paul hawkins has more.en the shooting happened on saturday. the priest was closing up at the time. translation: it was about lipm, we were in our living room and we had to big blows. i'd never heard that kind of noise. —— hear two big blows. and we heard a scream of pain right away. i saw the wounded man. i hope he is alive. in an ambulance took him away. the priest remains in a serious condition in hospital. he was shot and it —— in the chest twice. after which, the gunman fled the scene, sparking a manhunt. police have arrested a suspect. translation: at this stage we don't know what the motive of the attack is. no line of enquiry is preferred all ruled out, so i won't comment on the target, what sort of attack it is, we don't know yet. and that matters. in just over two weeks there have been to terror attacks in france. first, a teacher was beheaded in paris after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to some of his pupils. then, last thursday, three people were stabbed to death in a church in nice. t

with me is the bbc‘s paul hawkins. paul, paul hawkins. he said he got things. ace up saying you have been in contact with somebody who has tested positive for covid. that person was one of his mps, lee anderson, who he met last thursday along with another group of mps. he hasn't shown any symptoms but under the nhs guidelines, he has to self—isolate for another 10 days, 14 days in total because it was thursday, another 10 days from today. he has sent a what's up message to his conservative mps, saying that it doesn't matter if we followed the guidelines, we we re followed the guidelines, we were all socially distancing, doesn't matter that i feel fine on my body is bursting with antibodies, the rules are the rules et cetera, and has to follow the rules". he was referring to the fact that he had earlier in the you're in was in hospitalfor three days. nobody knows what the virus does your immunity, but he feels he is bursting with antibodies. the upshot of this is he is effectively shut up in his light in number 10 for the next 10 days. he will continue to communi

paul hawkins reports.al, and some protesters were still on the streets. rights activists, trade unionists and journalists, just some of the several thousand demonstrators who had spent the day voicing their opposition to a new law. the piece of legislation would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face with the intention they should be harmed. translation: what this government is trying to do is for us to stop carrying out this vigilance. for citizens, whistle—blowers, forjournalists in possession or not of a press card. to be more and more hindered in revealing the failings of the state. and if that happens, it is the end of democracy. translation: we know that police officers are victims of violence, yes. but when police are out on theirjob, they represent the french republic, they are not there as individuals. they represent the state, and so there is a kind of wide impunity and it is very serious so we can't just shut up and allow this. the new law comes after a summer of mass p

paul hawkins, bbc news. a reminder of our top story.eaking as the number of cases of coronavirus in the uk passed a million, he said no responsible prime minister could ignore the surging rates of infection. under the new measure, schools and universities will remain open, but nonessential shops were closed, and bars in restaurant will shut. more on this story on our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. storm aiden brought torrential rain and gales to a large swathe of the uk on saturday. those strong winds really whipping up the waves, particularly across southern and western coasts. but as the rain eased and the skies cleared, it's been an opportunity through the night for many to see the blue moon — a second full moon this month — but it's only a brief respite from the rain. there's more to come overnight and into sunday. still a number of met office warnings in place for both the rain and the wind, and all the details are on our website. so this is how sunday shapes up. this is the area of low pressure responsibl

paul hawkins, bbc news.e mystery of the metal monolith — discovered last week, in a us desert — it's vanished as unexpectedly as it arrived. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: america's leading infectious disease expert warns of a surge of covid cases between thanksgiving and christmas. president trump claims the fbi and the department ofjustice are wor

paul hawkins reports.ises, i want to announce to all of the country that i present my irrevocable resignation of the post of the presidency of the republic. my commitment is to prove. that announcement sparked celebrations on the streets of the, lima. the president‘s departure triggered by the death of two anti—government protesters on saturday. translation: merino has resigned because his hands a lot of our children. yesterday, the congress members complicit in the death of our children. candlelight vigils were held for the victims, killed as police responded with bullets and tear gas to a largely peaceful demonstration. their reaction has been criticised by the un and human rights groups. translation: we mothers and fathers in peru are in the situation, nobody wants what has happened but also nobody is free. there is a need to rise up. said the father wanted the victims. the impeachment of president vizcarra here triggered the demonstrations, removed from office for allegedly taking bribes. he was quick

