this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us president donald trump finally issues a statement, saying he condemns the storming of the us capitol by his supporters and committing to an "orderly" transition of power. to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. new rules for passengers arriving in the uk. soon they'll have to show a negative coronavirus test result. what we're trying to do now is stop a new variant, which isn't established here, from coming here. and this is the south african variant, where the scientists are very concerned about the ability of the vaccine to tackle this is bbc news. the south african variant. the headlines: new rules for passengers arriving in britain — soon they'll have to show a negative if you would like to get in touch

coronavirus test result. with us on the latest travel what we're trying to do now requirements or any other story, is stop a new variant you can tweet me @annita—mcveigh which isn't established using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. here from coming here, and this is the south african variant, wales has extended its lockdown where the scientists are very concerned about the ability by another three weeks, of the vaccine to tackle the south african variant. with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most pupils until the february half term. the us president donald trump finally issues a statement, the pressures facing some saying he condemns the storming ambulance services in england during the pandemic are "off of the us capitol by his supporters the scale", according the royal college of emergency medicine. and committing to an orderly transition of power. to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. wales has extended its lockdown by another three weeks, with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most pupils until the february half—term. the pressures facing some ambulance hello and welcome if you're services during the pandemic watching in the uk or around are off the scale, the world — and stay with us according the royal college for the latest news and analysis of emergency medicine. from here and across the globe.

in a dramatic change of tone, president trump has expressed outrage at what he called the "heinous attack" on the capitol building in washington dc on wednesday. five people have now died in the riots — when his supporters stormed congress. good afternoon and in a video message — welcome to bbc news. released on twitter after a brief people arriving into great britain ban from the site — will soon have to provide a negative president trump called for calm coronavirus test in order to be restored and says he's to enter the country. the transport secretary grant shapps focussing on an orderly transition of power to a new administration. said it was important to try to stop a new variant from south africa coming here. it's been confirmed that arrivals, including uk a capitol police officer is among those who died following injuries nationals, will have he sustained in to take a test 72 hours before wednesday's violence. they are due to leave the country they are in. the president's video has failed it will apply whether you're to calm down members arriving by boat, train or plane. of his own administration. those exempt from the new rules two cabinet members have resigned, will include hauliers, children as have a raft of white house aides. under the age of 11 and people and on the opposing side, travelling within the uk or ireland. house speaker nancy pelosi the measures are expected to start in england, scotland and wales is among the top democrats calling as early as next week. on vice president mike pence northern ireland will not intoduce a testing system. to invoke the 25th amendment, which declares the president anyone who fails to comply unfit for office. with the new regulations will be alternatively, she vowed to initiate the process subject to a £500 fine. to impeach the president. you will still have this report from peter bowes.

to self—isolate for ten days the clean—up continues on your return to the uk. in washington, but this is a mess that won't be brushed the new rules come after months of pressure on the government under the carpet. the country has been from the travel industry. our transport correspondent shaken to the core. caroline davies reports. mob violence at the heart of american government. booths ready to test arrivals condemnation of the violence at heathrow airport. was slow to come from one this scheme was ready to go, branch of government, but never given the green light by the government. the white house, but more than 2a until today's announcement, hours after the capitol the uk has not required anyone arriving in the country to show building was ransacked, that they have recently tested donald trump's tone has changed. negative for the coronavirus. but things are about to change. in a new video, the president condemns what he calls the heinous from next week, international arrivals, including uk nationals, attack, saying he's outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. the demonstrators who infiltrated travelling to england and scotland will need to show that they have the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. a negative covid—19 test, taken up to 72 hours before they travel. to those who engaged in the acts it applies to everyone arriving of violence and destruction, by boat, plane or train, you do not represent our country. but not to hauliers or children under 11, and it won't apply and to those who broke to anyone travelling the law, you will pay. the president defends his decision to challenge the election results, within the uk or ireland. but he doesn't repeat his unfounded claims that the process was rigged. even with a negative test, two members of the cabinet have arrivals from countries not on the travel corridor list

now resigned, blaming will still have to quarantine. mr trump for the violence. many in the aviation industry have been calling for testing the latest is the education since april last year. secretary, betsy devos, they hope that, in the long term, testing can be used who said there was no mistaking the impact the president's rhetoric instead of quarantine. is this all too late? had had on the situation. we would have liked to have seen it earlier. what it demonstrates mr trump's comments will do little is that there is a way that we can to persuade his opponents, fly safely and show that we are not including some republicans, either importing or exporting a risk of infection between countries. that he's still fit to hold office. without the testing regime, leading democrats in congress have the only thing we have is quarantine measures, urged mike pence and the cabinet and that, you know, many people to invoke the 25th amendment cannot fly and go away on holiday and remove him from the white house. if they then have to quarantine but according to an adviser, for two weeks when they come back, the vice president opposes the idea. so it's really crucial for us politicians from both if we're going to see any kind the major parties have said of return to normality. if the president can't be removed, he could be impeached the government has previously said for a second time. that policies like the travel corridors, quarantining, and the test to release the president's abuse of power, programme have helped manage his incitement of a mob against a duly elected imported infections, but with new variants of the virus, representative body it's clear the government of the united states, wants to go further. is a manifestly impeachable offence. if there ever was an the roll—out of the coronavirus impeachable offence, vaccine is a national challenge what the president did was it. on a scale never seen before — that's according to the prime minister. 1.5 million people have now received

a jab, but borisjohnson says but the clock is ticking there's likely to be some on donald trump's presidency. difficulties ahead he'll be out in 12 days, with the programme. john maguire has been speaking whenjoe biden takes over. to some of those who've mr trump has pledged that it will be already been vaccinated. a smooth and orderly transition of power. as the uk rolls up its sleeves, the mass—vaccination but many americans are nervous programme is gathering pace about what could happen to protect as many people between now and then. the tension in the as possible as quickly as possible. country is palpable. and, in a change of policy, peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. planned second jabs for patients are being delayed, effectively doubling the number of doses so how do lawmakers in the us see their role in trying to heal for the short term. divides and what canjoe biden do i think that from a public health to bring the country together. perspective, to have twice we asked a member of congress the number of people with some from each of the parties. immunity is better than having half it begins with tone. the number with full immunity, and that is the rationale behind the change in dosing. it's not just about tone, although i know that is very but it is about tone. uncomfortable for some people, the way we campaign, and particularly some patients the way we build coalitions, are very anxious about this. the way we get people riled up, broadcaster and campaigner dame and then secondly i think esther rantzen has had her second president—elect biden really needs to select some issues to make pfizerjab delayed, but says progress on that he can work she is happy to wait. with republicans on. i was rung up yesterday and told he can choose to work

it was going to be delayed with the extremes in his party and try to overpower the republicans. "according to government i think that would be instructions," i think she said. a terrible decision. and i said, there are areas like infrastructure, "i just want to there are areas like criminal tell you that i am very relieved, justice reform, the pandemic, "i would be delighted if my second economic recovery, pushing back against china and russia. jab went to somebody "who really needs it." those are the areas where he could work with republicans and build i'm sheltering myself, i'm not meeting anyone, a far more functional government but there are people that have to go than he otherwise would have out and about, whether it's if he went it alone. health care professionals or people in supermarkets or delivery people, and i hope one of them has there is nobody that has been more got myjab instead of me. prepared and is at the right place even once the booster has at the right time thanjoe biden. been given time to work, i've known him for... the patient is protected i don't feel that old but we were against illness, but may still carry both young, for almost 40 years the virus and pass it on to others. at this immunisation and he and my husband were good centre in gloucestershire, close friends who worked across the aisle, who knew four gp surgeries have combined and have given first doses that the strongest kind of policy to all of their over—80s. that you built was to bring people of all parties together if supplies can keep up, to find that common ground, they aim to protect people down to get buy—ins so that everybody felt that they had a piece of making to their 50s before the end of next month. that policy successful. that's ahead of the prime minister's i think there's nobody that's more target, covering the highest—risk

prepared to try to be that healer. groups down to the over—70s. so far, almost 1.5 million have views of president trump from democratic and republican politicians. had theirfirstjab. and we'll be looking at what trump let's be clear, this is a national voters in virgina think about this challenge on a scale like nothing a little later in this hour. we have seen before, and it will require an unprecedented national effort, and of course, people arriving into the uk will soon have to provide a negative there will be difficulties, coronavirus test in order appointments will be changed. to enter the country. arrivals, including uk nationals but as brigadier prosser will have to take a test 72 hours will explain shortly, before they are due to leave the army is working hand in glove the country they are in. it will apply whether you're with the nhs and local councils arriving by boat, train or plane. to set up a vaccine network, those exempt from the new rules will include hauliers, and using battle preparation children under the age of ii, techniques to help and people arriving from countries without the required coronavirus us keep up the pace. the world health organization has warned against extending the gap between the two pfizer doses to 12 testing infrastructure. weeks, arguing that six should be the maximum. people will need still need to self—isolate for ten days suzi stembridge is hoping when they return to the uk, if it's a from a country not to receive her booster next week. on the uk travel corridor. but that isolation can be cut you had your first jab with another negative test when back in the uk. just before christmas? the measures are expected to start yes, and i felt as if i was walking as early as next week.

