This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Huge crowds rally across france, in solidarity and defiance following fridays brutal murder of a teacher near paris in a suspected islamist attack. Deadlock between the mayor of Greater Manchester and the uk Prime Minister over the imposition of tougher coronavirus restrictions in the city. Civilians count the cost as armenia and azerbaijan blame each other for violating a humanitarian truce in Nagorno Karabakh. A convicted murderer who became the hero of novembers terror attack on London Bridge is to be considered for release from prison ten months early. And coming up the story of a man who tweeted that he was not
ok, and received hundreds of thousands of responses from well wishers around the world. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The french Prime Minister, jean castex, has told huge crowds rallying around the country that france is not afraid and will not allow itself to be divided by the decapitation of a teacher by a suspected islamist. People gathered in towns and cities across france, including paris and marseilles, to show their support for the countrys secular values, and their revulsion at the murder on friday. The attacker was shot dead by police and 11 people are
now in custody. 12 12 people. Our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. Applause once again, around the figure of marianne, a sea of defiance. This statue, this square, a homing point for a nation whose values have come under attack. Since his death on friday, samuel paty, like others before him, has become a symbol of france itself. Translation its important to be here today to show our collective strength because thats what can help us follow our principles during tough times. Translation were here to defend the values of the republic liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. The government is too inactive. Something must be done. The Prime Minister, jean castex, arrived in Place De La Republique in a mask printed with the french flag. His message on twitter today read, you wont scare us, were france. The newest slogan on posters here, i am samuel or, simply, i am a teacher, an echo of the rallying cry
sparked by the attacks on Charlie Hebdo five years ago. This sombre rally is a show of unity in the wake of samuel patys death, but its also proof of the power of social media to deliver a message and bring people together. The same power that enabled a one man campaign against a local teacher to spiral out of control. Samuel paty was killed by a man who knew him only through social media, the result of an Online Campaign launched by an outraged parent that spread quickly outside conflans. Across france, tens of thousands of people have joined the rallies in his name. A man who stood for the values of the nation, remembered today by a nation standing with him. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Here in the uk, the opposition labour mayor of Greater Manchester has continued to clash with the government over lockdown restrictions for the region. Andy burnham wants greater Financial Support if the strictest
measures are imposed and hes accused the Prime Minister borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the area. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove accused mr burnham of inconsistency in his approach. Heres our deputy Political Editor vicki young. Waiting for work and waiting to find out whats coming next for Greater Manchester. Taxi driverjohn says for months the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. Hes worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. We need help up in the north. If you want to bring these things in, you know, we need financial backing, because otherwise its going to be even worse again. This has been going on for a long time now and nothing seems to be resolved. I know covids notjust going to disappear overnight, but people who work, whether it be in pay as you go unemployment, self employed, businesses, they all need help, otherwise. Youve still got bills to pay. For days, politicians here and in london have been trying to reach an agreement. The regions labour mayor, andy burnham, has accused the government of exaggerating manchesters rise in covid cases and says more restrictions must mean more Financial Support. What we need is a fair Financial Framework if the government are going to insist on tier 3. At the moment, theyre doing side deals with individual councils. That isnt good enough for me. Lets remember, the places theyre trying to close in tier 3 pubs, bookies, gyms these are places where people are on low wages. And what were saying is you cannot take away their place of work and not give them support. Mr burnham says he hasnt seen any Scientific Evidence that extra measures would work, but ministers insist action is needed soon. The fundamental incoherence of the position of andy burnham is that, on the one hand, as i say, he says, actually, the virus is not spreading at a rate that merits these restrictions, and then hes saying, but actually, i will have them if i have the money. If he were being truly concerned about public health, then he would say, lets have these restrictions now. And the other thing is, the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high incidence, the better for the economy of those areas because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy as well as to public health. Its not just labour politicians who are sceptical. Some conservative mps in the area have also been speaking out. Manchester is pretty united. Certainly, the members of parliament of both parties, the Council Leaders of both parties and the mayor of Greater Manchester have been resisting a move to tier 3 on the basis that we simply havent been given the evidence that it would be effective. Rising cases are forcing politicians everywhere into action. Welsh government ministers met this afternoon to discuss options for a further tightening
of restrictions across wales. The first minister has said that a short, sharp lockdown could slow the spread of the virus. Vicki young, bbc news. Lets take a look at some of todays other covid news in europe. Czech police have used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators protesting against coronavirus restrictions imposed by the government in prague. The rally turned violent after the authorities began trying to disperse the crowd, with the police chief claiming it contained radical football fans. The Czech Republic on friday set a new record for daily infections with more than 11,000 cases. Italy has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Mayors will get powers to close public areas after 9pm and the Opening Times of restaurants and the size of groups allowed will tighten. The moves come as italy recorded over 11,700 new cases its highest daily infection rate for the second day