paul hawkins reports.st five days after he took office. translation: at this moment, when the country is going through one of its greatest political crises, i want to announce to all of the country that i present my irrevocable resignation of the post of the presidency of the republic. my commitment is to peru. that announcement sparked celebrations on the streets of the capital, lima. the president's departure triggered by the death of two anti—government protesters on saturday. translation: merino has resigned because his hands are stained with blood, the blood of our children. they have to pay, the congress members complicit in the deaths of our children. candlelight vigils were held for the victims, killed as police responded with bullets and tear gas to a largely peaceful demonstration. their reaction has been criticised by the un and human rights groups. "we mothers and fathers in peru are in this situation, nobody wants what has happened but also no—one is free. there is a need to rise up," said the

paul hawkins explains the connections. celebrating one of their own.reworks, paintings, and prayers. thousands of miles away in the capital delhi, her uncle's celebrations are more sedate. i knew she was going to win, i was not tense, i wanted the results to come in so i could celebrate. the swearing in is onjanuary 20, so i hope to be there. his sister, kamala harris‘s mother, shyamala, passed away in 2009. her brother has this advice for the brace president—elect. do what your mother told you to do, and you will have been doing everything correct. if she is doing something wrong, i will tell her why don't you change it? simple, ok? every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. little girls like maya. she is a big fan of the vice president—elect. this painting is kamala harris‘s big idea. all across india, kamala harris‘s ascension to america's second highest office is big news, and on this beach in eastern india, a homage to kamala harris and joe biden, whose victory is also being celebrated in irish town ballina. h

paul hawkins, bbc news.ugh enemy gunfire to save the lives of british soldiers in afghanistan, has been awarded the animal equivalent of the victoria cross. during a raid the dog tackled a gunman and was hit by bullets in both back legs. after losing one of his paws as a result, he became the first uk military dog to get custom—made prosthetics. tim muffett reports. kuno, the pdsa dickin medal. military honours for a remarkable dog. at woolwich barracks in south—east london, four—year—old kuno was honoured today for his actions in afghanistan last year. he was supporting uk forces when they came under attack from al-qaeda extremists. he's been honoured because he performed exceptionally on the battlefield. exceptional courage, exceptional loyalty, devotion to duty, he did a fantasticjob, saved lives when it mattered. the ministry of defence have asked that kuno's handler at the time remains anonymous. i moved over to him and he was hobbling around, and he was clearly in a bad way. his paw was all mangled up,

paul hawkins, bbc news. professor, which group do you think is behind the attack?for having me on your programme, james. this has all the fingerprints of a boko haram attack although it's splinter organisation, the islamic state west africa province has also operated a bit in the local government area in question. but one thing that did stand out to me immediately reading some of the early reports about this attack is that the attackers did arrive on motorcycles, which is one of boko haram's signatures very early on, a decade ago, when the insurgency first started. what is this attack tell us then of boko haram's capabilities? well, it is another low—tech and gruesome attack and does not suggest tremendous capability in terms of any new technology or anything like that. it does tell us that the military‘s approach to securing towns in the area what has sometimes been called garrison towns, does not seem to be working. this took place, quite close, only 20 kilometres from one of the strongholds. and it does suggest a return to soft targets obviously, if this does ap

paul hawkins, bbc news. time for the sport now.enalties as they missed the chance to go second against valencia. carlos soler was the hero for the home side — scoring three spot kicks, as valencia won 4—1. soler‘s the third player in the history of la liga to score three penalties in a single match. zlatan ibrahimovic was less clinical from the same distance. he missed a penalty for ic milan, when they were 2—1 down to verona but the league's top scorer delivered in stoppage time, to keep their unbeaten start to this campaign. his equaliser made it 2—2 with milan top by 2 points. liverpool and manchester city's first meeting of the season ended in a one—all draw. kevin de bruyne uncharacteristically missed a penalty in the first half. mo salah gave liverpool the lead, with gabrieljesus getting the equaliser for city. liverpool are third one point behind leaders leicester. i think it's a game with the lowest number of chances for city when we played them. even when we won they had more chances, clear—cut chances tonight. we didn't h

