Un substatianted claims the election was rigged. And a Miraculous Escape at the Bahrain Grand Prix Romain Grosjeans car hits a Crash Barrier and bursts into flames. The uss top Infectious Disease expert is warning there could be a surge upon a surge in covid 19 cases, as Millions Travel Home after thanksgiving. Anthony fauci says the outbreak is likely to get even worse and has urged people to wear masks. The us has recorded more than 13 million coronavirus cases since january this year. As of sunday, the number of covid 19 cases recorded in the us this month has passed four million thats double the figure recorded in october. Health experts had called for people to spend thanksgiving this past thursday at home, but, anywhere from 800,000 to more than one million travellers passed through us Airport Checkpoints on any day during the past week, marking the busiest period since march. Nomia iqbal reports from washington. You know whats coming. He is americas most trusted voice on the coronavirus pandemic. And dr anthony fauci, the countrys leading expert on Infectious Disease painted a dark picture as we head towards christmas. I cant see how were not going to have the same thing because, when you have the kind of inflection that we have, it doesnt all of a sudden turn around like that, so clearly in the next few weeks we are going to have the same sort of thing and perhaps even two or three weeks down the line, martha, we may see a surge upon a surge. His warning comes a few days after thanksgiving, one of the biggest holidays in the us. More than 9 million americans stuck to the tradition of travelling to celebrate with theirfamilies, despite pleas the day before to stay home, over fears it would increase the spread of covid 19. So hang on. Dont let yourself surrender to the fatigue which i understand. It is realfatigue. I know we can and we will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war. It will take a few weeks to find out what overall impact those decisions to ignore warnings could have, but already a stark number in la county, in california. More than 5000 new coronavirus cases were reported on thanksgiving day. Officials have now issued a new stay at home order from monday, limiting peoples movements, which will run right up to December The 20th and, as we approach christmas, dr faucis message to americas leaders is close the bars, keep the schools open. If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not really very big at all. Not like one would have suspected so lets try to get the kids back but lets try to mitigate the things that maintain and just push that kind of Community Spread that we are trying to avoid and at those are the things that you know well the bars, the restaurants where you have Capacity Seating indoors without masks. He reminded americans help is on the way, with Vaccine Trials proving to be effective so far, but he said current restrictions and Safety Measures will still be necessary for the Christmas Holiday season to keep alive any chance of beating the virus. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. Italy, the first country in the west to be overwhelmed by the pandemic in march, is again being battered by the second wave. It has the highest death toll in the european union, with more than 55,000 fatalities and cases have soared. But, unlike the first wave, when infections centred on the wealthy north, this time it has spread across the country, including to its poorest area, calabria, from where our correspondent, mark lowen reports. The resuscitation of italys nightmare. We were shown the carnage of the pandemic they thought they were beating. But the second wave has hit harder than the first, says this doctor. And here in the south, they are struggling to cope. This is calabria, italys and one of western europes poorest regions and Intensive Care numbers are not yet out of control but the countries wea kest control but the countries weakest Healthca Re System control but the countries weakest Healthcare System is now on red alert. Translation they are the heroes on the front line and giving it their all, we are fighting it like lines and not to kill over, if cases continue to kill over, if cases continue to rise, it will be a disaster for the whole of italy and not just for us. This water can ta ke just for us. This water can take 18 people, there were 12 patients here until about an hour ago when one of them died. Beds are filling up, a shortage of staff, italy had thought it had left these horrible things behind but once again it has been caught on the back foot with the second wave and this time it is notjust the wealthy north overwhelmed but here also in the countrys most impoverished corner. Italys southern toe has been overtaken and plundered by its mafia, infiltrating healthcare. Looted by criminals, indebted hospitals were abandoned. This is one of the closed hospitals . A doctor who expose corruption five years ago since he was silenced. Translation our finances were a mess and we could not pay creditors and they were fake bills that with fewer covid cases we have gone into meltdown. As the mafia got rich, we now have no hospitals, no Healthcare System and we are in an emergency. Just days ago, a Police Operation arrested a top local politician for laundering money through pharmacies in exchange for mafia support. Translation the tentacles are everywhere, when this Award Winning chef refused to pay extortion money 12 years ago, he was threatened and customers stayed away. Now covid lockdown has emptied his restaurant, history repeating in more ways than one. Translation the mafia and covid are both pandemics, we can geta covid are both pandemics, we can get a vaccine but the fight against the mafia will take longer. For now, my heart cannot see light in the darkness but we will rise up and defeat both. Calabria is battling to pull through but in this guide region, the virus has exposed fragile heart. Mark lowen, bbc news. The british Prime Minister is hoping to gain support among conservative politicians, for the introduction of a new covid 19 tier system across england this week once the lockdown is eased. Borisjohnson will later publish analysis of the economic, health, and social impact of the restrictions. A crucial vote is being held in the commons on tuesday. 