anyone who fails to comply on air, we came out of the surgery with the new regulations will be subject to a £500 fine. feeling absolutely fantastic, it comes after months of pressure on the government thinking this will be a way out from the travel industry. our transport correspondent, of this, and let's hope it caroline davies reports. gets going very quickly. booths ready to test arrivals and then i got a bit alarmed at heathrow airport. when they started talking this scheme was ready to go, but never given the green about putting it back to 12 weeks. light by the government. until today's announcement, the uk has not required anyone at last night's downing street arriving in the country to show that they have recently tested briefing, the size and the scale negative for the coronavirus. of the vaccination programme but things are about to change. was laid out. from next week, international frankly, we need a huge arrivals, including uk nationals, travelling to england and scotland acceleration if we are, will need to show that they have a negative covid—i9 test, over the next five weeks, taken up to 72 hours going to vaccinate more people before they travel. than we typically vaccinate over five months during it applies to everyone arriving a winter flu programme. by boat, plane or train, but not to hauliers or children under 11, and it won't apply to anyone travelling we've got 39 days to do it, and so the plan for the next 39 days within the uk or ireland. has these three essential even with a negative test, components. arrivals from countries not first of all, expanding the supply on the travel corridor list will still have to quarantine. of vaccines that we can administer. many in the aviation industry have secondly, more places been calling for testing doing the jabbing. since april last year. and thirdly, the nhs expanding they hope that, in the long term, testing can be used the number of people

instead of quarantine. and the partnerships who are helping is this all too late? we would have liked us get the job done. to have seen it earlier. so as gp surgeries, what it demonstrates pharmacies and football grounds is that there is a way that we can come online, the challenge, and it's a fly safely and show that we are not either importing or exporting a risk massive one, will be to match of infection between countries. supply with huge demand. science, logistics and determination without the testing regime, must all combine to defeat nature the only thing we have is quarantine measures, and to beat the pandemic. and that, you know, many people cannot fly and go away on holiday if they then have to quarantine for two weeks when they come back, dr sarahjarvis is a gp and clinical so it's really crucial for us if we're going to see any kind director of patientaccess.com. of return to normality. the government has previously said thank you forjoining us. in the that policies like the travel corridors, quarantining, and the test to release terms of access to the vaccine, has programme have helped manage your surgery had what it needs yet imported infections, but with new variants of the virus, it's clear the government or not? it is not individual wants to go further. caroline davies, bbc news. surgeries that are doing it to, it is hubs of practices, and yes, our our political correspondent jonathan blake said the government had decided to act now to stop any practices have had it, but new variants of coronavirus u nfortu nately have practices have had it, but unfortunately have had colleagues in entering the uk. south london and other parts of the country who say they were promised

it's been something the government it on the 28th of december, waiting has resisted doing for some time, arguing that it wouldn't really make until the 13th 14th of january now. too much difference to test travellers coming into the uk, either at the border or before there are undoubtedly delays and they fly, given that the virus was u nfortu nately there are undoubtedly delays and unfortunately there are sometimes last—minute delays where practices already here and circulating widely. have gone to enormous lengths to i think what has changed things invite very large numbers of people. is the discovery of new variants do you think the targets set out by of the virus and of particular government is achievable? concern to ministers is the one that do you think the targets set out by government is achievable ?|j do you think the targets set out by has been discovered in south africa. government is achievable? i think it will be a challenge, it will be a great deal easier with the oxford there is a concern that it could, if it ends up here in the uk vaccine for several reasons. firstly, we have former doses, but and ends up taking hold and circulating more widely, at the moment, every batch has to be could reduce the efficacy, individually tested by the mhra, but the efficiency, of the vaccines that there working with astrazeneca to are being administered, speed that up. more importantly, it and with the impetus the government is going to be much more feasible has placed on the vaccine for smaller care homes and for and of course the crucial nature housebound people to receive the of that in allowing the government vaccine, because that simply wasn't to lift restrictions and potentially get life back to something feasible with the pfizer vaccine. like normal at some point, what about this argument over the that is something the government just doesn't want to risk. delay, because we seen at the world health organization in anthony fauci that's why this extra measure in the usa in they are not going to of a check, a test that will be

the 12 week programme. in the uk, we required for all travellers, are worried about the new mutation barring a few exceptions, coming into england and scotland and levels here, do you think the at first but ultimately the whole government advice is correct and of the uk, is now required. what are you doing about second speaking on bbc breakfast this doses? it's not the government's morning, the transport secretary grant shapps explained more about why the government has advice, it is of the joint committee decided to do this now. on vaccinations, because of that, absolutely trust it to. i haven't what we're trying to do now is stop a new variant, which isn't established here, seen all the data they have seen, from coming here. but they come out with an updated and this is the south african statement saying not only do they variant, where the scientists are very concerned about the ability believe it is appropriate because of the vaccine to tackle the south african variant. that initial immunity will last for so we have done this today, and i notice the canadians, 12 weeks, but importantly, all they the prime ministerjustin trudeau there, has done exactly the same do at that committee is look at thing as us, actually overnight, vaccinations, all kinds of also introducing a 72 hour test. vaccinations, all kinds of vaccinations, and they have pointed also in addition to the quarantine out that, with other vaccines, you often out that, with other vaccines, you ofte n get out that, with other vaccines, you often get a better immune response measures, which remain in place. from the booster if you give it you mentioned the travel later. the royal college of industry has been calling physicians has just come out and for this for some time. said they agree with what the this may not be the outcome they wanted, though, government has now decided on the because this is being introduced basis of the committee, and the in addition to quarantine requirements. world for the organisation was a bit more nuance, they said, we don't just because you can

prove you have a negative have full trial data, which we test coming into the uk, don't, but they also said we it doesn't mean you won't have understand there are risks and to follow the advice, benefits on both sides. if we can vaccinate twice as many people, the or requirement, rather, to quarantine for ten days likelihood is that even if the efficacy is marginally less, then we or five days if you have a positive test before that. will save more lives. to think all so it's really an extra barrier for people to travel, that's how some will see it, chemists should be involved, should an extra requirement placed the army, normal members of the on people coming into the uk and it public be volunteering to come forward and give vaccinations? what won't make it any easier can we do to play our part? for international travel to happen, and that's what the travel industry community pharmacy should be has been calling for. absolutely key now. there could be i think it's seen very much brought in with the pfizer as an extra layer of protection vaccination because that came in 975 against the new variants dose packs and one pharmacy was of coronavirus coming into the uk never going to be able to provide and not something that is designed all of those within the 3.5 day to allow the free flow of people in and out and make travel period. however, with the vaccine, internationally any easier at this time. it will be easier to roll out, people will be much more likely to jonathan blake, there. have a vaccine sent closer to home, lots of you have been getting in because there are so many local touch about this new scheme, the new pharmacies. and if you are in a arrangement for travelling. steve sparsely populated area and if you says testing will be mandatory but have one practice as part of a

vaccination will be a personal primary care network acting as a choice? does this make sense? thomas hub, people may have to travel further even to their gp, so yes, st says the government told us all foreign travel must be essential, we can't go anyway, so why would people john's ambulance is an amazing job be leaving to go on holiday? edward throughout the pandemic with volunteers. we have health care says a reminderfor those assistants, practice nurses doing be leaving to go on holiday? edward says a reminder for those who say the vast majority of the vaccinating banning all international travel, not all of us go on holidays will itself, there are so many people who stop my kids live in germany and could step up. what we really need they have seen their dad four times firstly, to have enough vaccine, in the last 12 months as opposed to because the moment, that is the alternative weekends. i currently limiting factor. and really have no idea when i will see my importantly, once it isn't the main daughter again. ross says we should have closed the borders in march. we factor, we need to reduce red tape. are an island and covid had to come it is ludicrous at the moment we are in some way. sherrell says, with the telling the gps that they had to climate crisis as well as the provide new training on preventing pandemic, should we encourage people to travel by plane anyhow and we radicalisation, fire safety and child protection to give a vaccine to an adult. thank you, i think at should refocus people's attention to home tourism, boosting the economy that way. we do have lots more, but least one government minister is saying they are going to cut some of if you want to send your thoughts we that red tape, hopefully to allow will try to get through a few more more retired medics out there. some later. you can reach me on twitter and use the hashtag bbc your breaking news, new figures from the