paul hawkins, bbc news.'s other news: jagger's madonna doctor is being looked into. dr leopoldo luque. the footballer died aged 60 last week. aid workers have urged the ethiopian government to allow humanitarian supplies into the tigray region after the authorities asserted that more than three weeks of fighting was over. the international committee of the red cross has warned that a major hospital in the main city, mekele, is dangerously low on basics, including antibiotics, painkillers and even food. communications have been cut, so there are still no details of the numbers killed or injured. trade negotiations between the uk and the european union are continuing after talks stretched over the weekend. there's only a month to go until the end of the transition period. the british government says a deal could soon be concluded, although substantial differences remain over eu fishing rights in uk waters. human rights activists in belarus say more than three hundred opposition supporters have been detained by

joe biden has links to ireland, and kamala harris' mother was indian, as paul hawkins reports.andfather came from, the historic news triggering fireworks, paintings, and prayers. thousands of miles away in the capital delhi, her uncle's celebrations are more sedate. capital delhi, her uncle's celebrations are more sedatelj knew celebrations are more sedate.” knew she was going to win, i was not tense, i wanted to define results to come in so i could celebrate. despairing it isa could celebrate. despairing it is a january 20, could celebrate. despairing it is ajanuary 20, i could celebrate. despairing it is a january 20, i hope to be there. his sister, kamala harris's mother shyamala gopalan harris passed away in 2009. her brother has this advice for the brace president—elect. advice for the brace president-elect. do what your mother told you to do, and you will have been doing everything correct. if she is doing something wrong, i will tell her why don't you change it? simple, ok? her why don't you change it? simple, 0k? every little girl watching tonight sees that this isa wat

paul hawkins, bbc news. let's quickly round up some of the main news for you.agua as hurricane iota bears down on the region damaged two weeks ago by another storm. forecasters say the hurricane threatens to destroy many homes, wreck power supplies and quite possibly make the area affected uninhabitable for months. peru's congress has named a new president. francisco sagasti is the country's third leader in a week. he replaces manuel merino, who resigned on sunday following the deaths of two anti—government protesters. he'd only been in power for several days, after the impeachment of martin vizcarra. african leaders are trying to persuade ethiopia's government to agree to a mediation process to end its conflict in tigray and prevent the fighting spreading. the ethiopian government says it must first carry out a law enforcement operation. hundreds of people have been killed in two weeks of fighting. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the british diplomat who jumped into a river in china to save a drowning student. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pak

paul hawkins, bbc news.the northern region of tigray is entering its final phase. several hundred people have been killed and about 25,000 ethiopians have fled to sudan since the fighting began almost two weeks ago. prime minister abiy said a three—day ultimatum given to armed groups in tigray to surrender has now expired. writing on facebook, he said he would launch what he called a final act of law enforcement in the coming days. the bbc‘s kalkidan yibeltal is in the ethiopian capital addis ababa. he said that this can only mean one thing, and that is this conflict is not ending soon. we are already working into its third week and it's likely that we are going to see more fighting in the coming days as well. the prime minister says that there are going to be critical and final stages of this law enforcement operation, that's what he called it, and we don't know what that going to be exactly, but what we know is this conflict is going to continue and we are not going to see the end of this clash soon. since

paul hawkins, bbc news.business coverage we go live to paris to talk to a leading economist about the impact this has had on france. here in the uk, ministers from england, scotland, wales and northern ireland have agreed on broad nationwide rules. they said they needed to find a balance between allowing people to meet loved ones, and the risks involved. keith doyle reports. the 12 days of christmas have been reduced to five. restrictions on travel and mixing will be lifted from the 23rd to the 27th of december, after leaders across all four uk nations agreed on a common plan to allow families and friends to meet each other. but it is not going to be a christmas is normal. this year, christmas is normal. this year, christmas will be different. many of us longing to spend time with family and friends, irrespective of our faith or background, yet we can't afford to throw caution to the wind. the virus doesn't know it's christmas, and we must all be careful. the christmas rules are, up to three households will

