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The leader of the opposition, the speaker of the House Of Commons and the Home Secretary. Four of the most senior politicians in the land at the church today where sir david amess mp was murdered. He was killed doing a job that he loved, serving his own constituents as an elected democratic member. And, of course, acts of this are absolutely wrong and we cannot let that get in the way of our functioning democracy. It was formally declared a Terrorist Incident late last night. Early enquiries suggesting the motive was islamist extremism. The man in custody, ali harbi ali, is understood to have been referred to the governments prevent scheme a few years ago. The schemes designed to stop people being drawn in to terrorism. He was never a formal subject of interest for the Security Service mi5. Through friends, eyewitnesses have suggested the attacker waited in the queue at sir davids constituency surgery yesterday, before stabbing the mp several times with a knife in front of his assistant and then waiting for police to arrive. Sir david was known and loved for his hands on approach with voters, and those whove campaigned with him had warned him of the risks. I used to go out on the doorsteps on the cold, dark nights in the rain and i used to be a bodyguard many years ago. And i said, david, you should have somebody with you on these things, its not safe. Southend has two representatives in parliament and the other mp, james duddridge, paid this emotional tribute to his friend. I mean, the Community Hasjust been hit sideways by this. Its notjust a Member Of Parliament, Notjust The Local Member Of Parliament, but, you know, he really did touch peoples lives in a way that most mps dont manage to do. Tonight at the local sports field, hundreds of people gathered to remember the mp so many of them knew personally. And he was a very, very decent human being. An mp that not everyone agreed with, but who everyone respected and loved. Daniel sandford, bbc news, leigh on sea. Russia has recorded more than 1,000 covid deaths in a day for the First Time Since the start of the pandemic. The country has had more than 700 coronavirus deaths every single day since mid july. The figures have grown even further over the past month. Infections continue to rise, as authorities struggle to persuade people to get vaccinated. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, has this report. Russia continues to set new records on coronavirus. For the First Time Since the pandemic began, the authorities here have reported more than 1,000 deaths linked to covid in the last 2a hours. Confirmed new cases also hit a record high for the same period, more than 33,200. Translation | think the lockdown that we had last year will happen again. Back then there were even fewer infections. Its frightening. Translation the number of sick people is scarier than a new lockdown. It seems like theres a lot of young people among them, people like us, who are on Lung Ventilators and seriously ill. Its scary. Russia has developed several covid vaccines but the public has been reluctant to get the jabs. Vaccine scepticism is widespread here. So far, the kremlin has avoided imposing tough new restrictions but some russian regions are reintroducing a system of qr codes for access to public places. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Emmanuel macron has become the first french president to recognise that crimes were committed when French Police brutally dispersed algerian protesters in paris 60 years ago, at the cost of dozens of lives. He joined a commemoration besides a bridge over the river seine, the Starting Point in 1961 for a march against a night curfew that was imposed only on algerians. And youll find much more on all the stories were covering on our website. Just head to bbc. Com news or download the bbc news app. Lets get more on our main story. Police forces across the uk have been contacting mps to discuss their personal safety. Meeting constituents is seen as central to their role as representatives, but the death of sir david amess has re opened a debate about the risks they face. 0ur Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Around the country today, mps continuing to hold their surgeries. Robert largan in the Peak District saying hell keep doing this all year round. Craig williams in Montgomeryshire Thanking Welsh police for being there to give reassurance, and Kieran Mullan in cheshire saying, we must not let people force us to do things differently. But today there are changes. In south wales, a police guard for an mps coffee morning. And he already felt honourable. We now have cctv at the front and rear of the building. We had to have new security fitted onto the front and rear doors. We have panic alarms in the Constituency Office that staff often wear round their necks. We have installed panic alarms at my front door, at the side of my bed. You know, this has become too much of the new normal. Mps security was reviewed afterjo cox was murdered five years ago, shot and stabbed as she left a meeting in her local library by a white supremacist. In 2010, Stephen Timms mp survived an attack by a women whod watched radical islamic sermons online. She was bundled away. And in 2017, four passers by and Pc Keith Palmer were all killed outside parliament in what Police Called an act of islamist related terror. The mp who was here that day and tried to save pc palmers life has said that meeting constituents is vital but they should be paused. The Home Secretary has announced a review of mps security and he says that should be completed first. I would recommend that no mp has a direct surgery until. You know, you can move to zoom, theres other ways. You can actually achieve an awful lot over the telephone, you can get things moving far faster than having to wait for the surgery date, as well. But for sir david amess, meeting constituents was a vital part of his job. So the question now is how much further should security be tightened 7 many believe things have to be reappraised