thank you, hugh schofield, our parents correspondent. now in other news, the british government has said brexit trade talks are over, and there is no point negotiations continuing unless there is a fundamental shift in the eu position. the prime minister boris johnson said the uk should get ready for leaving without a deal on gender a first, after -- on january 1, after an eu summit insisted it is the british you should make concessions. catherine adler, her eu editor. >> you officials had much undermined at the summit, a covid-19 crisis first and foremost. eyes and ears were also focused today on downing street. how would boris johnson react their demands at the uk must give way first, if a trade d is to be a grade? the answer, not positively. >> it is clear from the summit, after 45 years of mentorship, they are not willing -- of membership, they are not willing unless there are some fundamental change of approach, to offer this country that terms as canada. with high hearts and complete confidence we will prepare to embrace the altern

hugh schofield, there. millions of europeans face tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments step up their efforts to slow the surge in infections. it comes after the world health organization reported what they describe as a "very concerning" 44% rise in european cases over one week. aruna iyengar has this report. last orders in lyon. and a nightcap in paris. these cities, along with seven others in france, are now under a 9pm to 6am curfew, after virus cases have surged. many are not happy at the hit businesses are having to take. translation: this measure is quite unfair. the sectors affected are the ones worst hit since the start of the pandemic. it shows a serious lack of consultation with the workers' unions. elsewhere in europe, there is a partial lockdown in poland, after the country recorded over 8,000 cases in one day. here in warsaw, and in half the country, there are new restrictions. secondary schools have shut, weddings are banned. cyprus has hit a new peak of over 200 daily infections.

hugh schofield, there. as we've been hearing, millions of europeans are facing tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments step up their efforts to slow the surge in infections. earlier i spoke to professor giacomo grasselli, a senior government health official in italy, who explained where the county who explained where the country currently sits compared to others in europe. in italy, we are a couple of weeks behind france and the uk. we are in a phase of exponential rise in cases. yesterday, more than 10,000 cases. the number of people admitted to hospital for symptomatic disease and admitted to the icu continues to rise. basically this time, differently from the past, it's more widespread on the national... in the country. so in different regions. unfortunately, here in lombardy we are still...very, very in big difficulties. the health system is under certain pressure and the intensive care units are also coming under pressure. we now see the effect of the infections that there were like seven, te

hugh schofield. police forces in england are to be allowed to access some of the details of people who've been told to self—isolate by nhs test and trace. the department of health say requests will be dealt with on a case—by—case basis, but the british medical association has warned it might put some people off being tested. john mcmanus reports. the streets of the capital last night, as londoners spent their first evening under the tier two high alert restrictions. it was calm in dalston. but a few miles west in soho the scene was busier. mixing outside is still allowed here, as long as the rule of six is followed. and sitting behind the new alert levels is the test and trace system. it has now emerged that users' data may be shared by police if they are suspected of failing to self—isolate following a positive test for them or those they live with. the government says this will occur on a case—by—case basis, but it has brought criticism from the british medical association and the liber

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. bell tolls a major earthquake has hit the aegean — with buildings damaged in the turkish resort city of izmir, home to about around 3 million people. the quake was felt from athens to istanbul — from where orla guerinjoins us. reports are still coming through. how much do we know? certainly it was a powerful quake, strong enough for me to feel it here in istanbul, there was a distinct sense of the ground shifting beneath my feet. the us geological survey has put the strength at 7.0 magnitude, local earthquake monitoring services are saying it was 6.6. either way, sadly, it has been strong enough to bring down the several buildings in the city of izmir. local officials are saying that about 20 buildings have collapsed. we don't yet know what kind of buildings they were. but there been video has appearing ina very but there been video has appearing in a very distressing video on social media, which is so far unverified, but in one case it shows what appears to be a story apartment b

hugh schofield in paris. more than 100 days after being plunged back into lockdown, australia's second most populous city, melbourne, will see a further easing of restrictions, while regional victoria will also enjoy more freedom. here's the premier, daniel andrews, discussing the changes which come into effect at midnight local time. there will be no time limit on leaving your home for exercise or for socialising. the travel distance from your home will move from five kilometres to 25 kilometres. 0utdoor gatherings will increase to ten people from two households. following will be open subject to conditions from midnight. retail will open back up. hospitality, a maximum of 20 people inside and 50 people outside will reopen. beauty and personal services will return. we can go over to melbourne now and talk to rachel cary, who is a journalist with sbs australia. good to have you with us. what is the response among people there to news restrictions are being eased? good morning. well, it's been a very long lock