0ur Political Correspondent iain watson has more. Borisjohnson is Boris Johnson is determined borisjohnson is determined to pull out the stops to squeeze the rebellion he is facing in his own ranks. Tomorrow they his own ranks. Tomorrow they his route into the Covid Recovery group of mps, lockdown sceptics, suggesting there is unity of purpose is constructively taken on board his suggestions and putting more testing of asymptomatic people but is also conceded the key rebel demand, to produce an economic and social impact of the measures that he introducing. To put it crudely, his mps want to know if the lives these restrictions or faith will outweigh the damage to likelihood they will cause, and speaking to some of those potential rebels, they are prepared to be convinced but they say that withholding their support until see the hard data behind borisjohnsons decisions. The un says nigerias most deadly islamist attack this year could have left up to 100 people dead. Dozens of farm workers were brutally killed although the exact number isnt known, with some people still missing. The Nigerian Military has been unable to halt the insurgency in the north east, in Which Tens Of Thousands have been killed or abducted. President trump has lashed out at both the fbi and Us Department ofjustice, saying they were working against him in his efforts to overturn the result of the election. In his first interview since his defeat, donald trump repeated unsubstantiated claims the election was, in his, words, rigged. Meanwhile President Elect biden is focused on building his top team. Peter bowes reports. Donald trumps first tv interview since the election, a friendly encounter with a sympathetic presenter on fox news. Almost one month since polling day, mr trump repeated without providing evidence that he was cheated out of the presidency. Unsubsta ntiated allegations of voter fraud and even a claim that the countries Law Enforcement agencies could be involved in rigging the election. This is total fraud and how the fbi and department ofjustice, maybe they are involved, but how people are allowed to get away with this stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged. This election was rigged. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud. My mind will not change in six months. There was tremendous cheating here. The president claims are not backed by facts, his lawyers have brought more than 30 Cases Contesting state Election Results with almost no success. The latest will be filed in wisconsin where a partial recount a Donald Trumps request has confirmed thatjoe biden won the state but Mrtrump Thatjoe Biden won the state but mr trump says he will fight on. In virtually every case they have been rejected, Including Byjudges who were appointed by President Trump and by other republican president s, judges who have long record in the republican party, there have been rejected by republican officials or charged with administering the elections, the so far, while there has been a lot of hot air from the president , there has been no evidence to support his allegations. The president s persistence suggests there is little chance he will concede the election Beforejoe Biden ta kes the election Beforejoe Biden takes over in mid january. In fa ct, takes over in mid january. In fact, there is every sign he will continue denying the result long after the new president has assumed office, possibly until the next election. It is a scenario that has some constitutional scholars worried. Trying to teach millions of americans to believe in an alternative reality that an election was stolen that was perfectly fairly run cannot help but influence americans willingness to partake in elections in the future, and that is dangerous. For his part, joe biden is focusing on the Transition Process Stop from today, he will receive the top security daily president ial Briefing Document that was delayed when the white house refused to acknowledge he had won the election. This week, mr biden will focus on making key appointments to his Treasury Tea M appointments to his Treasury Team as well as dealing with the coronavirus, the new president faces a huge task of rebuilding the economy, which has been devastated by the pandemic. When he along the way for the 78 year old President Elect, he suffered a Hairline Fracture in his foot while playing with his dog, major. 0fficials while playing with his dog, major. Officials say he will have to wear an orthopaedic walking boot for the next few weeks, a minor Stumbling Block on the rocky road to the presidency. Peter bowes, bbc news. The australian Prime Minister has demanded an apology from china, after an official in beijing tweeted a faked image of an australian Soldier Holding a knife to an afghan girls neck. Scott morrison said beijing should be totally ashamed of the incident. Lets speak to the bbcs Shaimaa Khalil in sydney. Just tell us more about what has happened here . This was a tweet by the Chinese Foreign ministry spokesperson. In it, he expressed shock at the findings of the war crimes report which found that the Australian Special forces were accused of 39 incidents of unlawful killings in the War In Afghanistan and he condemned that. That is not new, express that. That is not new, express that opinion last week where he said these findings expose the democracy of some western countries about human rights but what is truly shocking this time of the use of this