paul hawkins, bbc news. did you celebrate halloween this year?i'm @jamesbbcnews. to stay with us. we will bring you more news across the evening, including use of the lockdown. see you later. —— please do stay with us. hello. storm aiden brought torrential rain and gales to a large swathe of the uk on saturday. those strong winds really whipping up the waves, particularly across southern and western coasts. but as the rain eased and the skies cleared, it's been an opportunity through the night for many to see the blue moon — a second full moon this month — but it's only a brief respite from the rain. there's more to come overnight and into sunday. still a number of met office warnings in place for both the rain and the wind, and all the details are on our website. so this is how sunday shapes up. this is the area of low pressure responsible for storm aiden, now pulling away northwards. a second area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, and notice how the isobars are tightly packed together. so it's another windy day as we start the day. f

i'm joined by our reporter paul hawkins. paul, so many people remember that challenge. it was huge. many people did it. this was back in 2014 and president bush, donald trump, 0prah winfrey, david beckham, lady gaga and a host of celebrities, sports stars, great and good, they took part in the challenge whereby you dumped a bucket of ice cold water on your head and posted it on social media and challenged others to do the same 01’ challenged others to do the same or donate money to charity. the charity was als, was to raise money for als research, that being amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, degenerative brain disease. the ice bucket challenge was co—founded by patrick quinn who has passed away at the age of 37. he co—founded that with his friend peter who also passed away last year at the age of 34. in total, the ice bucket challenge raised $220 million for research into this brain disease. it is remarkable because i remember when it first went round the vast majority of people had not even heard of the condition. certainly did not know much about it or know the drastic need for resea

here's paul hawkins. celebrating one of their own.ations are more sedate. i knew she was going to win. 0k. i was not tense, except i wanted the final result to come in so i could go and sleep. i am planning to go to the swearing in, on january 20th. i hope to be there. his sister, kamala harris‘s mother, shyamala, passed away in 2009. her brother has this advice for the vice president—elect. do what your mother told you to do, then there's nothing for me to tell you, you will be doing everything correct. if she was doing something wrong, i would tell her, why don't you change it? but i have no disagreement with her, ok? every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. little girls like maya. if you like kamala... she is a big fan of the vice president—elect. this painting is kamala and maya's big idea. all across india, kamala harris‘s ascension to america's second—highest office is big news. this is india's eastern buri beach, a homage to kamala harris and joe biden, whose victory is also being celebra

paul hawkins joins us.dent. they offer their congratulations and say they are looking forward to working with him and kamala harris. a lot of them mentioning kamala harris, indeed looking elsewhere around the world and very notably the indian prime minister reggie modi, he has tweeted... —— narendra modi. that is the tamil word she used when accepting, it was a way of referencing her indian heritage. that treat from the indian prime minister and on a similarvein, herfather, kamala harris's father was jamaican. jamaican prime minister has also issued this statement. the theme of acknowledging the resident and vice president's heritage will stop the irish taoiseach is looking forward to welcoming him when circumstances allow. also the english prime minister congratulating joe biden and noting kamala harris's historic achievement. political watchers all around the world are always looking, every time there is a new president looking in, it is watching how quickly otherworldly dense step in to congratulate you

paul hawkins has more.be the end of the north atlantic hurricane season, but this is what a category five hurricane looks like. 260 kilometre an hour winds pounding the colombian island of san andreas, bringing life—threatening storm surges and flooding inland. 90 kilometres away, one person died on another colombian island. it is the first time a category five hurricane has hit columbia. translation: we are facing an event that has characteristics that have never been seen in our country. in a matter of hours, this climatic phenomenon went from a tropical storm to a category five hurricane. and it is not initially at stopping the monster storm now making la ndfall monster storm now making landfall in north—east nicaraguan. this city boarding up. i have to say that most of the communities that are in danger of being washed away by the reins and by the winds have been evacuated totally to safer places. storm surges are up to 30 feet. the previous hurricane destroyed our house and we were left with nothing st