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. french and italian rescuers have stepped up their search efforts after floods cut off several villages on the mountainous border, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. others are still missing on the french side of the border after storm alex brought torrential rain, winds of 180 kilometres an hour, and flash floods. paul hawkins reports. this was the picturesque town of breil—sur—roya in the french alps. but four months of rain in just one day meant devastating landslides have cut off the town. translation: all i worry about is my kids down the valley. i can‘t reach them. i have medicine, i have everything i need, but i‘m not well. it‘s stress, it‘s anguish. rescue efforts are concentrated here with roughly 1,000 firefighters backed by helicopters and the army, the french government declaring the wider region a national disaster zone. two hours‘ drive from here is the village of saint—martin—vesubie, population 1,400 — or at least, it was. it

hugh schofield can't join believes it was a terrorist attack. hugh schofield can'tjoin us now. tell us what you know. this was about an hour tell us what you know. this was aboutan hourand tell us what you know. this was about an hour and a quarter ago. the man went into a basilica in the centre of are nice and he had a knife of some kind and he attacked people, it seems he started the attack inside the church and we are told now there are certainly, officially two people dead, immediate reports of a third death. police quickly at the scene, right in the city centre, they would not have been far away, shots were fired either in or near the church. the man was injured, wounded. taken into custody. that's all we know so far. there has been a crisis meeting called at the interior ministry, the prime minister hasjust called at the interior ministry, the prime minister has just left the national assembly for a debate was on about covid to attend this emergency meeting. the context is all here, the context of this is the stage one, two, three and so on stage one, two, three and so on

earlier, the french prosecutor gave a news conference — our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me what we learned from that. we have heard a bit of detail about the events leading up to the killing in the school. the class, the controversial class in which he produced the cartoons of muhammad and so on, that took place on october the 5th and it was a civics lesson and this teacher produced, as he had done in previous years during the same course, a or maybe more than one cartoons to raise the issue of freedom of expression of the class. prior to doing that, he said to the class of some of you are muslim and may be offended, either look away or leave the room. he did not say to all muslims that they must leave. he gave them the option of turning away in order not to be offended. and most of them it is clear did what he asked and were not offended. however, there was a girl in the class who complained to her father and the father then led a campaign over the last ten days or so campaign over the last ten days or so to have the teacher suspended or fired from the school and this camp

hugh schofield reports from paris. at the basilica of notre dame the people of nice have been coming to pay homage to the victims, to contemplate, and maybe to grieve a little. translation: the hate, so much hate. please stop killing us. i can't take it any more. excuse me, i can't take this any more, i have to go work. sorry. gunfire three people were brutally knifed to death after the attacker entered the church early yesterday morning. police, who were quickly on the scene, shot and overpowered him and he is now in hospital. among the victims was a brazilian woman in her 40s. she struggled to a nearby cafe where, before dying, she said, "please tell my children i love them." the attacker is a 21—year—old tunisian man, brahim aouissaoui, who only came to france the day before. a month earlier he had arrived from north africa on the italian island of lampedusa and been given red cross papers. in the tunisian city of sfax his mother and brother said he was an observant muslim and went to europe to work. translation

hugh, thank you very much. hugh schofield live with us from france. to nigeria, president buhari is calling for calm — but many nigerians are furious. there are reports that last night, multiple people were shot dead during the latest protests in lagos. the nigerian army denies its soldiers were responsible — but experience tells us its word cannot be relied upon. this is what we do know. this protests was in an affluent lagos suburb called lekki. and shooting took place at the lekki toll gate. reports vary but at least hundreds of people had gathered as part of protests against police brutality that have grown in recent weeks. these pictures show protestors running to take shelter as we hear the sound of gunfire. some reports say the shooting lasted for an hour. they are shooting at us, they are shooting! they are trying to kill all of us. and i want to show you another video that's been widely shared. you can hear protesters singing the national anthem amid gunfire. singing. gunfire singing continues here's the account of one man who was on the

we will speak to the bbc‘s hugh schofield in paris in a few minutes, but first of all. here are the daily cases figures for france over the past month. french hospitals now have more than 1,500 covid—i9 patients in intensive care — that's the highest since may. the daily total of cases is up again — this time to over 19,700, 2,000 higher than the day before. to put that in context, here's health correspondent catherine burns. in the last week, that is an increase of... we are looking at around 4000 cases, you can see the way this is going, and then from cases, you going to hospital admissions. 680 people were admitted to hospital over the last week. that's number has gone up by about 45% . that's number has gone up by about 45%. there is another increase. the figure i think is interesting his ventilator. at the minute, their 516 people who are so sick with covid that they are having to be treated on ventilators. 0n the same date a month ago, it was 91. let's look through the different situations across the uk. first, northern ireland. it's now imposed the toughest

