And hundreds of people are evacuated after wildfires break out along norways west coast. Emergency services say they could burn for days. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump says that facebook� s decision to suspend him from all of its Social Media Platforms until 2023 is an insult to the millions of people who voted for him. The company says the former president s profile will only be reinstated if it can be satisfied that his posts no longer pose a threat to public safety. The ban was imposed after his supporters stormed the us capitol injanuary. 0ur Media Editor Amol rajan has been examining facebook� s changing role in the political landscape. We have to have peace, we have to have law and order. It was an extraordinary moment in modern american democracy. In the judgment of many independent observers, disputed by his supporters, an outgoing president incited a mob. As a result, his megaphones were taken away. Twitter banned him. Youtube suspended his account, and facebook did the same. Theyve created an Oversight Board to give independent advice on such editorial judgements. Last month, it upheld his suspension. The person leading facebook� s policy decisions is sir Nick Clegg, the former british deputy Prime Minister. Today, he said that trump will be banned for two more years. Free speech, free expression, its not a free for all. Its not a recipe for anarchy. We have always had rules, quite rightly, as facebook, that you can in a Sense Kind of say what you like on facebook, but you cant do that if that inflicts harm on others. Its a pretty long standing principle that goes right back to the mid 19th century, this idea that, you know, youre free to do things, but not if that inflicts harm on others. And that is a rule that we apply, doesnt that we apply, doesnt matter whether you are the pope, the president of united states, whether you are an ordinary user, you cannot use facebook if you want to use facebook in a way which leads to real world harm, and we think its crystal clear in this case that that is exactly what was happening onjanuary the 6th in washington, dc. Denuded of his access to Social Media, Mr Trump put out a more conventional statement describing the move as an insult. This weird strip of motorways and campuses just south of san francisco, whats known as Silicon Valley, contains the biggest concentration of Computer Scientists and Software Engineers in history. And yet these days, theyre increasingly being dragged towards political philosophy where, by a Curious Quirk of history, their sage is the former leader of the liberal democrats. And in weighing Free Speech against the potential harm of certain words, Nick Clegg is edging closer to terrain that has traditionally been dominated byjournalists. Except facebook is much more powerful than any News Organisation ever was. Facebook� s dilemma was guaranteed to annoy millions of voters. Like most Social Networks, it was set up to connect friends but is now reshaping democracy itself. Amol rajan, bbc news, san francisco. Lets speak to Dave Lee a Technology Reporter from the financial times, based in san francisco. Dave, thanks very much for joining us. Dave, thanks very much for joining m dave, thanks very much for joining us. Donald | joining us. Thanks. Donald trump remains joining us. Thanks. Donald trump remains in joining us. Thanks. Donald trump remains in the joining us. Thanks. Donald trump remains in the Sin L joining us. Thanks. Donald L Trump remains in the Sin Bin joining us. Thanks. Donald trump remains in the Sin Bin as a deterrent, he may be allowed out if he is deemed not a risk to public safety. It is arguably still a confusing message from this bit, do you think its users will swallow it . I think its users will swallow it . 4 think its users will swallow it . ~ , think its users will swallow it . 4 , , it . I think its users, depending it . I think its users, depending what it . I think its users, | depending what side it . I think its users, i depending what side of it . I think its users, depending what side of the political spectrum they happen to be young, will take this decision as either the right one, you know, keeping trump of this network for at least another two years, but if they are trump supporters, they will see this as yet more evidence that a Silicon Valley elite, as thereafter described, in right wing politics here, have too much power and too much say over what can and cant be said on the internet. I think it was interesting to see the white House Press Secretary earlier talking about this decision. She was saying that Donald Trump has revealed quite often how he behaves on Social Networks so she thought within those two years and at The End of that Sin Bin, she put it, the zebra may not change his stripes, is at the phrase she used. Whether or not trump can come within this framework that facebook feels will be acceptable for his return, i guess we will find it over the next months and years of the band from Donald Trumps point of view, there is a censorship, which is not quite right because both your paper and the bbc have reported on this. He will not be in it for the midterms, possibly if he stands in 2024, he could be let back onto facebook. Does he need facebook or is it a useful full . It facebook or is it a useful full . ,. , facebook or is it a useful full . , full . It has two purposes, doesnt full . It has two purposes, doesnt it . Full . It has two purposes, doesnt it . Only full . It has two purposes, doesnt it . Only one full . It has two purposes, | doesnt it . Only one hand, being band only one hand, being band only one hand, being banned gives people the reason to go to the polls, these are the things you cant say, these anything the elites do not wait to hear, so on and so forth. But this is useful for Donald Trump to get his message to supporters directly. As you say, his statements have been published by the bbc, by ourselves at the ft, but it is very much on the medias terms and trump lakes to have the ability to speak to his fans and also the people who are not his fans. I think it will be difficult for him to handle because that is talk of moving to a right wing Social Network is scratch may consider creating his own but the problem with that approach is the only people who use that forum are already his supporters. So when he needs to get more support for the potential white House Run again in the future, he is going to need to reach people who may not. May have voted Forjoe Biden most recently. That is going to be an ongoing challenge for Donald Trump when it comes to reaching supporters, both old and new. Dave lee in san francisco, thank you very much. The united nations has issued a stark warning that ethiopia could be heading for a repeat of the deadly famine of 1984, unless a ceasefire is agreed. Months of fighting between government forces and the regional authorities in tigray have decimated crops, leaving hundreds of thousands of people near starvation. Now the government is making it hard for Aid Agencies to reach those trapped by the fighting. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports. The men with guns are bringing starvation once again to ethiopia. Across the fragile Northern Region of tigray, months of conflict have destroyed farms, crops and clinics. With access limited, much of the suffering here is hidden from the outside world. Fears of famine have been growing steadily, but today the un told us that Famine Conditions have now arrived. Their farms have been destroyed, their harvest was destroyed, their Bank Accounts dont exist any more. Theres hundreds of thousands of people in Famine Conditions now in tigray. Archive dawn, and as The Sun breaks through the Piercing Chill of night on the plain outside korem, it lights upa biblicalfamine. Its four decades since this region experienced a famine that shook the world. Is history repeating itself . It is not unreasonable to worry about a rerun of 1984. Michael buerk reporting the death of a child or a person every 20 minutes. If the world doesnt Wake Up and started to tackle this problem, dont be surprised if thats what we get. Ethiopias government is resisting international calls for a ceasefire and says its war against tigrayan rebels is nearly won. But access for aid groups remains restricted, the hungriest families trapped behind front lines. All of the checkpoints, the men with guns stopping aid vehicles and Aid Workers getting through, need to be told by their political masters to step back. So, to be clear, when the ethiopian authorities say, this conflict is nearly over, we are giving full humanitarian access where possible, theyre lying . Most of the people who are starving and dying and need help are not getting help thats the fact of the matter. Many people are on the move some heading across the border into neighbouring sudan. Theyre fleeing a conflict of staggering violence with growing evidence that rape and now starvation are being used deliberately as weapons of war. Nepal is experiencing a devastating wave of covid i9, with more than 4,000 people dying with the virus in the last month alone. The Prime Minister has appealed to the international community to help his country tackle a second wave of coronavirus infections. Rajini vaidyanathan has spoken to Families Grieving for relatives, who are unable to say goodbye in their traditional way. A sister consumed by grief. In a nation crushed by covid. In nepal, more than 4000 people have died from the virus in the last month alone. Families are forced to say their last goodbyes At The Gates of the capitals crematorium. My husbands dead, my husbands dead. Angdon mascherpas husband, kirpal, died this week. Through the railings, she performs his last rites. A final prayer for her beloved. Not since the devastating earthquake in 2015 has this nation felt so broken. The countrys armys been drafted in to collect and transport the bodies of those who died. Its only been a few minutes since we came in with the first ambulance, and here is another Army Ambulance bringing in more covid victims. Itjust gives you a sense of the pressure and the toll that covid is taking on this city. Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world this pandemic a tragic reminder of how the Health Care System is out of reach for so many. My brother died on the way to hospital in kathmandu, sita told me. He drove from his village seven hours away. The countrys Prime Minister has appealed for help. In a bbc interview, he called on the uk to send vaccines. We have very old friendly ties and diplomatic ties. When the gurkhas served the uk for so many years, giving their lives at risk so many times, so it is the responsibility of the uk also to support nepal. The virus is now climbing in rural areas, now the peak has passed in cities. But the Pain Hasnt gone away. In the capital, a Prayer Service for a Gurkha Veteran who died alone. A nation in mourning. And a nation in need. Nepal is appealing to the uk for a helping hand. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, kathmandu, nepal. Another country in the eye of the covid storm there. Finance ministers from the g7 leading economies are said to be close to agreement on a fairer international tax system, Closing Loopholes exploited by giant tech companies. The ministers were meeting in london ahead of next weeks leaders summit. 0ur Economics Editor Faisal Islam has the story. In a crisis, an opportunity for historic global change. The chancellors welcome still from behind masks and with no handshakes, but this, the first major in Person Meeting of the worlds most powerful nations since the covid outbreak, ahead of the Cornwall G7 Summit next week. All of the Finance Ministers here have been borrowing incredible amounts trillions of euros, dollars and yen, to support their economies through the pandemic, and have coffers to fill. And at the same time Covid 19 has accelerated sales, profits and revenues at multinational digital giants who have proved difficult to squeeze taxes out of. So the worlds big economies are deciding at this meeting to set a global minimum rate of corporation tax. We are spending a lot of public money to protect our economies against the consequences of the covid, and to have a quick and very strong economic recovery, but we need money, and we need new resources. So how do you sell this within the European Union to your colleague, the president of the eurogroup, the Finance Minister of ireland . I can understand the difficulty of ireland and some other european countries, but when there is such international impetus, this is in the interests of all 27 European Member states to say, yes, we are on board and we are supporting this new international tax system. It is the us leading the charge on this, under president bidens treasury secretary, Janet Yellen a massive turnaround from the trump administration, and those in the room say this agreement will be historic. We will have an agreement which will really change the world, and we will be able to do what we have to do for our people, and this will be a Turning Point in global cooperation because the last decades were going into the other direction, now we are going into the right one. The Finance Ministers will squeeze big global corporations, with a minimum Tax Rate of at least 15 applying around the world. The crisis means theyve got no choice. But in the fine detail of these negotiations, theres still a question about who gets that bounty. Thats why the chancellor has being cautious so far. Will it go predominantly, hundreds of billions of dollars, to the coffers of president biden, from the us Tech Giants, or can they agree that notjust the profits, but the sales in, say, britain, from these global Tech Giants can be taxed by britain . Talks over making it compulsory for major companies to report on their plans for cutting Carbon Emissions are also on a knife edge. As one minister put it, if the west doesnt work together to set the rules for the 21st century, then china will. Faisal islam, at the G7 Meeting in london. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines Donald Trump says a decision to suspend his Social Media accounts for two years is an insult to the millions of people who voted for him in the us election. The un has issued a stark warning that ethiopia is facing a repeat of the devastating famine of 1984 as a result of the continuing conflict in tigray. Parents in the united states are being urged to get their children vaccinated against Covid 19, after new data showed a rise in teenage hospitalisations. A report from the center for Disease Prevention suggested that figures rose sharply in april and one in three teenagers admitted to hospital earlier this year have needed icu treatment. Last month the us Food And Drug administration authorised the Pfizer Biontech Vaccine for use in adolescents, and moderna is seeking the same for its vaccine this month. It comes as regulators in the uk approve the Pfizer Jab for 12 to 15 year olds. Lets talk about all of this with dr allison messina. She chairs the infectious Disease Division atjohns hopkins all childrens hospital, and joins us from St Petersburg in florida. Doctor messina, thank you for joining us. Doctor messina, thank you for joining un doctor messina, thank you for joining ne joining us. Thank you for havin joining us. Thank you for having me weve heard up to now the argument to vaccinate younger people to prevent illnesses for others through transmission, but is there now a growing reason to do so to protect themselves from hospitalisations . Absolutely. I think that has always been a concern, especially amongst paediatricians like myself. Despite the fact that it is true that sars covered two virus causes more severe disease in adults, we are seeing a severe disease and our teenagers as well South Covid too. We are saying that a bit more acutely know that adults have been vaccinated and the children are by and large they have not had the chance to be vaccinated yet so they are still vulnerable. Be