but mps themselves must decide. Its not a question of carrying on with Business As Usual and just regarding this as an Occupational Hazard of being an mp. Nor of having close security such as the Home Secretary has, or the Prime Minister or the Foreign Secretary needs to have. We need to have a discussion about how we strike the balance. Its a balance that will be hard to find. Two years ago in the royal albert hall, a concert for people with learning disabilities. Sir david amess championed this cause. He loved his public role. Mps are public figures accessible and therefore vulnerable. Damian grammaticas, bbc news. French leaders have been honouring the Teacher Samuel Party A year to the day after an extremist beheaded him after showing his Class Cartons of the muslim prophet mohammed. The Chechen Teenager who killed him was reacting to a social Media Campaign whipped up by some parents. His violent death stunned frances educators, who saw it as an attack on the country plasma core values. A spokesperson for former us president bill clinton says he expects the 75 year old to be discharged on sunday. They say mr clinton, who was admitted to hospital with an infection on thursday, will stay another night in hospital in california. And new zealand says it has administered a Record Number of coronavirus vaccines in a so called vaxathon. Nearly hundred and 30,000 people were inoculated at 700 sites across the country. In a range of gimmicks to promote the event, boats loaded Vaccine Shots were sent to remote areas and and new zealand turned a Dreamliner Jet into a temporary clinic. Air new zealand. The United Nations has withdrawn its invitation to matt hancock to take up an unpaid role helping africas economies recover from covid19. Its understood a decision was taken at senior levels within the un to rescind the offer after questions were raised about the former health secretarys suitability for the role. 0ur correspondent mark lobel has been following the story. Well, what led to this embarrassing moment for the former health secretary, who is looking to relaunch his political career, came just three days after an exciting moment for him, when he announced on tuesday, alongside the Uns Economic Commission for africa, that he was going to be doing this role, helping africas economies recover from covid, treated with support from former cabinet colleagues, including the Foreign Secretary, the Housing Tax Secretary and the culture secretary, and this was not a point that came through the uk government, though they were supportive of it. It was an internal un appointment. There were many in the International Community to suddenly questioned Matt Hancocks expertise for doing this role, his knowledge of africa, and also his past mistakes and how that would lead to a good ambassador for this that would lead to a good ambassadorfor this particular ambassador for this particular role Stop Ambassadorfor this particular role stop Matt Hancocks friends say that obviously the un must have unaware of his history, and all these other things, beforehand. But one things, beforehand. But one thing they did not appear to be aware of comes across in his statement. Let me bring it to you now. He begins by saying, and this is after of course the role has been withdrawn from him, i was honoured to be approached by the un and appointed a special representative to the Economic Commission for africa to help drive forward an agenda of strengthening markets and bringing investments to africa, but the United Nations have written to me to explain better Technical Un Rule has subsequently come to light which states sitting members of parliament cannot also be United Nations special representatives. Since i am committed to continuing to serve as an mp for west sussex, this means i cannot take up the position. I look forward to supporting the un eca in their mission in whatever way that i can in the parliamentary role. That makes two questions. Why did it take to you in so long, a month, really, since they sensed that initial letter to him, inviting him to this role, to realise that technical rule existed . Secondly, what about gordon brown . He was an mp when he was given a similar role but my understanding is that he was about to leave parliament, he had announced he was standing down was of course matt hancock is clearly saying here that he is clearly saying here that he is not intending to do that. Britains fourth biggest supermarket, morrisons, has warned that Labour Shortages are delaying new Store Openings and products reaching shelves. Its chief executive david potts told the Times Newspaper that more visas are needed forforeign workers. It follows measures announced by the government to reduce the pressure on supply chains, in the wake of brexit. Our Business Correspondent katy austin reports. The Global Supply chain is under huge strain as economies reawa ken. 0nce imported products reach the uk, a shortage of Lorry Drivers means containers are often getting delayed at ports. When you have a shortage of labour in terms of hgv drivers, those domestic drivers, it means that the goods are sitting around slightly longer at the ports waiting to be collected. There are Labour Shortages in other sectors too, including construction, hospitality and food production. Now the boss of morrisons has said that while there are plenty of products on the shelves, underlying strain in the supply chain is affecting availability, while a lack of materials such as cement and bricks is delaying investment in new shops and refurbishments. He called for more visas forforeign workers. The government has already offered temporary visas for some meat workers. There are 5000 visas available for drivers too. Other European Countries also have shortages, but this driver in romania told the bbc rising wages in the uk were attractive. Translation a really good friend of mine left for the uk last week. He went for three months. Everyone who went there tells me the wages are really good. Im tempted too. But only 20 of those visas have so far been approved. In the latest effort to