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. katty: as we've reported on this progra some countries have handled this virus much better than others have. ny, noticeably, are in africa. one of the countries given a lot of international praise is senegal in west africa. nce the first case was confirmed in early march, it is only reported 312 deaths. he's a look at how cynical has recovered -- senegal has recovered. >> in the era of covid-19, some places of worship have been hotspots for the disease, but not here. it's experience with previous outbreaks includi zika and ebola >>. i think the experience ofga sedealing with the other diseases has been key to this crisis. it'been reused and re-apted for covid. >> there have only been 15 thousand confirmed cases and about 300 deaths. just 26 patients are on ventilators and rapid testing is thene corners of the country's containment strategy. lab capacity has been efed up and results come within eight hours privette senegal has seen some small outbreaks. around 60 of his colleagues had

. >> let's get more from hugh schofield. what more do you have of this? >> early this morning, as you say, a british pleasure craft of some kind reported seeing a boat in difficulty,ot far off of the french coast. the french news agency was saying semi-rigid hulls, somewhat inflatable. there is a rigid bit to it, but then they float outside, with a load of people on it, and was in difficulty. that triggered a massive rex you operation -- rescue operation. many people were brought on shore, suffering from hypothermia. i gather about 16 were rescued. but there were four dead, man and woman, and these poor children. there is this other line coming out now tt there may be other victims, and maybe a baby. apparently some of those who survived, iranians, said that the woman who died had a baby, and they are still looking for more victims, i'm afraid. >> this is a humanitarian issue increasingly in the u.k., political as well. how is it being received in france? gary: when things like this happen, it is simply a question of sympathy with what has happened with t

hugh schofield reports. the news from paris is not good. covid infections are up, above 250 per 100,000 people which means the city has hit a higher alert level and automatically new measures are going to kick in. translation: the measures are meant to put the brakes on. the epidemic is going too fast. we have to slow it down so that our health system is not overwhelmed. the headline news is that bars and cafes are going to shut completely for two weeks from tomorrow. they were already having to close doors at ten o'clock, but that hasn't been enough to stop the virus spreading. why are the authorities targeting bars and other drinking places? well, the main vectorfor covid, it is reckoned now, is young people. young people gathering, young people intermingling and young people, often under the effects of alcohol, dropping their covid guard. there is some respite for the hard—hit hospitality trade. restaurants and bistros, which also expected to be told to shut, can stay open, if they observe new rules of a maximum six to a table and mask

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. northumbria police have confirmed that three students in newcastle died in what may have been drug related incidents over the weekend. a fourth man died in sunderland. ten people have been arrested. earlier, our correspondent fiona trott gave us the latest. well, the first student was found early on saturday of a morning, an 18—year—old girl. she was a student at newcastle university and northumberland police say is it believed she had taken ketamine. the next day, another 18—year—old student died after being found at the same address, and then in another part of the city, northumbria police say that a 21—year—old student who was at northumbria university was found collapsed in the city at a different address. he was taken to hospital and died later. it is understood police are investigating the fact he may have taken mdma. he was 21 years old, and northumbrian police say right now with both universities at the moment, we are trying to find out more information, there are

hugh schofield, in paris. donald trump‘s wife, melania, has revealed that their 14—year—old son, barron, also tested positive for covid—19. she said he was a strong teenager and had suffered no symptoms. in a personal statement, the us first lady described her own symptoms as minimal, but said she‘d suffered from aches, a cough and tiredness. researchers have suggested that long covid — the long—lasting impact of coronavirus infection — may not be a single syndrome, but up to four different ones. the national institute for health research says the condition could be caused by the effects of being in intensive care, permanent organ damage of the lungs and heart, post—viral fatigue, as well as continuing covid symptoms. the review says coming up with a working diagnosis would help people access support. hundreds of under—65s died from heart problems like strokes and cardiac arrests as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading charity has warned. according to the british heart found

jenny, thank you jenny hill in berlin and hugh schofield in paris. let's return to the news that the two adults and two children who died yesterday when their boat sank in the channel off the coast of dunkirk have been identified as members of the same kurdish—iranian family. the parents‘ is—month—old boy remains missing. joining me now is tony smith, former head of uk border force and now a border security consultant. thanks so much for your time this evening. it is another desperate story that i find myself talking to you about. your thoughts about this particular crossing, particularly given that the weather conditions at the time. it's tragic that we're seeing this. i think the migrants had been seduced by good weather over the summer. when it's like a mill pond, obviously very tempting for them to cross. but i'm afraid, as the winter draws on these are turbulent waters. it's extremely dangerous and of course it's now tragically lost lives which, i'm afraid, predictable and the circumstances. every time there is talk, including from polit