the prime minister boris johnson is expected to set out his plan on monday. 0ur reporter, paul hawkins know about this new plan? downing street late on saturday night made a statement that on monday it will officially announce that from december two, a week on wednesday, is the end of the four week lockdown in england and that the country is going to revert back to the three tiered system of measures that it was under prior to lockdown. 31, medium, tier two, it was under prior to lockdown. 31, medium, tiertwo, hi, t3 very high and this is part of the cobit winter plan and —— covid and more areas are expected to face higher levels of restrictions and before lockdown and this is because scientists to advise the government, also published a paper on monday thing those restrictions that were in place under the tiered system were not enough to start with. so, the tiered system that will come in from december two will be less then a national lockdown that the country is currently under but it will not be, it will be less than a lockdown, but more restrictive than the tiered system that was i

that joe biden will be the next us president and kamala harris his vice—president. 0ur reporter paul hawkins lines of congratulations, we look forward to working with you, particularly the leaders of germany, france, and canada who, of course, relations have been strained between those countries and the us under president trump. interestingly the indian prime minister tweeting: likewise, her dad, from jamaica, hence a statement from the jamaican prime minister: and joe biden of course very proud of his irish heritage, the irish leader saying he looks forward to welcoming him back when the time is right, and called kamala harris becoming vice president elect a historic achievement. amazing how the world changes, isn't it? all these messages of course being sent via twitter and it's always a race to see who comes in and stepped in to congratulate first and it's a lwa ys congratulate first and it's always a bit of a political calculation from the various countries as well. any countries as well. any countries referencing donald trump at all? not many stopping the australian parameters to scott

the prime minister boris johnson is expected to set out his plan on monday. 0ur reporter paul hawkinsor christmas? no. i tell you, there are reports in the paper, people have been reading the papers in england and across the uk today on saturday, singh reports that families could be allowed to meet up for a week over christmas and several families could be allowed to join ina families could be allowed to join in a bubble between the 22nd or 20th of december. possibly going to church, pubs and possibly going to church, pubs a nd restau ra nts possibly going to church, pubs and restaurants may be open no limited capacity in some areas, guidance on how to celebrate christmas and some restrictions, those are reports and what we can say for certain is that the three system is coming back in force in england and it is part of the government covid—19 plan on monday and official announcement made on monday and more areas are expected to face high levels of restrictions and they did before lockdown. do we know which areas will be facing which restrictions? will find out on thursday, but they a

paul hawkins reports. staff working flat—out at the victor provo hospital in northern france.beds in recent weeks as more covid patients than the first wave come in. translation: at the beginning of the second wave, it was more vulnerable people and elderly people coming to the hospital. but for several weeks now, that is no longer the case. the average age of patients in the unit has lowered. we have people aged a0 or 30 who had to be ventilated. the government claims that intensive care units like this one will be overwhelmed by the middle of november without the current lockdown. france hit its highest one—day total since the pandemic began with just over 60,000 coronavirus cases. that is why, until the ist of december, people can only leave their homes to go to work, to buy essential goods, seek medical help or to exercise. in italy, it is a similar story. much of the country is in lockdown, including here in milan, capital of the lombardy region, where the one—day death toll hit 445, a six month record. bars and restaurants here are also shut, but people can exercise near

for more on this i'm joined now by our news correspondent, paul hawkins.s a little bit confusing. so, what we know? are the four nations of the uk agreeing on what rules would be for the christmas period. that is still to be confirmed in mr boris johnson was hoping to announce that tomorrow, but the scottish most governments are still discussing over with the agreed plan is. one suggestion is three family households could meet over a five day period and thatis meet over a five day period and that is still very much something we should find out what the exact plan is on tuesday and what we do know is that tomorrow, the prime minister will tell mps on the third tiered system comes back in the 3—tiered system and locked on but those tears will be different than what we had before, the restrictions will before, the restrictions will be tougher and more areas will be tougher and more areas will be in the higher tears. gyms and nonessential shops in all areas are expected to be allowed to reopen and 10pm closing time for the pubs and restau ra nts closing time f