questions. and we'll be speaking office of national statistics say to the chief executive that one in 50 people in england at heathrow airport in a few minutes time. some news coming into us, and this have had coronavirus to date. what is very interesting, the swedish parliament has agreed on a new are these figures tell us? these pandemic law that will allow ministers to introduce stricter figures from the office of national measures in the country, which has statistics are important because up measures in the country, which has up until now never had a lockdown. there are not from people coming to an terracing to have symptoms, they are based on a random sample of the you may be familiar with the fact population, so they're see that as sweden famously resisted going into lockdown through all of last year, more reliable. this headline figure deciding it would take a different for england, one in every 50 people approach to try and handle the having the virus, borisjohnson used pandemic, but we are now told that that figure at a press conference from sunday the government will be able to limit numbers on public earlier this week, so we knew that transport and have the power to already. what we are seeing here is close down venues including shops, already. what we are seeing here is a more detailed breakdown of the numbers, so we can tell you the gyms and cinemas. that's from our numbers, so we can tell you the numbers across the uk and doxy in correspondence in stockholm. the wales, it's one in 70, which is down swedish parliament has agreed on a new pandemic law that will allow slightly on the previous week. in ministers to introduce new and stricter measures in the country, scotland, one in every 150, up quite which up until now has never had a heavily. and in northern ireland, lockdown. one in every 200 comets are roughly

here in the uk... the same as the previous week. as the roll—out of the coronavirus for the areas of england most vaccine is a "national challenge" on a scale never seen before — heavily affected, still london, the that's according to south east and the east of england, the prime minister. 1.5 million people have which is showing the highest levels. now received a jab, but borisjohnson says there's and when you look at the age range likely to be some difficulties ahead with the programme. of people infected, we have been john maguire has been speaking to some of those who've going through a couple of weeks of already been vaccinated. as the uk rolls up its sleeves, seeing large increases in younger the mass vaccination programme secondary school pupils. some data is gathering pace. to protect as many people in this, it is quite early to draw conclusions, showing that seems to as possible, as quickly as possible, be levelling off a little now, so and, in a change of policy, that's the case, that would be good planned second jabs for patients are being delayed, effectively doubling news. it comes on the same day there the number of doses was a separate report out from the for the short term. office of national statistics this i think that from a public health morning, looking at what we all did perspective, to have twice over christmas. it says that 44%, the number of people with some just about half of us, formed a immunity is better than having half the number with full immunity, and that is the rationale christmas bubble, so so other behind the change in dosing. friends and relatives over christmas. about 18% said they found although i know that is very uncomfortable for some people, and particularly some patients it very difficult. around 5% of are very anxious about this. people said they did stay overnight

broadcaster and campaigner dame with friends and family. on the surface, that could have been esther rantzen has had her second breaking the rules, there were pfizerjab delayed, but says exceptions which would have allowed she is happy to wait. some people to do that, so you can't i was rung up yesterday and told it was going to be delayed draw too many conclusions. we know "according to government that vaccines are key and we are instructions," i think she said. and i said, just hearing that the maternal "i just want to vaccine has been authorised by the tell you that i am very relieved, "i would be delighted if my second uk and that it has met the jab went to somebody "who really needs it." regulator's strict standards of efficacy. to add the moderna vaccine i'm sheltering myself, i'm not meeting anyone, but there are people that have to go has been authorised by the uk, doses out and about, whether it's health care professionals or people in will be available from the spring, supermarkets or delivery people, that's on top of the existing two and i hope one of them has got myjab instead of me. vaccines and matt hancock saying even once the booster has been this is further great news another given time to work, the patient is protected against illness, weapon in our arsenal to tame this but may still carry disease. just routing information that's coming into us. it will be the virus and pass it on to others. at this immunisation centre in deployed through the normal methods, gloucestershire, four gp surgeries through hospitals and gps. i'm just have combined and have given first looking for a date as to when it doses to all of their over—80s. will be rolled out, but it will be if supplies can keep up, very quick. that will be a massive

they aim to protect people down to their 50s before help, a third vaccine? this is the the end of next month. that's ahead of the third factor proves, really good news. the uk has ordered 7 million prime minister's target doses of the moderna vaccine, the covering the highest risk groups down to the over—70s. technology behind this, us—based so far, almost 1.5 million have company, is very much like the had theirfirstjab. let's be clear, this is a national pfizer vaccine, so it uses a similar challenge on a scale like technology which is a very new for nothing we have seen before, developing vaccines. we didn't think and it will require an unprecedented national effort, and of course, this would be available until later there will be difficulties. in the uk, there was talk of spring, appointments will be changed. sometime around march for the first doses to be available, and this but as brigadier prosser will explain shortly, comes doses to be available, and this co m es after doses to be available, and this comes after eu regulators also the army is working hand in glove approve this vaccine for use in the eu earlier this week, so not with the nhs and local councils to entirely unexpected that the mhra set up a vaccine network, and using battle preparation techniques has followed suit. i am just reading to help us keep up the pace. that the uk has ordered an the world health organization additional 10 million doses of the has warned against vaccine, taking its total to 17 extending the gap between the two pfizer doses to 12 weeks, million available to the uk from a arguing that six spring. it's part of the strip look should be the maximum.

at now vaccines that people could suzi stenbridge is hoping get. the early clinical results from to receive her booster next week. the moderna vaccine showed it was you had your first jab just before christmas. very effective, around 95% effective yes, and i felt as if i was walking in clinical trials of stopping people contracting the disease and on air, we came out of suffering symptoms. that is the case, and it's borne out in the role the surgery feeling absolutely fantastic, thinking this will be a way out of this, of this vaccine, it is a very and let's hope it gets going very quickly. important weapon in the armoury that and then i got a bit alarmed when they started doctors and gps will have going talking about putting forward. this is the third vaccine it back to 12 weeks. approved, after the pfizer vaccine at last night's downing street briefing, the size and the scale developed by a german company, of the vaccination biontech, which was the first one, programme was laid out. and then the oxford astrazeneca vaccine we have been talking about, frankly, we need a huge acceleration if we are over the a lot over the last couple of weeks. next five weeks going we expect to see it more of these to vaccinate more people announcements will go forward. x1 is than we typically vaccinate over five months during a winter flu programme. announcements will go forward. x1 is a separate vaccine developed by johnson &johnson, a separate vaccine developed by johnson & johnson, some a separate vaccine developed by johnson &johnson, some speculation we've got 39 days to do it, it will be a pro to the next month. and so the plan for the next that will only need one dose, so it 39 days has these three essential components. will need a combination of all these first of all, expanding the supply vaccines if the government wants to start hitting its target of

of vaccines that we can administer. vaccinating all these vulnerable secondly, more places groups by february to begin with, doing the jabbing. and then as we look further afield, and thirdly, the into the spring and getting it out nhs expanding the number of people to more and more people in the over and the partnerships who are helping us get the job done. 50s in total. moderna was developed so as gp surgeries, pharmacies and football grounds come online, in boston, in the us. the deputy the challenge, and it's a massive one, will be to match supply chief medical officer professor with huge demand. jonathan van tan is saying the highly effective moderna vaccine is science, logistics and determination must all combine another impressive feat of science to defeat nature and and a testament to the hard work of to beat the pandemic. john maguire, bbc news. researchers and selfless chemical trial volunteers. it will save lives once doses become available but it is crucial we find followed all the the european union has rules to protect each other in the reached a deal with pfizer and biontech for 300 million additional doses of its covid—i9 vaccine — doubling the amount of doses from these producers. meantime. the president of the let's cross to wales, european commission, mark drakeford is speaking. the new strain of the virus has ursula von der leyen, made the announcement this morning. taken a firm foothold in north we have right now access to 300 million doses of the biontech pfizer vaccine. wales, where we are seeing cases of

