This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government the fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely
all, and the huge numbers that have just, absolutely slammed us, itsjust. I never thought it would be possible. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Hello and welcome. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the release of the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who was arrested on his return to moscow on sunday. Mr navalny, whod been recovering in germany from a nerve agent attack, had called for demonstrations. Hell be detained for 30 days and another hearing at the end of the month could result in a lengthy prison sentence. From moscow, our correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports. Chanting. Were for navalny, it says. Alexei, alexei they shout. Mr navalny� s supporters came to the Police Station where he was being held. A makeshift court room had been set up inside. It would rule on whether the kremlin critic should be sent to jail. In a freezing cold russian winter, piping hot tea was a welcome relief. Its bitterly cold here. Its 20. But supporters of mr navalny are waiting for the result of the Court Hearing and shouting, let him go. In a video message from the court room, mr navalny denounced the hearing as a mockery of justice. After he was ordered to be kept in custody for 30 days, he called on russians to take to the streets and not stay silent. Alexei navalny is the russian Opposition Leader most capable of organising large scale
anti government protests. Its why the kremlin sees him as a threat. Navalny was and is danger number one for Vladimir Putin in russia. Its very difficult to fight against Massive Public protests. Mr navalny is convinced it was the kremlin that ordered his poisoning by nerve agent. The russian authorities deny any connection. But the decision to detain him will have been taken at the very top. For now, hes going to jailfor a month. That could turn into years. And if it does, the authorities risk turning Alexei Navalny into a political martyr. Something the kremlin always wanted to avoid. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Im joined now by Vladimir Kara murza,
a russian opposition politician who was poisoned twice in 2015 and 2017. Hes also the chairman of Boris Nemtsov foundation. What do you make of this detention . Forthe what do you make of this detention . For the past several weeks the kremlin has done Everything Possible to try to prevent Alexei Navalny from coming back to russia, they made all of these announcements that he will be detained, arrested, that there is a search warrant issued against him and they are trying to do this to every major Opposition Leader in our country, to make people stay away, because they understand that when a russian politician is outside of russia, he or she ceases to be a russian politician, you cant do politics outside of the countries of the most effective way for putins regime to fight
its opponents is to try to drive them abroad, so for example, both times after i was poisoned, as you mentioned after a jo poisoned, as you mentioned after ajo i concluded my medical rehabilitation abroad, there was no question on my mind that i am returning home to russia, which i did both times, because those of us who oppose the putin regime, there is nothing we can do for the kremlin, no bigger gift we could give to them, if we all just ran away and stayed away, and Alexei Navalny was never going to do that, he announced immediately after he came out of the coma, after his own poisoning last year, that he will get back to russia and he kept his word, he went back this past weekend and was arrested just as the kremlin promised. Arrested just as the kremlin promised arrested just as the kremlin romised. �. , promised. Are the genuine legal reasons to promised. Are the genuine legal reasons to hold promised. Are the genuine legal reasons to hold him, promised. Are the genuine legal reasons to hold him, and promised. Are the genuine legal reasons to hold him, and what l reasons to hold him, and what are the chances of the feared lengthy prison sentence at the end of this 30 days . Lengthy prison sentence at the end of this 30 days . There are no leual end of this 30 days . There are no legal reasons end of this 30 days . There are no legal reasons to end of this 30 days . There are no legal reasons to hold end of this 30 days . There are no legal reasons to hold him, l no legal reasons to hold him, and in fact this is turning really into kafka0esque proceedings, this absurdity, this is exactly what it is, because formally speaking, Alexei Navalny was detained because of a sentence dating
back to 2014, which the European Court of human rights, which is the highestjudicial authority in russia because russia is a member of the council of europe, just as the United Kingdom is, the European Court of human rights had already essentially overturned the verdict, saying it contradicted all the intervals of fairness and justice, so this is an illegal verdict and to add on top of that absurdity, Alexei Navalny, who had a suspended sentence under that 2014 conviction, is now having a suspended sentence turned into a real prison term, because he failed to come to register with the authorities periodically, and of course the reasoning failed to register was that he was poisoned by the russian authorities with a deadly chemical agent last august, and he was in a coma and recovering in germany for the past several months before returning back home, this past weekend. It cannot be more absurd, it cannot be more kafka esque and its appearance, but at the bottom of all of this is a fear that Vladimir Putin has for the opposition