in a row. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, has urged armenia and azerbaijan to observe their latest ceasefire, saying indiscriminate attacks on civilians a re totally u na cce pta ble. Both countries have accused each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh. Theyd agreed to a russian brokered truce starting at midnight local time. But clashes continue, as Rayhan Demytrie reports from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. An azeri officer announces to his countrys president the liberation of another piece of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. The ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. Karabakh is azerbaijan, he declares. The Armenian Defence ministry released this footage, which it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday,
in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. But things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region. They have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. Dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. Translation there are children dying, women, elderly people. Our guys die who are 18,19 years old. Stop this war. Azeri people have also suffered. This was the scene in ganja, azerbaijans second largest city, that was struck by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying more than 20 houses. This woman lost her home. Translation our people are humanist. We have a beautiful nation. Armenia should know that we will not bow to them as people of ganja. We will take back karabakh from them if it comes to that. Azerbaijans military casualties remain a secret, but it has been very public about its territorial gains. This is jabrayil, another town re taken from armenian forces. The more azerbaijan advances, the less incentive it has to stop fighting. Rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of bangkok for the fourth day in a row demanding political reform. The rallies took place in defiance of a government ban on gatherings there. The protesters, who are mostly young people, want power to move away from the military and the monarchy. From bangkok, Jonathan Head sent this report. Friday night in downtown bangkok. Police advance on a political rally. Never mind it was mostly students, schoolchildren and commuters dropping in on their way home. They got the full treatment. Water cannon laced with blue dye and tear gas. It hasnt put them off though. They gathered again this weekend, demanding notjust a change of government, but a radical overhaul of the political establishment which has ruled this country throughout the modern era. This show of youthful defiance could be in hong kong or anywhere in the world where a Younger Generation feels let down by their rulers. But these young protesters are going up against one of the most powerful and untouchable institutions anywhere in the world the thai monarchy. By demanding that their kings power and spending be accountable for the first time, these people have put a bomb under the political debate in this country. King vajiralongkorn succeeded his much loved father four years ago. He cuts a very different figure. His decision to increase his already considerable power and wealth, then ride out the covid crisis living abroad, have cost him public support. He has been back this past week and urged that young thais be taught to love the monarchy. Most of these youngsters will have been taught exactly that at school. Yet they are unimpressed. Flashing the hunger games salute thats become the symbol of their defiance, they want their king to behave more like a modern monarch. They used our tax in the wrong way. It should be with the people who really need it, and they still dont support us, and they want us, like, to be quiet, and thats not right, thats not our freedom, thats not how its
supposed to be. In the past, saying even that might have got these protesters a long prison sentence or worse. Thailands history has been punctuated by violent suppressions of dissent. This time, perhaps, there will be a different ending. Jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. Here in the uk, a convicted killer, who became a hero of the London Bridge terror attack last november, is to be considered for parole ten months early. Steven gallant was on day release when he intervened to end usman khans attack, which left two people dead. Daniella relph reports. Running from fishmongers hall, where he had just killed two people, this was usman khan on London Bridge. In the group pursuing him was steven gallant, himself a convicted murderer out on licence for the day. He was one of the group to wrestle the attacker to the ground before khan was shot dead by armed police. Steven gallant had been working with jack merritt, one of the victims,
on a prisoner rehabilitation programme. His courage that day, and his behaviour injail mean he will now be considered for parole ten months early. The ministry ofjustice said the decision had been made in recognition of his exceptionally brave action at fishmongers hall, which helped save peoples lives despite the tremendous risk to his own. Steven galla nts case is likely to come before the parole board next year. Daniela relph, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Vigils and rallies have been held across france in response to fridays brutal murder of a teacher in a suspected islamist attack on the outskirts of paris. A stalemate continues in the uk between the mayor of Greater Manchester and Prime Minister borisjohnson over the introduction of tougher coronavirus restrictions in the region. The coronavirus has helped to trigger a race to the bottom between Asian Countries and threatened to upend power
dynamics in the region. Thats according to this years asia power index a report from the Lowy Institute that measures the relative power of nations. 18 out of 26 countries experienced a drop in power theres little good news for china and even less for the United States. Lets get more from herve lemahieu, who is director of the asian power and Diplomacy Programme at the Lowy Institute. Thank you so much forjoining us. First full if you can, briefly, explain how do you measure and nations power . We undertake a very comprehensive exercise, we look at the ability of countries to shape their external environment and the course of international events. We go as far west as pakistan, as far north as russia and as far into the pacific as australia and the United States, and we look not only at what countries have in terms of their military capability or their gdp but
