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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe as countries struggle to come to terms with rising infections. in the latest developments: spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has ordered a night—time curfew effective immediately from 11 this evening and lasting until 6 in the morning. from monday, all bars and restaurants in italy will close from 6pm. people will be also be barred from eating or drinking outside at that time. the measures will last a month. italy reported yet another record breaking tally for new infections on sunday. so too did the netherlands where cases exceeded 10,000. and in france cases topped 50,000 sunday, breaking yesterday's record daily increase in the uk there were nearly 20,000 new infections reported on sunday, down slightly from saturday's count. we start our coverage in madrid.... and this report from our europe correspondent, guy hedgcoe. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or take care of adults or minors. also, local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass one million cases of covid—19. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern region of la rioja, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. across the mediterranean in italy, cinemas, swimming pools and gyms are being shut down, while bars and restaurants will have to close by early evening. the measures were agreed between the prime minister, giuseppe conte, and regional leaders as a resurgence of the virus has pushed daily infection rates to new records, with over 21,000 new cases reported on sunday. translation: managing the pandemic means to permit to our medical system to give a prompt response, guaranteeing cure and proper hospitalisations to all citizens, it means to prevent a second complete lockdown like the one we had in spring. the country cannot afford it. but as the government in rome attempts to stop the spread of the virus across italy, the prospect of renewed restrictions on daily life and business is not without opposition. in rome, supporters of the far right scuffled with police enforcing a night—time curfew. these protests, while limited, underscore the balancing act that italy and the rest of europe must face to control the virus while sustaining their own economies. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. let's turn to a developing story now... the bbc has been told that the military operation onboard a tanker in the english channel has now been successfully completed, with seven individuals arrested. the nave andromeda is in waters off the isle of wight. it's thought stowaways were causing problems for the crew of the vessel, which had left lagos in nigeria in early october. let's talk to our correspondent duncan kennedy, who is nearby at lee—on—the—solent. a dramatic day on the andromeda, what more can you tell us? it really has been an extraordinary few hours, ending with a special forces raid on this tanker behind me. that raid involved four helicopters with themes of what is called sports —— special boat service, sps, based about 50 miles down the coast and landed on the deck of the vessel and therefore helicopters and used what was described as overwhelming force to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals. we are told the whole operation only took around nine minutes. so very quick operation. highly proficient and professional service, the sps, well known in many parts of the world. we are also told no members of the crew we re are also told no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier this evening, at the request of the local police force, hampshire police. presumably in the intervening hours, and operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it is not clear what is happening with those seven individuals, though they have since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore. or they are still on board. it all began at nine o'clock, local time, when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation stowaways on board. they knew they we re stowaways on board. they knew they were there, but for some reason they became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. the use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coast guard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation. at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government and the special operation was authorised. tonight both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces further operation, and making sure that nobody was hurt in the situation. so seven people were detained within nine minutes. that is incredible. what more can you tell is about the safety of the crew during this operation? can we take from that that the captain had lost control of the vessel? we don't actually know the vessel? we don't actually know the details of what happened. the ship had been sailing from lagos in nigeria to southampton here. it was due in earlier this morning. we've been told by sources that the crew knew the stowaways were on board, seven of them. which in itself is extraordinary. they have sailed all the way from africa to southampton with stowaways on board. there was this confrontation between the stowaways on the crew. obviously the crew had procedures, because they have the special lock—up room that the use to take, make themselves safe from attacks by pirates on the high c. safe from attacks by pirates on the high c. and where they are able to community were shore—based authorities. what happened after that, we simply don't know. whether the stowaways try to get into that room 01’ the stowaways try to get into that room or whether they tried to do something else, those details haven't been released. clearly hampshire police were not satisfied and were concerned about the safety of the crew enough to call in military hero. that is what happened in spectacularfashion. military hero. that is what happened in spectacular fashion. —— military hero. that is what happened in spectacularfashion. —— military help. one imagines, we don't know, one imagines the special forces have descended from these helicopters. the practice this a lot, they are highly professional. they know what they're doing and were able to overwhelm the stowaways. it seems relatively easily and they minutes. we don't know whether the stowaways we re we don't know whether the stowaways were armed or like that. the utmost professionalism to execute it so quickly and make sure the crew members were safe and well. thank you for bringing us up to speed on that. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign orface a general strike. more than 100,000 people are estimated to have joined the protests. the belarussian opposition leader in exile, svetlana tikhanovskaya, said the authorities had shown they were only capable of violence, and that the threatened strike would start on monday. from moscow, here's stephen rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging what you can here are song and inspired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they come out to deliver an ultimatum. either alexander lukashenko agrees to resign or from monday there will be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but while the belarussian seems as strong as ever. but while the bela russian people seems as strong as ever. but while the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetlana tikhanovskaya, the opposition leader has been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of they will. i think that the will of the belarussian they will. i think that the will of the bela russian people they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. even if we do not succeed or do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of tribal, protest, but we will not stop —— another kind ofa but we will not stop —— another kind of a struggle. last week lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. to talk about these developments, and what they all mean, i am joined by alena kudzko, director of the glob—sec policy institute, a think tank based in bratislava, slovakia. thank you for making time for us. protesters are calling for a general strike to start on monday. what do you think is going to happen? that is definitely very difficult to predict. a lot of people are going to strike. a lot of people are going to strike. a lot of people are going to ta ke to strike. a lot of people are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken in the country. the government has ta ke n every in the country. the government has ta ken every possible in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees we re leaders of the striking committees were arrested and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice, asjobs are workers are facing a very difficult choice, as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of the jobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it is very difficult to predict what is going to happen tomorrow, but this is by no means an implication that the protest will decrease in number or scale. you mentioned that so many opposition leaders had been arrested or forced to flee the country. what state is the opposition in? we have a very interesting situation in the country. we have the opposition that is very resilient and has not lost its resolve. and we have the government that is not budging. we definitely have a stalemate and each site is trying to break it. the opposition, for its part, is trying to come up with more and more creative strategies, that are keeping the government off guard and forcing the government to make more and more mistakes. this deadline it has set for today is one of the strategy is to put more pressure on the government. is there any indication the government is spending at all? not so far. the government has responded with more and more violence, but on the other hand,it and more violence, but on the other hand, it also had to adapt its tactics. over the past weeks, the government has been very brutal with the protesters, including the use of violence. it is also fired a lot of people. a lot ofjournalists were script of their accreditation. recently lukashenko script of their accreditation. recently lu kashenko has script of their accreditation. recently lukashenko has met several political prisoners for what he claims was an attempt to negotiate with the opposition. he seems to be succeeding in co—opting if you have them as trying to pose as the legitimate representatives of the opposition, while sidelining the rest of the movement. but the rest of the country does not seem to be buying it. to afghanistan now, where funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's suicide bombing in the capital, kabul. the number of dead has risen to 2a and most of the victims were students. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. and a warning, our report from the bbc‘s secunder kermani contains some flashing images. the narrow street outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like this 18—year—old, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when i heard a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying down on the ground. everyone was crying. at the scene today, abandoned textbooks and shattered glass. the suicide bomber was coming down this alley, trying to get inside that gate to the tuition centre when he was challenged by some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some of the marks left by the shrapnel in the wall and the impact the explosion had. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority, they have been targeted by the islamic state group. still, there is defiance. translation: i don't feel safe but i won't surrender. if the taliban or daesh fight with weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i have faith that i will win. there has been a surge in fighting in the country over the past few weeks, largely between the afghan government and the taliban. peace talks have started but seem to have stalled. is is much less powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations. they can still carry out deadly attacks. today, the young victims of this latest atrocity were laid to rest. written on one of the placard, a simple question. what was my crime? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. .. hello and thanks forjoining us. some brilliant performances in the world of sport today. we begin with lewis hamilton's, his victory in the portuguese grand prix means he holds the outright record for formula one victories with 92 — surpassing michael schumacher. the result means he extends his lead in this year's drivers championship, with his sights now set on equalling the german driver's seven world titles. i feel like ifeel like i'm still i feel like i'm still going ifeel like i'm still going up. so, yeah, i never thoughti ifeel like i'm still going up. so, yeah, i never thought i would be here. but i am. and i hope that that continues to hopefully show people that no matter what people say to you, just keep believing, keep pushing and stay focused, don't let up. tayo gaygan hart has won the giro d'italia, becoming just the the fifth british rider to take a grand tour. the ineos grenadiers rider began the day in second place overall, although level on time with australia's jai hindley. the final stage was a ten—mile time trial on the streets of milan — and gaygan hart was the faster rider, winning by 39 seconds. pretty unbelievable, to be honest. it has been an incredible three weeks with the team. started down in sicily, 21 days ago, and here we are now in milan. what a year it has been. and to finish like this is unbelievable and quite unexpected. i don't know if it will ever sink in, but it certainly hasn't no. ijust feel honoured to be here with this tea m feel honoured to be here with this team and incredibly privileged to be in this position. and there's been more for ineos grenadiers to celebrate over in spain at the vuelta a espana where richard carapaz has taken the overall lead. spain's yon iza—girre won stage six. but further back, defending champion primoz roglic couldn't keep up with carapaz, who now has an eight second lead over britain's hugh carthy. everton's unbeaten start to the season is over after they lost 2—0 at southampton. james ward—prowse opened the scoring for the hosts, who then went two up through che adams. a bad day for everton was compounded with a red card for luca digne. everton remain top of the table but now only on goal difference. from the first moment you could feel that the game plan was working and the guys were really sticking to and beautiful goals were scored. a good few chances, dominant from the first half. maybe one of the best first—half set so far. and the second half, not so easy mentally to stay focused, to have a good game balance, and i think also in terms of possession, one of our best games. not a good performance. we are used to playing different in a different way to earn. that was not a good performance. they played better than us and deserved to win. that is simple. this doesn't mean i have forgot all the things that we did... my team did really well in this first part of the season. and we are going to do really well again. a late goal for newcastle gave steve bruce's side a point in their match against wolves. rauljiminez scored in the 80th minute for the home side but a fantastic strike from jacob murphy in the last minute of normal time saw the match end in a 1—1 draw. and it's just finished in arsenal's match against leicester at the emirates. jamie vardy came on as a sub to score the winner with a diving header in the 80th minute for leicester. it finished 1—0. that's all the sport for now. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... the united states says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a third attemt at a ceasefire in the conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. in a statement released with the two governments, the us state department said the truce will come into effect on monday. fighting has taken place over the territory for almost a month. demonstrations have been staged across poland against strict new rules governing abortions. a catholic mass was interrupted in the city of poznan, when a group of women held banners protesting the new rules in the cathedral. the ban is on almost all abortions — with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's health is at risk. the white house says the us vice president, mike pence, will stick to his busy election campaign schedule — even though several of his staff have contracted the coronavirus. his chief of staff is self—isolating. another adviser has also tested positive. a spokesman said mr pence and his wife had both had negative results. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has extended his visit to london until wednesday as brexit trade negotiations continue. more talks are expected in brussels after that. meetings resumed last week after the uk walked away — saying that the eu was unwilling to compromise on key issues. however on friday, the uk said good progress has been made. environmentalists have expressed concern after hundreds of dead marine animals were washed up on russia's far—east coast. the causes of this ecological disaster — on the pacific shore of the kamchatka peninsula — are in dispute. russian state investigators say they are "most likely natural", while environmentalists want a more thorough investigation. maria kiseleva from the bbc‘s russian service reports. when hundreds of dead sea creatures washed up on the shore, nobody knew what was going on. why did this large area of this pacific coast turn into a graveyard? covered in mostly turn into a graveyard? covered in m ostly d ea d turn into a graveyard? covered in mostly dead sea creatures, starfish is and what looks like the remains of sea urchins. we spoke to the locals and they are alarmed, because usually it is just a couple of staff to share but now it is much more than that. this is what it looked like before the disaster. the ocean bed is covered with active marine life. this is after. many places, pla nts life. this is after. many places, plants and small are dead. they are considering two causes, artificial causes related with industrial sources, may be military sources, landfills and so on. and second group, natural causes, like seaweed. at first many people thought the disaster was caused by rocket fuel from disused military ranges. others said it was poisonous chemicals. translation: in the 19705 said it was poisonous chemicals. translation: in the 1970s some pesticides were dug there and other poisonous chemicals. they dug a hole and left them there. is test result started to come in, experts question this theory. perhaps the causes were natural? there is poisonous seaweed. it could also be the red tide. when one type of algae consumes all oxygen in the water and other creatures to suffocate. some local people were treated for burns to skin and eyes after swimming in the ocean. translation: we are worried about our help and the help of our loved ones. and we are also worried for the ocean. the ocean is whole life. and tillage is clear what happened, it will not be safe for people to go into the ocean. in what has been one of russia's most unique sports. —— sports. and some pictures to show you now that have gone viral... you'll see why. .. a close call for swimmers in sydney. this drone footage shows swimmers just metres away from circling sharks off bondi beach. it's believed they had no idea the predators were below them. good news for the swimmers — the sharks appeared to be distracted by a giant shoal of salmon. ben rich has the weather. hello, good evening. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it's been a very wet weekend across many parts of the uk. quite a blustery weekend as well. on the satellite picture, you can see this swirl of cloud, the area of low pressure bringing the wind and rain this weekend. behind me, another area of cloud, this is hurricane epsilon which is drifting northwards. it won't be a hurricane as it moves its way towards our shores, but it will be an extremely deep area of low pressure. the centre of the low with the strongest winds will stay away to the north—west, but this is just going to continue to drive some very unsettled weather through the coming days. it will be windy. there will be some heavy rain at times but not all the time, rough seas across western parts particularly, signs that it will turn a little milder later in the week, particularly down towards the south. so, through this evening and overnight, we continue to see showers, some heavy, some thundery, blown in on a brisk breeze. the showers most plentiful across the west. further east, more in the way of dry weather, some clear spells and that is where we will see the lowest temperatures, maybe down to 2—3 degrees in some spots. for tomorrow, again, we will have seven spells —some spells of sunshine but just like today, there will be some heavy thundery showers around. these tending to migrate eastwards through the day, so the chance of showers across eastern scotland and eastern england will increase, where as for northern ireland, wales and the south—west, will see fewer showers. as we go through the afternoon, more spells of sunshine. quite windy towards the south, lighter winds developing further north. it will be a fairly cool day with highs of between 10—14 degrees. now, as we move through monday night, this area of low pressure will start to clear away briefly. see this little bump in the isobars? that's a little ridge of high pressure. so that's going to settle things down for a time. could make it quite a chilly start to tuesday morning but that more settled spell is very, very brief. you can see this next weather system pushing in from the west on tuesday. some heavy rain with that. northern scotland holding onto some brightness. another windy day, highs of 10—14 degrees. and it stays very unsettled as we had through the middle part of the week. this big, deep area of low pressure still sitting up to the north—west. this will be the engine room of our weather, it'll be driving strong winds and heavy downpours right across the uk, but it will start to turn a bit milder for the end of the week. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... the bbc has been told seven individuals have been detained following a military operation on a tanker off the coast of the isle of wight. more pressure on the government, as thousands of doctors back the footballer, marcus rashford's campaign for free school meals during the school holidays. after a public backlash, the welsh government says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling nonessential items during the country's two—week lockdown. spain's government announces a new state of emergency as it tackles the virus — a national curfew from from 11pm until six in the morning is due to come in from sunday. after seven months, ballet dancers return to the stage with socially distanced tu—tu's at birmingham repertory theatre. now on bbc news... 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LagosNigeriaMoscowMoskvaRussiaAustraliaAfghanistanMilanLombardiaItalyUnited-statesUnited-kingdom hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe as countries struggle to come to terms with rising infections. in the latest developments, spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, has announced a national emergency and imposed a night—time curfew effective from ”pm in the evening and lasting until 6am in the morning. from monday, all bars and restaurants in italy will close from 6pm. gyms, cinemas and swimming pools will be shut and people are encouraged not to out and to limit their contacts with others. italy reported yet another record—breaking tally for new infections on sunday. so, too, did the netherlands, where cases exceeded 10,000. and in france, cases topped 50,000 on sunday, breaking yesterday's record daily increase. in the uk, there were nearly 20,000 new infections reported on sunday, down slightly from saturday's count. in a moment, we'll hearfrom our rome correspondent mark lowen, but we start our coverage in madrid and this report from guy hedgecoe. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or to take care of adults or minors. also local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass i million cases of covid—i9. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern regions of navarre, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. waiting, not on tables but on news of their future. worried staff at a prime roman restaurant in a crisis meeting over new measures. inside, they prepare the last suppers. from tomorrow, they will close from 6pm, only takeaway after that. the family business was just starting to recover from the first wave. we are really, really worried about it, for sure. you know, it's a very difficult situation, and september was the first month for us that started to go in the right way. so, now we have to stop again. all our life is here. we are four families, with sons, children, with babies and we love this job. the prime minister announced a looser lockdown than last time. a maximum of four people at tables, gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres closed, italians advised to move around only if necessary. he knows patience is wearing thin. protests by fringe groups against restrictions turned ugly this weekend. its economy already forecast to shrink by 10% this year, italy can't afford a second shutdown. but with soaring cases, the government says italy needs another push to get the virus under control. its management of the pandemic has been widely supported here, but with venues closing again, the mood may change and there will be no gyms to let off steam. of course, that will undermine our... just overall sanity, i think, both physically and mentally, and i think among many decisions which could have been taken, i think this one in particular was perhaps, yeah, a bit rash or not really necessary. it could have been dealt with differently. it's too serious not to act. over 1200 are now in intensive care, up almost 1000 since last month. the first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes it's not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. a military operation onboard a tanker in the english channel has ended with the arrest of seven people. it's thought stowaways were causing problems on board the vessel, which had sailed from lagos in nigeria. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy has the latest. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of what's called a special boat service, sbs, special forces. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals, and we're told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. we're also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it's not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they've since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they're still on board. it all began at 9am local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowaways were there, vut for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew. which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. the use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coastguard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation, and at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government and the special operation was authorised. now, tonigh,t both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces for their operation and making sure that nobody was hurt in this situation. a little earlier, i spoke to the conservative mp and chair of the commons defence select committee, tobias ellwood. he explained the security considerations around the nave andromeda operation. it had been deemed a security threat when you do not have a vessel that's this large in full control and the crew themselves are then perhaps taken away to the safe location on board. then clearly, the government has to react. a whole range of responses will have been considered, not least to say what is the threat to the mainland, what is the threat to the crew as well. what is good to see is there reaction from our forces, the coordination between our agencies. number 10 would've been fully involved in what was going on indeed. this is a good outcome for britain. how unusual is it that it took that long for the military to be involved in this sort of incident, particularly as you said this would have been deemed a threat, a security threat? as a former defence minister, i hope you'll understand that i'm not going to go into the details of this. as far to say that this has been a multi—agency response. the way these things work is that all our organisations and assets will be alerted, intelligence will be gathered and they will take appropriate action. the fact that any media outlet isn't made aware of what is going on is absolutely right. we do not want to give away our protocols, our response mechanisms, because of course people are watching how we react to every episode, not least in this in counterterrorism, but in other aspects of conflict, too. and they learn from that. so it's quite important that what goes on behind the scenes remains behind the scenes and we get the outcomes that we do. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign orface a general strike. from moscow, here's stephen rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging. what you can hear are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they'd come out to deliver an ultimatum. either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign, orfrom monday, there'll be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader, has been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. and even if we do not succeed or if we do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of struggle, another kind of protest, but we will not stop. last week, mr lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's focus on chile now, where millions of people have been casting their ballots in a referendum on whether to change the country's constitution. despite some bad weather, voters waited patiently in the long queues which built up because of the need for social distancing. president sebastian pinera agreed to hold a referendum after major anti—government protests broke out last year. i'm joined now by our south america correspondent katy watson. just first off, to put into context for us, how do we go from metro fair protests to u n—attem pt for us, how do we go from metro fair protests to un—attempt to rewrite the constitution? that's right because this is a culmination of a year or two since the protests started and if you mentioned it was a metro price hike of around four american sense but that was the tipping point. the culmination really of years of frustration that despite the fact that chile is one of the most stable countries in the region, one of the most prosperous, it is also one of the most unequal countries in the world. so despite the fact that the poverty level had dropped in the last two decades, there was still many people who felt that they were left behind. many people from the very beginning said that it was the constitution drawn up that it was the constitution drawn up in1980 under that it was the constitution drawn up in 1980 under the former dictator of just up in 1980 under the former dictator ofjust open a shed that was to blame. first of all is a modern democracy and there's no place for a constitution like this but also because within that constitution the revisions for private services enabling things like education, health care, pensions of people in the protest said that the sort of things needed to change. this holds chile back. but we have seen now is a constitution that many hope will make changes within chile going forward. the expectation is that the vote will be eight yes to the constitution but it has divided the country. there are concerns of the stability and the prosperity to the country has enjoyed could be derailed by this process, too. how would you describe turnout? the expectation was that it would be much bigger than even presidential elections. it took about long queues and it was notjust because of covid—19. that in itself was made provisions that people could stay so asigo provisions that people could stay so as i go and vote but it also was a show of just as i go and vote but it also was a show ofjust how his story of the day was for so many millions of chileans. i think that's what we will find out in the next or so. the vote is admitted to be very quick and we should have a result within the next hour or so coming out of chile. how was the president's decision to bring the constitution to the table rather than resign or put in place eight tough police crackdown on chilea ns, put in place eight tough police crackdown on chileans, how was that viewed by the elite that you mentioned, that will present that have the country's wealth? are they in agreement with what he has done? at the moment, sebastian pinera has been widely criticised for how he reacted initially when the protest started. he talked about the violence of the protesters for the people were very angry about that because the authorities have also been very handy —— heavy—handed with the protesters. he is a president back by people who feel that he has helped encourage the economic stability, a businessman himself. perhaps there is a feeling also that he isa perhaps there is a feeling also that he is a lame duck. 0ne perhaps there is a feeling also that he is a lame duck. one of the issues is that there are elections coming up is that there are elections coming up within the year and of course it's a difficult time for chile and people feel that the rep many people have been calling for him to resign. yes, he has overseen this process, if you like him about reluctantly. it's been a very difficult time for chile, so yes he brought it to the table but we will see in the next few months about how first of all the vote we will see tonight but also within the body that will be drawn up, how to rewrite the constitution and another referendum on the actual draft of the new constitution. it will be a very difficult time for chile, i think i'm a lot of uncertainty. thank you very much for that. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the united states says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a third attempt at a ceasefire in the conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. in a joint statement released with the two governments, the us state department said the truce will come into effect on monday. fighting has taken place over the territory for almost a month. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has extended his visit to london until wednesday as brexit trade negotiations continue. more talks are expected in brussels after that. meetings resumed last week after the uk walked away, saying that the eu was unwilling to compromise on key issues. however on friday, the uk said good progress has been made. thousands of people have continued to take part in pro—democracy demonstrations in thailand. demonstrators gathered at a major intersection in the thai capital, bangkok, after a deadline for the prime minister to resign passed on saturday night. the protestors also want reform of the powerful thai monarchy. to talk more about the significance of these protests, i am joined by mark cogan, an associate professor of peace and conflict studies, who joins us from 0saka, japan. first off, tell us about these protests. what strikes you most about them ? protests. what strikes you most about them? i think that what strikes you must but the protesters is they came of age just recently. they came of age during the prime minister's more than about six years in office. and this is a relatively young movement. a student led movement. in these protesters to a certain extent don't really have any kind of political loyalties. they don't have loyalties to the four prime minister who led a protest, a redshirt protest in 2010. this is a very young movement, a very student led movement bike a lot of protest movements of the 1970s were. their slogan is resign, rewrite, reform, and that last one is really significant. they have got their attention on the monarchy. yes. i love people in thailand are —— a lot of people in thailand are uneasy. they are worried that their futures and how the prime minister has handled covid—19. but this is also a very unequal country, so how the monarchy comes into play is that this is a monarchy worth billions, worth $40 million or more. and has seized assets taken from the crown property bureau. he has taken positions in large thai company. ps consolidated military power in thailand. and the contrast between the monarchy and the people is that the monarchy and the people is that the monarchy and the people is that the monarchy is worth billions while the monarchy is worth billions while the minimum wage for the average thai person, the memo wage is around $5 per day. so thailand is actually the most unequal country in the world. i suppose the question is who then rules thailand ? world. i suppose the question is who then rules thailand? is of the military and the reason i said this is that thailand is i believe the country with the most coups in modern history. is it the military 01’ modern history. is it the military or is it the king? i would say it's a combination. i think there is something that most academics would call a military monarchy alliance. this develops very, very early on in the 1950s under the field marshal who developed kind of a partnership, illegitimacy partnership with the young king. they both boost each other‘s image in the eyes of the thai people. so it is a military monarchy alliance. they sort of coexist in a kind of symbiotic relationship. so the answer is both. u nfortu nately we have ru n relationship. so the answer is both. unfortunately we have run out of time. but thank you very much for that, thank you. thank you. environmentalists have expressed concern after hundreds of dead marine animals were washed up on russia's far east coast. the causes of this ecological disaster on the pacific shore of the kamchatka peninsula are in dispute. russian state investigators say they are "most likely natural", while environmentalists want a more thorough investigation. maria kiseleva from the bbc‘s russian service reports. when hundreds of dead sea creatures washed up on this shore, nobody knew what was going on. why did large area of this pacific coast turn into the graveyard? parts of this beach are covered with the remains of dead sea creatures. mostly here it's dead starfishes and what looks like the remains of sea urchins. we spoke to the locals, and they are alarmed because usually it's just a couple of starfishes here. but now it's much, much more than that. this is what it looked like before the disaster. the ocean bed is covered with active marine life. this is after. in many places, plants and small animals are dead. we are considering two groups of causes — artificial causes related with industrial sources, maybe military sources, landfills and so on. and second group is natural causes, like seaweeds. at first, many people thought the disaster was caused by rocket fuel from the kamchatka disused military ranges. others said it was poisonous chemicals. translation: in the 19705, some pesticides were buried there and other poisonous chemicals. theyjust dug a hole and left them there. as test results started to come in, experts questioned these theories. perhaps the causes were natural. there may have been poisonous seaweed. there could also be the red tide, when one type of algae that consumes all oxygen in the water and other creatures suffocate. some local people were treated for burns to skin and eyes after swimming in the ocean. translation: we are worried about our health and the health of our loved ones. and we're also worried for the ocean. the ocean is our whole life. until it is clear what happened, it will not be safe for people to into the ocean in what has been one of russia's most unique nature spots. maria kiseleva, bbc news, kamchatka. it turns out that even muppets aren't immune to the coronavirus. during the lockdown injordan, puppeteers had to film parts of the middle eastern version of sesame street from home. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has been finding out more. in 2020, muppets catch up with each otherjust like the rest of us. somebody always forgets to take themselves off mute. muppets shout. we're staying at home to protect ourselves. and to protect our friends and family. because... both: ...we care about them. ahlan simsim, an arabic version of sesame street, reaches over 3 million children in the middle east. and it's helping them deal with covid stress. here, grover talks about fear. local characters basma and jad have a tip for me. when you feel afraid or upset, you can try to belly breathe. yeah. like this. put your hands on your belly and take a deep breath in. and then let it out. it works. puppeteers had to work from home during jordan's strict lockdown, filming themselves. now, the crew is back on set and the show is being made more educational. nice to see that yolanda worked out her way of getting to sesame street. you are watching bbc news. ben rich has the weather. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a very wet weekend. you saw them spinning around the pictures on our satellite picture. behind me, x epsilon hurricane. this will drive further rain in our direction. very brisk winds at times. it will be very blustery this week with rain and times and turning milder after a rather cool start. so through monday it's another day of sunshine and showers in those initially most plentiful in the west but i think they will migrate eastwards through the day. some heavy with a chance of hail and thunder and some drier developing through northern ireland, wales and the southwest would not as many showers here by the end of the naples of it stays fairly windy the further south you are but the further south you are but the further north the winds ease especially across scotland. a fairly cool field to the with 10 degrees and stornoway 14 and in plymouth 14. 0ut and stornoway 14 and in plymouth 14. out of monday into tuesday, the area of low pressure from the weekend finally spins away and the showers paid. a little temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way in so thatis high pressure builds its way in so that is going to calm things down for a time through the early hours of tuesday. could be the odd fog patch and quite a chilly start to tuesday but that calmer interlude is not last long. you can see this rain already splashing into the west through the first part of the day and this band of heavy rain will then push its way eastwards. again he will have some blustery winds and those winds travelling along way across the atlantic are going to whip up some very rough seas and it could be some big waves crashing into western coastal areas. northern scotla nd into western coastal areas. northern scotland lucky to hold onto some brightness of the day, 10—15 and then as we get to winsted this deep area of low pressure continues to spend to the northwest and it will feed further showers or longer spells of rain across the british isles and stays unsettled towards the end of the week but temperatures climb, 18 or19 the end of the week but temperatures climb, 18 or 19 in the south on friday. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to lew the spread of the coronavirus. a special forces unit has detained a group of stowaways who threatened the crew of a tanker off the uk's south coast. thousands back marcus rashford's campaignfor thousands back marcus rashford's campaign for free meals for schoolchildren. spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to lew the spread of the coronavirus. a national curfew from 11pm until 6am in the morning has come into force. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator and former conservative party press chief giles kenningham and the author and journalist, rachel shabi. tomorrow's front pages...starting with... let's start with the metro — and its splash showing the dramatic moment special forces stormed a tanker off the isle of wight — after the paper says it was ‘seized' by seven stowaways. the daily telegraph says the operation tookjust nine minutes — and reports the ministry of defence's comments — that the ship had been ‘subject to a suspected hijacking'. the times describes the scale of the military operation — reporting that four military helicopters took 40 personnel to the scene — and that 16 troops boarded the vessel — securing the ship with the backing of airborne snipers.
LagosNigeriaMoscowMoskvaRussiaJapanUnited-statesUnited-kingdomAzerbaijanBelarusMadridSpain of president alexander lukashenko. and the polls close in chile as the nation votes on whether or not to rewrite the country's constitution. hello, and welcome to bbc news. tough new restrictions are being introduced in spain and italy. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondent in rome. but first, this report from the bbc‘s guy hedgecoe in spain, where the prime minister's approved tighter measures that will be in place for a month. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or to take care of adults or minors. also local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass i million cases of covid—i9. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern regions of navarre, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. waiting, not on tables but on news of their future. worried staff at a prime roman restaurant in a crisis meeting over new measures. inside, they prepare the last suppers. from tomorrow, they will close from 6pm, only takeaway after that. the family business was just starting to recover from the first wave. we are really, really worried about it, for sure. you know, it's a very difficult situation, and september was the first month for us that started to go in the right way. so, now we have to stop again. all our life is here. we are four families, with sons, children, with babies and we love this job. the prime minister announced a looser lockdown than last time. a maximum of four people at tables, gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres closed, italians advised to move around only if necessary. he knows patience is wearing thin. protests by fringe groups against restrictions turned ugly this weekend. its economy already forecast to shrink by 10% this year, italy can't afford a second shutdown. but with soaring cases, the government says italy needs another push to get the virus under control. its management of the pandemic has been widely supported here, but with venues closing again, the mood may change and there will be no gyms to let off steam. of course, that will undermine our... just overall sanity, i think, both physically and mentally, and i think amongst the many decisions which could have been taken, i think this one in particular was perhaps, yeah, a bit rash or not really necessary. it could have been dealt with differently. it's too serious not to act. over 1200 are now in intensive care, up almost 1000 since last month. the first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes it's not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. here in the uk, a military operation onboard a tanker in the english channel has ended with the arrest of seven people after special forces stormed the ship. it's thought stowaways were causing problems on board the vessel, which had sailed from lagos in nigeria. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy has the latest. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of what's called special boat service, sbs, specialforces. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals, and we're told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. we're also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it's not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they've since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they're still on board. it all began at 9pm local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowaways were there, vut for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. the use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coastguard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation, and at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government and the special operation was authorised. now, tonight, both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces for their operation and making sure that nobody was hurt in this situation. let's focus on chile now. polling has just closed in a referendum on whether to change the country's constitution. despite some bad weather, voters waited patiently in the long queues which built up because of the need for social distancing. president sebastian pinera agreed to hold a referendum after major anti—government protests broke out last year. i'm joined now by our south america correspondent katy watson. polls have closed as ijust said. are there any indications which way the vote might go? well, it's still early days for accounting. around 11% of votes have been counted but at the moment we are talking more than 70% for yes to a new constitution and around 20 odd percent for know. and if we look at the images of people in the centre of santiago, the big square, certainly a great deal of expectation that it will be aes to a new constitution. this is been one the central demands of it so many protesters since these mass antigovernment demonstrations started a year ago. this time a year ago, the scenes were pretty similar but much more of an antigovernment kind of anger and frustration that things needed to change. this is been the culmination of those demands for that change. and if voters will decide they wa nt and if voters will decide they want a new constitution, is there a clear path forward to decide what happens next and how that new document comes into being? there is a clear path forward but it will be a long drawn out process. so by april, there will be the body drawn up to be able to draw up the constitution. they will be voting for that in april and then there will be a referendum with a new draft of the constitution in 2022. so we are talking a long process. in the meantime, there will also be presidential elections and that is one of the criticisms of rewriting the constitution. those who did not wanted to change were concerned that it would bring a lot of instability and uncertainty in a country that has actually flourished economically. the poverty gap has followed, the poverty gap has followed, the poverty rate has fallen but has also led a lot of people behind. there are deep inequalities in the country in a course that is what has helped to drive these protest and drive the demands for change. and the demands for that new constitution, what did the majority of people want that constitution to contain? well, currently, the 1980 constitution which was drawn up underformer dictator constitution which was drawn up under former dictator augusto pinochet, there were a lot of provisions made for private businesses to provide things like health care, education, pensions and the complaint was that that has left people behind and met people had to pay for schooling, to pay for health care, all of these things cost money and that made life much harderfor the average chilean. so the privileged few have benefited but many more people have struggled to pay. and that is one of the things they wanted to shake up, that much more equal provision for basic services. even water was one of the big rights, that it was in private hands and that is something that symbolised the ills of chile, the need to be much more equal and available to far many more chileans. something to watch there. thank you. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign orface a general strike. from moscow, here's stephen rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging. what you can hear are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they'd come out to deliver an ultimatum — either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign, or from monday, there'll be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse mr lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader who's been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. and even if we do not succeed or if we do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of struggle, another kind of protest, but we will not stop. last week, mr lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. alena kudzko, director of the glob—sec policy institute, a think tank based in bratislava, slovakia, told us it is difficult to predict how the strike will go. a lot of people are going to strike. are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees were arrested, and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice. as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of thejobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it's very difficult to predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but this by no means implies that the protests are going to decrease in number or scale. indeed. you mentioned, though, that so many opposition leaders have been arrested or have been forced to flee the country, so what state is the opposition in? we have a very interesting situation in the country. we have the opposition that is very resilient and has not lost its resolve, and we have the government that is not budging. so we definitely have a stalemate, and each side is trying to break it. the opposition, for its part, is trying to come up with more and more creative strategies that are keeping the government off—guard and forcing the government to make more and more mistakes. this deadline that it set for today is one of the strategies to put more pressure on the government. is there any indication the government's bending at all? not so far. the government has responded with more and more violence, but on the other hand, it also had to adapt its tactics. over the past weeks, the government has been very brutal with the protesters, including the use of violence. it also has fired a lot of people. a lot ofjournalists were stripped of their accreditation. but interestingly, recently, lukashenko has met several political prisoners for what he claims was an attempt to negotiate with the opposition. he seems to be succeeding in co—opting a couple of them in trying to pose as legitimate representatives of the opposition while sidelining the rest of the movements. but the arrest of the country does not seem to be buying anything. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, 0n the final furlong, we report from the states may make the difference in the us presidential election. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy died today. 0nly yesterday she spoke of dying and service of our country and said i will be proud of it. every drop of my blow contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have included a chapter of history. no more suspicion. no more fear. no more uncertainty. of what each day might bring. ignition and lift off of discovery with the crew of six after not heroes and one american legend. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7,000,000,000th person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — fighting the latest surge — spain and italy introduce new emergency measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. a special forces unit detains a group of stowaways who threatened the crew of a tanker off the uk's south coast. the united states says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a third attempt at a ceasefire in the conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. in a joint statement released with the two governments, the us state department said the truce will come into effect in the coming hours after intensive negotiations in washington between the countries' foreign ministers. fighting has taken place over the territory for almost a month. funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the number of dead has risen to 24. most of the victims were students at a private education centre. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack. the un described the bombing a senseless war crime. secunder kermani's report contains some flashing images. the narrow street outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like this 18—year—old, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when i heard a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying down on the ground. everyone was crying. at the scene today, abandoned textbooks and shattered glass. the suicide bomber was coming down this alley, trying to get inside that gate to the tuition centre when he was challenged by some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some of the marks left by the shrapnel in the wall and the impact the explosion had. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority. they've been repeatedly targeted by the islamic state group. still, there's defiance. translation: i don't feel safe, but i won't surrender. if the taliban or daesh fight with weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i have faith that i will win. there's been a surge in fighting in the country over the past few weeks, largely between the afghan government and the taliban. peace talks have started, but seem to have stalled. is is much less powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations. they can still carry out deadly attacks. today, the young victims of this latest atrocity were laid to rest. written on one of the placards, a simple question — what was my crime? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. here in the uk, the government is resisting pressure, including from some of its own mps, to extend free school meals for vulnerable children in england into half—term, which for many begins tomorrow. minister brandon lewis insisted that the government's decision to give £63 million to local councils so that they could provide was "the right way to do it". 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. 0n the eve of the half—term break, fiona crump is preparing meal bags. these will be given to local children in falmouth in cornwall over the next few days. there are fears that with schools closed for the holidays and the pandemic hitting people's incomes, some families are struggling to put food on the table. show you what i've got in the fridge. people like claire, a single mum of three, who says the next few days will be a struggle. i'm really anxious because i'm just like, "have i got enough that's going to last till i get that payment on the last day of the month when i can go and do my shopping?" you know, it's very stressful, very ha rd. is there any cheese left? and the government is facing increasing pressure for not stepping in, like it did earlier this year. ministers have spent colossal sums in recent months to keep people injobs and businesses open. but now they're facing claims that they're failing to provide the money needed to feed vulnerable children. we support local authorities to do it. that's what the £63 million is there for. and it's notjust £63 million, of course, andrew, it's on top of the hundreds of millions we've put into local authorities to support those most in need. so, no u—turn, no change, in a word? i think we have the package in place that means people have got the support they need during the school holiday. but conservative mps are increasingly nervous. some think ministers are losing the argument, and a few have broken rank to say they are prepared to vote against the government if the issue comes back to parliament. i think it was just much easier to carry on with what is a simple and effective scheme which most people understand, and there's a certain sort of totemic status around free school meals along with the nhs, for example, so for goodness sake, why didn't we just do it? manchester united's marcus rashford has been the figurehead of the campaign. his social media feed in recent days, a long list of businesses and local councils pledging to offer free meals. the government praised them today, but labour says if ministers don't step in, support will depend on where you live. not every council has stepped up, which means it becomes a postcode lottery for some children, so some children will benefit from sitting and living in a council where they've decided to prioritise free school meals, but other councils, for various reasons, mightjust decide that money needs to go elsewhere. labour intends to force another vote in the coming weeks. the cost of providing free meals in england over the half term break would be about £20 million was tiny amount in the greater government spending of recent months but tonight ministers are holding firm, saying the measures they have put in place means it will be a safety net for those who need it. there are a number of tory mps increasingly uneasy about that position and predicting that position and predicting that if not now, by christmas holidays they will have to be a change of heart. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. in nine days' time, a poloraised united states will choose its next president. the bbc‘s clive myrie will be bringing you a series of special reports looking at the key issues for voters as they choose between donald trump and his democratic party rival, joe biden. here's a preview. america isn'tjust a place. it's an idea. and the enduring power of the american dream is that it's universal, the craving for a better life. i'm the last mohican. donald trump said the dream was dying, and he'd make america great again. i know that we will win! they want to rob you of your hope. but how great is america now, as trump seeks re—election? the guy in the white house right now is crazier than a loon. i'll be reporting from arizona, america's backyard with mexico, and a state now threatening to back the democrats after voting for donald trump in 2016. i'll explore policies on immigration... the worst of the worst is coming through this area. ..on race... the hearts of people have held on to relics of the past. ..and covid—19. people are dying here in the camp? yeah. yeah, every day. as america chooses a president. # this is america. # don't catch you slippin' now. # look what i'm whippin' now...# you can keep up with all the headlines on our website and on the app. you can reach me on twitter. bye—bye. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a very wet weekend. persistent rain on saturday gave way to hefty showers on sunday. you can see those speckled shower clouds on our earlier satellite picture spinning around an area of low pressure. now, behind me, we have ex—hurricane epsilon, and that is going to continue to drift its way northwards. not a hurricane any more, but still an extremely deep area of low pressure. and this is going to drive further outbreaks of rain in ourdirection. some very brisk winds at times, although be thankful that the centre of the storm is staying well out to sea because gusts of wind in the centre of that storm will get quite close to 100 mph or even more. nothing that windy here, but it will be fairly blustery this week, with rain at times. turning a bit milder later in the week after a rather cool start. so, through monday, it's another day of sunshine and showers. those initially most plentiful in the west, but i think they'll tend to migrate eastwards through the day. some of them heavy with a chance of hail and thunder. something drier developing, though, through northern ireland, wales, the south west. not as many showers here by the end of the day. it stays fairly windy the further south you are, but further north, those winds ease, particularly across scotland. a fairly cool feel to the weather, though. ten degrees for lerwick, for stornoway. 14 the top temperature in plymouth. now, as we move out of monday and into tuesday, our area of low pressure from the weekend, that finally spins away. the showers fade. a little temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way in, so that's going to calm things down for a time through the early hours of tuesday. could be the odd fog patch. it will be quite a chilly start to tuesday, but that calmer interlude doesn't last long. you can see this rain already splashing into the west through the first part of the day, and this band of heavy rain will then push its way eastwards. again we'll have some blustery winds, and those winds travelling a long way across the atlantic are going to whip up some very rough seas. there could be some big waves crashing into western coastal areas. northern scotland likely to hold onto some brightness through the day, 10—15 degrees. and then as head into wednesday, this deep area of low pressure continues to spin to the north—west. it'll feed further showers or longer spells of rain across the british isles. it stays unsettled towards the end of the week, but temperatures climb. 18—19 in the south on friday. this is bbc news, the headlines. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe — as countries struggle with rising infections. spain's prime minister has announced a national emergency and imposed a night—time curfew. all bars and restaurants in italy will close from 6pm on monday. and france has seen a record number of cases. initial results in chile's referendum suggest people have voted in favour of changing the country's constitution — which was drafted under the former military dictator augusto pinochet. partial results show more than seventy—seven per cent of people want a new charter. the vote was called after anti—government protests last year. the bela rusian president alexander lu kashenko has defied an ultimatum set by the opposition which called on him to step down orface a general strike. on sunday, riot police fired stun grenades at demonstrators now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.
LagosNigeriaMoscowMoskvaRussiaAfghanistanUnited-statesUnited-kingdomAzerbaijanWashingtonBelarusMadrid a group of stowaways who threatened the crew of a tanker off the uk's south coast. police in belarus fire stun grenades at protesters calling for the resignation of president alexander lu kashenko. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the first results from a referendum in chile suggest that a large majority of people have voted to change the country's constitution. official partial results show more than 70% of voters want to change from a constitution, drafted in 1980 under the former dictator, augusto pinochet. the referendum was called after major anti—government protests last year. our latin america correspondent, katy watson, explains what happens next. there is a clear path forward, but it will be a long, drawn—out process. so by april, there will be the body drawn up to be able to draw up the constitution, they will be voting for that in april, and then there will be a referendum with the new draft of the constitution in 2022. so we are talking a long process. in the meantime, there will be presidential elections, and that's one of the criticisms of rewriting the constitution. those who didn't want to change were concerned that it would bring a lot of instability and uncertainty in a country that has actually flourished economically — the poverty gap has fallen, the poverty rate has fallen, but it's also left a lot of people behind. there are deep inequalities in the country and of course that is what has helped drive these protests and drive the demands for change. let's speak to jane chambers, who is a journalist —— let us show you what is happening in the capital right now. huge celebrations taking place. not surprising, given the votes that we expect all that we think has been in favour, around 70% of people approving the new constitution. but this is just the first step. what happened next, katie outlined a bit. let's speak to jane chambers, who is a journalist based in santiago. you have been out about in chile today, give us a sense of what people are expecting from this moment of change. yes, there has been a huge turnout today, and when i was out, there were cars everywhere, streams or people outside the voting stations, and i think people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean, as katie said it was one of the key reforms during the process, something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as a symbol of hope that things would change, and what are seen as a deeply unfair country. let us talk a bit about the idea of unfairness and inequality because i suppose for many people, a constitution might seem like it is important but may be a bit dry, how often elections are held on how law is passed, but the current constitution in chile extends quite far into daily lives in the kind of services that people get from government, doesn't it? yes, it does but also there is the symbolism there. this is a constitution that was made during general pinochet‘s military dictatorship in 1980 and has been tweaked a bit since then. but it seemed very much to protect the wealthy elite, which goes back to this idea of equality, their businesses, their concerns, things like