the virus rising rapidly. we expect now, the good news is, we now have agreed with biontech pfizer the virus rising rapidly. we expect the new strain will become the to extend this contract. dominant form of the virus in the with the new agreement, south wales as well. cases of we could purchase a total of up to an additional 300 million doses coronavirus remain high in wales, as of the biontech pfizer vaccine. you can see on this slide. there has been a fall back from the very high levels which we saw before christmas in other words, this will allow us and before the alert level for to double the amount restrictions were introduced. and of doses of biontech pfizer. you can see that on the right—hand and i'm particularly pleased that 75 million of this order of the slides, the effects of the will already be available actions we have taken. but over the as of quarter two onwards. last few days, that fall has stalled the rest will then be delivered in the third and fourth quarter. and rates have begun to creep up the advantage of this good news again. on monday of this week, they is we already have a contract, so no lengthy negotiations any more. we re again. on monday of this week, they were around 440 cases for every it is a proven vaccine, 100,000 people in wales, and today, so the whole procedure of is done. thatis 100,000 people in wales, and today, that is 20 points higher. it is still the case that around one in so the whole procedure

of authorisation is done. the member states know it, four tests is positive for so they know how to handle it, they know the logistics behind it, coronavirus, and all of that it and therefore this brings certainty for the planning, demonstrates that we still have very and it creates an additional high levels of this virus momentum for vaccination throughout circulating in the community in wales. there is no evidence that the europe and for the neighbourhood. new strain causes a more serious just last week, israel was seen as a model illness but it is undoubtedly adding coronavirus country, outstripping the rest to the pressures that our nhs is of the world in the pace of vaccinating its citizens. experiencing at the moment. more but this week, it's back in its third lockdown as infections hit more than 8,000 new cases a day. than 2700 coronavirus related to officials fear the more patients are being cared for in a transmissible variant of the virus first identified in britain is spreading rapidly — welsh hospital today, and there are and israel's vaccine supplies are running low. now 143 people with coronavirus in israel is also facing criticism over what responsibility it has critical care beds. and overall, the to share its vaccine supply with palestinian communities number of people in critical care in the west bank and gaza. has reached the highest point at any well, to discuss this more moment in the pandemic. the new we are joined from jerusalem by dr gerald rockenschaub, strain is undoubtedly adding a new head of the world health organization office in palestine. thank you very much for taking the dangerous dimension to the public time to talk to us on bbc news. how

health crisis. wherever there's many people, we are talking about 5 mixing, wherever people come million people in the west bank and together, the new strain is the gaza strip, roughly. what spreading. it is highly contagious percentage of those people have and spreads very quickly from person actually received a vaccination yet? to person. this is the background so far, nobody has received the vaccination, either in the west bank against which we have carried out oi’ vaccination, either in the west bank or gaza strip. the only palestinians the three—weekly review of the vaccinated so far are those in current restrictions. the outcome of that review will be not a surprise jerusalem who have access to the against that background, and it is israeli health system. what are that the lockdown will continue for another three weeks, till the 29th israeli health system. what are israeli officials are saying about this criticism? we are trying to of january, where it another three weeks, till the 29th ofjanuary, where it will another three weeks, till the 29th of january, where it will be reviewed again. in the meantime, we work closely with the palestinian will be strengthening the alert authority and minister of health there to mobilise vaccines through level 4 restrictions in three main there to mobilise vaccines through the covax facilities and we are areas. firstly, we will work with making good progress with our major supermarkets and retailers preparatory efforts. the problem is, to make sure that people are safe when we go out shopping. i wanted to israel has already vaccinated a substantial part of its population see at least the same level of but the vaccines are not yet protection today as was very visible available and are anticipated to be

available and are anticipated to be available potentially in february or in the early periods of the march. if it has been doing really pandemic. those who work and shop in well vaccinating its citizens, what supermarkets need to be confident is it saying about the lack of that the numbers in those stores are vaccinations for people in the west bank and gaza? why is it saying that carefully a nd that the numbers in those stores are carefully and consistently controlled and that all other has or hasn't happened?” measures are there in the place to bank and gaza? why is it saying that has or hasn't happened? i think there were some shortages that keep us safe. the key instruction in israelis are facing at the moment. we had some formal discussions the wales lockdown is to asking whether some quantities could be sent to palestinian territory was stay—at—home order but some people that we are having discussions at are unable to work from home, so the the moment but no final results yet. second area that we will look to i know you have said nobody is safe strengthen its protection in the until everyone is safe, so presumably that's a message you are workplace. this new strain of virus trying to hammer home with the is so much more infectious that we israeli authorities as you tried to have to look again at the defences facilitate the fair spread of the vaccine, if we can put it that way, through the region. absolutely. in place to keep wales safe and there are a number of critical workplaces safe working with concerns and there are a number of public health reasons that should be employers and trade unions to do so.

the third area for strengthening zen taken into consideration. as you schools and colleges. we are rightly said, nobody is safe until bringing decisions about schools and everybody is safe and we need solidarity in that respect. looking colleges into line with the at the new cases, more than 8000 new three—week review cycle to give pa rents three—week review cycle to give parents and staff as much certainty cases per day leading to a third as we can at this very uncertain lockdown, believed to be because of time. most young people will now be this new variant first identified in taught online until the 29th of britain. do we think this variant january, and unless there's started to take off before the significant further reduction in effects of the vaccination programme cases of covid—19 by the next could really be felt? well, review, this will continue until february half term. in the meantime, certainly, i think that's probably the case but as i said at the beginning, i know in the palestinian territory at the moment we are vulnerable people and children of testing also for this variant. we critical care workers will continue don't know yet whether it is to have face—to—face learning and child care remains open in wales. we circulating there but it is probably also the case there. people are not will use the coming weeks to work with our scientists, unions and protected because no vaccination has been available as of yet. getting local authorities to plan for the new supplies in before hospitals future, and that will not be a become overwhelmed and before health ca re become overwhelmed and before health simple choice between closing care becomes overwhelmed is schools and colleges now and we are absolutely of the essence now, isn't

putting them in february. we will it? exactly, that's why we are really trying to target health look at all the possibilities for a professionals as a priority target group at the moment. thank you for phased and safe return of some stu d e nts phased and safe return of some students during this period. , such as those studying for talking to us today. head of the qualifications, the younger children world health organization office in who find distance learning most palestine. difficult, and vulnerable children in our society. i want to be clear let's return to the news that all international passengers will soon have to test negative for covid—i9 before travelling to the uk. that schools and colleges have not people arriving by plane, train or boat, including uk nationals, suddenly become unsafe, they do not will have to take a test up to 72 pose an increased risk to teachers hours before leaving the country they are in. our business presenter ben or to students. but keeping them thompson said that people across the travel industry would be open does encourage children and asking the government how their plans would actually work. adults to mix inside and outside the whilst the uk says this will come into force next week, school gates, at a time when cases we still have a lot of unanswered questions. of coronavirus are high in the we don't know exactly what date, community and when we have a very we don't know which tests will be accepted, which clinics will be able infectious strain spreading quickly. to administer those tests. what happens, for example, if you are overseas and you submit your test but it does not come back in time for your flight? i wanted to thank everyone for following the rules and helping to what if it does come back and it is positive, what do you do then? keep wales safe. it is now

do you stay in the country, at the airport? do you have a hotel to stay at? frustrating when a small nine are big questions about that. the act as though those rules did and also of course big questions not apply to them. i want everyone over capacity as well because, look, international travel is down significantly. to know that, when people knowingly heathrow airport and airports and persistently break the rules, across the country are operating at a much reduced capacity, not least because we are in these action will be taken. too many lives lockdown restrictions where international travel is all but ruled out. have been lost to this awful virus but if we are able to get out to allow anybody to believe that of these lockdown restrictions they do not share in the and resume some sort of travel, will the system cope? responsibility that binds us all. will there be enough tests, will the services be able to get those results back to us in time can our police and local authorities for ourflights? have been doing an incrediblejob in there are many, many unanswered questions this morning, even though the government says this enforcing the rules, and they have rule will come in from next week. my full support. over the christmas much of the industry now is asking for some clarity on how it period, our police have had will actually work. thousands of conversations with john holland—kaye is people about the regulations. they the chief executive of heathow airport. have stopped hundreds of cars to thank you very much forjoining us. make sure that people are leaving we have talked about the subject home only for a legitimate reason

