serbia suffers from disorganised traffic. it is kind of a huge problem regarding air pollution here in serbia, notjust in belgrade. the authorities say belgrade's streets carry 80,000 more cars than they did five years ago. and many of those are older, less efficient models rejected in wealthier parts of europe. getting more people on bikes would help but safe cycling paths like this are not widespread in belgrade and riding in smog isn't exactly pleasant. i avoid cycling when the pollution gets really high, and i do check the pollution levels on certain days, and then i decide if i'm going to cycle or not. but if we could get more people on bikes it would really help decreasing the pollution in the city. industry, power and heating add to the pollution. so, a quick fix to this chronic problem seems unlikely. but serbia needs fresh thinking to give people a chance to breathe. guy delauney, bbc news, belgrade. the world war one film ‘1917‘ was the big winner at the bafta film awards last night, taking home seven prizes in

bishops and politicians praised the patriarch as a unifying force in serbia. but doctors were worried about the impact of holding the funeral during a global pandemic. maskless mourners paid their respects the day before the service. a government epidemiologist called such scenes unacceptable, but at least some of the faithful believe in precautions. if we take care of ourselves the lord will help us, as well. the lord can do what we cannot. the manner of the patriarch‘s death may have concentrated minds. it's just weak since he presided the funeral of montenegro's senior religious leader, who died of covid—i9. days later, the patriarch tested positive for coronavirus. his death on friday leaves serbia morning one of its most prominent personalities, a social conservative who called homosexuality a deviation and a fierce opponent of kosovo's independence. this is usually painful and sad for all of us. the patriarch truly fought this terrible disease, but he failed to defeat it. now, doctors have to hope there will be no medical impact from this funeral. ch

against slovakia and serbia respectively. you can follow it on bbc radio five. that's all from sportsday. from myself and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. most of us saw some sunshine today before the clouds generally gathered through the afternoon, and we've got some rain on the way. now, rain‘s moving in right now and will continue to push across scotland, england and wales overnight. on and just ahead of this weather front, some strong winds, too. gusts of around 40—45 miles an hour for some, and it's one of those weather fronts that could even wake you up overnight. the rain is going to be quite intense, quite heavy for a short time. on into friday, wet weather will be with us to start the day across the midlands, central, southern england before spreading to east anglia and the southeast. it does clear away through the morning, and the afternoon looks much brighter with some sunshine for all of us, but there will be some showers, particularly across northern and western areas. blustery winds still affecting the northwest of the uk, but the wi

set upa part tomorrow is to beat israel and set up a winner takes all playoff final against norway or serbia. it's the biggest game in scotland's 's history since the playoff because it's the exact same. i'm looking forward to trying to get this, this 23 or weight of scotland not being a major tournament because although the fans will be there, hopefully by the fans will be there, hopefully by the time it comes around, fans can be allowed back in. the preparations are five from dell not far from our reveal —— far from ideal. are five from dell not far from our reveal —— farfrom ideal. and are five from dell not far from our reveal —— far from ideal. and very difficult circumstances by this time tomorrow night, steve clark will have hope to overcome the odds and taken have hope to overcome the odds and ta ken scotland one have hope to overcome the odds and taken scotland one step closer to the dream of participating in next summer's zero 2020 championships. —— euro 2020. england manager gareth southgate has reminded his players of their responsibilities after tammy abraham, be

that's despite serbia recording its highest single day of covid—related deaths. paul hawkis reports. chanting. anger outside the serbian parliament in the capital, belgrade. thousands stormed the building, chanting for the president to resign after announcing the reintroduction of lockdown measures this weekend. translation: the situation in belgrade is critical, therefore we will take the following measures. after consulting with dr kon and the whole team, we decided to ban all gatherings of more than five people in public places and to impose a long curfew from friday to monday. then we'll see what to do next. pet owners, mothers with children, and pensioners will be allowed out of their homes at certain times. on tuesday night, serbia announced 13 covid—related deaths in the past 24 hours. its highest daily death toll, bringing the total number of deaths to 330 with over 16,000 cases. it went from having one of europe's strictest lockdowns at the start of the pandemic in easter to a near—complete reopening at the beginning of may. no phased reopenings here