private water rights. so they feel if they can change this constitution, they can bring more equality to the country and their daily lives will hopefully get easier. that's the argument in favour and we can see people out celebrating this result. just talk us through the argument against, that some people will have been making and some people have voted in that direction. why we re voted in that direction. why were some people reluctant to make this change? there are also people i spoke to who are definitely voting to reject it. they think there is too much violence, they feel that it will destabilise the country, they feel it will take too long, they would argue that politicians are able to change the laws anyway and bring fairer education, fairer pension systems, fairer health care. so they would say that people are just care. so they would say that people arejust going care. so they would say that people are just going to get dragged down by a bureaucratic process and actually, we just got on with changing things, it can be done a lot quicker. i think there are also worried that there might be more protests a nd that there might be more protests and that people will be expecting all these huge changes and amazing things to happen that will not happen as quickly as they want and probably all the things that they think are going to happen will not actually be delivered to them with this new constitution. so that is why they were voting not to have a new constitution. you mention to the roles of elites and politicians, let us quickly talk about president sebastian pinera, who was very much the object of anger during those protests last year and early this year. he stayed neutral on theissue this year. he stayed neutral on the issue of changing the referendum, what do you think its future is going to be in this process now? i think he wa nts to this process now? i think he wants to see it through. he's just made a televised speech to the whole of chile where he is saying that democracy has triumphed, that piece has triumphed, that piece has triumphed over violence, that people should be able to celebrate, but go home peacefully and not have the kind of violent protests we saw a week ago on the anniversary of the unrest. i think he wants to deliver this new constitution in a safe and non—violent way, and that he is hoping he will be able to do that and maybe restore some of his credibility, because there has been a lot of criticism towards him. jane chambers in santiago, thanks for giving us your insight on that. i'm sure we will catch up with you later as the story develops. thank you. spain and italy are introducing tough new restrictions to try and bring a new spike in covid—19 infections under control. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in rome. but first, this report from guy hedgecoe in spain, where the prime minister's approved tighter measures that will be in place for a month. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or to take care of adults or minors. also local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass 1 million cases of covid—19. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern regions of navarre, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. waiting, not on tables but on news of their future. worried staff at a prime roman restaurant in a crisis meeting over new measures. inside, they prepare the last suppers. from tomorrow, they will close from 6pm, only takeaway after that. the family business was just starting to recover from the first wave. we are really, really worried about it, for sure. you know, it's a very difficult situation, and september was the first month for us that started to go in the right way. so, now we have to stop again. all our life is here. we are four families, with sons, children, with babies and we love thisjob. the prime minister announced a looser lockdown than last time. a maximum of four people at tables, gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres closed, italians advised to move around only if necessary. he knows patience is wearing thin. protests by fringe groups against restrictions turned ugly this weekend. its economy already forecast to shrink by 10% this year, italy can't afford a second shutdown. but with soaring cases, the government says italy needs another push to get the virus under control. its management of the pandemic has been widely supported here, but with venues closing again, the mood may change and there will be no gyms to let off steam. of course, that will undermine our... just overall sanity, i think, both physically and mentally, and i think amongst the many decisions which could have been taken, i think this one in particular was perhaps, yeah, a bit rash or not really necessary. it could have been dealt with differently. it's too serious not to act. over 1200 are now in intensive care, up almost 1000 since last month. the first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes it's not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. seven stowaways are in custody after british royal navy commandos stormed an oil tanker in the english channel. military assistance was requested after reports that the stowaways on board the liberian—registered nave andromeda had became violent. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy explains what happened. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of what's called special boat service, sbs, specialforces. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals, and we're told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. we're also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it's not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they've since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they're still on board. it all began at 9pm local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowawaysbwere there, vut for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. the use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coastguard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation, and at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government and the special operation was authorised. now, tonight, both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces for their operation and making sure that nobody was hurt in this situation. the united states says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a third attempt at a ceasefire in the conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. in a joint statement released with the two governments, the us state department said the truce will come into effect in the coming hours after intensive negotiations in washington between the country's foreign ministers. fighting has taken place over the territory for almost a month. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... 0n the final stretch — as the us presidential election approaches. we'll report from the states that may make the difference. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she spoke of dying in the service of her country and said, "i will be proud of it. every drop of my blood contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion. no more fear. no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: our top story this hour — chile decides on a new future — initial results suggests the country has voted to change the constitution. funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the number of dead has risen to 2a — most of the victims were students at a private education centre. the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack in a mainly shia muslim neighbourhood. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani has the story — his report contains some flashing images. the narrow street outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like this 18—year—old, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when i heard a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying down on the ground. everyone was crying. at the scene today, abandoned textbooks and shattered glass. the suicide bomber was coming down this alley, trying to get inside that gate to the tuition centre when he was challenged by some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some of the marks left by the shrapnel in the wall and the impact the explosion had. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority. they've been repeatedly targeted by the islamic state group. still, there's defiance. translation: i don't feel safe, but i won't surrender. if the taliban or daesh fight with weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i have faith that i will win. there's been a surge in fighting in the country over the past few weeks, largely between the afghan government and the taliban. peace talks have started, but seem to have stalled. is is much less powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations. they can still carry out deadly attacks. today, the young victims of this latest atrocity were laid to rest. written on one of the placards, a simple question — what was my crime? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign — orface a general strike. from moscow, here's stephen rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging what you can hear are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they'd come out to deliver an ultimatum — either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign, or from monday, there'll be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse mr lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader who's been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. and even if we do not succeed or if we do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of struggle, another kind of protest, but we will not stop. last week, mr lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. alena kudzko is the director of the glob—sec policy institute — a think tank based in bratislava, slovakia. she told us that it would be difficult to predict how the strike could go. a lot of people are going to strike. are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees were arrested, and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice. as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of thejobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it's very difficult to predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but this by no means implies that the protests are going to decrease in number or scale. we have a very interesting situation in the country. we have the opposition that is very resilient and has not lost its resolve and we have the government that is not budging. so we have a stalemate and each side is trying to break it. the opposition, for its part, is trying to come up with more and more creative strategies that are keeping the government off course and forcing the government to make more and more mistakes. this deadline thatis more mistakes. this deadline that is set for today is one of the strategies, to put more pressure on the government. thousands of people have continued to take part in pro—democracy demonstrations in thailand. demonstrators gathered at a major intersection in the capital bangkok after a deadline for the prime minister to resign passed on saturday night. the protesters also want reforms to the powerful thai monarchy. police in the uk have arrested a 38—year—old man in relation to its investigation into the grenfell tower fire in 2017. london's metropolitan police say the man was taken in for questioning on suspicion of perverting the course ofjustice — and it's not related to events heard at the public inquiry into the fire. a total of 72 people lost their lives in the tragedy at the west london block of flats in june three years ago. in nine days' time, a polarised united states will choose its next president. the bbc‘s clive myrie will be bringing you a series of special reports looking at the key issues for voters — as they choose between donald trump and his democratic party rival, joe biden. here's a preview. america isn'tjust a place. it's an idea. and the enduring power of the american dream is that it's universal, the craving for a better life. i'm the last mohican. donald trump said the dream was dying, and he'd make america great again. i know that we will win! they want to rob you of your hope. but how great is america now, as trump seeks re—election? the guy in the white house right now is crazier than a loon. i'll be reporting from arizona, america's backyard with mexico, and a state now threatening to back the democrats after voting for donald trump in 2016. i'll explore policies on immigration... the worst of the worst is coming through this area. ..on race... the hearts of people have held on to relics of the past. ..and covid—19. people are dying here in the camp? yeah. yeah, every day. as america chooses a president... # this is america. # don't catch you slippin' now. # look what i'm whippin' now...