fakhrizadeh, of masterminding a covert nuclear weapons programme. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. angry protests once more on the streets of the iranian capital. people here in no doubt about who was behind yesterday's killing. we demand a hard revenge against america and israel, says this university student. the father of iran's nuclear programme is now being treated like a martyr, his assassination on the subject of much debate. 0ur enemies are becoming weak, he says. assassination is the work of those

here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. protests once more on the streets of the iranian capital. people here in no doubt about who was behind yesterday's killing. "we demand a hard revenge against america and israel," says this university student. the father of iran's nuclear programme is now being treated like a martyr, his assassination the subject of much debate. "our enemies are becoming weak," he says. "assassination is the work of those who have no other options." and they point the finger at donald trump. "in his last two months in office," this man says, "he is trying to create conditions for war." yesterday's killing is not without precedent. ten years ago, israel carried out a campaign which killed four other nuclear scientists, but the death of mohsen fakhrizadeh poses a dilemma for iran's leadership — retaliate or bide their time? the supreme leader, ali khamenei, says the perpetrators and those who commanded them will be pursued and punished. the country's more pragmatic president struck a different tone. tran

paul adams, bbc news. vulnerable people in england will be offered free vitamin d this winter. this follows the lead of scotland, which is also providing free supplements to some people. the vitamin helps to keep bones, teeth and muscle healthy — but a new clinical trial has just started looking at whether it can also protect against coronavirus. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. a dose of sunshine, helping us to make vitamin d, which is essential for our health. but at this time of year, the sun's in short supply. from october to march, people in the uk are advised to take vitamin d, and now in england people in care homes and those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable will get a free supply too. we know that with things like lockdown measures, people staying indoors much more often, maybe not going out as much because they're shielding, or they're housebound, here i think supplementation is, you know, a relatively easy and affordable way to sort of protect the health of the general

paul adams, bbc news.essor matthew bunn, a us nuclear and energy policy analyst, and professor of practice at the harvard kennedy school. i asked him what the current state is of iran's nuclear programme and what its ambitions might be. well, 0nce well, once upon a time, iran had a serious programme to design and any fracture actual nuclear weapons and carry out nuclear weapons and carry out nuclear tests. mohsen fakhrizadeh was ahead that programme. that actual nuclear weapon design programme was endedin weapon design programme was ended in late 2003. but the effo rts ended in late 2003. but the efforts to establish the ability to produce the material continued. those were what was limited primarily by the nuclear deal that donald trump pulled out of but the iranians are now in response to the us withdrawal, also violating some of the terms of that agreement. this scientist was killed. his killing all the damage the prospects of a nuclear programme was the easily replaceable in iran? hard to know, we don'

paul adams, bbc news.l protest in paris has been marred by clashes, with police firing tear gas at protesters opposing a bill which would restrict the public‘s right to film police officers‘ faces. the demonstrations come days after footage emerged showing police racially abusing and beating a black music producer. 0ur correspondent sangita myska's reports contains images from the start which some viewers may find distressing. tens of thousands gathered in paris and across france to peacefully protest against proposed laws that they say will limit press freedom and encourage police brutality. if passed, it will be a crime for the media to publish video or photographs showing the faces of police officers involved in wrongdoing. that includes images like this, released last week. the cctv shows three french policemen, two in uniform and one plainclothed, confronting a black producer in his own studio for allegedly not wearing a mask. for 12 minutes, the music producer is badly beaten and racially abused. he

paul adams, bbc news.o double the number of officers patrolling french beaches in a bid to stop migrants crossing the channel to england. the home secretary, priti patel, and her french counterpart, gerald darmanin, said they wanted to make the route, used by more than 8,000 people this year, unviable. simonjones reports. destination dover. despite commitments by both britain and france to stop these dangerous crossings, the attempts have continued. now, britain will give france £28 million, some to pay for extra french officers to patrol the beaches, and their equipment. the home office won't say how many patrols there will be but it is being described as a major uplift. people are putting their lives at risk and sadly we have seen fatalities this year in the channel and we have to stop that. here at the home office this new agreement is being described as significant but there have been a number of deals over the past couple of years with britain and france pledging on each occasion to work more closely

paul adams, bbc news.seles is an iranian foreign policy analyst and an expert on the country's nuclear programme. he gave me his take on the country's reaction so far to the assassination of mohsen fakhrizadeh. rohani is very clear about it, in his analysis, i believe, as a person who has been in the highest security protections for the last several years is very important to take into consideration. he says that we are not going to fall in the trap set up by zionists. they want to create chaos. and so that means they are not going to take any action, no revenge, no retaliation, and i believe that his analysis is correct, that the bigger plan was to provoke iran to react and drag it into a war with the united states because, you know, it's naive to think just killing a person would change the rainy nuclear programme. would change the iranian nuclear programme. not everything was in his brain. that said, even if it is a very carefully calculated political decision not to seek revenge or avenge his death imm