one of the four women's basketball qualifiers has moved to serbia. the british team are involved in that one. and a mens boxing qualifier has also made it's way from wuhan to jordan. professional boxing has also been affected. the super—lightweight world title fight betweenjose ramirez and victor potsol — scheduled for february 2nd has been postponed. while the international tennis federation has moved a fed cup group fixture to kaza kstan. the itf saying: let's have a quick round up of today's other sport news. england fast bowler, jofra archer, has been ruled out of the three—match t20 series against south africa next month because of an elbow injury. he also admitted he could be a doubt for the two tests in sri lanka in march. russian athletes could miss the olympics in tokyo after a new report from the athletics integrity unit recommended a blanket ban until doping charges against the russian olmypic federation are fully investigated. india have their first female professional footballer. the national team's top scorer, bala devi, has signe

they'll play serbia next month for a place at european championship finals. northern ireland are still in with a chance of qualifying as they beat bosnia herzegovina, also on penalties. there were two goals in normal time, northern ireland went 1—0 down before niall mcginn scored the equaliser to take the match to extra—time and then penalties. the winning kick came from the boot of liam boyce. they go on to face slovakia next month in their play off final. dominic calvert—lewin continued his impressive start to the season as he scored on his senior international debut as england beat wales 3—0 in a friendly at wembley. the everton forward has scored nine goals in six games for his club so far this season and headed in this cross from jack grealish. conor coady scored a second before danny ings got this overhead kick to put the game beyond wales, his first for england, who now have two nations league games to come. they host belgium on sunday and then denmark next wednesday. mesut ozil has been left out of arsenal's europa league squad for the forthco

one novak djokovic, and his wife jelena, are donating one million euros to help fight coronavirus in serbia. the wimbledon champion says he got advice from people around the world on how best to direct help where it's needed, and he'll use family contacts to buy medical equipment from china and europe. organisers of the 2021 rugby league world cup are to give away twenty thousand and twenty one free tickets to uk healthcare and other key workers as a ‘thank you' for their hard work during the coronavirus outbreak. ii—time champions australia will be defending the trophy and tickets had been due to go on sale this summer, but that's no longer the case. pre—sale tickets are now set to be released in september before a public ballot gets underway on the 23rd of october. staying with rugby league, some sad news to bring you. frank myler, the last captain to lead great britain to victory over australia in an ashes tour, has died at the age of 81. the lions lostjust one match on their 1970 tour of australia and new zealand. myler also won the challenge cup with widnes vikings as a player an

serbia will play either australia or spain in the final spain are leading that tie 1—0. serena williams needed just 43 minutes to beat her fellow american amanda anisimova and reach the final of the auckland international. she dropped only two games in the process. williams is looking for her first title for three years. she'll play two finals in one day againstjessica pegula in the singles and alongside caroline wozniacki in the doubles. there's worrying news for england, ahead of their first six nations game away to france three weeks' time, with an injury to winger anthony watson. he was floored during bath's defeat by harlequins he's only just recovered from a knee injury. quins won 25—19 but both sides were already out of the competition. and sale sharks' chances of making the quarter finals are over, after defeat at la rochelle. they were 10 points ahead at one stage but the french side came back to win by side came back to win by 30—23. 16—year—old beau greaves' amazing run in the bdo's women's world darts championship came to end last night. she took reig

serbia will be a difficult task. hopefully we can give ourselves a platform to go in there with more confidence and we have now. well, what a nerve shredding win for scotland! they are to play against serbia next month, win that and there next place at the euros will be this. —— will be theirs. northern ireland did it the hard way, conceding an early goal against bosnia has got now, but in the end they got their reward. the equaliser, and it was going on. -- it —— it was game on. so, to another shootout where the host school finally cracked and liam boys sparked northern ireland's celebrations. into a play—off final against slovakia and with england and wales into the finals, we consider euros with all four home nations, that really would be something special. andy swiss, bbc news. england and wales have aleady qualified for next summer, and in their friendly last night, the rising star, who just can't stop scoring, did so on his senior international debut. dominic calvert—lewin, made it ten goals in seve

he had been playing at a tournament he organised in serbia and croatia, which was scrapped after three other players also tested positive. players had not been obliged to follow social distancing rules, and the tournament saw stands packed with spectators. novak djokovic is opposed to vaccinations and has said he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine if one became available. katie gornall reports. it was an announcement that threw tennis into turmoil — the world number one novak djokovic revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the fourth player involved in his adria tour event to be infected by the disease. in a statement, djokovic said: but djokovic has been accused of complacency for organising a tournament that wasn't just tennis in front of crowds — there were hugs, handshakes, and even a pretournament basketball game. the players were pictured partying together, but the consequences have been serious. grigor dimitrov was the first to announce he'd tested positive for covid—19. and while the players were not required by law to observe social distancing in serb