several times over the last year and and they have issued more than 300 you have actually been looking for predeparture testing instead of fines for breaches of the rules. and quarantine, not both, but now you have both. what's your reaction? this stepped up enforcement effort this is a real belt and braces will continue. none of us wanted to approach, given there is a covid emergency right now. and so is a temporary measure, we welcome it. start the new year in lockdown, but but we need to know what will happen as difficult and as challenging as next. it can't continue for more these early weeks are, we can still than a couple of months, and we should have a plan in place which look forward to a better 2021 and a allows us to move to something which will allow normal travel to come route out of this pandemic. around back again once the incident rate in 50,000 people in wales have already the uk starts to come down. getting received their first covid vaccine into some of the detail if we can and thousands more will get the jab and try to answer some of the questions. first of all, we have been told next week. do you know yet what day next week this will start today. right across wales, our and how long you have got and the fantastic nhs staff are doing everything they can to vaccinate as rest of the travel industry has got, to prepare for this? no, we don't know the answer to any of the many people as quickly and as safely questions ben mentioned in that clip as possible. we started with just

earlier. there was still have to be clarified by the government. these are measures that need to be put in seven vaccination centres, today, we place by overseas companies, not by have 22 and that will rise to 35. at airports here in the uk, to allow the start of next week, 75 gp incoming flights to bring people back home to the uk. we already have practices will be vaccinating. it will be up to 100 by next friday, in place at heathrow a very large testing facility, one of the largest and up to 250 by the end of the in the uk. we can carry out 25,000 month. and we now have mobile units tests every day, which is more than providing vaccinations to care homes enough for the number of passengers we have right now. we can administer around wales. that roll—out will carry on getting faster in the weeks ahead. all front line ambulance staff in wales will have had their a lateral flow and first dose by next week, and we will we have right now. we can administer a lateralflow and pcr we have right now. we can administer a lateral flow and pcr test very quickly. details to be worked out about exactly what type of test or extend vaccination to staff working the standard of tests being used in in special schools and to school and the standard of tests being used in the process, but you anticipate from couege in special schools and to school and college staff are at risk in line what you are saying that the bulk of with the latest advice to the joint the responsibility lying with carriers pre—boarding to check passengers have actually had that committee. on monday, we will begin negative test, 72 hours before their

again publishing daily figures of journey, or do you anticipate any the number of people being further part for heathrow airport in vaccinated, and the health minister that process? this is a predeparture will publish our vaccination plan next week. the two vaccine is that test for people coming into the uk. so the onus is on people getting have already been approved to offer tested in whichever country they are usa coming from and making sure they have already been approved to offer us a chance of a different and better future. but for now, we have access to testing facilities there. so no second check of that as us a chance of a different and betterfuture. but for now, we must all stay—at—home order to protect people enter at heathrow, is what you are saying? no, that is not what the nhs and to save lives. i'll now is planned by the government at the moment, but people coming from high—risk countries will have to demonstrate they have had a negative ta ke the nhs and to save lives. i'll now test before they got on the plane, take questions as usual, and all the and when they arrived back at a nswe rs , take questions as usual, and all the answers, as usual, will be broadcast heathrow, they would then have to go live on our social media channels. i into quarantine for five days if think today, the first question is they then take a further test that comes back negative, or quarantine coming from bbc wales. can you for the full ten days. there is no immediate testing at heathrow. so explain the rationale behind these the challenge comes in the overseas airport and whether they have the facilities, as we do at heathrow, to allow people to have whatever the

tests are that are required by the changes... government. some will have it and she speaks welsh. others not. in terms of achieving an international standard, which is something you spoke about to ben the circumstances is that the earlier, how tricky do you think circumstances change rapidly in terms of the coronavirus, things can that will be? and would you change are a matter of days. on anticipate that travellers, when people begin to travel again, will be choosing destinations based on friday, on monday, a bigger part, countries they feel confident we'll the chief medical officers of the united kingdom raise the alert level be able to offer them quick and across the united kingdom from four accurate testing before travelling back to the uk? yes, i think people to five. we have further evidence this week of a continuing spread of will choose countries that are easy to get to. there is a massive and a new strain of coronavirus in pent—up demand to travel for a wales. we have continued to have number of reasons, visiting friends and family, going on holiday or conversations during the week with business. the problem is there are our teaching unions, the unions not many places you can actually fly to and many places you can have such representing other staff in school, colleges and with our local time restrictions with quarantines and tests that it is just education authorities. it is all impractical to be able to use it. if that extra development that has led we can move to a common us today to decide to bring the international standard where people have to take a pcr test or lamp test decision—making on schools and colleges into line with a three—week

72 hours before they fly and may be decision—making cycle. it offers the self—isolate up until their flight, and then take a second test at the best certainty we can provide in his airport before they leave and if very uncertain times and it allows both of those are clear they can our college and school leaders to then travel to their destination with no need for quarantine, that plan for the weeks ahead. our would allow people to get back to ambition, as a welsh government is to have children back in school. our children lost out so much last year, something like normal. it's an additional burden but something people can plan around. that's an but we have to take those difficult decisions in the context that we international standard we can move face them in the context that we towards in one solution we would like the government to move towards, face them in the context that we face today is one of the new strain to follow up the current belt and of the virus seeding in all parts of braces approach over the next couple wales with the pressures that of months. as we see incident levels pigment brings to bear and we have come down in the uk it is possible to do everything in all aspects of that could start to come into place. our lives to try to bear down on but i think the uk has a fantastic opportunity to take a lead on that. setting this common international he speaks welsh. standard and give confidence to travellers that the risk of having the long test at the wrong time can go away. we have talked about lots of u na nswered go away. we have talked about lots of unanswered questions so far but is there anything else outstanding i

haven't asked which is a burning question for you right now that you need to know the answer to from the government? i think the main thing is knowing what the next step is. this is a we will come away from mark drake temporary measure so how and when and's briefing here as he goes into can we move to something that is much simpler? this is massively welsh, but do repeat some of his key important for the uk. we are setting messages, but he said that wales is out as an independent nation outside at the highest point in terms of the eu, we need to be developing numbers in critical care at any trading links to countries all over point in the pandemic, stressing the the world and we rely on aviation to highly contagious nature of the new be able to get us there and whether strain in particular. he talked it is for exporting goods, getting about the lockdown being reviewed supply chain in or welcoming and also a vaccine plant being put tourists to the uk, we rely on out in detail next week, with all aviation for all of those things, passenger planes and largely through heathrow. if we want to deliver this front line ambulance staff being fantastic vision for a global britain, we need to make sure that vaccinated and also vaccination plans for those in the education aviation is at the heart of that, sector as well. school openings that people can fly with confidence, and that we can be welcoming all remain and critical issue. parts of the world with open borders while keeping ourselves safe. that's more now on the tougher restrictions not an easy challenge but that is due to come into force for anyone

exactly what we need to work with entering great britain. arrivals will be expect to take the government on so that global britain can become a reality. john a covid test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in. holland—kaye, thank you very much it's hoped the new regulations, for your time, chief executive of due to start next week, will stop the spread of new variants heathrow airport. of the virus. firms exporting to the eu have you will still have expressed concern about the impact to self—isolate for ten days on your return to the uk. of new trade rules since the end of the brexit transition we can speak now to the chief period last month. executive of rya nair, many british—based retailers that michael o'leary. distribute goods around europe fear they will have to pay some presumably you welcome this, mr tariffs or taxes. other companies — including seafood exporters o'leary? no, we don't. we think it and delivery firms — have complained about is another shambolic measure from significant extra paperwork. grant shapps on borisjohnson's government. the new reality is the shane brennan is chief new arrival tess will mean the executive of the cold chain federation, which represents frozen airlines, including ryanair, easyjet or chilled transport or storage. and others, will ground almost all flights the foreseeable future. thank you forjoining us on bbc there is no way we can operate a news. tell us about the issues which schedule or offer people flights are cropping up. the reality is, when, in reality, people will only be able to make bookings for days today we are implementing the rule prior to departure. you're going to book that was agreed 14 days ago and there are a whole range of different cut off the uk for the rest of january and february, and the other processes that hauliers, traders, businesses, board officials have to problem we have with the implement and we are learning how to