here's paul hawkins. if this is the electoral map of the united states.n for donald trump. the ones in a blue forjoe biden. nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, north carolina and georgia, in great, other once we are interested in. this is alaska, only worth three electoral votes and possibly going to donald trump. his path to retaining the white house is much narrower thanjoe biden. joe biden only need 17 so biden. joe biden only need 17 so he has three routes into the white house. let's look at the permutations that could be around. at the moment he is leading in arizona and nevada so leading in arizona and nevada so if he were to successfully come in, 11,000 ahead in nevada, 56,000 in arizona, he would get to the magic 270 mark. the other route he could ta ke mark. the other route he could take is if georgia were to come into play. at the moment he's only 2000 votes behind donald trump. counting still taking place in cities like atlanta and the south—east of the state. if he was to win georgia plus one of these two, he gets to 280 and gets him over the line.

that phrase very much there is. 0ur reporter paul hawkins is with me. thing else that's around, paul. alluding to that, they're going to get access, the biting team to those intelligence briefings that they have been very much after. joe biden saying that lives would be lost if they did not get access to intelligence briefings to help with the role of a coronavirus vaccine. in terms of reaction coming in, republican senators in louisiana, bill cassidy notifying that michigan certified its results today acknowledging joe biden has over 270 electoral college votes. the trump legal team is not presented evidence of mass fraud which would have had to be present to overturn the election, i voted for president trump but joe biden election, i voted for president trump butjoe biden one. and david perdue acknowledging that donald trump lost election. seems like a lot more republican senators now breaking ranks. chris christie yesterday commit big republican backer of donald trump telling trump effectively you need to concede the election. seems like with this not

our reporter paul hawkins is with me., interestingly, we've been hearing from republican senator bill cassidy, louisiana senator, who's tweeted with michigan certifying its results, joe biden has over 270 electoral college votes. donald trump is back legal team has not presented evidence of mass fraud which could have had to be present to overturn the election. i voted for mr trump, butjoe biden one. so it seems like the kind of floodwaters we re like the kind of floodwaters were breaking there, there is a significant but small number of republican senators, and now they're just going to go for it and break ranks. including people who supported donald trump in previous campaigns. chris christie has been instrumental, he's already come out and said that as well. do you agree that basically the game is up? pencil vania, michigan — it wasn't going to work in terms of those challenges, he had to —— pennsylvania. he had to at some point. and will be talking about the incoming biden administration having access to that $6 milli

paul hawkins has more. france has been under lockdown since the start of november. restaurants are shut, social gatherings, band. here, you can only leave work for —— home for work, shopping, exercise or medical help. however, from this weekend... translation: all shops will be allowed to openin all shops will be allowed to open in home services will be allowed to resume, within the framework of a strict health protocol. according to these rules they can remain open until 9pm at the latest. the relaxing of restrictions is because on monday, france reported 4452 daily infections, its lowest number since september the 28th. as for christmas... translation: on december the 15th of there are around 5000 infections per day and 2500— around 5000 infections per day and 2500- 3000 around 5000 infections per day and 2500— 3000 people in hospital then confinement can be lifted. we will be able to travel without restriction and spend christmas with our family. you will have to limit unnecessary travel but they appeal to your sense of responsibility. it will not be a christmas

here is paul hawkins. you know how the machine works. it is all yours.all yours. i think i know how the machine works. this is the electoral map of the united states. the states in red are those that are projected to win for donald trump, the ones in blue are projected to win for joe biden. the ones in grey are the ones we want to be watching. these are the ones that are in play, nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, north carolina and georgia. down here we have alaska, which i am sorry to say, alaska, we are going to ignore you for the purpose of these maths. three electoral college votes and the people of alaska are likely to vote for donald trump, who by the way is stuck on 214. that is why he is not happy at the moment. he needs to get to 270 to get the keys to the white house, or rather to retain the white house. he is short by 56 electoral college seats. his route to the white house looks narrower where is joe biden only needs 17 electoral college votes —— whereas. he has more options. he has three routes. let's go through them now. if he were to win neva