novak djokovic is being criticised for staging a travelling tennis tournament in croatia and serbia after two players and two support staff tested positive. for covid—19. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there's been a significant announcement, for more than two million people in england who are ‘shielding themselves from coronavirus. from 6thjuly, those shielding will be able to meet groups of up to 6 people outdoors. shielding people who live alone, or shielding single parents, will also be able to access a ‘support bubble‘ with one other household. and those classified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable‘ will no longer be advised to shield from the first of august — but the government has said it‘s possible shielding will be put back in place in the future if needed. it comes as 15 more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the uk in the last 2a hours. this is the lowest daily reported rise in deaths since march 15 — despite lowerfigures being expected on mondays, due to a lag in reporting of deaths over the weekend. the total number of deat

there's been a setback for scotland's opponents serbia this morning. influential midfielder and crystal palace captain luka milivojevic has tested positive for coronavirus and will now miss tonight's match. there will be no fans in belgrade, but in belfast there will be exactly 1060, as northern ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. that's how many are allowed in due to social distancing. northern ireland ended a 30—year wait for a trip to a major finals, by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it back—to—back european championships with a win later. captain steven davis says victory tonight will be for the fans and he's looking forward to have supporters back in the stadium. hopefully that will help us. we are obviously disappointed we can't have a full house because whenever you have a game of this magnitude you want the fans who have followed you through thick and thin to be there and try and enjoy the moment. obviously it's been difficult times for a lot of people and a lot of people will be looking to tune in and, as i say, hopefully we

unofficial anthem for scotland's men's football team after their celebrations for their win against serbia last week — which saw them clinch a place in next year's euros. it has now reached number three in the uk's commercial radio chart — higher than the likes of sam smith, miley cyrus and ariana grande. higher than the likes of! time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. simon, thank you. heading to the caribbean first of all, the record—breaking season continuing, this aircame record—breaking season continuing, this air came strengthening, catastrophic category five, half a metre of rain, winds of 190 miles an hour, making landfall in central america tonight. moving towards the uk, we draw in tropical air, for us, that means we have higher temperatures than normal, lots of cloud, is whether france will focus the rain. this one getting stuck in western scotland in the next few days, threatening some flooding by mid week. this afternoon there may be some weak sunshine for the east, to the west cloud thickening, getting some patchy rain coming in, temperatures around 11 or

the 31—year—old serbia international joined from chelsea in 2017 and is in the last year of his contract. he's made 114 appearances for united and says he "still has a lot more to give and achieve in his career". the english rugby football union are cutting a quarter of its workforce to help cope with a potential £100 million financial hole due to the pandemic. chief executive bill sweeney says the union need to "completely remodel their business" and thinks it will take up to five years for the rfu to recover. they will make 139 positions redundant. a decision is expected in the next couple fo weeks about the autumn internationals, with the home unions making contingecy plans for a six nations style tounament if those games can't take place. one of britain's most decorated female divers, alicia blagg, has been forced to retire at the age of 23. the two—time olympian, who specialises on the springboard, struggled with depression and anxiety in recent years following previous wrist problems, but now a shoulder injury means she will have to give up for good and miss the tokyo games next

iran has threatened serbia revenge. coming up, warmerand warmer, we look at the uk's record—breaking temperatures last year —— severe revenge. and another dissappointing day for england as the wickets tumble in the second test against south africa. 400 people who desperately needed an organ transplant died last year in the uk. thousands more are on a transplant waiting list hoping that a suitable organ will become available — and it is an agonising wait. this spring england will follow wales and change the law so that when you die it'll be assumed that you consent to donating your organs — unless you have specifically opted out of the scheme. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has followed the story of one woman, emma watson, who desperately needed a new kidney and pancreas. and just to point out, his report does contain close—up scenes from an operation. so, you're attending today to have a transplant, is that correct? pancreas and kidney. yeah. i thought i would come in the first time and i would ge