image that you referred to, sally, this doctored, fake picture depicting a australian Soldier Holding a knife to the throat ofan afghan holding a knife to the throat of an afghan child. This truly shocked canberra and the Scott Morrison government into the Strong Language yet that he has used against china. Is that the Chinese Government should be issued ashamed of the post and he described it as outrageous ashamed of the post and he said that the government has expressed concern for twitter, asking them to take down the post but we heard from the Australian Foreign minister who again said this is the most egregious example of Social Media Disinformation that australia has expressed concern and has called the ambassador, the Chinese Ambassador and asked for an apology. This comes where relations are really getting worse and worse doesnt it between the two countries, so important to each other economically . Absolutely, these are key trading partners, we are talking billions and billions of dollars in trade from everything between barley, wine, meat, beef, fossilfuels, coal, really key to the both countries and australia has a lot of what china needs and it needs a light and purchase a lot. Is dramatically changed in 2020 and this started by australia calling for this International Investigation into the origins of covid 19. That Infuriated Beijing and since then really we have seen a back and forth in these tensions, weve seen tariffs that have been put on australian exports from barley to beef and now online as well. Producers in australia are on tenterhooks about what more tariff they can expect from beijing that language like this and tension like this does not help in the relationship, especially for the Trade Relationship. Thank you so much. Shortly, in about 15 minutes i will be talking to my colleague about the worsening Trade Relationship between china and australia. And also to come, the mystery of the metal monolith discovered in the us desert, it has vanished as unexpectedly as it arrived its quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor People Living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. I am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i cant do anything. Charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. At 11am this morning, just half a Metre Of Rock Separated Britain from continental europe. It took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. Then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. This is bbc news, the latest headlines americas leading Infectious Disease expert, issues a stark warning about a surge of covid cases, in the period between thanksgiving and christmas. Lets stay with that story now. Im joined now by dr peter chin, an Infectious Disease specialist at the university of california san francisco. Just tell us more about this concern over a rise, a surge in infections following thanksgiving. Thanks for having me on. The concern is mainly we starting a much higher setpoint than the previous surges. When you stack a stack on a stack, its only a little while before you can fall off the cliff. Falling off the cliff is the overwhelming of the hospitals, reduction in hospital beds and not having a ventilators and icu beds. It would seem large numbers of people travelled to be with family at this time. Is there Pandemic Fatigue . Are people getting fed up with being told they cant do this 01 being told they cant do this or that and just ignoring rules . Or that and just ignoring rules . Totally thats a big factor. That Pandemic Fatigue has been coined pandemic resentment by some because we have been weathering nine months without seeing family or friends and in the season of thanksgiving followed by christmas, and the holidays is marked by wanting to rekindle these connections so people are thinking, maybe the cure is worse than the disease itself. And are beginning to feel really difficult. Keeping good safe practices. What are you hearing about a Vaccine Rollout . Are you being told to get ready for this and the Health Service . The fda in the us is going to meet, depending on december ten, it says that ours, if its going to be approved, they will begin shipping it to different states. My hospital is going to be one of the first to get it, a pilot so to speak, and within the system, specialists are meeting to determine. How concerned are you about the short term scenario . Dr fauci is saying is extremely serious. If you look to canadian thanksgiving, they saw a doubling of infections, so that if we think Us Thanksgiving is marked by more free travel, it will be a minimum of doubling the what we see currently. Good luck with it all. Doctor peter chin, thank you for taking time out to talk to us. Time now for the latests sports news. Hello im Chetan Pathak with your monday sports briefing. We start with the Miraculous Escape for the formula one driver Romain Grosjean who is in hospital being treated for burns after surviving a terrifying accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. His car burst into flames after piercing the barrier and splitting into two. Lewis hamilton, who eventually won the race, praised the sport afterwards for the Safety Measures it now has in place but called the incident a reminder of how drivers put their lives on the line every time they compete. Theres more from grosjean coming up. 0nto football, in italy, ac milan are now five points clear of inter at the top of serie a after a 2 0 win over fiorentina. Alessio romagnioli opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Ac milan are unbeaten in the league this season and they didnt look like dropping any points after Franck Kessiey converted from the penalty spot 10 minutes later. To the English Premier League next wherejose mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge and left with a point as tottenham drew 0 0 with chelsea