for the alternative. It is astonishing that so many people in the west still believe this lie that Vladimir Putin is still popular among russian citizens are. If he were really that popular, as he claims, he would not be so frightened, he would not be so frightened, he would not be so frightened, he would not be so terrified of allowing any kind of competition at the ballot box, he would not be terrified of his opponents is to turn moscow airport basically into a pace under military seeds last weekend as people were trying to greet Alexei Navalny on his return back to russia. Its to greet Alexei Navalny on his return back to russia. Return back to russia. Its a story we return back to russia. Its a story we will return back to russia. Its a story we will be return back to russia. Its a story we will be back return back to russia. Its a story we will be back to story we will be back to foreshore. Forthe story we will be back to foreshore. For the moment, thank you very much. Two days ahead of the inauguration ofjoe biden as the 46th us president , the tightest security measures in recent memory are in place in washington. Officials are determined to prevent any repeat of the events of january 6th, when the capitol was stormed by a pro trump mob in a failed bid to prevent mr biden� s victory from being certified. Already, huge sectors of the capitol have been shut down. This entire area, highlighted in red, is closed to traffic. And non scalable fencing has been put around the us capitol and national mall. In the blocks beyond,
highlighted in green, only vehicles belonging to local residents and businesses are permitted. All 25,000 members of the National Guard, wholl be deployed for the event, are being vetted by the fbi over fears of the risk of insider attacks. Lets speak now to our north america correspondent david willis. First of all, we will come to security in just first of all, we will come to security injust a first of all, we will come to security in just a second, but the travel ban has been lifted. Thats right, the travel ban that was brought into effect in the early part of last year mike, and itapplied the early part of last year mike, and it applied to travellers from brazil, and from much of europe, coming into the united states, and imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, President Trump declared his intention to lift that abound, starting from next week, some six days after he leaves office. Not so fast, said the
incoming biden administration, their spokeswoman said they had no such plans to lift that band, and of course, combating the coronavirus is the number one priority of the incoming president , joe biden. Mr trump of course has been under pressure from the airlines, some of them had lost about 95 of their business, as far as europe was concerned anyway, because of that band. Just returning because of that band. Just returning to because of that band. Just returning to security because of that band. Just returning to security for the inauguration, venting all 25,000 or so members of the National Guard on duty is an almost impossible task. You would have thought anyone would seriously bad intentions would have, the tracks anyway. An have, the tracks anyway. An enormous have, the tracks anyway. Sift enormous task, no have, the tracks anyway. Fifi enormous task, no question about that, just an indication of the sort of challenge the Security Services facing with this inauguration, unprecedented levels of security are currently in effect in the nations capital, and of course four years ago donald trump used his inaugural
address to call for an end to what he called for the american carnage. 0n what he called for the american carnage. On wednesday, joe biden will strike a very different tone, calling for unity, very difficult though, to see how this nation can be unified and its an indication of how far it is to go, by the strength of the security presence. You mentioned in your introduction that some of those National Guard officers are being vetted in case there could be some kind of insider plot. Its a really herculean task, an indication of the challenge that confronts joe biden and kamala harris. David, thank ou biden and kamala harris. David, thank you very biden and kamala harris. David, thank you very much. The head of the World Health Organisation has said were on the verge of a catastrophic moral failure over the way covid vaccines are being shared out. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the current approach would prolong the pandemic, lead to hoarding and delay the delivery of vaccines to poorer countries. The who director general explained that more than 39 million doses of coronavirus vaccines
administered in higher income countries. However, only 25 doses have been given in one lowest income country. Not 25 million; just 25. Here in the uk, there are now more people being treated for covid in hospitals than at any point in the pandemic. Ten hospital trusts across england have reported having no spare Critical Care beds. To illustrate the distressing reality of whats happening on the front line, the bbc� s clive myrie visited the Royal London Hospital to see how staff and families of patients are coping. There are those who must look into the abyss to spare all of us. How many floors are taken up by Covid Patients here . Weve got patients on the third floor, fourth floor, sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor. Of 548 beds at the Royal London Hospital, 420 have Covid Patients. For ten days, we joined staff