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. the latest headlines. dozens of governments around the globe ban travel to and from the uk after the country detects a new more infectious variant of coronavirus. in the us congress and is months of wrangling to announce a $900 billion relief package for those hit hardest by the pandemic. joining me from washington is heather long, the economic correspondence, thank you very much for being with us. $900 billion, it's a lot of money, but where is it going? the money is going to small business relief, millions of small businesses have had to close again as the coronavirus gets worse in the united st

the president of bosnia and serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today, romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre from leaking out. trialfor details of the presumed massacre from leaking out. trial for his political life, the affair guaranteed bill clinton and his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. more than a0 countries have banned flights from the uk —— amid deep concerns about the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. meanwhile lorries continue to queue for miles in kent — unable to cross the channel after france shuts its border. the us depatment ofjustice has charged a man with making the bomb which blew up pan am flight 103 above the scottish town of lockerbie in 1989. it killed 270 people. adu ajjila masud is in jail in libya, where prosecutors claim he has confessed to his role in the bombing. they are hopeful libya will allow his extradition to face tri

setback for serbia. their influential captain and the crystal palace player has tested positive for coronavirus so he will miss tonight's match. they will be no supporters in belgrade but in belfast there will be exactly 1060 as northern ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. that is how many are allowed in because of social distancing. northern ireland ended a 30 year wait for a trip to a major finals by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it back european championships with a victory later tonight. captain steven davis says victory will be for the supporters and he is looking forward to having supporters back in the stadium. hopefully that will help us and we are disappointed not to have a full house because when we have a game of this magnitude you want the fans who have followed you through thick and thin to be there, to enjoy the moment, and difficult times for a lot of people. people will be looking to watch and hopefully we can give them something to look forward to in the future, off the bac

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: dozens of governments around the globe ban travel to and from the uk, after the country announced cases of a new more infectious strain of coronavirus. in the us, congress ends months of wrangling to agree on a $900 billion financial relief package for those hit hardest by the pandemic. let's stay with that story in the us. i spoke earlier to have a long, economics correspondent at the washington post. the other big part of the package goes for the unemployed, so about 12 million americans were set to lose unemployment aid at the end of the month, which woul

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has described a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, just agreed with congress as a disgrace and demanding changes. the uk and france have reached an agreement to reopen the port at dover, there are still concerned about the new variant of coronavirus though. israel is heading for its fourth election in two years. the governing coalition failed to pass a budget by a midnight deadline. angry exchanges in israel's knesset as the speaker dissolves parliament. this was required by law after the deadline to pass the 2020 state budget expired.

basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all the sport. bye for now. a group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnson's decision to give the chinese technology firm huawei a role in building the uk's 5g mobile networks. in a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. the government insists the decision was taken following a rigorous review and huawei's involvement in 5g would be limited. sir iain duncan smith explained why he's concerned about the decision. we are at a point where we need now to make a decision and the decision is a long—term decision, notjust on 5g but on 6g which is the big breakthrough, as to whether or not you have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare and a company that is clearly totally and utterly in the hands of the chine

basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo, but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all of the sport. you can find more on these stories on the bbc sport website. women now hold more positions, up from 12% on boards. but there is still a lack of women in senior and executive roles. my name is francesca. i sit on the boards of several companies including air france, and an investment trust. even with her background as a successful business leader, getting her first boardroom position was difficult. it is an area where men often usually outnumber women. change is painful. there is a huge value attributed to chemistry on the board and of course chemistry, you have mainly with people like yourself. she says boards without enough women are putting themselves ata enough women are putting themselves at a disadvantage. it does not reflect your customer base and it does not reflect society at large nor your staff. the government has backed voluntar

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a court in france has convicted the accomplices of the islamist militants who carrie out the charlie hebdo attacks in paris. their sentences range from 4 to 30 years in prison. britain's prime minister boris johnson has urged people to keep their christmas celebrations "short and small" to avoid spreading covid. to avoid spreading covid. but he says the relaxtion in rules on meeting up for the festive season will still go ahead. the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, who's visiting india, has acknowledged that a post brexit free—trade deal with the c

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. welcome back, very glad to have you with us on bbc news. the latest headlines for you. a brexit deal reportedly in striking distance. an announcement on an agreement between london and brussels is expected thursday morning. donald trump has issued full pardons to his former campaign chairman paul manford and roger stone who was convicted of lying under oath to congress. the first of thousands of trucks stranded on a temporary lorry park in kent are leaving france since it opened its border with the uk. travellers will need to show proof of a recent negative test for coronavirus. ministers have war

serbia went back five centuries under this president. feelings here are still running high even though the president changed his mind earlier in the day and said there would be no full lockdown this weekend. translation: the crisis staff think there is room to do something else and thatis room to do something else and that is why they would probably make a decision tomorrow to tighten the measures but without imposing a curfew. i wa nt to without imposing a curfew. i want to tell the citizens of serbia that i am against it and i believe the only solution is to impose a ban on movement. i'm asking people to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus because today is our second worst day in terms of the number of infected that we have had. that brings the total number of infections to 17000 in serbia. they say the initial lockdown was lifted to early to hold parliamentary elections which were won by his party. translation: irresponsible behaviour of the regime towards human health is the reason for the spread of the coronavirus, all with