the bbc‘s paris correspondent hugh schofield explains. will be similar to the lockdown that we all went through back in march and april, may with some differences, but the big thing is that we will be in our own homes and forced to do this or police if we leave our homes. there will be the possibilities with valid reason some of this piece of paper, the reasons are once again being that the central shopping, are once again being that the centralshopping, medical are once again being that the central shopping, medical physics, work and school visits this time. but, that it's good to be the reality. bars and restaurants com pletely reality. bars and restaurants completely shut down throughout the country this is not a region by region affair, this is nationwide. so we feel like you're moving back in time in the face of this boring acceleration of the virus, with these differences, the key difference being that schools will remain open and that is obviously going to make life a lot more easier forfamilies going to make life a lot more easier for families and also make going to make life a

our paris correspondent hugh schofield gave us this update. everything tends to the verification, to verify that report that he was beheaded, that's what everyone is saying. the police have not officially set it as far as i can see, but it's being reported widely in the media. it's certainly also being reported that the victim was a history teacher. from a college, that's a sort of middle school, in this suburb which is a suburb about ten miles, probably, 50km to the northwest of the centre of paris. at around five o'clock this afternoon he was presumably on his way out of school when he was attacked on the street by another man with a knife, and beheaded it seems. the attacker then ran off and was cornered, or traced not long after to a street in the neighbouring commune or part of the suburbs there. and after some kind of confrontation, it's not clear what exactly happened, he was shot by police and died shortly afterwards. there are reports that a rifle was found behind him, and the local newspaper is reporting also that he posted, already,

our correspondent hugh schofield in paris explained how this is another devastating crime to happen around publication of caricatures of prophet mohamed. it is the latest in an assortment, ina it is the latest in an assortment, in a story that goes back 15 years now to when they were first published in a danish newspaper in 2006 or whenever it was. then there was the charlie hebdo attack in 2015, the massacre of its staff because it had republish the cartoons. then we have the trial going on now, the new trigger of accomplices alleged in that attack. that sparked three weeks ago a pakistani man to wield a machete or some kind of large knife and nearly killed two people outside charlie hebdo, the old offices. and now this. it is the same coast of the story, a nightmare of a story coming back again to france because it is quite clear now that the attack on this history teacher, this civics teacher, a man teaching about freedom of expression and the values of modern france, this brutal attack on him was motivated by the fact that in the class he had shown a more some of the pictures, these fa

hugh schofield is in paris for us. what is the latest you are hearing on these horrific events? the latest is that emmanuel macron has arrived at the scene and is talking to the may at the basilica and talking to police officers as well and he may or may not have a few words for the press coming up shortly and meanwhile the investigation is under way and it will seek to establish the identity of the attacker, we still do not know who it is, and did he have any accomplices, was he in any way influenced by the climate that paul adams was referring to, this climate of menace and threat against france which has certainly grown over the last few weeks. the context is all here, it is very important, it is a time in which france finds itself in the firing line from extremist groups and there are line from extremist groups and there a re calls line from extremist groups and there are calls for attacks against france in the wake of the trial of related to the charlie hebdo massacre and the republication by charlie hebdo of the cartoons and then the killing of the cartoons and then the ki

our paris correspondent hugh schofield sent this update. paris has automatically switched into a new alert level because the number of cases in paris has reached a new high and because the proportion of intensive care beds that are taken up by covid patients has also reached a threshold, 30%, and what that means is that as you were saying, we have moved in paris to really the maximum alert, copying marseille which is the only other city to be at this level and that means, in the states' very rigid organisation that they have in france, that these measures kick in, this very much reported closure of bars and cafe is. if you go out this morning, as i would normally do and maybe have a coffee down the road in a cafe, i will find that cafe is shut because the reckoning is that particularly bars are the problem, bars, the government thinks, are where young people tend to congregate in the evening and they are being promiscuous in the french sense, which means mingling, over intermingling and that is how the virus is spreading. now, what you will

in a moment, we'll speak tojenny hill in berlin, but first to hugh schofield, in paris. here, the country has been put on notice to expect something pretty drastic this evening when president macron addresses the country again. the word from the is elysee that scientific opinion believes it is out of control and numbers are exploding. the second wave appears more virulent than anybody at the elysee expected and some kind of shock measure is in order. more than 500 dead yesterday in france. nearly 3,000 people in critical beds, that is more than 50% of the critical beds available. and what everyone is expecting tonight is some new form of national lockdown. the last few months, we have had regional solutions being applied, curfews in paris and other cities, a curfew now across two thirds of the population. but even that has not been enough. tonight, we expect him to say there will be another national lockdown, but with a difference, there will be exemptions for schools which will remain open probably and there will bea remain open probably and there will be a looser syste