in the london derby. Both sides had the chance to open up a lead at the top with a win, as it stands spurs are clear of liverpool on goal difference. We even in the race, so we are not a horse, you know . I dont know the word in english but the small, the young horses. What . A pony. Yes, itsjust a pony. What . A pony. Yes, itsjust a pony, you know. The 2016 champions Leicester City Canjoin Tottenham and liverpool at the top of the Premier League on monday, if they beat fulham at the king power stadium. Jamie vardy scored his 8th league goal of the season last time leicester were at home, in a 1 0 win over wolves. Folllowing that result they were beaten at liverpool before vardy scored again, in leicesters 3 all draw at braga last week which sent them into the last 32 of the europa league. Monday sees the third round draw for the oldest Football Competition in the world the fa cup, which first came into being in 1871. The English Premier League sides go into the hat at this stage, with clubs lower down the pyramid desperate to play one of the big boys. No side will be dreaming of that more than Merseyside Club marine, who play in the eighth tier of english football. These were the celebrations on sunday when they reached the third round for the first time in 28 years. Their manager says he hopes fate deals them a short trip to anfield to Play Liverpool next. And finally back to our top story Romain Grosjean has taken to social media to provide an update on how hes doing after leaping for his life from his Formula One Car at the Bahrain Grand Prix. He says the halo protection structure, made from titanium, which sits above the cars cockpit and was introduced to protect the drivers head despite many criticising it saved his life ijust i just wanted to say ijust wanted to say i am 0k. Well, sort of 0k. Thank you very much for all the messages. I think it is the greatest thing and without it i wouldnt be able to fix it these days so thank you to everyone, and hopefully i can write you soon some messages and tell you how its going. A lucky man. Theres more reaction to that story on the bbc sport website but from me Chetan Pathak and the rest of the team that is your monday sport briefing. A mysterious metal object which was discovered in the utah desert last week, has now vanished. The discovery of the silver object captured the national interest, with people questioning how it ended up there. Well, we may never get an answer, as utah Officials Say the structure is no longer there. Tom brada reports. If if anyone knows anything, tell me. I am sallybundockbbc. Palaeontologists have identified apostle in morocco asa identified apostle in morocco as a previously unknown dinosaur. The creature, was about the size of a pony and a member of the Duckbill Dinosaur Species which emerged in north america. They have named it ajnabia odysseus. Back with the business stories in a moment. Hello there. There was some sunshine around on sunday across south wales, south west england. Some areas saw temperatures of 15 degrees. For many, though, it was another one those dull and gloomy sort of days. But the weather is changing and thats happening now. These Weather Fronts coming down from the north west, bringing patchy rain southwards on monday, the breeze picking up and blowing away that area of High Pressure thats brought all the gloom during recent days. So, a frost free start, but still quite gloomy in the south. The mist and fog are lifting as that patchy rain heads its Way Southwards. The rain affecting the hills in the west, little rain or no rain across southern parts of england. And in the afternoon, we get some sunshine after the rain in scotland and one or two showers. Here, those temperatures start to drop away, mind you, but elsewhere, we stay in the mild air. Temperatures 9, 10 or 11 degrees. That patchy rain continues to work its Way Southwards during monday evening, clearing away for most areas, but still a hangback of cloud out towards the west. But with clearer skies across central and eastern parts of the uk, were going to find a frost across Eastern Scotland and the north east of england. That colder air has come down in a northerly breeze, behind the Weather Front bringing the patchy rain. But out to the west, the air is very different. This is much milder air, and it comes with a lot of cloud. And that milder cloudy air will topple its way steadily in from the Atlantic Into The Uk and it will bring a little light rain or drizzle. But through the midlands, across lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, were going to hang onto the sunshine some welcome sunshine. Not a bad day here, temperatures of 8 or 9 degrees. Quite a cold day across Eastern Scotland and the north east of england. Further west, temperatures may make double figures. Its a fairly quiet day on tuesday, but theres another Weather Front heading our way on wednesday. This one again wont bring very much rain at all. Its more a broad area of cloud thats moving down across england and wales. And then behind that, towards the north west, we get some sunshine, the wind picks up and we get some showers. Gales in the north west of scotland, and over the highlands, there may be some sleet or snow as it turns colder. 5 degrees here. Further south and east, highs of 8 or 9. The weather is set to change later on in the week. Low pressure is returning, stronger winds, some rain at times. Not only that, but it will be feeling a lot cooler. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. China slaps up to 200 tariffs onto australian wine as an on going Trade Dispute between the two nations deepens. Philip greens high Street Retail empire is on brink of collapse, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. And putting covid behind you how will theatres cope with social distancing during patomime season . Lets begin with china and australia