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: nigerian officials say more than 300 schoolboys taken captive by gunmen last week, are safe and well and on their way home. a court in france jails a moroccan man for life afterfinding him guilty of a terror attack on a paris—bound train in 2015. the two departments that manage the united states' nuclear stockpile say hackers have gained access to their networks. the us energy department and the national nuclear security administration are the latest government agencies to be targeted as part of a massive cyber attack that some analysts and politicia

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has described a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, eventually, disagreeing with congress as a disgrace and demanding changes. the port of dover is officially open, that uk and france have reached agreement to resolve the border closures amid concerns about the new variant of coronavirus. well, as we have been hearing, the president—elect is saying americans need to stay up and do their bit to control the spread of the virus and things are going to get worse before they get better. i spoke to doctor susan bailey, president of the ameri

they finished their qualifying tournament in serbia without a single win. they lost 79—69 to spain today and that followed defeats against china and south korea. those three sides have secured a ticket to the tokyo games. i'm proud. we fought every game. we played hard together and we tried. we tried. and, you know, some people look at us i think we shouldn't be here and we are here. we made a statement for gb basketball. regardless we got a ticket or not, but we are proud of our team. that's all the sport for now. there could be a major shift in the poltical landscape of the republic of ireland, with the nationlists of sinn fein set to make significant gains in the general election. an exit poll suggests there's now a three—way tie between all the main parties, including prime minister leo va radka r‘s fine gael. counting is still under way. there is some flash photography in this update from chris page. so far, the results that we have, they've started coming in, do confirm that that sinn fein surge is materializing, 23 seats declared. so far, ten o

great britain's women's basketball players are making an unexpected trip to serbia, hoping to qualify for the tokyo olympics on merit for the first time. the tournament was supposed to be in china, but was moved due to concerns over the coronavirus. the team feel success in belgrade could also breathe new life into their sport. david mcdaid has more. for elite athletes, preparation is key and last—minute changes shunned. the gb‘s women, their trip to china has been more than welcome. my mum was, like, no, you're not going! this is a great opportunity we have andl this is a great opportunity we have and i didn't want this virus to stop us and i didn't want this virus to stop us from our goals. and the goal was to qualify on merit for the olympics, something no gb basketball tea m olympics, something no gb basketball team has managed before. getting to this point is all the more impressive as london 2012 gigabytes basketball had their funding cut, operating on a relative shoestring. we haven't got the support we deserve, really. just coaches in and out, changing different players, n

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this welcome back and very glad to happy with us on bbc news. the latest headlines, a brexit deal is finally in striking distance and an announcement between london and brussels is expected on thursday morning. donald trump has issued a full pa rt into donald trump has issued a full part into paul manafort and roger stone, convicted of lying under oath to congress. in the uk, another 6 million people find themselves under restrictions in the next few days as infections arise. from december 26, the british government is extending the highest level tier a restrictions across the south and east of en

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia, and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life. the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteeing bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the first consignments of pfizer's covid vaccine are being shipped around the us, ahead of a mass immunisation programme starting on monday. britain and the european union have decided to extend the brexit negotiations once more, after a phone call between the two leaders. an official in katsina state in nigeria says that 321 school children are still missing after gunmen abducted them in the north of the country on friday night. security agencies are searching a vast forest area outside the town of kankara to try to locate them. at least ten children are