a little earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent hugh schofield and he told me more about the reaction across france. well, i don't know how much these will be mass gatherings. i very much doubt tht ey will be on the same scale i very much doubt they will be on the same scale as for example after the charlie hebdo shootings five years ago. though the one in paris brought out a million, a million and a half in the place de la republique and i doubt it will be like that. that said, there is no question the killing has affected people more deeply maybe than other killings. i mean, every killing that comes along is bad enough, but because this was, the symbolism attached to it was so clear, it has moved people in an additional way. the fact this was a history teacher teaching about freedom of expression and that because he did that and used a certain tool, which was the cartoon of prophet mohammed, but it did so warning about its possible effective nature and muslim students offensive nature and muslim students could leave the room or look away, the fact he was killed for doing that, doing

lets go now to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. what have we learned from the news conference? we have heard a bit of detail about the events leading up to the killing in the school. the controversial class in which he produced the cartoons of muhammad and so on. that took place on october the 5th and it was a civics lesson and this teacher produce, as he had done in previous years for the same course, a or more than one of the famous cartoons to raise the issue of freedom of expression and so on. issue of freedom of expression and so on. prior to doing that he said to the class that some of you are muslim and may be offended, either look away or leave the room. you did not tell them to leave the room gave them the option to turn away so not to be offended. most of them, did what they asked were not offended. however, there was a girl in the class who complained to her father and the father then led a campaign over the last ten days or so to have the teacher suspended or fired from the teacher suspended or fired from the school and

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. after a thoroughly miserable weekend, today, in some ways, is an improvement. we're still under an influence of low pressure, yes, but it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. so far, most of the showers have been close to this weather front out to the west, particularly through northern ireland, parts of wales and south—west england. that's going to continue to be the case for the rest of the day. further inland, we'll have fewer showers, a little more sunshine coming through and, as a result, temperatures will be a degree or so up on yesterday, peaking between 13 and 17 celsius — that's 63 fahrenheit. the showers to the west, they will drift their way steadily eastwards overnight. fewer showers across north—east england and for parts of scotland. here, we're likely to see clearer skies and temperatures dipping just into single figures. but elsewhere, we're likely to see ten or 11 celsius to sta

let's speak to our correspondent in paris hugh schofield. just bring us up—to—date with the details we know just just bring us up—to—date with the details we knowjust far of this. everything tends to be hard to verify, the port that he was beheaded, that's what the report said. the police have not officially set it but it's been reported widely on the media. the certainly been reported that the victim was a history teacher from a college, a middle school. and in a suburb about ten miles, or 15 km northwest of the centre of paris. around 5pm this afternoon he was presumably on his way out of school and attacked on the street by another man, and with a knife. and beheaded it seems. the attacker then ran off and was cornered or traced but not long after due to a street in the neighbouring commune or suburbs there, and some kind of confrontation he was shot by the police and died shortly afterwards. there are reports that a rifle was found near him and local newspaper reported also that he posted already a grisly video of what he had don

earlier, our paris correspondent hugh schofield gave me some context around this latest attack. it is a time in which france definitely feels itself in the firing line from extremist groups in the middle east, certainly online there are calls for attacks against france have been stepped up in recent weeks. in the wake of the trial related to the charlie hebdo massacre and the re—publication by charlie hebdo of the cartoons and then the killing two weeks ago of then the killing two weeks ago of the teacher samuel paty. and the restate m e nt the teacher samuel paty. and the restatement then by president macron of france's belief and the fact that it will stand by its secular values. that has been spun, some would say twisted by many in the middle east, into being interpreted as a kind of anti—islamic position by the french authorities with president macron being accused of enacting 1930s fascist actions against is lambs in france. and it is in that context that this attack is taking place. hugh schofield, raqqa —— paris correspondent. let's go back to the drummer in the l

let's speak to our correspondence in paris hugh schofield. this crisis meeting was meant to be a bad coronavirus but has switched as a result of this incident coming out of nice today? —— was meant to be about. absolutely. lots going on in france today, the separate stories, no connection between them at all but both serving to destabilise people, make people feel that normality is something which has long gone. it is for and tense in france today with these very different but equally unsettling phenomena. covid and this attack. at this meeting they will obviously be hearing president macro and is there, they will be hearing the latest from the scene and no doubt, the identity of the attacker already known. that is the next big bit of news we are waiting for. no question in anyone ‘s mind that this isa question in anyone ‘s mind that this is a terrorist attack and what is certainly coming out in the context of the atmosphere of tension and threats from the middle east against france and so on, in the wake of the charlie hebdo trial, t