do that as we go. the first week has announcement is there's no end date. borisjohnson has announcement is there's no end date. boris johnson has been announcement is there's no end date. borisjohnson has been telling the nation that all the high—risk groups gone quietly, mainly because the will be vaccinated by the middle of trade gone quietly, mainly because the tra d e flows gone quietly, mainly because the trade flows have been so quiet. on february but we do not understand new year's day, they were 10% of a why this on arrival testing isn't normal day, and they have built up to about just under 50% normal day, and they have built up to aboutjust under 50% by the end of the week but that will not carry also brought into line by the end of on forever. we will start seeing february. if you vaccinated all the flows increasing from the end of next week onwards. what is chemical irish people, we should be allowing isa free movement again. government has next week onwards. what is chemical is a message from authorities that said that is the aim, to get we are seeing a lot of the traders coming now, were letting them through but they're not quite everybody vaccinated in the four highest categories, not all of them. complying yet —— what is coming. it is certain whether it will be through but they're not quite complying yet -- what is coming. so is the issue understanding the nature of the paperwork and checks, achieved. does this not allow is it to do with people to actually confidence for people travelling? because in lockdown, people should check on all of this? or across the not travel internationally unless it board are you seeing issues? it's is an emergency. but that is the across the board, not about having one thing but 12 things ready, point. this destroys all confidence different parts of the chain working in bookings. nobody, even those who together, about it systems working for the first time and all these have to make essential travel, nhs different moving parts had to work sea mlessly different moving parts had to work seamlessly for a vehicle to move staff travelling to and from, or through the border at the same pace it was doing before the end of the home—buyer, the people who treated

brexit period. it will take a number of weeks and months for this to borisjohnson in home—buyer, the people who treated boris johnson in hospital was home—buyer, the people who treated borisjohnson in hospital was a portuguese nurse. they cannot now become seamless. i'm not saying make bookings because they do not there will be massive interruptions from next week, i hope they will not have any certainty whether they can but not because they will have to be, but it will be difficult and have a negative test for days to very costly and problematic for some weeks to come. you say that trade departure. you will collapse bookings for airlines and ferry volumes are relatively low at the companies, so people will not make moment so is there some deliberate suppression of trade by firms because they are concerned about bookings. people leave the —— their goods getting caught up in delays? absolutely, about three airlines are left with the risk that months ago every business that could make the choice said they would not they were are all cancelled for days trade in the first week of january because of the uncertainties around no deal and everything else. throw prior to departure. we lose a lot of in the fact we are in the middle of money and it makes it... the only a lockdown and it means it is an way we can survive is to not operate artificial trading period right now. the fight at all. this measure will that cannot carry on indefinitely destroy the fight at all. this measure will and within two weeks we would expect d estroy a ny the fight at all. this measure will destroy any confidence in forward trade and within two weeks we would expect tra d e flows and within two weeks we would expect trade flows to start to return to bookings for air travel and ferries something like normality and that will coincide with the message from and will close off the uk. how other the french and irish authorities that they will start turning away countries coping? in east asia people that are not 100% right in airlines are operating on a much their view and that will create stricter basis and are testing on significant potential problems for those things coming together. there arrival with lots of quarantine and

was a bit of goodwill at a plate testing once you are in the country right now and some extra patience and this has been going on for some and you would like to see that in time. they are still having play for a bit longer to get through transport in and out. yes, but they this period? absolutely our plea to have much lower rates of covid and the french and irish authorities, have much lower rates of covid and have manage it much better than ultimately they are in control of this and we are in their hands and boris johnson's have manage it much better than borisjohnson's government have manage it much better than boris johnson's government here have manage it much better than borisjohnson's government here in the uk. you can examine how our message is that we can achieve compliance but we need to work together and we need some pragmatism ridiculous the measure is, we now have to arrive, when you arrive in together and we need some pragmatism to work together on the noncompliance and to educate people softly as we go for a period of the uk by plane orferry, you have to have a negative covid—19 test, weeks rather than implementing a kind of harsh lesson of turn backs but you can drive across the border within seven days because that will between south and northern ireland without any testing at all. that is create significant shortages for eu and uk consumers. shane, thank you to extend testing... the new variant very much, shane brennan, chief executive of the cold chain emerged in the uk, not some asian countries, the uk! it came in kent, federation. sweden's parliament has agreed we do not know if it was brought on new pandemic law which will allow into kent or whether it developed ministers to introduce stricter measures in the country, here in the uk. wejust do not know. which has never had a lockdown. there could be lots of other mutations out there coming into the let's get more on this country if we do not seal our from our reporter maddy savage, borders more effectively. you cannot who is in stockholm. seal your borders in countries of

sweden has never had a lockdown but europe where you have free movement of people. there are still free why is it being introduced now? as movement of people between the you said, for months sweden has had republic and northern ireland. the this strategy of focusing on real solution to this is volu nta ry this strategy of focusing on voluntary recommendations, things like working from home, avoiding vaccination, not artificial travel going on public transport and it restrictions. roll out the said that stricter measures, the vaccination, asjohnson restrictions. roll out the vaccination, as johnson has kind of lockdowns we have seen all restrictions. roll out the vaccination, asjohnson has said will be delivered, you will have all over europe was not the way for the high—risk groups, the over 75, sweden to go but we are seeing some of the highest case numbers in nursing homes and nhs staff, by the middle of february, and thereafter relation to population size in we should be saying there will be no sweden compared to the rest of restrictions after that once we europe and there has been a shift achieve it. whether that is the middle or end of february, we do not towards tougher measures in the past few months. we already have things care. but those who need to make like bars closing at eight o'clock bookings in march need to know whether there will be any flights or at night, a maximum of four people not. they will not be flights in per table, public gatherings limited february and need to know in to eight people but until now certainty whether there will be any ministers did not actually have the in march. johnson needs to tell is power to introduce anything stricter than this, even if they wanted to that. what about other at-risk groups who will go on the armed end that is what the vote today has been all about. they now have the february? 95% -- who will go on power to introduce a wide range of things such as limiting numbers in

places like shops, cinemas and also beyond february. once you have public places like parks and on vaccinated the at—risk groups, are you then going to lock up the beaches, and to fine people for children, teenagers and holding private parties in venues 20—year—olds? they are largely from anywhere to a banquet hall to student unions. swedish people have asymptomatic and have a much lower been asked not to party for months risk of fatalities. they can still but we know in some instances they have been doing so and have not been get ill and transmitted to other parts of the population. but you the legal framework here in order to have vaccinated the at—risk part of punish them. now this framework is the population! if you have set up, we don't know yet exactly where that the government will vaccinated that part of the decide to impose these stricter population, what are you worried about? my son was very ill with measures and when they might do so but now they have the power to, it covid—19 and he is a healthy seems likely they are looking to strengthen the strategy here. and teenager. but some people suffer what reaction has there been to this news so far? it hasjust broken in from long covert —— long covid—19. the last few minutes but i think in the last few minutes but i think in the run—up to this debate in it is not sensible. the government parliament that led to the vote, are racing to get the vaccine out there are two sides. swedish people and are changing protocols to get haven't heard this one a message the population protected from the new strain. once rolled out, if the from public authorities ever since the beginning of the pandemic, that we don't agree with lockdowns, with

government has vaccinated 40 million these stricter measures that other people by the middle of february, countries are doing, so there will that eliminates the risk of what, 95 bea countries are doing, so there will be a real sense of adjustment for people who got used to living with if not close to 100% of any more relative freedom. on the other hand, there have been calls from fatalities arising from covid—19. we then continue to lock up the opposition parties that tougher measures should have introduced long teenagers, close schools and anything else? it is not for the bbc before now though from some sides i think there will be a sense of at to argue what the government should least some satisfaction that the do. once you have vaccinated the high—risk groups, remove travel possibility to impose tougher restrictions! we're people up it to restrictions on the public and introduce penalties finally in save lives and protect the nhs. —— place. i think what will be really we are locking people up. you have interesting to see is how well to re m ove swedish people are willing to comply we are locking people up. you have to remove these restrictions. we are locking people up. you have to remove these restrictionsm we are locking people up. you have to remove these restrictions. it is a complex picture, the bbc is not with these stricter regulations if they are brought in since it will be arguing anything, i am just putting a major shift for them compared to to the counterargument. there is not what the rest of europe has been living with since the start of the pandemic. thank you very much for a counterargument. once you have that from stockholm. vaccinated the high—risk groups, let's return to our main story. what risk is there? how many more as members of president trump's cabinet and senior officials jobs need to be destroyed because of are resigning in protest, his core supporters appear this government's mismanagement? to be sticking with him.

