of the world but - anything is possible. not quite on top of the world but neari on top of the world but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain, the only one higher than 8000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is until a few days ago. hazardous conditions only making what they did all the more impressive. it only making what they did all the more impressive.- the more

secunder kermani is our correspondent in islamabad and has the latest.the rules governing these talks. now they will be turning to the agenda for the negotiations and that will bring them to very different priorities, the two sides have. the afghan government want to see a ceasefire declared as soon as possible. the taliban say that will have to wait until a power—sharing arrangement has been reached, establishing what they say, what they term as a new islamic government. so far, progress has been quite slow in these talks. it took them nearly three months to agree on the preliminary issues, and we are only now getting closer to the heart of the matter, the competing visions for the future of afghanistan, that the two sites have. the more democratic current system and the more theocratic ideas of the taliban. gibraltar is set to receive its first supply of coronavirus vaccines today — with the firstjabs due to be administered tomorrow. last week gibraltar imposed a second lockdown to slow soaring rate of the virus — just days after striking a new agreeme

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. 20 more stories on the website if you're watching a —— 20 morek, i am back in a few minutes' time. goodbye. hello there. storm christoph has been named by the met office and it will bring a double whammy of severe weather and disruption in the next few days. first up is the rain and flooding. this is rain accumulating in the next three days, and the bright colours show where we are expecting the heaviest of the rain. it will be very wet in the welsh hills, but the main concern is the amount of rain expected in the southern pennines and northern peak district. we have an amber rain warning here that has been extended into the midlands, and parts of eastern england as well. river levels already very high, and to the ground is very wet as well. we've got rain developing at the moment across much of england and wales. keeping it mild as the wind picks up. further north, though, it's much colder. frost and some icy patches in northern scotland. but the rain is still around during tuesday, and it will rain all day, pretty much, across northern england

cnn producer sophia sayefi is tracking this from islamabad. >> reporter: this has been going on since 2020. these men had been languishing in jail since for almost 18 years. it almost came as a shock april 2020 when a local court in the province of sim had overturned that conviction and there was an appeal filed and the men were allowed to walk free. it's been ongoing for almost a year. there was a final decision made by the provincial court last month which allowed those men to walk free but also had been suspended because of the case being taken to the supreme court. there were appeals by the government of pakistan, by the pearl family which have released a statement calling this a travesty of justice, putting journalists not only in pakistan but all over the world in danger. these men haven't physically been released yet, they're still in jail, but because the apex court has made this decision, they're now allowed to walk free. >> do we know on what basis they've been freed? >> so the initial reason that was given back in april 2020 was because they claimed that there wasn't enough

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large parts of the country into darkness on saturday evening major cities including the capital islamabad the 2nd largest city lahore and karachi were left without elektra's city pakistan's power minister said it was triggered by an engineering fault which caused power plants to shut down he treated that dense fog was delaying efforts to fix the problem the system should be back up to full capacity by sunday evening. rain is reopening its airspace with cattle from monday as part of a u.s. backed deal it comes after gulf arab leaders signed a declaration last week to end a 3 and a half year dispute between cattle and saudi arabia the u.a.e. rain and egypt the 4 countries imposed a blockade on catherine 2017 accusing it of funding terrorism which doha denied. china's state media is as criticize the united states for ending decades of restrictions on official contact with taiwan it's accuse the u.s. secretary of state might pompei of trying to inflict a long lasting scar on china u.s. ties it's angered beijing because it considers taiwan its own territory the harding explains. china china ch

these are scenes you'd expect in cairo or islamabad, not in downtown washington, d.c.s quite clear that the capitol police and others were ill prepared for the 6th. the 14 days has given them everything they need to now be in a good position to defend the inauguration. i actually have no real concern with the area around the mall and the capitol. the presence of the troops, the coordination by the secret service, i think that's going to be probably one of the safest places to be in the country. i think the much more difficult areas to defend are those state capitols, some of which have extremely lax rules and laws around firearms, as well as those less defended places away from the capitol. those are still a real challenge for state and local officials and the fbi to support them. >> and brandy, how do you keep track of all these groups? you've been writing today that the statehouses around the country could be targets, much softer targets as michael indicated. what are the kind of threats they're receiving and how do you patrol social media when the groups migrating t

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. you are watching 0utside source. more in a few minutes.he rain pushing into the peaks and pennines where we could see something like 150—200 mm of rain. the met office amber weather warning is out in force for these areas. i have to say, rivers in these areas are already running at elevated levels. that's before the bulk of christoph's rain has even begun to arrive. it will start to turn increasingly wet though overnight, and with this zone of heavy rain starting to line up across northern ireland, north wales, north midlands and northern england, colder air further north in scotland, few wintry showers here, frost and a risk of some icy stretches. in the south, it's mild, 10 degrees in plymouth. now, through tuesday, this band of rain is going to be unrelenting across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, parts of the midlands, rain for a time across southern wales, southwest england, brighterfurther north in scotland, but still with plenty of showers packing into northern areas where we have the cold air. in england and wales,

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. what an achievement. and i will be back with the papers.peaks and pennines, where we could see something like 150—200 mm of rain. the met office amber weather warning is out in force for these areas. i have to say, rivers in these areas are already running at elevated levels. that's before the bulk of christoph's rain has even begun to arrive. it will start to turn increasingly wet though overnight, and with this zone of heavy rain starting to line up across northern ireland, north wales, the north midlands and northern england, colder air further north in scotland, a few wintry showers here, frost and a risk of some icy stretches. in the south, it's mild, temperatures ten celsius in plymouth. now, through tuesday, this band of rain is going to be unrelenting across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, parts of the midlands, rain for a time across southern wales, southwest england, brighter further north in scotland, but still with plenty of showers packing into northern areas where we have the cold air. in england and wales, mi

this team of nepalese climbers were given a hero's welcome in islamabad.anything is possible. not quite on top of the world but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain — the only one higher than 8,000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is, until a few days ago. hazardous conditions only making what they did all the more impressive. it was very cold, i couldn't bear it so i almost quit the expedition and there was, like, a sunrise which warmed my body and it was fine again. and imagine, if this is the sort of welcome they received in pakistan, what will it be like when they finally get back home to nepal? tim allman, bbc news. geeta guru—murthy is up next and will have — geeta guru—murthy is up next and will have more on the discussion around _ will have more on the discussion around incentives encourage people to around incentives encourage people lo gel— around incentives encourage people to get tested for covid symptoms and supporl— to get tested for covid symptoms and support to _ to get tested for covid symptoms and support