in one of the uks biggest intensive care units. Yes, still coming. Go, go, go. At the peak of the second wave. He could die from this, by the way, im sorry to have to say that. As a new variant of covid 19 forces a reckoning for our health service. Sorry so were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. And a reckoning for us. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. This really is horrible. As london sleeps, the night shift begins at the Royal London Hospital. Nursing sister Carleen Kelly makes her way to a job thats crushing her, in the middle of the covid nightmare. Sleep isnt what it used to be. Theres anxiety when you wake up and you remember
what you have to go into. Were fragile and, erm, angry. In the emergency department, consultant nick bunker is up to his neck in problems. So, hes got covid and hes had a stroke. A new covid patient has been admitted for every hour hes been on shift. By 3am, eight. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. No beds . So, i had five beds to start the night. Weve got two patients next door who need to come in. And heres another. Where will he go . Just bring the back of the bed up. See if that helps. And is he on 100 now . Yeah. In pressurised rooms, the patients receive oxygen through masks, their condition monitored, but who may need
more sustained help from a ventilator . Sats below 96. One mans breathing badly falters. Just do it, just do it, just do it. He must be intubated, fast. And we watch, as medics put him to sleep and push a long plastic tube down his throat, hooking him up to his new breathing machine. When hell wake up, no one knows. Clive myrie reporting, and well have more reports from clive, cameraman David Mcilveen and producer sam piranty, at the Royal London Hospital over the course of the week. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come we report how smart watches may be able to detect if someone has coronavirus days
before they are diagnosed. Donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. He was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. Its going to be only america first. America first. Demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. Anti apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. They called him the butcher of lyon. Klaus altman is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. The west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. There, he was the gestapo
chief klaus barbie. Millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity thats believed by officials to have broken all records. This is bbc news, the latest headlines. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government. The fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration looking for possible right wing extremists. A new study in the us has found smart watches or wearable digital devices may be able to detect if someone has coronavirus days before they are diagnosed. In some cases, products like apple watch or fitbit devices can predict a covid 19 infection even before a user becomes symptomatic or the virus is detectable by standard tests. Thats according to latest research by Mount Sinai Health systems stanford university. Well to explain more we can
speak to health care futurist dr rafael grossmann. Rafael was the worlds first surgeon to use google glass during live surgery. There are all sorts of hopes for wearable tech. Indeed, indeed. And how soon . I think we are there. Indeed. And how soon . I think we are there. If indeed. And how soon . I think we are there. If anything, indeed. And how soon . I think we are there. If anything, withj we are there. If anything, with the pandemic, a lot of technologies out there have been accelerated and especially the optics, the use of these to ologies for improving and enhancing what we do in healthcare has been accelerated tremendously. find healthcare has been accelerated tremendously. Healthcare has been accelerated tremendously. And yet, the idea of wearable tremendously. And yet, the idea of wearable tech tremendously. And yet, the idea of wearable tech that tremendously. And yet, the idea of wearable tech that can of wearable tech that can detect coronavirus days before symptoms appear or detected by tests, that can be a few months away yet. Its not going to help us yet. Away yet. Its not going to help us yet help us yet. Its probably auoin help us yet. Its probably going to help us yet. Its probably going to be help us yet. Its probably going to be a help us yet. Its probably going to be a new help us yet. Its probably| going to be a new months help us yet. Its probably
going to be a new months into it but its certainly happening and these stories we are seeing now are studies that were conducted last year, the study at Sinai Medical School with stanford, that study started in april last year and in september, they finished with about 300 people with a special app about 300 people with a special app in the apple watch and measuring the heart rate rhythms and that concluded they could indeed addict seven days even ahead of a positive test whether a person was going to be positive is that is pretty significant and using wearables the way we are doing today, i think that gives us a lot of hope for digital help. Doctor grossman. Hope for digital help. Doctor grossman, have hope for digital help. Doctor grossman, have there hope for digital help. Doctor grossman, have there been| hope for digital help. Doctor. Grossman, have there been a hope for digital help. Doctor grossman, have there been a lot of Tech Advances in dealing with this latest crisis and does that give you hope for more to help us with future crises . ~ ,. , ~ crises . Absolutely, i think that this crises . Absolutely, i think that this is crises . Absolutely, i think that this is just crises . Absolutely, i think that this is just a crises . Absolutely, i think that this is just a boot crises . Absolutely, i think. That this isjust a boot camp, that this is just a boot camp, a training of sorts for what might come next and the good thing is that all of these