# frank bough, one of the most famous faces on british television for more than 20 years, has died aged 87. bough joined the bbc in the ‘60s and for two decades was a household name presenting a range of programmes, from sport to breakfast tv. however, his career was stopped in its tracks in 1988 after a newspaper exposed that he had taken drugs and attended sex parties. he died last wednesday in a care home — but no further details have been released. british formula one driver lewis hamilton has claimed a record—breaking 92nd f1 victory at the portuguese grand prix. the six—time world champion has now surpassed ferrari racing legend michael schumacher‘s previous record — something many thought would never be done. hamilton finished the race ahead of his team—mate valterri bottas and red bull driver max verstappen. before we go — a reminder of our top story. we wa nt we want to show you the live pictures coming in from the capital of chile, santiago. as you can see and hear, celebrations after what appears to bea celebrations after what appears to be a huge vote in favour of changing the country's constitution. we have official but partial results at the moment showing 77% of people wa nt moment showing 77% of people want a new charter, changing that constitution written back in 1980 under the dictator general pinochet. just the beginning, though. we will keep you up—to—date. thanks for watching bbc news. hello there. i'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a very wet weekend. persistent rain on saturday gave way to hefty showers on sunday. you can see those speckled shower clouds on our earlier satellite picture spinning around an area of low pressure. now, behind me, we have ex—hurricane epsilon, and that is going to continue to drift its way northwards. not a hurricane any more, but still an extremely deep area of low pressure. and this is going to drive further outbreaks of rain in ourdirection. some very brisk winds at times, although be thankful that the centre of the storm is staying well out to sea because gusts of wind in the centre of that storm will get quite close to 100 mph or even more. nothing that windy here, but it will be fairly blustery this week, with rain at times. turning a bit milder later in the week after a rather cool start. so, through monday, it's another day of sunshine and showers. those showers initially most plentiful in the west, but i think they'll tend to migrate eastwards through the day. some of them heavy with a chance of hail and thunder. something drier developing, though, through northern ireland, wales, the south west. not as many showers here by the end of the day. it stays fairly windy the further south you are, but further north, those winds ease, particularly across scotland. a fairly cool feel to the weather, though. ten degrees for lerwick, for stornoway. 1a the top temperature in plymouth. now, as we move out of monday and into tuesday, our area of low pressure from the weekend, that finally spins away. the showers fade. a little temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way in, so that's going to calm things down for a time through the early hours of tuesday. could be the odd fog patch. it will be quite a chilly start to tuesday, but that calmer interlude doesn't last long. you can see this rain already splashing into the west through the first part of the day, and this band of heavy rain will then push its way eastwards. again we'll have some blustery winds, and those winds travelling a long way across the atlantic are going to whip up some very rough seas. there could be some big waves crashing into western coastal areas. northern scotland likely to hold onto some brightness through the day, 10—15 degrees. and then as we head into wednesday, this deep area of low pressure continues to spin to the north—west. it'll feed further showers or longer spells of rain across the british isles. it stays unsettled towards the end of the week, but temperatures climb. 18—19 in the south on friday. this is bbc news, the headlines. initial results in chile's referendum suggest people have voted in favour of changing the country's constitution — which was drafted under the former military dictator augusto pinochet. partial results show more than 77 % of people want a new charter. the vote was called after anti—government protests last year. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe — as countries struggle with rising infections. spain's prime minister has announced a national emergency and imposed a night—time curfew. all bars and restaurants in italy will close from six pm on monday. and france has seen a record number of cases. the belarusian president — alexander lu kashenko — has defied an ultimatum set by the opposition which called on him to step down orface a general strike.
MoscowMoskvaRussiaAfghanistanUnited-statesUnited-kingdomAzerbaijanWashingtonBelarusMadridSpainPortugal of president alexander lukashenko. the first results from a referendum in chile suggest that an overhwleming majority of people have voted to re—write the country's constitution. the first results from a referendum in chile this was the scene in santiago earlier, as thousands gathered to celebrate as the results were tallied. with nearly 90% of the vote counted, 78% voted for a change to the constitution that was drawn up 30 years ago under the former dictator augusto pinochet. the referendum was called after major anti—government protests last year. president sebastian pinera acknowledged the result and praised chileans for a peaceful and orderly vote. translation: this plebiscite is not the end. it is the beginning of a path that we must all walk together to agree ona must all walk together to agree on a new constitution for chile. until now the constitution has divided us. from today we must all work together so that the new constitution is the great framework of unity, stability and future. our latin america correspondent, katy watson, explains what happens next. there is a clear path forward but it will be a long drawn out process , but it will be a long drawn out process, so but it will be a long drawn out process, so by april there will be the body drawn up, to drive the they will be voting for that in april, and there will bea that in april, and there will be a referendum with the new d raft be a referendum with the new draft of the constitution in 2022, so we are talking a long process. in the meantime there will also be presidential elections and that is one of the criticisms of rewriting the constitution, those who do not wa nt to constitution, those who do not want to change were and said it would bring a lot of instability and uncertainty in a country that has actually flourished economically, the poverty gap has fallen, the poverty gap has fallen, the poverty rate is followed but it has left a lot of people behind, there are deep inequalities in the country and of course that is what has helped drive these protests and drive the demand for change. jane chambers is a journalist based in santiago. she says voting took place right across the country. there has been a huge turnout today. when i was out there, there were cars everywhere, streams of people outside the voting stations, and people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean, one of the key reforms during the process , the key reforms during the process, it's something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as this symbol of hope that things would change in what is seen is deeply unfair country. let's talk a bit about the idea of unfairness and inequality because i suppose for many people are constitution might seem like it is important but often a bit dry, how often elections are held, but the current constitution in chile extend quite far into daily lives of the kind of services that people get from government, doesn't it? yes it does but also the symbolism there, this is a constitution that was made during general pinochet‘s military dictatorship in 1990, and he has been tweaked since then but it is seen to protect the wealthy elite which goes back to this idea of inequality, businesses, their concerns, things like private water rights, so they want and feel if they can change this constitution that they can bring more equality to the country, and daily lives will hopefully get easier. that the argument in favour and we can see people out celebrating this result. just talk us through the argument against, being made by some people and that some people have voted in that direction, why were people relu cta nt to direction, why were people reluctant to make change? yes, there were people who i spoke to who definitely voted to reject it. they think there is way too much violence, they feel it will destabilise the country, take too long, they would argue that politicians are able to change the laws anyway, and bring fair education, fairer healthcare, and they would say people are going to get dragged down by a bureaucratic process, and actually if we just got on with changing things, the politicians, it could be done a lot quicker. i think they were worried that they may be more protests a nd worried that they may be more protests and people will be expecting all these use changes and amazing things to happen that won't happen as quickly as they want, and all the things that they think will happen won't actually be delivered to them with this new constitution, so that is why they were voting not to have a new constitution. image of the roles of elites and politicians, let's just quickly talk about president sebastian pinera, who was very much the object of fire during those protests last year and early this year. he stayed neutral on theissue this year. he stayed neutral on the issue of changing the referendum. what do you think his future will be in this process now? i think he wants to see it through. he hasjust made a speech to the whole of chile where he is saying that democracy has triumphed, that peace has triumphed, that people should be able to celebrate, but go home peacefully a re celebrate, but go home peacefully are not have the kind of violent protest that we saw a week ago on the anniversary of the unrest. i think he wants to deliver and non—violent way, and he wants to be able to do that and restore some of his credibility because there has been a lot of criticism towards him. those celebrations are chile going on as we speak. to other news, spain and italy are introducing tough new restrictions to try and bring a new spike in covid—19 infections under control. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in rome, but first this report from guy hedgecoe in spain, where the prime minister's approved tighter measures that will be in place for a month. seven months after spain's government introduced a state of emergency to tackle coronavirus, it is doing so again. in the spring, the measure was used as a legal framework to implement a strict national lockdown. this time, the measures will not be quite as tight, although a national curfew is being introduced. translation: the freedom of movement of people is prohibited from 11pm to 6am throughout the country. it will only be possible to circulate in this time zone for the justified reasons established in the regulation. for example, to acquire medicines, to carry out one's work or professional obligations, to return home or to take care of adults or minors. also local authorities will be able to restrict movement between regions and take other measures they deem necessary. spain has become the first european country to surpass 1 million cases of covid—19. there is concern that in some areas, such as the northern regions of la rioja and navarre, high infection rates are putting renewed pressure on health care services. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. waiting, not on tables but on news of their future. worried staff at a prime roman restaurant in a crisis meeting over new measures. inside, they prepare the last suppers. from tomorrow, they'll close from 6pm, only takeaway after that. the family business was just starting to recover from the first wave. we are really, really worried about it, for sure. you know, it's a very difficult situation, and september was the first month for us that started to go in the right way. so, now we have to stop again. all our life is here. we are four families, with sons, with children, with babies and we love this job. the prime minister announced a looser lockdown than last time. a maximum of four people at tables — gyms, pools, cinemas and theatres closed — italians advised to move around only if necessary. he knows patience is wearing thin. protests by fringe groups against restrictions turned ugly this weekend. its economy already forecast to shrink by 10% this year, italy can't afford a second shutdown. but with soaring cases, the government says italy needs another push to get the virus under control. its management of the pandemic has been widely supported here, but with venues closing again, the mood may change and there'll be no gyms to let off steam. of course, that will undermine our... just overall sanity, i think, both physically and mentally, and i think amongst the many decisions which could've been taken, i think this one in particular was perhaps, yeah, a bit rash or not really necessary. it could've been dealt with differently. it's too serious not to act. over 1200 are now in intensive care, up almost 1000 since last month. the first country in the west crushed by the pandemic is seeing a grim history repeating itself, and hopes it's not too late to turn the tide. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. seven stowaways are in custody after british royal navy commandos stormed an oil tanker in the english channel. military assistance was requested after reports that the stowaways on board the liberian—registered nave andromeda had become violent. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy explains what happened. it really has been an extraordinary few hours ending with this special forces raid on a tanker in the solent behind me here. that raid involved four helicopters with teams of what's called special boat service, sbs, specialforces. they're based about 50 miles, about 70 km down the coast here. and they landed on the deck of this vessel in their four helicopters and used what was described as "overwhelming force" to retake the ship. they detained seven individuals, and we're told the whole operation only took around nine minutes, so a very quick operation. an extremely highly proficient professional service, the sbs. very well—known in many parts of the world. we're also told that no members of the crew were hurt during this operation. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary earlier on this evening at the request of the local police force, hampshire police, and presumably in the intervening hours, that operation was planned and eventually executed this evening. it's not clear what happened with those seven individuals, whether they've since been taken off the tanker and brought ashore or if they're still on board. it all began at 9pm local time here when the crew reported there was some kind of confrontation with stowaways who were on board. they knew the stowaways were there, but for some reason the stowaways, in the words of the crew, became violent towards the crew, which led the crew to take refuge in a special lock—up room on board the ship. the use it to protect themselves against pirates on the high sea. they were then able to alert the authorities. a couple of coastguard helicopters were sent out to assess the situation, and at some point the police decided they weren't happy with what was going on, contacted the authorities, the government, and the special operation was authorised. now, tonight, both the home secretary and the defence secretary have issued statements thanking the armed forces for their operation and making sure that nobody was hurt in this situation. france has called on countries in the middle east not to boycott its goods in protest at president macron's defence of the right to show cartoons of the prophet mohammed. the french foreign ministry said the calls for a boycott were baseless and being pushed by a radical minority. french products have been removed from some shops in kuwait, jordan and qatar, while there've been small anti french demonstrations in libya, gaza and northern syria. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lewis hamilton wins his 92nd formula 1 race, is he now the greatest driver of all time? indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: chile decides on a new future — initial results suggests people have overwhelmingly voted in favour of changing the constitution. a final confirmation vote on donald trump ‘s joints for the va ca nt donald trump ‘s joints for the vacant seat on the supreme court will take base today. amy kearney barrett looks certain to ta ke kearney barrett looks certain to take up a lifetime position on the court by fierce opposition from the democratic party. it will be his third appointment to the court and comes nine days before the us election. peter bowes reports. trick or treat time at the white house. an early celebration at the start of a pivotal week for donald trump. the president and first lady have returned to washington after a head few days of election rallies around the country. with joe election rallies around the country. withjoe biden still ahead in the opinion polls, mr trump is the underdog as he enters the final furlong of the campaign. but barring a political earthquake, he will start the week with a senate decision on the supreme court to celebrate. amy kearney barrett is his third anemone —— nominee for a seat on the countries highest court. a rare achievement for a president during his first term in office. the final vote will ta ke office. the final vote will take place despite the objections of democrats were furious the process is being rushed through. what has been revealed is the suppose that republican principles are a farce. no principles at all and never was. naked opportunism. a transparent, cynical last dig grabfor transparent, cynical last dig grab for power. and, of course, the continuation of their shameful lockstep subservience to president trump, the most unprincipled president in american history. but the democrats are powerless to change the course of history. judge barrett's appointment was cement a 6—3 conservative majority on the court and could have far—reaching implications for american life for a generation. some solace for republicans as they face the possibility of losing control of the senate under white house at the election did a lot of what we have done over the last quarter will be undone, sooner 01’ quarter will be undone, sooner or later by the national election. we will not be able to do much about this. for a long time to come. one week after the election, the supreme court will consider a move in which republicans and the white house are trying to strike down the affordable care act, the health reform law known as a bomber care. it could also be called upon to decide the election itself, if the result is very close and contested by donald trump. funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the number of dead has risen to 2a — most of the victims were students at a private education centre. funerals have been held for the victims of saturday's the islamic state group has said it carried out the attack in a mainly shia muslim neighbourhood. the un has described the bombing as a callous and senseless war crime. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani has the story — his report contains some flashing images. the narrow street outside the tuition centre was packed when the suicide bomber struck. fear, panic and shock amongst the students. like this 18—year—old, many were preparing for their university entrance exam next year. translation: i was walking towards the centre when there was a huge bang. i fell unconscious. when i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying on the ground. everyone was crying. at the scene today, abandoned textbooks and shattered glass. the suicide bomber was coming down this alley, trying to get inside that gate to the tuition centre when he was challenged by some of the guards and he blew himself up. you can still see some of the marks left by the shrapnel in the wall and the impact the explosion had. most of the residents of this area belong to afghanistan's shia minority who have been targeted by the islamic state group. still, there is defiance. translation: i don't feel safe but i won't surrender. if the taliban or daesh fight with weapons, i will fight with my notebook, my pen and my education. i have faith that i will win. there has been a surge in fighting in the country over the past few weeks largely between the afghan government and the taliban. peace talks have started but seem to have stalled. islamic state is much less powerful than the taliban and is not part of those negotiations. they can still carry out deadly attacks. today, the young victims of this latest atrocity were laid to rest. written on one of the placard, a simple question. what was my crime? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. riot police in belarus have fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, hours before the expiry of a deadline set by the opposition calling on the country's long—term leader, alexander lukashenko, to resign — orface a general strike. from moscow, here's stephen rosenberg. this was the moment the centre of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging what you can heare are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they come out to deliver an ultimatum. either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign orfrom monday there will be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader has been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. even if we do not succeed or do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of a struggle, protest, but we will not stop. last week lukashenko accused protesters are behaving arrogantly and warned they would face the consequences. so the use of force is no surprise. but it was a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters that helped spark the mass protests back in august. it is unlikely to end them now. those demonstrations of showing no sign of ending. thousands of people have continued to take part in pro—democracy demonstrations in thailand. demonstrators gathered at a major intersection in the capital bangkok after a deadline for the prime minister to resign passed on saturday night. the protestors also want reforms to the powerful thai monarchy. police in the uk have arrested a 38—year—old man in relation to its investigation into the ground fell tower investigation to the metropolitan police say he was taken into questioning on suspicion of perverting the course of justice on suspicion of perverting the course ofjustice and it is not related to the events heard at the public enquiry. 72 people lost their lives in the tragedy in the west london blocker flat —— flats injune three years ago. boss joined the bbc in the 19605 ago. boss joined the bbc in the 1960s and for two decades was a household name, presenting a range of programmes from sport to breakfast tv. his career was stopped in its tracks in 1988 after a newspaper exposed that he had taken drugs and attended sex parties. he died last wednesday in a care home. the british driver lewis hamilton has broken the record for the most formula 1 race wins after his 92nd victory came at the portuguese grand prix. the success took him beyond the mark set by the german michael schumacher. hamilton also holds the records for most career points, pole positions and podium finishes. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for lewis hamilton, this must be such a familiar feeling. 92 times now he has experienced the thrill of the chequered flag and top spot on the winner's podium. in terms of racing, if he is the greatest formula 1 driver of all time. ina formula 1 driver of all time. in a tweety said today is beyond my wildest dreams. i could not be here without my team, continuously innovating and pushing the barrier in this game. iam and pushing the barrier in this game. i am so grateful to have you guys by my side through this journey to how long you guys by my side through thisjourney to how long have you been racing cars? about one year. it was clear lewis hamilton was something special even from an early age. here he is on children's television as a seven—year—old boy. cool, calm and collected. so when he got behind the wheel of a full—size car, success seemed inevitable to he won his first title in 2008, the youngest driver to become world champion. he is an iconic figure, a successful role model and a campaignerfor figure, a successful role model and a campaigner for the figure, a successful role model and a campaignerfor the black community. as a sport, formula 1 has been blessed with some extraordinary drivers down the yea rs. extraordinary drivers down the years. famous names, legendary winners. but with so much yet to be won, lewis hamilton may already be the greatest of them all. quite an achievement. thank you for watching. hello there. i am sure you don't need me to tell you it was a wet weekend with persistent saturday rain giving way to hefty showers. you can see those speckled shower clouds spinning around an area of low pressure. behind me we have x hurricane epsilon and that will continue to drift its way northwards. no longer a hurricane but still an extremely deep area of low pressure and this will dry further outbreaks of rain in our direction, very brisk wind at times although be thankful that the centre of the storm is staying well out to sea because gusts of wind in the centre of that storm will get quite close to 100 miles an hour or even more. nothing that windy hebert will be blustery this week with rain at times. a little milder later in the week after a cool start. through monday it is another day of sunshine and showers, the showers initially plentiful in the west but they will migrate eastwards through the day. some of them are heavy with the chance of hail and thunder, something dry developing through northern ireland, wales and the south—west with not as many showers here by the end of the day. it stays windy the further south you are but the further north, those winds will ease, particularly across scotland. a cool field to the weather, 10 degrees for stornoway, 1a the top temperature in plymouth. as we move out of monday and into tuesday, our area of low pressure from the weekend, that finally spins away and the showers fade. a temporary ridge of high pressure builds its way and so that will come things down for through the early hours of tuesday. could be the odd fog patch with a chilly start to tuesday but, so it does not last long. you can see the rain already splashing into the rain already splashing into the west through the first part of the day and the band of heavy rain will then push its way eastwards. again, some blustery wind and the wind travelling along way across the atla ntic travelling along way across the atlantic and it will whip up some very rough seas that could be big waves crashing into western coastal areas. northern scotla nd western coastal areas. northern scotland is likely to hold onto some brightness through the day, 10— 15 degrees and as we head into wednesday, the deep area of low pressure continues to spin to the north—west, feeding further showers and longer spells of rain across the british isles to get stays u nsettled the british isles to get stays unsettled towards the end of the week the temperatures climb, 18 or19 the week the temperatures climb, 18 or 19 in the south on friday. this is bbc news — the headlines: supporters of rewriting chile's constitution have won a resounding victory in sunday's referendum. with almost all ballots counted, 78% of people voted in favour of a new charter. the country's president — sebastian pinera — acknowledged the result and praised chileans for a peaceful and orderly vote. coronavirus measures are hardening across europe as countries struggle with rising infections. spain's prime minister has announced a national emergency and imposed a night—time curfew. all bars and restaurants in italy will close from 6pm on monday. and france has seen a record number of cases. the belarusian president, alexander lu kashenko, has defied an ultimatum set by the opposition which called on him to step down orface a general strike. on sunday, riot police fired stun grenades at demonstrators in the capital, minsk, as long—term anti—government demonstrations continued.
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