vaccinated yet so they are still vulnerable. The next step is i still vulnerable. The next Step Isi Aet still vulnerable. The next step is i get to still vulnerable. The next step is i get to convince still vulnerable. The next step is i get to convince parents. Still vulnerable. The next step is i get to convince parents to | is i get to convince parents to have at their childrens vaccinated. We are aware that there is a large Vaccination Hesitancy amongst adults in america, how will they do that . I think the challenge is really going to be to get those patents on board with this vaccine from someone they trust so it really has to go back to the childs own paediatrician being an advocate for vaccinating children. Parents do not really want to take a vaccine from someone they do not know so we are really kind of pushing this Attorney General Paediatricians at that ticket of these kids and have now and then their whole lives. Kind of pushing this to paediatricians who have taken care of these kids and know them their whole lives. That is still a huge . Them their whole lives. That is still a huge . Over them their whole lives. That is still a huge . Over whether still a huge . 0ver whether children should be vaccinated ahead of the global adult population. How do you think the vaccine should go to first . Sure. And that is such a complicated question in such a good one. I think it is absolutely true that when you have vaccine and nations that do not have enough another aduu do not have enough another adult population, we absolutely have a responsibility to get it out there to those adults. I know there are a lot of logistical issues and obviously distribution issues, which are very complicated, but we are kind of moving forward in that direction to really pushing those vaccines out countries who really need it most and these populations who are really suffering. But these populations who are really suffering. Really suffering. But your oint is really suffering. But your point is that really suffering. But your point is that we really suffering. But your point is that we are really suffering. But your point is that we are at. Really suffering. But your| point is that we are at the point is that we are at the point any pandemic that those nations who have been successful so far should now be moving on to children . I successful so far should now be moving on to children . Moving on to children . I think those nations moving on to children . I think those nations that moving on to children . I think those nations that have moving on to children . I think those nations that have a moving on to children . I think those nations that have a lot i those nations that have a lot of vaccine when it is here and easy to distribute, i mean, it definitely is true that the more people get vaccinated, no matter who they are, the better it is for the population. But i know it is true that some countries, certainly, do not have as many Vaccine Resources as others do and i do think it is our responsibility to help those nations that do not have as much in the way vaccines supplier distribution. Dr messina, thank you so much for joining us from florida. Joining us from florida. Youre welcome. Joining us from florida. Youre welcome. You joining us from florida. Youre welcome, you have joining us from florida. Youre welcome, you have a joining us from florida. Youre welcome, you have a good welcome, you have a good evening. Thousands of police have been patrolling the streets of Hong Kong to stop people commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square in beijing. The authorities had banned vigils, citing coronavirus restrictions and areas where people usually gather to mark the date including Victoria Park were closed off. Police say six people were arrested. Nigerias government has announced its suspended twitter from operating in the country. The move comes two days after a post on president Muhammadu Buharis verified account was deleted by the social Media Site for violating guidelines. But twitter was still working after the statement was issued. The social Media Giant says its investigating the announcement which its called deeply concerning. To norway and hundreds of people were evacuated after a wildfire broke out, tearing through a large area on the west coast. The cause remains unknown and its likely to be burning for days to come. Tanya dendrinoss reports. An Amber Glow across the sky and the sound of helicopters. Crews battling strengthening winds to halt the spread of a norwegian wildfire. Translation the area that has burned is large. I dont have a full overview of the number of square kilometres, but there are fire fronts that are several kilometres long. More than 500 people were evacuated off the coast of bergen. The crackle of flames raging. This building engulfed. Several firefighters were injured and police are still working to investigate the cause of the blaze which broke out on thursday. Translation we are running Law Enforcement services in this area to ensure the homes that have been evacuated are not exposed to burglary and so on. We have a strong focus on this. Crews believe it will take days to extinguish the threat not yet over. Tanya dendrinos, bbc news. Here in london, the Royal Ballet has welcomed audiences back to its iconic venue in Covent Garden with a Brand New show. For