hugh schofield has been listening and joins us now. just go through the details of what the lockdown will look like. we seem to have some problems with hugh, but we will come back as soon as we establish the problem. the latest government figures show that in the last 24 hours, 310 people are reported to have died of the disease with an overall total of 45,675 deaths across the uk from coronavirus so far. hugh pym has been looking at the figures across the uk. a hospital at the heart of one of the virus hotspots. case numbers in the local derry city and strabane council area relative to the population were among the highest in the uk. sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients in this covid ward. she was admitted as her condition worsened eight days after testing positive. i thought i was going to die. that's how bad i was. the hospital, doctors and nurses, worked round—the—clock to try and save you. that's what they done with me. but new daily infections in the area have dropped by nearly half. doctors say the imposition of tough local restrictions three weeks ago was a major fa

let's get mana from hugh schofield. what needs to be having this? well, it was early this morning as you said that a british pleasure craft reported seeing a boat in difficulty not that far off the french coast and it was, a french news agency we re and it was, a french news agency were saying it was one of these semi rigid hull inflatable vessels which i have a classic, they are being used all the time now, they have got sort of a rigid bit of them and then the blow—up around the outside, with a load of people on it and it was in difficulty and it had overturned so that you did, obviously, a massive rescue operation and many people we re rescue operation and many people were brought to shore suffering from hypothermia and are in hospital, i gather about 15 or 16 were rescued but there were four dead, a man and woman and these two poor children aged five and eight and then there is this other line coming out now that maybe there are other victims and maybe a baby, apparently some of those who survived, and there were iranians, have said that the m

the tournament is taking place at roland garros this week. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield has more on the investigation. a week or so ago, a pair was planning a russian—american pair and the key moment comes set to game five where betting companies report a search of betting that it would be a search of betting that it would be a service brake and they were serving in there is video available and as you can see, that double fa u lts and as you can see, that double faults and they don't play the other points particularly well either. that can happen and anyone can have a bad game, but the fact that it coincided with the search of bats which was for the betting companies to feels there was something suspicious going on, to those who was brought, on the face of it, there is a case being brought for fraud here and that has been opened and we will have to see what happens but a very interesting affair. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... we'll be looking at how video—sharing app tiktok is being drawn into ad campaigns in the us election. in the uk, the prime minister

for more on the investigation, here's hugh schofield. these are people who are associated quite more broadly with what the government is identifying as the radical separatist islamist movement in france. that was already in the firing line of president macron and the government before friday's attack. but how much more so now? and with the government wanted to be seen to be reacting in a very tough way, what it's doing is accelerating measures which maybe were in line anyway to clamp down on associations, structures, persons who it accuses of fostering behind the front of humanitarianism a kind of anti—french separatist feeling inside the country. as you can imagine, this murder has shocked france. this was paris on sunday when thousands joined a rally in his memory. there were rallies in other cities, too. and the tributes continued today. a nationwide minute of silence was observed at midday. this was poitiers in western france. frank gardner, our security correspondent is with us. what you make of the rage today? the french governme

for more, here's hugh schofield in paris. these office and how searchers are part of an investigation which was launched back injuly by the court ofjustice over the republic. which is the only body in france looking into alleged mr mead is carried out by ministers in the course of their duty. and that investigation was set up following complete suits filed by concerned citizens, doctors, relatives of victims of covid and so on who'd said that they believed that government was responsible for stop that senior officials, health officials were responsible in some way for incompetence and possibly criminal incompetence in their handling of covid. they would point to things for example, like the lack of masks, the lack of tests. masks we know stocks of mask have been destroyed in the years leading up to 2020. why did that happen? were health staffs exposed in the hospital to unnecessary risk? for the people wanting these complaints, these legal suits, the answer is yes. and the government had knowingly in their view, made mistakes

for more — hugh schofield is in paris. well, there are three things going on here, there's the call to boycott french products which we are seeing in countries across the middle east, there are calls from radicals and islamists on their websites and social media outlets to attack french interests, a renewed emphasis on that, and then there is this very personal vendetta being conducted by france ——and then there is this very personal vendetta being conducted by erdogan against president emmanuel macron in particular. and together, there is no question about it, they have gone into a fully blown diplomatic crisis which is why the ambassador has been recalled from consultations and why the whole of the french diplomatic corps is being told to sort of go on the offensive to make the french case, and that means repeating over and over again the french view of all of this, and over again the french view of all of this, which is that, no, muslims in france are not treated like jews in europe in the 1930s, that there has been