our reporter paul hawkins is here. what have leaders been saying?y all communicate via twitter now. of course, it is the only medium by which you would want to give your congratulations to kamala harris and joe biden. on that note, actually, michael was talking about joe note, actually, michael was talking aboutjoe biden reaching out and rebuilding relations with european allies. and on that note, they have a ready started. at least trying to reach out. angela merkel the german leader, justin trudeau, canada's leader, french president emmanuel macron, all tweeting their congratulations tojoe biden tweeting their congratulations to joe biden and tweeting their congratulations tojoe biden and saying they look forward to working with him in the future and of course thatis him in the future and of course that is the general thing for a lot of world leaders reaction when residents and prime ministers come into office or win their elections, at least. interestingly, india's prime minister narendra modi picking up minister narendra modi picking up on kamal

here's paul hawkins. yes, this is our electoral map of the united states.es that are projected to go for donald trump. the ones in blue are projected to go for joe biden but the ones we are interested in at the moment are the grey ones. these ones are still in play, nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia and down here alaska. we will ignore alaska at the moment, sorry, alaska. it is worth three electoral college votes a nd worth three electoral college votes and is almost certain to go for donald trump. at the moment he is stuck on 214. that is why he is not happy. he needs 56 electoral college votes to retain the presidency. his path to the white house is much narrower than joe biden's. he has three clear roots because he only needs 17 electoral college votes —— routes. let's go through those routes. let's go through those routes now. here is the first one. in nevada and arizona he is ahead at the moment as they accounting. if he were to win arizona and nevada, ignore the other states, he is up to the magic number of the other route, i shou

a small number of states waiting to hand in the results of top results with me is our reporter paul hawkinsing it, is a big lead is whittling away to almost nothing in some cases. where are you with these? as the mail in ballots coming across the united states which tend to favour the democrats, they are being counted. it is tense for all of us. turning on our phones getting notifications, tuning in to see what is the latest, at the moment, if we look at the electoral map, joe biden on 253 electoral college votes, he needs only 17 to take the white house. donald trump on 214, he needs 56 to take the white house, or should i say retain the white house. there are three clear routes forjoe biden to take the presidency. there are five states still in play, including, also, plus alaska. at that has three electoral college votes. it is going to go to president trump so we're not really involving that at the moment. five states in play. if joe that at the moment. five states in play. ifjoe biden wins arizona and nevada it is over for donald trump. he is ahead in both those estates at the moment. c

paul hawkins has more. screaming.island of san andreas, bringing life—threatening storm surges and flooding inland. 90 kilometres away, one person died on another colombian island, providencia. it is the first time a category five hurricane has hit columbia. translation: we are facing an event that has characteristics that have never been seen in our country. in a matter of hours, this climatic phenomenon went from a tropical storm to a category five hurricane. and it is not finished yet. the monster storm now making landfall in north—east nicaragua. this city boarding up. storm surges of 15 to 20 feet are forecast. and potentially 30 inches of rain. translation: the previous hurricane destroyed our house and we were left with nothing. now another one is approaching. we don't know what will happen. we fear for our lives. the lives of my children and of my mother, who is sick. next in iota's sight is honduras and then guatemala, only two weeks ago all three were hit by etta, a category four hurricane. iota, on the othe

paul hawkins, bbc news. let's talk more about the relaxation of rules in the uk. has a brain injury. they isolated from march to september. because of that, she hasn't seen her children in months. she in irchester in northamptonshire. elaine and michaeljoin us now. thank you so much for coming on bbc news, you are very welcome. elaine, talk to us first of all about how this year has been — in isolation, how you have coped with that. it's been devastating. life has been very, very difficult, being locked in and not being able to see our families, missing all the birthday parties, not being able to see our grandchildren. i haven't seen my grandson, who was 90 and the other week, four months and months and months. they will be changed by the timei months. they will be changed by the time i see them. michael has found it very, very difficult, because with his dementia, he is slowly regressing, so that he is forgetting who people look like. even if i showed him photos, he can't always remember their names. we've lost all that time that we'll never ever get back. and yo