also what they do with what they have in terms of their defence, diplomacy or their economic relationships and cultural influence, so it is very comprehensive exercise at 128 indicators, 30,000 data points. How has coronavirus rebalanced global power . For this region in particular, which might seem strange to audiences in the west, because obviously covid 19, the eye of the storm is very much over the west, but it has left a huge Geopolitical Impact in asia and we cant forget that a lot of the worlds emerging economies are in asia and it will be Something Like 78 million more people under the International Poverty line as a direct consequence of the pandemic here in this region alone, so what this means is most countries here are dealing with some form of recession and the sequencing of economic recoveries in the region will have a pronounced impact on
the distribution and balance of power between asian giants and the United States, we have seen the us lose the most relative power in relation to its standing last year, china is level, unchanged, but it is diplomatically diminished, japan may ta ke diplomatically diminished, japan may take until 2027 before it sees a recovery from the pre covid levels of up economic output and india, the only other country that can rival china ina only other country that can rival china in a demographic terms, is also suffered a pronounced sub setback, the economy will probably be only 40 the size of china by the end of this decade. Very briefly even though it is a big question, to what extent will the outcome of the United States president ial election make things different over again . L lot of the uss decline in its standing and prestige in asia is down to political choices rather than structural factors, so that can
be rectified with this election. A lot of the uss allies in asia are looking at the election as a moment potentially where the us could recalibrate and stabilise its regional leadership and standing. If trump were to be re elected i think we can expect more of a hard line containment strategy of china, even many of the uss allies in the region however dont want to sever their economic ties with china, they wa nt to their economic ties with china, they want to manage and balance it but not to separate and that is a big point of difference with the United States. Thank you very much. The new archbishop of york has called for the church of england to change. On the day of his enthronement, he told the bbc of his deep sorrow at the churchs failings around child abuse and talked about the role of faith in the pandemic. The most reverend Stephen Cottrell has taken over from drjohn sentamu becoming the church of englands second most senior clergyman during a service of evensong
at york minster, from where luxmy gopal reports. I, stephen, by divine providence, lord archbishop of york. An occasion steeped in centuries of tradition, but delivered in a very modern way. The enthronement of the most reverend Stephen Cottrell was streamed live online a sign of the times in which the 98th archbishop of york has assumed his post. Its a great honour and also quite daunting and, at such a time when the whole world is in such darkness and difficulty, i feel the world more than ever needs the message of hope, which is myjob to share and deliver. May god be thy father and the angels of god protect thee. The covid secure service had limited numbers and social distancing a world away from his predecessors ceremony. Todays Service Comes two weeks after an independent inquiry found that the church of england had failed to protect children from sexual abuse. Archbishop cottrell says it saddens him. Weve made some terrible mistakes and terrible failings and people have been hurt and abused. We need to fall on our knees in penitence, but then we need to rise up determined to change things, and i am determined to be someone who leads on the changes that are needed. Lord, who knowest all hearts. In a pandemic thats kept people apart, he says Christian Faith can be shown by being covid safe. The most important thing to do through this is that we love each other, and theres some tangible ways we can do that. So, wearing a mask is a sign of love, keeping a distance is a sign of love. A message that will
remain important in the months ahead. Luxmy gopal reporting. A man has received an overwhelming outpouring of support on social media after he shared a candid update on his Mental Health. Edmund oleary found himself unemployed and struggling mentally. So he decided to tweet. The tweet has been seen more than ten million times. Its been liked by nearly 300,000 people and nearly 100,000 people have responded to cheer him up. It was also picked up in australia, america and canada. Dr radha mongil is a Mental Health campaigner and she explained why the tweet struck a chord with so many. I think it was just mr olearys candidness, just his honesty about how he is feeling, i think it resonated with all of us at the moment. We are not ok. A lot of us are not feeling ok. A lot of us are facing many, many challenges, so i think it was about the rawness
and the authenticity with which he. He also put out a call out for people to help, a call for people to respond to make him feel better as well. Its never been more important, it has never been more needed than now, that we actually use social media for good, for kindness, to spread positivity, to help each other to look after each other, because, like you say, social media often gets a really bad reputation. We are always talking about how social media is actually kind of the source of actually what makes us feel worse, but this is a great example about how, actually, we can come together to support each other and help people feel like they are not on their own, because i think people feeling like they are on their own is one of the biggest feelings out there at the moment, so the more we can do to connect people with social media and support each other is just fantastic. With little more than two weeks to go to the us president ial election, donald trump has been campaigning in the Battle Ground states that will decide this contest. One of the most important areas is the so called