paul adams, bbc news.lyst and currently a professor of practice at the harvard kennedy school professor, thank you so much for joining professor, thank you so much forjoining us we often make brief references to iran's nuclear programme and then move on assuming everyone knows about it. can you help us understand what is the state of iran's nuclear programme and what might its ambitions be? 0nce what might its ambitions be? once upon what might its ambitions be? 0nce upona what might its ambitions be? once upon a time, iran had a serious programme to design and manufacture actionable nuclear weapons and carry out a nuclear test. mohsen fakhrizadeh was the head of the programme. that nuclear weapon design programme was ended in lead 2003, but the effo rts was ended in lead 2003, but the efforts to establish the ability to produce the material have continued, and those were what was limited primarily by the nuclear deal that donald trump pulled out of but the iranians are now in response to the us withdrawal

paul adams, bbc news. another record high for the number of covid hospitalisations in the us. according to the covid tracking project, there are now more than 91,000 people in hospital, and that number has been rising almost every day since late october. the current surge of the outbreak is showing no sign of slowing down and on friday, the number of people infected by the virus surpassed 13 million. 0ur north america correspondent david willisjoins me now from los angeles. david, take us through the significance of these latest numbers. highly significant, james. as you mentioned there more than 91,000 americans now hospitalised and off that total, more than 18,000 are in intensive care. it is an indication of the surge that we have been talking about in coronavirus cases here over the last few days. you mentioned the grim figure of 13 million total cases here, which we passed yesterday. i am bamboozle a new perhaps with figures here. let me break this down ina figures here. let me break this down in a so

paul adams, bbc news. abiy ahmed, and the army chief of staff have issued statements claiming that federal government troops are now in total control of mekelle, the capital of tigray province. there's been no independent confirmation of the claim with regional communications cut off. tigrayan leader has indicated his forces would fight on. mark lobel reports. a big military win trumpeted on ethiopian state tv. there's praise for the heroic national defence force on capturing tigray‘s capital in what is described as its peoples' liberation. but is it that simple? translation: our forces have freed more than 7000 members of our northern command and taken back control of our base. we have recovered tanks, armoured vehicles and heavy weapons that were looted. we are hunting anti—peace elements hidden in holes. but we only have one side's word for what is going on in the region, as tigray‘s phone lines and internet links are down. even if the capital mekelle has been taken, it is unclear how its adversaries th

here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams.ngry protests once more on the streets of the iranian capital, people here in no doubt about who was behind friday's killing. the father of iran's nuclear programme is now being treated like a martyr, his assassination the subject of headlines and debate. attacks like this have happened before. ten years ago, israel carried outa campaign which killed four other nuclear scientists, but the death of mohsen fakhrizadeh poses a dilemma for iran's leadership — retaliate or bide their time? the supreme leader, ali khamenei, said the perpetrators, and those who commanded them, will be pursued and punished. but iran knows the next american president wants dialogue, not confrontation, hence a more cautious response from the country's pragmatic president. translation: this savage act shows that our enemies feel that global conditions are changing and it's important for them to make the most of the remaining few weeks that they have to create uncertain conditions in the region. but our brave nati

with me in the studio, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.ritish joke from pre—pandemic days about london buses which could readily be applied to vaccines against coronavirus: you wait for ages without seeing one, then they all come at once. last week it was pfizer—biontech, this week moderna as well as astra—zeneca, the manufacturer of a vaccine being developed in oxford here in the uk. the bus in london is neither as frequent or as popular as it was, as england is still in lockdown. though the political discussion throughout the uk is over how to have a covid—safe christmas rather than a covid—friendly one, the global debate is whether santa's sleigh will deliver vaccine for all. stephanie, there are some interesting statistics on this. joe biden has said it will be available for all americans free of charge and the british i think about 335 million doses of seven different vaccines. but are some countries going to miss out altogether? yes, that's the real question and it depends which vaccines actually get approved and across the finish li

with me in the studio, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.wait for ages without seeing one, then they all come at once. last week it was pfizer—biontech, this week moderna as well as astra—zeneca, the manufacturer of a vaccine being developed in oxford here in the uk. the bus in london is neither as frequent or as popular as it was, as england is still in lockdown. though the political discussion throughout the uk is over how

here's the bbc‘s paul adams. the fallout is very dangerous.g the europeans do what they can to essentially limit the anonymous damage that might occur between now and the end of the trump presidency at the end of the trump presidency at the end of january —— the of the trump presidency at the end ofjanuary —— the amount of damage. there is a realfear in ofjanuary —— the amount of damage. there is a real fear in the ofjanuary —— the amount of damage. there is a realfear in the region and beyond that the connotation of donald trump's last weeks in office and whatever the israelis have up their sleeves can still create a very dangerous and volatile situation. meanwhile, a news agency in iran has claimed mr fakhrizadeh was killed with a remote—controlled machine gun and no human agents were involved. this hasn't been independently verified and is being questioned by analysts. this article from the iran wire website, a partner publication of the daily beast, reports that two retired iranian officials have said that version of events is "unbelieveab