the principal dancers, the pandemic has changed everything from rehearsals on zoom to dancing in the kitchen. My name is yasmine naghdi, and im a principal with the Royal Ballet. My name is vadim muntagirov, and im a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. It was definitely a shock to the system. We were going 100mph, we were doing performances of swan lake, we were all gearing up to our shows in the run and from one day to the next we were told not to come into the opera house. So i think a lot of us thought this would last a few days and ultimately, it lasted a lot longer than a few days. But arrangements were made very swiftly. We were transferred to zoom, the wonderful world of zoom so we were doing pilates, strength training, Ballet Class daily on zoom. For me, it felt like i was on standby for a year because no one knew how long it will last basically, i kind of sacrificed myself to rehearse, to practice by myself in the kitchen at home. So i didnt go to see my parents for a whole year. If i knew that it would last for more than a year, maybe i would use this year slightly differently. We opened and closed on the same day in november, then we managed to do a covid Special Nutcracker and that managed four performances. So it hasjust been such a thrill now. I it would be hard not to have a tear in your eye when you see the beauty i of those people just dancing on stage to live music, next to your friend. How amazing will that be . We are both performing in apollo, which is a fantastic Balanchine Work that he created many years ago. So it has been amazing to feel an audience back in the house. Although, it feels a little lighter than usual because we are at 40 capacity. But better that than nothing. Amazing to see that pirouette in the kitchen there. Thats it for now, im back at the top of the hour. A reminder you can reach me on twitter im marklobel. Until then, goodbye. Hello. While most parts of the uk got to see sunshine on friday, for eastern areas of england, it was a very different story relentless rain that was how it looked in essex. Parts of suffolk had 25mm, just about an inch of rain. You can see that working its way through on the radar picture, tied in with some very unsettled weather affecting much of western europe. But that is clearing away from our shores, high Pressure Building in behind. So, that means a lot of dry weather through the weekend, although, this frontal system coming in from the west will bring something of a fly in the ointments, a few showers here and there out west on saturday, and then perhaps a little further east on sunday. This is how we kick off saturday morning, with Fridays Rain clearing away to the east, a bit of Mist And Murk around across parts of East Anglia and the southeast first thing, but then for many, we will see some spells of sunshine through the day. But that front i showed you out west will start to introduce cloud and some Showery Rain through the afternoon into parts of cornwall, the Western Side of wales as well. Come further east, were into Sunny Skies, and certainly for East Anglia and the southeast, a much warmer feel than we had on friday, 23 celisus The High in london. Fine for much of northern england, but for Northern Ireland, we will see cloud and a few showers, in fact, some sharp showers into the afternoon, perhaps with the Odd Rumble of thunder. Its a similar story for the Western Side of scotland. But Eastern Scotland largely dry and pleasantly warm at 19 celsius under Sunny Skies in aberdeen. Now, as we had through saturday night, that Weather Front will stagger its way eastwards, still some outbreaks of rain along it. These are the temperatures as we start sunday, double digits for many, a little bit chilly across parts of Eastern England and also across some parts of Northern Ireland. And then into sunday, this Weather Front will still be with Us A relatively weak affair but still bringing some extra cloud and some outbreaks of Showery Rain to England And East wales. Elsewhere, further north and west, Northern Ireland and scotland having The Sunniest weather of the weekend, i think, on sunday. A little Bit Cooler across northwestern areas, but still quite warm to the southeast, 22 23 celsius. And as we look into the start of the new working week, High Pressure will be building its way in, still potentially one or two showers around here and there and frontal systems bringing Extra Cloud Into Northern Areas at times. But most places dry, some spells of sunshine, and if anything, its going to turn a bit warmer. This is bbc news, the headlines Donald Trump has said a decision by facebook to suspend his Social Media account for two years, is an insult to the millions of people who voted for him in the us election. The Tech Giant says his account would only be reinstated, if his posts no longer pose a threat. The united nations says ethiopia faces a repeat of the devastating famine of 1984 as a result of the conflict in the tigray region. Crops, homes and clinics have been destroyed and Aid Agencies have been denied access but the ethiopian government has brushed aside talk of a ceasefire. The Prime Minister of nepal has appealed to the international community to help his country tackle a second wave of Covid 19. Fewer than 3 of the population has been vaccinated and 4,000 people have died in the last month