they say they understand the anger there are more questions in terms of and frustration behind the storming of the capitol the management of the pandemic in building on wednesday. though mr trump has acknowledged this question. the answer to that is joe biden's incoming administration, his disappointed followers still believe he won. vaccinations. johnson has said he our north america correspondent larry madowo reports from rural virginia. will vaccinate the 14 million in the high—risk categories by february, but we need grant shapps to confirm today that this ridiculous testing republican denver riggleman played with fire by officiating a same—sex wedding in a conservative part of virginia, and got burned. pre—arrival is ridiculous and you he lost his seat in congress. will have no flights or ferries now he is pouring political wisdom from his craft distillery. coming into the uk. we appreciate you can get drunk on your own stuff! your time. thank you. he calls the storming of the us capitol building domestic terrorism. so, they get stuck in these echo uk arrivals into the indian capital chambers and when people in leadership, they appeal to that of delhi will be required to self—isolate for a week to stop sort of insanity, it is weaponised. the spread of the new so, what motivates people to go coronavirus variant. and storm the capitol? the new rules will require people to take a test on arrival in delhi. they have been radicalised anyone who tests positive for covid will then have over years, right? to quarantine for a fortnight. and this started with qanon 2017, the announcement came as flights 2018, and now you are seeing between india and britain resumed, following a two—week ban. the metastasisation of that. in the past few minutes, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has the white house has been holding a news conference. let's listen in.

condemned tuesday's violence the rest of international travel are and president trump committed to an orderly transition of power. some of his supporters disagree of course particularly acute at the with the mob for occupying the capitol but they say moment as new strains of this virus they were just patriots fighting for election integrity. emerge. —— the risk. as global you know, everybody that was there numbers continue to increase. at that rally were not committing felons breaking into the us indeed, that is why it is now congress. illegal for anyone to travel to a i know many friends that were there from scotland unless it is for an that are just great americans, essential purpose, and i want to they love our country. reiterate that point now. you should not be travelling within scotland and i support freedom of speech, and you should not be travelling out i support being able to protest our government of scotla nd and you should not be travelling out of scotland or into scotland for and being able to protest anything other than an essential all across our nation. reason. even with such a reason, anyone who is travelling to scotland the sun may be setting on the trump presidency must still comply with quarantine but trumpism is not fading away, requirements, if they are coming especially here in rural america, from a country that is subject to where his supporters have been emboldened by his recent grievances those requirements. last night the about the election. scottish government, along with the he does what he says he'll do. and has done what he said. uk government, announced a further measure aimed at reducing the risk and it's for the american people. i feel that. of spread of the virus. people travelling to scotland from overseas will have to present a negative jon russell is about to launch a run covid—19 test results before they for mayor of culpeper,

virginia, as a republican. embark upon their journey. covid—19 test results before they embark upon theirjourney. we are he still believes currently working with other parts trump's win was stolen. of the uk to confirm the exact start in my heart of hearts, i do believe that. date for this new requirement, but can i prove it? it is likely to be from the end of no. next week, and we have set —— we the thing that we learned the most from the rally is that our country going to continue to be divided. will set out that as soon as possible. the tests will be highly reliable in terms of their but trump has also lost some supporters along the way, even here in deep red virginia. specificity and sensitivity, so in practice they are likely to be pcr as the president took office, tests. they are required for anyone and the longer he was in office, it seemed like his behaviour was more and more unbecoming travelling to scotland from outside the common travel area and will need of what a president should be. to be taken no more than 72 hours he is too much on social media, too much tweeting about what he's before people travelled to scotland. doing and that's not what a president should be doing. nicola sturgeon, as part of her daily brief. still, many who voted for president trump twice want him to run again in 202a. critics call it the cult of trump but they don't mind the label. in a dramatic change of tone, larry madowo, bbc news, virginia. president trump has expressed outrage at what he called the "heinous attack" on the capitol building in washington dc on wednesday. in a video message — released on twitter after a brief the national lockdown in wales will continue ban from the site — for at least three more weeks, president trump called for calm to be restored and says he's with schools likely to remain closed until the february half—term. focussing on an orderly transition first minister mark drakeford says of power to a new administration. that although coronavirus case rates but it's failed to calm down members

have fallen since the lockdown was introduced in december, of his own administration — some measures may need two cabinet members have to be strengthened. resigned — as have a raft of white house aides — earlier, i spoke and the democrats are calling to our correspondent for him also calling for him to go — mark hutchings in cardiff. and preparing impeachment proceedings. peter bowes reports. the clean—up continues in washington, i think it's a conclusion that but this is a mess that won't be brushed under the carpet. had foregone written all over it, really. the country has been shaken to the core. mob violence at the heart of american government. the first minister referring condemnation of the violence there to the hospital was slow to come from one branch of government, the white house, figures and also concern, but more than 24 hours particularly in north—east wales, after the capitol building was ransacked, where this new variant seems to have donald trump's tone has changed. in a new video, the president been transmitting rather sharply. condemns what he calls the heinous there is no real surprise, attack, saying he's outraged by the violence, either, i don't think, lawlessness and mayhem. about the decision on schools, as unwelcome as it might be for many pupils and their families. the demonstrators who infiltrated only on monday we were told that the capitol have defiled the seat schools would be staying closed of american democracy. to those who engaged in the acts to most pupils until at least of violence and destruction, january 18. you do not represent our country. and to those who broke it's now until at least january 29 and as you say, more likely until after the february the law, you will pay. half term unless transmission rates come down significantly. the president defends his decision one other notable development, to challenge the election results,

the welsh government say but he doesn't repeat his unfounded they are looking at bringing in extra measures, particularly claims that the process was rigged. in the big food stores such mr trump's comments will do little as the supermarkets to make them to persuade his opponents, including some republicans, safer and protect staff that he's still fit to hold office. and their customers more. leading democrats in congress have it's one of the few places people urged mike pence and the cabinet are going at the moment. to invoke the 25th amendment some details are going to emerge over the next few days we are told about the extra measures and remove him from the white house. they are looking at. briefly, mark, how is the vaccine roll—out going there? more slowly than some people the president's by‘s of power, his would have wanted it to be. the first minister says incitement of a mark against a duly it is the path out of the pandemic. his critics say it's a path we should be hurrying along rather more quickly than we are. elected representative is an figures out yesterday show wales was behind other uk nations in terms impeachable offence. if there ever of the pace of the roll—out. was an impeachable offence, what the the hope is the delivery president did is it! of the oxford vaccine will speed things up rather quickly. we know that in the meantime, but the clock is ticking for the next three weeks, on donald trump's presidency. we all have an extra he'll be out in 12 days, whenjoe biden takes over. dollop of lockdown. mr trump has pledged that it will be a smooth and orderly transition of power. but many americans are nervous tougher restrictions have come into force about what could happen in northern ireland today, between now and then. preventing people from leaving the tension in the

their homes without good reason. country is palpable. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. under the new regulations, people should only be outside for limited activities, sweden's parliament has passed a law such as shopping for essentials, allowing for stricter excercising or going to the doctor. coronavirus measures, in one of the few european countries a rise in covid patients has also not to have imposed a lockdown. forced some hospitals from sunday, ministers can impose limits on the numbers to cancel urgent operations. using public transport, and will have the power to close shops, gyms, and cinemas, i spoke to our ireland correspondent all of which have remained open throughout the pandemic. chris page a little earlier. sweden has relied on a strong northern ireland is being more tightly locked down today. tradition of civic responsibility there will be more police on the streets and on the roads, to ensure that social distancing we are told, in order to enforce and hygiene rules are followed. the new law. about 9,000 people in a population as of midnight it became illegal of ten million have died for you to leave your home with the coronavirus. without a reasonable excuse, our reporter maddy savage is in stockholm. and those excuses include food for months, sweden's had this shopping, going for medical strategy of focusing appointments, taking exercise, on voluntary recommendations. and you are allowed to do that with one member things like working from home, of one other household. avoiding going on public transport. one person only, though. the number of people gathering outdoors has been cut it said that stricter measures, from 15 down to six. from now on, outdoor gatherings up the kind of lockdowns we have to six people can only be comprised seen all over europe, of people from two households. wasn't the way for sweden to go. shops, nonessential shops, but we are now seeing some of the highest case numbers in relation to population size certainly, and hospitality have been in sweden compared