things are in the backdrop, they have been accelerated by they have been accelerated by the need for the desperation. They talk about the desperation being the mother of invention, not much necessity but desperation. The case with telehealth and telemedicine, Digital Health has been brought. This is very, very promising in the apple watch is one of many devices. We have the fitbit, the bio sticker from bio tele sense and philips, there are a number of devices out there that have already been studied very, very carefully for how to help with this covid pandemic. We carefully for how to help with this covid pandemic. We have to take a hope this covid pandemic. We have to take a hope where this covid pandemic. We have to take a hope where we this covid pandemic. We have to take a hope where we can this covid pandemic. We have to take a hope where we can find i take a hope where we can find it these days. Doctor, thank you very much. Lets get some of the days other news. Italys Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte has won a crucial vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament, after the Italia Viva Party of his predecessor matteo renzi quit his coalition. Mr conte won by sixty votes, a bigger than expected margin of victory. But he faces a tougher test
on tuesday in the upper house, or senate, where his government has only a slim majority. 12 miners trapped underground after an explosion in a chinese gold mine have alerted the authorities that theyre still alive by managing to send a handwritten note to the surface. State media says the message was passed through a rescue shaft. The fate of another 10 men missing after the blast remains unclear. Scottish fisherman have brought parts of Central London near downing street to a standstill in protest at problems exporting fish to the eu due to brexit. Many say they have not been able to export their stocks because new regulations have added lengthy delays to their delivery times. This has prompted some european buyers to reject the products. A team of nepalese climbers has safely descended after becoming the first ever to reach the top of the worlds second highest mountain k2 in winter. K2, along the pakistan china border, is notoriously challenging with Hurricane Strong winds and sub zero temperatures. One of the leading members of the team is a former gurkha and British Special forces soldier and hes been speaking to our correspondent, secunder kermani. Conquering the so called Savage Mountain in the depth of winter. For decades, it defied the Worlds Toughest climbers. Now, this former gurkha and British Special forces soldier. This is my team here in the tent, hello . Along with a team of other nepalese mountaineers has made history. It was super cold, and every step we climbed was an effort. So, you know, when we got to the summit, what we did was just ten metres before the summit, the whole team stopped together and, yeah, we sing the National Anthem of nepal, and we made it to the summit together. Some of the, obviously, team members were very emotional as well,
including myself. There are 14 mountains in the world higher than 8,000 metres. K2 was the only one yet to be scaled in winter, because its so challenging. Dozens have lost their lives on the mountain. K2 is super steep, you know. Either you have to go through, you know, blue ice or rock, so its very technical. On top of that, if you add, you know, the temperature, up to 65 degrees, you know, even 70. What kept everyone going was, everybody wanted this to their bone. The men began as members of different teams but banded together to reach the summit. A huge success for nepal, whose mountaineers have often worked out of the spotlight supporting western climbers. Secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. Michelin stars have been awarded to restaurants this year despite many being closed for most of the pandemic including the first star for a vegan restaurant. The organisers insisted the awards were credible and that it would have been unfair not to reward those that struggled on creatively. Mark lobel reports. Hello, iam hello, i am the owner of a restaurant in paris and i was awarded a michelin star. Preparing his signature starter of cauliflower in cream and vanilla dressing for a tiny number of private diners has been of comfort for sylvain. This past year has greeted with him. Having a closed restaurant he says is felt like being in prison during the pandemic. Translation people are messing up translation people are messing up takeaway and delivery guys are not getting paid well. Dark kitchens are dirty but booming. Meanwhile restaurants with high standards are closed, it is a detriment to our culture and morale. , ,. ,