let's speak to our correspondent in paris hugh schofield (os) some troubling details are emerging. the victim wasn't decapitated in this suburb of paris in the northwest of the city and the attacker was wielding a large knife and after the attack ran off he was appointed by police in a confrontation where he threatened the police he was shot and died shortly afterwards but the troubling thing is that they can was a teacher at the school, a history teacher and what had happened it seems now that he showed caricatures of the prophet muhammad in his class and this is pretty and the reason why he was attacked and killed but you can see why this has enormous symbolism across france and write their president is now going to the scene and it's something which is going to really shock people to their core as a history teacher doing hisjob of explaining a trail because what he was doing was showing a character in the context of the trail ongoing now ofain the context of the trail ongoing now of a in the 2015 attack which published characters before and during that it seems angered somebody

hugh schofield is in paris. talk us through these quiet dramatic and drastic curfew. not unexpected, drastic, certainly but not unexpected. the figures here have been getting very bad recently. there have been a warning is issued from government and hospitals that addressing action was needed but particularly in paris and in the eight metropolitan areas which were mentioned by the president today. these are the places where we've already been shelved up to the highest level of alert, maximum alert, bars are closed, restaurants have to shut early, and where there is acknowledgement that the virus is spreading very quickly. but all the measures that i have not worked and the feeling is that young people in particular are still intermingling imparting and primarily through them the virus is still spreading very fast. so we have this drastic action which from saturday as you said it will be in a night—time confinement here in paris, bars, restaurants, they will off the shut at nine basically. everything. and you will have to be at nine, or will you will spend the night

the church's caretaker is said to be one of those killed. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield gave us more details about the alleged attacker. police have identified him as brahim aoussaoui, a 21—year—old tunisian. and here's what's interesting — he only arrived in europe last month. he came over on a boat to the island of lampedusa, and was then put in quarantine. lampedusa is an island south of sicily, much nearer the north african coast, where a lot of refugee and migrant boats end up. he was taken in by the italians and put into quarantine, and then let go and sent north. i think this is quite common practice, that the police, with the difficulty of looking after so many people arriving there, the authorities say to a lot of migrants from north africa landing there, "off you go," kind of thing, and they disappear into the brush and end up elsewhere. in theory they should stay there, but they don't. anyway, he arrived in france only earlier this month. now this is very interesting because it must be giving cause to a line of speculation — which may or may not turn out to

the bbc‘s correspondent, hugh schofield, has the latest from paris. they are linked, directly and indirectly into the inquiry into the killing, in the sense that on the one hand there are people who have been picked up who were being investigated, who are alleged to have posted messages of support to the killer. so, that is one aspect of all of this. the other aspect is there is a much broader bid to crackdown on islamic radicals, simply as a reaction, as an expression of outrage at what had happened, and a bid to accelerate the process, which was already happening, of cracking down on separatism, as president macron calls it. what we are seeing is this double track, things linked to the investigation on the one hand, but, more broadly, a response from the state, which is to say this must stop and we are going to take action quickly. one organisation which may fit into both of these categories is something called the collective against islamophobia, which is very much in the firing line today. it is an association, as its name implies, it mediates in

hugh schofield in paris. news coming into us in the last short while. french police searching the home of the french health minister as part ofan inquiry the french health minister as part of an inquiry into the government‘s handling of the coronavirus crisis. he is one of several current or former ministers being investigated over their response to the pandemic following complaints by victims of covid—19 that they were slow to act to check it spread. the police officers also searched the home of the director of the national health agency. donald trump‘s wife, melania, has revealed that their 14—year—old son, barron, also tested positive for covid—19. she said he was a strong teenager and had suffered no symptoms. in a personal statement, the us first lady,described her own symptoms as minimal, but said she‘d suffered from aches, a cough and tiredness. researchers have suggested that ‘long covid‘, the long—lasting impact of coronavirus infection, may not be a single syndrome, but up to four different ones. the national institute for

our paris correspondent hugh schofield sent this update. paris has automatically switched into a new alert level because the number of cases in paris has reached a new high and because the proportion of intensive care beds that are taken up by covid patients has also reached a threshold, 30%, and what that means is that as you are saying, we have moved in paris to really the maximum alert, copying marseille which is the only other city to be at this level and that means, in the states' very rigid organisation that they have in france, that this system kicks in, this very much reported closure of bars and cafe is. if you go out this morning, as i would normally do and maybe have a coffee down the road in a cafe, i will find that cafe is shut because the reckoning is that particularly bars are the problem, bars, the government thinks, are where young people tend to congregate in the evening and they are being promiscuous in the french sense, which means mingling, over intermingling and that is how the virus is spreading. now, what you will fi