ease the pressure, particularly before christmas, ministers now plan to let overseas drivers do more deliveries when theyre on uk soil. I dont think the change yesterday will make much difference. So what do you think would make a difference, then . We need to encourage Young Drivers into the industry. We need to make facilities better for drivers. The general public need to treat drivers better. The government says immigration isnt the long term answer to filling britains Record Number of vacancies. It wants to develop a high skilled, high wage economy. Some businesses say they still need a better short term fix. Katy austin, bbc news. You are watching bbc news, the headlines a man suspected of killing a uk Member Of Parliament has been named as ali harbi ali. The British National had previously attended an anti radicalisation programme. Russia has recorded more than 1,000 deaths from coronavirus in a single day, for the First Time Since the start of the pandemic. The british iranian aid worker, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe has lost an appeal against her second jail sentence in iran. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe was given a one year sentence when her first 5 year sentence ended in march. The British Foreign secretary liz truss has described the latest decision as an appalling continuation of a cruel ordeal. Ive been speaking to jason rezaian. He was the washington posts tehran correspondent for four years. And spent more than 500 days unjustly imprisoned by iranian authorities until his release in january 20 16. He now hosts a podcast about that experience and similar cases called � 544 days, and gave me his reaction. As the Foreign Secretary said i am equally as appalled and disgusted, but i also believe that we should have expected this development. Nazanin has been subjected to an abuse of power going on six years now, and essentially she has been held hostage until which time the Iranian Regime received what it believes it can get from the British Government. I expect her detention will be extended in this way until they get what they want. For the last year she has been held under house arrest in her parents home in tehran. She has been going through the cycle of waiting for an appeal, being rejected, et cetera. What will she be going through right now . Its a constant rollercoaster. You are being told from the very first days of your imprisonment that you will be let out soon or that you will spend the rest of your life there, or that you will face execution, psychological torment and torture throughout, and in her situation, the release into house arrest, forced to wear the ankle tag she has had to wearfor over a year now, being tracked wherever she goes, its not a life to live, and it really is unfair what they have done to her and continue to do to her. Iran says there are some simple things that could help secure her release. The British Government reimbursing iranian authorities for tanks they bought several years ago that were never delivered. Has the British Government doing enough to secure her release do you think . To paraphrase what my brother said that about my 544 day ordeal in iran, he appreciated what the Us Government was doing, but apparently it wasnt enough because i was still sitting in prison, so i dont think the British Government is doing enough. I cant even, i think we are on the fifth Foreign Secretary since nazanin� s original arrest, i have had Conversations Withjerry Hunt over the last several years and there is a growing understanding that the us and uk governments need to take a harder line on state hostage taking, but they havent done it so far, and they havent figured out the ways to bring these britons home. These are all British Nationals who are languishing in iranian custody and i dont see that the Foreign Office is doing enough to bring her home. We will have to leave it there, thank you very much for making the time for us. Nasa has successfully launched its First Mission to studyjupiter� s Trojan Asteroids two vast clusters of space rocks that surround the planet. Scientists believe they are made up of matter that formed the Solar Systems outer planets. Duncan kennedy explains three, two, one, zero. The start of a 4 billion milejourney. Lift off, atlas v takes flight. The Atlas V Rocket is carrying a craft called lucy, that aims to go into orbit around jupiter and study a group of asteroids called trojans, some of which are the size of a city. So what are the Trojan Asteroids . There asteroids which Orbit Withjupiter around the sun that ultimately hold the clues to the formation of our solar system. Lucys giant solar panels would only generate enough electricity to power a few light bulbs on earth but around jupiter, its enough to reach the Trojan Asteroids and ask questions like what they made of and where do come from . By going to visit a large number, eight asteroids in total, over the mission lifetime, well really better understand all about the asteroids. So if you only see one, maybe you got a bit of a funny one, but by seeing eight, you get to really understand whats going on in this population. Scientists want lucy to test their theory that the early solar system was juggled around by gravity with some objects being thrown in and others out, just like billiard balls. But theyll need patience. Lucys expected to be operating around asteroids for the next 12 years. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. An Unusual Development in the world of turtles now, because a Wildlife Rescue centre in boston has given birth to a tiny terrapin with two heads. Earlier i spoke to the man looking after it, dr greg mertz, from the new England Wildlife centre, this is a diamondback terrapin, a brackish water turtle, a mix of saltwater and freshwater, and it didnt hatch with us, it actually hatched out in one of the nests. This particular title, this species is threatened in the state of massachusetts, and we have lots of people, lots of town people and non profit organisations who look after individual nests, and one of those nests, this particular one came in from the town Of Barnstable is, nature group there, and they brought it to us because they were concerned. We are a veterinary hospital and they were concerned about what to do, whether we should destroy it, try to raise it, it was an anomaly. They look pretty big on the screen behind me, but how big are they in real life . They are probably the size of a silver dollar. Let me think about this. The good question, if you were to make, do the ok sign with your hands, probably slightly smaller than the palm of your hand. What are their chances of survival than . Typically, the Survival Rate is not good. The thing that has caught our attention, and everybody� s attention is the fact that these guys are, i guess he, she, they, we are not sure, there are actually thriving, they are getting bigger, they have grown seven or eight g since the time we have had them, and they breathe in synchrony with one another, they try to swim, they swim together, they seem to be coping and surviving well. I have to ask, what are you going to call it . The word right now is mary kate and ashley, its not my vote, but thats what everybody is calling them, mary kate and ashley. What is it that leads them to having two heads . I dont think it is known, completely, it is probably a combination of genetics and environmental factors. Over my career, im a veterinarian, but i happen to be a reptile veterinarian, and over my career, i have seen maybe three or four reptiles with two heads. Everybody else has died, passed away, within the first week of life, and this guy, no, he is thriving. The colombian government has begun Sterilising A growing population of hippos left as an unwanted legacy after the death of the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar nearly 30 years ago. Local environmentalists say theyre an Invasive Species and have pushed away the native fauna. With more, heres david campanale. Bbc news. A reminder of our top story before we leave you. The man arrested by Police Following the killing of the mpc david amess has named as ali harbi ali. The 25 year old is british, of somali heritage. It is understood he was previously referred to the governments prevent programme, a scheme intended to identify those at risk of radicalisation and stop them from being drawn into terrorism. David was stabbed multiple times when holding a regular meeting with constituents in lyon sea in essex in the South East Of England on friday. And that is it from me for the time being. You can reach me on twitter. Cloudy and damp weather around for the first start of sunday, because we got some decent sunshine through saturday, the best of it across southern england, the midlands, wales and east anglia and the far north of scotland as well. Late in the day, we did see some rain start to come down around dunblane, that is the first signs of this band of rain showing up on the radar, pretty extensive and heavy across Northern Scotland and england, getting into north wales as well and even further southwards, a few patches of rain across the south of wales in South West England as well, across the midlands, south east anglia, and some dry weather north of scotland for the next few hours. A mild start to the day on sunday. 11 to 30 degrees widely, a legacy of cool and clinging on across the parts of Northern Scotland, but otherwise extensive cloud to start the day on sunday, The Rain Initially Heavyy in scotland, but later and patchy quickly to the morning but across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, these areas will be prone to spots of rain even in the afternoon so for some it will stay on the damp side but at the same time we should start to see some gaps in the cloud opening out in the south with a few sunny spells in southern england, Southern Wales and the south midlands. For monday, we will start to see some stronger south Westerly Winds moving in, so monday will be a windier kind of day, particularly across Western Areas with layers of crowd and outbreaks of rain spilling in, but if we do see some sunshine, it is likely to be very hazy, and a lot of high cloud in the sky, so bright rather than sunny in those drier moments. Temperatures will be mild, 15 18 degrees and it gets even milder still on tuesday. The winds coming from a long way south, and then we the slow moving Weather Front bringing some intense bursts of rain to the west. Perhaps across wales, perhaps across cumbria. Some of these areas could see localised Surface Water but eastern areas not seeing much in the way of rain, but we could see some sunny spells breaking through, and if that happens across the south east we could see temperatures climb to 21 celsius, very viry mild indeed, and that mild weather stays with us for the first half of the week before temperatures gradually get close to normal towards the end of the week. A very good Sunday Morning to you. This is bbc news. The latest headlines. The bbc has learned that a man detained on suspicion of killing the british mp, david amess, had previously attended a Government Scheme to prevent radicalisation. The suspect, named as ali harbi ali, is thought not to have been put on a watchlist of subjects of interest to the Security Services. Russia has recorded more than 1,000 deaths from coronavirus in a single day, for the First Time Since the start of the pandemic. The Infection Rate has also continued to soar as the authorities struggle to persuade people to get vaccinated. And Tens Of Thousands of italians have marched through the centre of rome, calling for a ban on the neo fascist Forza Nuova Party. Its leaders were among those arrested after the headquarters of the nations Oldest Trade Union was stormed in a riot a week ago. Well, staying with that story. Tens of thousands of italians have demonstrated in rome to call for a ban on the neo fascist Forza Nuova Party over its involvement in a riot last weekend. Protesters carried placards saying fascism, never again, in reference to the dictator benito mussolini, who ruled

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