we can get more on this now from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.ogress iran has made in the last couple of years following donald trump is my decision to withdraw america from the international deal that was designed to control iran's nuclear ambitions. iran has moved ahead with uranium enrichment and the stockpiling of low enrichment of uranium beyond the levels permitted, and that is a source of concern. i think the timing of that is also significant. this is the back end of the donald trump presidency. he has made it very clear he wants to exert as much pressure on iran as he possibly can write until the end. you will remember that a couple of weeks ago it was reported that he had asked his officials about whether or not it might be wise to launch some kind of military strike against iran, he was dissuaded from that. but they have been piling on the pressure with sanctions, and it is clear that the united states, israel, and some in the gulf are very, very keen to keep up that pressure on iran as long as possible, because they are aware that in

take congressman adam kinsinger of illinois who tweeted the following. retiring paul mitch of michigan tweeting the following. in the meantime, president-elect joe biden is moving forward with building out his administration. biden announced key economic physicals for his administration as cnn's jeff zeleny reports. >> reporter: for the first time since winning the election, joe biden receiving the president's daily brief today. the one of a kind collection of classified intelligence and security threats facing the u.s. for biden and vecket vice president-elect kamala harris who received a briefing their biggest milestone on their way to the white house. president trump finally signed off on the move last week despite refusingly to concede defeat. >> we will build an economy that leads the world. >> reporter: biden is surrounding himself with history making picks for his cabinet. former federal reserve chair janet yellen would be the first woman to serve as treasury secretary. cecilia rouse from the cloninto and obama administration. neera tanden the first woman of co

nobody pace a lot of attention to him now, whereas because of hbo, paul giamatti, wonderful actor, and david mccullough, i think adamstion and maybe a demotion. >> now, richard, would you agree with that? >> well, i don't know. look, he is not the star of a musical, okay? but you showed the clip from the hbo series, but he is definitely the star of 1776, which still gets revived a lot by amateur productions as a musical. and that musical is based around john adams. not his presidency, but his great leadership during the early days of the revolution. not a great president, i would say, but a great patriot. an honest man and a devoted man. >> all right. tom ricks, thank you so much. the book is first principles what america's founders learned from the greeks and romans and how that shaped our country. and tomorrow we are going to continue the week-long series on tom's book with a closer look at our third president, thomas jefferson. richard brookheiser, thank you so much as well. we greatly appreciate you being with us. coming up on this veterans day, someone making a big difference in the lives of veterans and their f

paul brennan is in central london and explains why boris johnson is facing criticism. he's been spending at least a month criticising the labor leader. for advocating a national lockdown while boris johnson has been adamant that his preference was for regional markdowns this system that the government had proposed and executed and now of course the data on the situation in britain's hospitals has meant that the prime minister has had to go back on that and it's left him open to criticism from the opposition parties from within his own party as well who very angry about the impact on the economy the reason why is illustrated here where i am in the center of oxford street now this is a major shopping street in the center of london there are flagship stores of furnishing sportswear fashion on thursday all of these will have to close cafes and restaurants will shut this place will become a ghost town the impact is enormous the 8 weeks leading up to christmas last year 42000000 people came down here to do their shopping and the revenue generator is about 3200000000 dollars this year the prediction is it will be around $9000000.00 people if that and the generated generated revenue would be about $647000000.00

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paul brennan said this report from oxford street in the capital. he's been spending at least a month criticising the labor leader. for advocating a national lockdown while boris johnson has been adamant that his preference was for regional markdowns this tier system that the government had proposed and executed and now of course the data on the situation in britain's hospitals has meant that the prime minister has had to go back on that and it's left him open to criticism from the opposition parties from within his own party as well who very angry about the impact on the economy the reason why is illustrated here where i am in the center of oxford street now this is a major shopping street in the center of london there are flagship stores of furnishings sportswear fashion on thursday all of these will have to close cafes and restaurants will shut this place will become a ghost town the impact is enormous the 8 weeks leading up to christmas last year 42000000 people came down here to do their shopping and the revenue generator is about 3200000000 dollars this year the prediction is it will be around $9000000.00 people if that and the generated generated revenue would be about $6470000

paul brennan is in central london and he explains why parts johnson space and criticism. he's been spending at least a month criticising the labor leader. for advocating a national lockdown while boris johnson has been adamant that his preference was for regional markdowns this tier system that the government had proposed and executed and now of course the data on the situation in britain's hospitals has meant that the prime minister has had to go back on that and it's left him open to criticism from the opposition parties from within his own party as well very angry about the impact on the economy the reason why is illustrated here where i am in the center of oxford street now this is a major shopping street in the center of london there are flagship stores of furnishing sportswear fashion on thursday all of these will have to close cafes and restaurants will shut this place will become a ghost town the impact is enormous the 8 weeks leading up to christmas last year 42000000 people came down here to do their shopping and the revenue generator is about 3200000000 dollars this year the prediction is it will be around $9000000.00 people if that and the generated generated revenue would be about $647000000.00