morale. Despite being grateful for oinint morale. Despite being grateful forjoining the morale. Despite being grateful forjoining the cream morale. Despite being grateful forjoining the cream of morale. Despite being grateful forjoining the cream of the forjoining the cream of the crop, influenced by unforgettable culinary visits to many countries, sylvain fears losing everything and compares fleur de paves current predicament to a wilting flower. Yet some food critics query how michelin stars were awarded this year at all. � , � all. Translation i find it ve all. Translation | find it very curious. All. Translation | find it very curious. With all. Translation | find it. Very curious. With restaurants closed for more than six months in thievery � s because of sanitary rules, how mission and was able to investigate and handout stars . But organisers of this years handout stars . But organisers of this years socially of this years socially distanced Award Ceremony held in the eiffel tower insist the show had to go on. Of course, this has been a complicated year. Our inspector is about to adapt International Colleagues help. In the end, our inspectors were able to have as many meals this year as in previous years. Previous years. Its the organisers previous years. Its the organisers hope previous years. Its the organisers hope that l previous years. Its the organisers hope that when it D Restaurants like fleur de pave reopen, their stars will once again connect them to their customers and maintain that mouthwatering desire for a truly delicious night out. When is a 20 dollar bill worth 57,000 . All it takes is a banana sticker, apparently. This is the del monte note from the us treasury� s 1996 design series. Its unique because the sticker found its way onto the bill between stages of the printing process. As you can see, it has the official seal and the notes serial number printed over it. Urrent bidding for the note is at 57,500. But its not the first time its been up for sale in 2003, the note sold on ebay for 10,000 and it went under the hammer a few years later. That time going for over 25,000. Good luck with your bidding for that. Much more for you. Thank
you for watching. Hello there. Storm christoph has been named by the met office and it will bring a double whammy of Severe Weather and disruption in the next few days. First up is the rain and flooding. This is rain accumulating in the next three days, and the bright colours show where we are expecting the heaviest of the rain. It will be very wet in the welsh hills, but the main concern is the amount of rain expected in the southern pennines and northern peak district. We have an amber rain warning here that has been extended into the midlands, and parts of Eastern England as well. River levels already very high, and the ground is very wet as well. Weve got rain developing at the moment across much of england and wales. Keeping it mild as the wind picks up. Further north, though, its much colder. Frost and some icy patches in northern scotland. But the rain is still around during tuesday, and it
will rain all day, pretty much, across Northern England and northern ireland. Further south across england and wales, after the overnight rain it should be drier for a while but we will see more rain coming in, especially across wales and the south west. Some of that rain pushing into southern scotland bringing the threat of sleet and snow in the southern uplands. It is certainly colder across scotland with a few showers and some sunshine in the north. Much milderfor much of england and wales. 11 or 12 degrees with some wind and, of course, some rain. That rain continues, actually, on tuesday evening, tuesday night and into wednesday as well. Particularly across england and wales. It should dry off a bit across northern ireland. More wet weather coming into some southern and south eastern parts of scotland threatening some more snow over the high ground as well. Again, its quite cold across scotland and northern ireland, much milderfor england and wales with more rain on the way. That rain coming from storm christoph, thats the centre of the storm there. It is actually going to strengthen during wednesday night. The winds are really going to pick up as it moves northwards into the colder air
there will be more snow falling overnight and into thursday morning. Especially in scotland, could be 40 cm of snow and perhaps as much as that over the high ground, some snow over other hills of scotland and the northern pennines. Drier further south, but it will be colder, and it will feel colder in the wind as well. So two main areas of concern, really, the wet weather in the next few days bringing flooding. Especially across parts of Northern England, the midlands and Eastern England. And then as if that was not enough weve got this increasing risk of snow, particularly in scotland with some blizzards and drifting of the snow in the hills. This is bbc news. The headlines more than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the release of the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny. He was arrested hours after returning to moscow for the First Time Since being poisoned last year. Mr navalny has called for demonstrations. The rate of Coronavirus Infection is beginning to fall in the united kingdon. In the last 24 hours there have been less than 40,000 new cases the first time that has happened this year. However hospitals are still battling against rising admissions. The fbi is vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops in washington providing security for wednesdays inauguration ofjoe biden. Theyre looking for possible right wing extremists who may be plotting an insider attack. Supporters of donald trump stormed the capitol earlier this month. Five people died in those protests. Now on bbc news, click