that was hugh schofield in paris. the law on using a mobile phone while driving is being tightened up to banish a loophole which has allowed some motorists to avoid prosecution. ministers want to update the legislation, which was imposed before the advent of smartphones, so that it bans any driver from picking up and using their device while at the wheel. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it is dangerous, but a lot of drivers do it. in fact, new research found that on 765 journeys, phones were used 662 times. only 38 of those were on hands—free. but the law right now means that only phoning or texting at the wheel is illegal. someone taking a photo or browsing the internet can avoid a fine. next year, that will change. it will mean any driver who touches their phone could face a £200 fine and six points on their license. however, ministers have decided not to make it illegal to use your phone at the wheel if it is on hands—free. tom burridge, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a moment to remind our

hugh schofield is in france for us. hugh, what can we expect from the memorial this evening? well, it will be at 7:30pm and the location is the main courtyard of the sorbonne university in paris, chosen fittingly to reflect the fact the dead man's impact, he was a teacher. the memorial will take place in the context of covid which means the numbers will be restricted to 400, i understand, and it'll have to 400, i understand, and it'll have to be over by 8:30pm so people can get home before the curfew kicks in at 9pm. it will be a simple service. the president emmanuel macron will lead it. the coffin will be there in the courtyard of the sorbonne and there will be a moment during which there will be a moment during which the president confers on the dead man the legion of honour, that is an honour that has been decided to be given to him to reflect the fact he's become a symbol of the struggle of free speech. then there will be readings by children, by teachers, and a speech by the president which will be broadcast across the country in which he will talk about the detail of s

our correspondent hugh schofield joins us now from paris and hugh we have to warn people there are some upsetting details in this case. can you tell us more about it. this is the case that we have been reporting extensively on of the teacher, samuel paty, killed outside his school on friday. as school closed for the half term he walked home and was attacked by an 18—year—old chechen and had his head cut off, beheaded and the chechen man was then identified quickly by police and he was killed as well and as we have been reporting it has created a massive wave of outrage across the country and saying that there will be a reflection of that in marches and demonstrations in cities around the country, including in paris, symbolically because five yea rs in paris, symbolically because five years ago in that area many more people gathered after the killings the at the satirical magazine that was attacked by a young man in 2015 and murdered cartoonists and journalists. as you were saying, the teacher was targeted because he had shown one of those cartoons to his class in a discussion about

that was jenny hill, before that was hugh schofield. a long—awaited report by the nhs in scotla nd long—awaited report by the nhs in scotland has revealed that 78 people moved from hospitals to care homes in the first few months of the pandemic, in spite of testing positive. lorna gordon told us about the 3500 people discharged from hospitals into scottish care homes between the start of march on the zist between the start of march on the 21st of april. some of those people tested positive, many of them were not tested at all. the report by public health scotland says that the clinical advice at the start of the pandemic was that people who did not have symptoms should not be tested. it also states there were valid reasons for not testing, such as a patient‘s with end—of—life situations. 78 were discharged into ca re situations. 78 were discharged into care homes with coronavirus. it has to be in the context that the virus had a devastating impact on care homes. more than 2000 residents of ca re homes. more than 2000 residents

let's get the latest from our paris correspondent hugh schofield. how bad are things in paris and what is the reaction to this? well, they are bad because they have tipped into a new level of contamination. we now have 250 per 100,000 cases in paris. there are other statistics, 30% are critical badger i'd taken up with covid cases. that means automatically that paris and its inner suburbs has moved into this new category, everything is very categorised here in france, and automatically these measures have kicked in. the headline measure is the closure of bars and cafe is because the reckoning is that it is young people gathering and getting a little bit tanked up in the evening and beginning to disregard all safety measures that is the main cause of the spread. so, yes, it is a big change. if you want to go out and have your morning coffee on the way to work you might be able to do it, and in the evening all bars will be shot. there is a slight confusion here because many bars also serve food and if you contrast yourself as a bistro or a brasserie o

schofield is in paris for us now. looking at what emmanuel macron said last night, he said france must now brutally apply the brakes. what will that look like? well, it will look a bit like, a lot like what it looked like in march and april and everybody here has a grim sense of deja vu. we are going to go back from tonight to a situation where to leave our homes we need to bring a piece of paper to show the police who will be out on the street to stop as potentially, and as long as we have the piece of paper saying we are out for a good reason, we will be fine, and if not, we will be made to pay a fine, so it is an unhappy day in paris and everyone is resigned to this, but feeling very depressed about the prospect of at least another month now of lockdown. it's a lockdown, almost in irish style lockdown, following on from what the irish did in the last week. it's not a complete lockdown, as we saw in march and april, but the big difference is that schools will be open and that will make a big difference and mean a lo