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: joe biden has praised the strength and resilience of american democracy, after the electoral college certified his victory in the presidential election. and in washington, outgoing president trump announces his attorney—general william barr will be leaving by christmas. the bbc has learned that hundreds of thousands of people from ethnic minorities, including the uighur communty, from ethnic minorities, including the uighur community, are being forced by the chinese authorities to pick cotton in the far western region of xinjiang. china's cotton crop

is being felt around the world — 94 countries and territories now have confirmed cases — cameroon, serbia, peru and the vatican have reported their first cases in the last few hours. the netherlands has reported its first virus—related death, and the number of cases has gone up drastically in iran — with more than 1200 new infections. let's take a look at the latest numbers. there are over 100,000 cases around the world so far — with china still at the top. more than 3,400 people have died. but almost 56,000 people who had the virus have recovered. friday prayers have been cancelled in towns and cities across the middle east as the number of coronavirus infections in the region mounts. the city of bethlehem — in the west bank — has been put under quarantine after seven people were diagnosed with the covid—19. anna foster reports. angry protests on the streets ofjericho. this is where the palestinian authority planned to treat its coronavirus patients, but they aren't wanted here. in bethlehem, there's real concern. the main checkpoint into israel was closed and people have bee

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: more than a0 countries put restrictions on uk travel, as the country concedes it can't contain a more infectious variant of coronavirus. 32 years after the lockerbie disaster, america charges a libyan man with making the bomb which blew up pan am 103. the russian secret service has described as a ‘provocation‘ a taped telephone call in which the opposition leader, alexei navalny, tricks a russian federal security service agent into disclosing details about his poisoning in siberia earlier this year. mr navalny then posted a recording of the telephone con

what a nerve—shredding win for scotland, but they are through to a play—off final against serbia next month. win that, and a place at the euros will be theirs. northern ireland, meanwhile, really did it the hard way, conceding an early goal against bosnia—herzegovina. but after the break, their endeavour got its reward. mcginn picks out the bottom corner! niall mcginn with the equaliser, and it was game on. and so to another shootout, where the hosts' cool finally cracked and liam boyce spiked northern ireland's celebrations. into a play—off final against slovakia, and with england and wales already through, we could see euros with all four home nations. that really would be something special. england and wales have aleady qualified for next summer stop scoring did so on his senior international debut. dominic calvert—lewin made it ten goals in seven games in all competitions this season now, once again showing his incredible spring. conor coady added another, before danny ings made it three for england in spectacular style. both teams now have nations league games on sunday, th

plays frenchman pierre—hugues herbert while 2018 semi—finallist kyle edmund has a tough opener against serbia's 24th seed dusan lajovic. well, the draw comes as organisers say they are confident the tournament will start and finish on time despite continuing health concerns over melbourne's air quality from bushfires. this is after british tennis player liam broady described an email sent by organisers to players about air quality as a "slap in the face". in a post on twitter, broady says it "boils his blood" to think he was made to play a qualifying match on tuesday. he goes on to question whether conditons were healthy at a time when people were being warned to keep animals indoors. 0le gunnar solskajer admits the decision to bring on striker marcus rashford in the second half of manchester united's 1—0 win over wolves in the fa cup backfired after he came off with a back injury. juan mata's goal was all that separated the teams and was enough to secure a trip to watford or tranmere in round four. but with a visit to liverpool coming up on sunday in the league, united fans would have been c

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a senior republican has finally break ranks with donald trump — mitch mcconnell — the most powerful us republican, after the president — congratulatesjoe biden on his election win. safe and 94% effective — medical tests on a vaccine from the moderna lab open up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. the russian president, vladimir putin, has congratulated joe biden on his victory in the us election six weeks ago. the announcement was issued shortly after the us electoral college officially confirmed mr biden's win over donald trump. accordin

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — as coronavirus continues to claim lives across europe, the netherlands begins five weeks of restrictions, while germany goes into a hard lockdown on wednesday. just eight days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medicaljournals say the move would be a mistake and cost many lives. the republican leader of the us senate, mitch mcconnell, has formally acknowledged that joe biden won last month's presidential election. it's the first sign of a split between the party's leadership and donald trump, who maintains, withou

scotland face serbia in belgrade and northern ireland host slovakia in belfast, where our sports editor dan roan is. as you say, a huge night of international football in store tonight both in belgrade and here in belfast, whereas you say northern ireland have the opportunity to emulate the side of four years ago that reached the euros and the first major tournament for some 30 years. will it happen for them? we will find out in the coming hours. it will be the fifth time in their history that northern ireland have made a major tournament. given that they had to switch managers this year and were drawn against giants like the netherlands and germany in the group stages, it would be some achievement. in the past they have been cheered on against the likes of england, spain and greece. they will only have 1000 fans who have been allowed into night because of the covid restrictions but maybe it could prove the difference. meanwhile over in belgrade against serbia, the weight of history will be felt even more keenly by scotland. if they can do the business in their play—off final, it will