rust belt thats americas Old Industrial heartland in the north east of the country. Four years ago the state of pennsylvania was unexpectedly won by donald trump. Nick bryant reports now on how pennsylvania could play a Critical Role in this years election. An ugly American Election is being fought amidst this beautiful american landscape. By warring tribes. This is the trump house in rural pennsylvania a site of pilgrimage for a Political Base that often exhibits a near cult like devotion, a shrine decorated with the iconography of the modern day american right. Its owner, leslie rossi, points to how the republicans have registered more than twice as many new voters in pennsylvania as the democrats, a portent of victory. They love what President Trump has done, that he kept his word, that he kept his promises, that he did all the things he said, or tried to. He is, you know, the peoples president and they get that. This is the post industrial landscape that provided the seedbed for the trump presidency. The rusting steel works became echo chambers for the slogan make America Great again. But this year, he hasnt come up with a ringing phrase thats reverberated through these valleys. The 2020 election is not a rerun of the 2016 election. Donald trump is not an insurgent, hes the incumbent. He has a record to defend. And then theres that question that often decides president ial contests is the country better off now than it was four years ago . Some plants have seen new investment, but the Steel Industry now employs almost 2,000 fewer workers than it did four years ago, largely as a result of the trump trade war. This isnt coming back. Places like this will never come back. This style of manufacturing that existed throughout the 20th century is gone. Has donald trump revived these communities . No, not in the way that these communities wanted to be revived. Manufacturing hasnt come back. Steel hasnt come back and it wont. The political rationale forjoe bidens candidacy was that he was the democrat best placed to win back white voters in the rust belt, former Trump Supporters like chuck howenstein. In 2020, i think its a perfect storm forjoe biden because i think people are tired. They want to see normalcy back in this country. They want to see decency. They want to see this hatred stop. They want to see this country united, and i think all of that together is going to bring joe biden the presidency. Many voters here still cling to the nostalgic nationalism that donald trump offers
and view him as a president of american resurgence. But are there enough of them in these broken communities to win him four more years . And in a couple of minutes, well be taking an second in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, chief Sports Reporter for the sun martin lipton, and the economics commentator grace blakeley thats coming up after the headlines at 11 30. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. This spell of quieter weather continued on sunday, but with all the cloud around, the brightest thing many of us saw was the autumn colour, here on view in staffordshire, though competing with a postbox. Its all change now. Weve had some quiet weather, but low pressure is taking over. The weather fronts are gathering, and although there will be some sunnier days in the week ahead, therell be some very wet days around as well. And its getting windier, too. And for monday, some of the heaviest rain will be in scotland and Northern Ireland. This is how it looks as the day begins. Some outbreaks of rain into parts of northern england,
particularly, to begin with. And there may be a bit of a lull in the rain first thing in Northern Ireland, but it will come back. Heavy, persistent rain. Outbreaks of rain across scotland, heaviest and most persistent in the west. So, through western scotland and Northern Ireland, as the rain continues into monday night, there is a risk of some flooding and some travel disruption. See some rain pushing back in towards north west england into the afternoon. Patchy rain reaching into parts of wales, whereas elsewhere a bit of hazy brightness around. Temperatures just creeping up a few degrees, but its getting windier. As we just look into monday evening, this area of rain will start to just push in across parts of south west england. Overnight monday into tuesday, well, its this weather front that will bring a splash of rain across those parts of england and wales that stayed dry during monday. And the rain continuing in scotland and Northern Ireland, though by end of the night, it should be easing from Northern Ireland. So, on tuesday, then, some early rain affecting parts of Eastern England slowly pulling away. Further heavy and perhaps prolonged downpours running in towards particularly Northern Ireland and scotland, just fringing north wales
and north west england as well. Windy and wet still across the far north of scotland and northern isles, easterly winds here. Mild south westerlies elsewhere, and temperatures, particularly across much of england and wales, into the mid to high teens with sunny spells and a few showers. But gales through the irish sea. As we look through tuesday night and into wednesday, focus for the heaviest rain will be shifting into parts of england and wales. Could well be some quite heavy rain moving through, exact position of this uncertain at this stage, but some of that may fringe northwards towards Northern Ireland and scotland again as we go through wednesday. So, well keep an eye on that. It could be quite windy again with that, too. So, again, it is all change. Our weathers been quiet. It isnt any more. Some of the rain this week is going to be quite heavy. Windier conditions at times, too. Milder at least to start the week. Hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines the mayor of Greater Manchester accuses Boris Johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area to try to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restriction as he calls for increased Financial Support. Anywhere could end up in tier 3 this winter. In fact, i would say places are likely to end up in tier 3 this winter. Therefore its everyones concern that we protect the lowest paid in our communities. The earlier we have the restrictions in those areas where there is high instance, the better for the economy of those areas because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy. The government says there have been nearly 17,000 more cases of coronavirus in the uk,
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