to the rest of europe. closed here since boxing day, and there has been a shift this is the second week of a six towards tougher measures over the last few months. week lockdown anyway. the reason why ministers in the stormont executive have so we have already got things decided to tighten the regulations like bars closing at 8pm is because the health service is under severe pressure. and a maximum of four people per table, public gatherings as you said, hospitals limited to eight people. here in belfast have actually but until now, ministers did not actually have the power to introduce decided to cancel cancer operations, even urgent ones, so health anything stricter than this, even if they wanted to. officials, it is understood, are looking at a plan as to how that is what the vote hospitals in other parts today has been all about. of northern ireland can take on that extra work. they now have the power to introduce a wide range of things such as limiting numbers in places but all the hospitals are operating at capacity or beyond now like shops, cinemas, because of the surge in coronavirus patients, and it is thought one and also public places in 60 people here has the virus at the moment. like parks and on beaches, it could be one in a0 in areas that are worst affected. and to fine people for holding doctors say that means private parties in venues they are expecting hundreds from anywhere to banquet halls of new patients to be admitted to hospital over the coming weeks. to student unions. swedes, for months, have there have been a few been asked not to party, glimmers of hope, though, but we know in some instances amongst all those dire statistics... they have been doing sorry, i was going to say, just one glimmer of hope among so and there hasn't been all those dire statistics — in the last two or three days the legal framework here there have been signs the infection rate is dropping, to punish them. though it is still so now this framework is set

at a very high level. up, we do not know yet fingers crossed it continues on that trajectory. whether the government will decide i was going to ask about to impose these stricter measures the school situation. and when they might do so. we were discussing that in wales. any further news or updates but now they have the power to, it does seem likely about that there? that they are looking to strengthen the strategy here. yes, schools have moved to remote learning now until the february half term. the australian city of brisbane has entered a snap three—day lockdown they had been planning to do that for this week anyway, from today. it's after a single case but earlier in the week of the new coronavirus the stormont executive variant was discovered. agreed that the remote the city has been successful learning should go on for longer. at containing the virus with very few cases being detected one controversial aspect of this beyond quarantined travellers since australia's first wave last year. year, most primary school pupils all international travellers in northern ireland sit a test will have to test negative to gain entry to grammar school, for the coronavirus before boarding so the first of those tests was due flights to australia. three members of a hampshire police to take place tomorrow, unit, including two detective but it has now been knocked sergeants, have been sacked for gross misconduct from three papers into one, after "offensive" conversations and that paper will, were secretly recorded. it is planned, be sat a disciplinary hearing into the unit on the 27th of february, based at basingstoke found depending on what the public widespread use of racist, homophobic and sexist language. health situation is. the chief constable of hampshire, within the stormont executive today, olivia pinkney, said the officers ministers will be meeting had undermined the trust and it is thought that could be put and confidence of the to a vote. communities they served. some parties, particularly sinn fein, are anti—academic selection altogether, and others like the democratic unionist party are in favour of academic selection, we can speak now to the bbc news so that has been a very

contentious issue politically. reporter nikki mitchell. as far as the vaccine programme roll—out is going, tell us a little bit more about this that's something all parties in the devolved government agree on, case. the investigation unit which and they say they will try to get it out as speedily as possible. so far, it seems to be going pretty came under investigation itself was well, more than 50,000 people the northern section of the serious have had theirjabs — about 2.7% of the population. and organised crime unit, here in basingstoke. in 2018 the whistle was chris page reporting from belfast. blown and this toxic apparent the pressures facing some ambulance culture was revealed. in all today, services during the pandemic are "off the scale", according the royal college of emergency medicine. five police officers were sacked, although two of them, including the the bbc has been told that last head of the unit, had already left. month in the south—east of england ambulance waiting times at hospitals rose by 36% in december compared the sixth officer faced a written to the same month in 2019. people are also having to wait longer for ambulances final warning. but that was not it. to arrive when called. in addition to these six, another 14 police officers and staff have also new data suggests that faced disciplinary action. in the 23 last year equalled 2016 as the warmest on record. days that these books were recording the eu's climate service says global temperatures here, there was apparently enough were around 1.25 celsius higher profanity, casual sexism and racism to last a lifetime. it was not it than the long—term average. researchers say greenhouse gas

concentrations increased unusual, for instance, for a female despite the coronavirus shutdowns officer to be referred to as and are expected to continue to rise this year. sweetheart or worse rocketry terms, or aspersions to be cast on a black brazil has surpassed 200,000 deaths officer's qualifications or to talk from covid—19, with no signs inafake of the virus slowing down. officer's qualifications or to talk in a fake accent to a black officer or insult migrants and gay people. the country registered 1,524 deaths the unit was described as a lance' on thursday — the highest number in more than five months. brazil is the second worst—affected country in the world when it pad. -- lads' pad. comes to fatalities, as our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from sao paulo. the alleged mastermind of the 2002 bali bombings, the islamic cleric abu bakar bashir, has been freed from prison in indonesia. history is repeating he is widely considered to be the spiritual leader itself in the amazon. of the al-qaeda—inspired group nine months after the biggest blamed for the attack that killed 202 people, city in the rainforest was overrun by cases, many of whom were australian manaus is once again struggling tourists. shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. to cope with covid—19. one of indonesia's most notorious extremists, now a free man. picked up by his family it is a picture that is being and reportedly on his way repeated throughout brazil — home in centraljava, hospital beds filling up, abu bakar ba'asyir has been released after his 15—year medical teams working relentlessly. sentence was cut short. this is the carnage on the very day brazil registered 200,000 deaths, he allegedly masterminded.

it also clocked another unwelcome the 2002 bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. record — nearly 88,000 new cases in 2a hours, the highest number to this day, it remains indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack, since the pandemic began. a dark day in the country's history. in total, nearly 8 million people in south america's largest the 82—year—old was the spiritual economy have been infected. leader ofjemaah islamiah, an al-qaeda—inspired group that was blamed for the bombings in bali and the attack on the jw but it feels like the pandemic has been forgotten here. marriott injakarta in 2003. it is peak summer, holiday season — people are relaxing and dropping their guard. despite being strongly linked to the attacks, ba'asyir was never convicted and has it doesn't help that the country's denied all charges. leader refuses to take it seriously. instead, he was jailed for his links this was president bolsonaro to a militant training on new year's day, doing camp in aceh province. what he's always done — the decision to free ba'asyir has very little, when it comes drawn mixed reactions in indonesia to setting an example to try as well as in australia, the country with the most victims and curb the spread of the virus. in the bali bombings. many relatives have said that in addition to the raw emotions translation: we mourn today, brought up by the news we are surpassing 200,000 of his release, there is a realfear deaths, but life goes on. about whether he would go we are deeply sorry. i'm worried about my mother back to preaching hate. who is 93 years old. they have been released consistent if she contracts the virus, with the indonesian justice system.

she will have difficulty due that doesn't make it any to her age but we will have to face easier for any australian to accept that, ultimately. up to it. but it doesn't stop millions that those who were responsible of brazilians eager for some good news and there was a glimmer for the murder of australians would now be free. of hope on thursday. results from late—stage trials jan laczynski lost five friends in the attack. showing that the vaccine he said he did not expect ba'asyir to walk free. i thought this was going to be being jointly developed by chinese ultimate closure for me biotech company sinovac and sao because i thought, 15 years, paulo—based butantan research centre we are not going to see was between 78% and 100% him walk out ofjail. effective against covid—19. and now we are going to see him walk out ofjail and i'm thinking, uh—oh, because notjust the horror of the memories coming back but number two, translation: it is the only one it's the fear factor. available today to control the pandemic in brazil. he's going to walk out with a hero's welcome. we hope to have more in 2014, abu bakar ba'asyir pledged vaccines but at the moment, allegiance to the so—called islamic state militant this is what we have. it is one of the safest group from prison. vaccines in the world. security analysts say that he does not have much authority over thejemaah islamiah now welcome relief could be around the corner but this pandemic has and that his power has become deeply political in brazil. waned over the years, but the concern remains that the radical cleric could influence other militant groups. disinformation, distrust around shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. the vaccine, and disregard for any sort of lockdown. despite the rising numbers,

there is little sign of the virus being curbed anytime soon. a high court has ruled that doctors can stop providing life—support katy watson, bbc in sao paulo. treatment to a five—year—old girl who has suffered brain damage and is in a vegetative state. lack of access to fast broadband during the pandemic is increasing pippa became ill when economic inequality between the rich she was 20 months old. and poor — that's according doctors who are treating to a report by a group of mps. the youngster have said there is no evidence that pippa the public accounts committee says will recover or improve. a "litany" of failures mean people her mother wants pippa to be who are worse off and those in rural placed on a portable ventilator and allowed home. areas are being left behind. the findings come as more people mrjustice poole ruled that are reliant on broadband to work life—support treatment should end and pippa should be allowed to die. and learn from home during lockdown. the government said: representatives of indian farmers "we do not agree with this report, which contains are meeting government ministers in the capital, delhi, a number of inaccuracies." to try to resolve a dispute about new agricultural laws. yesterday, thousands of farmers questions have been asked this week in tractors clogged up a major motorway on the outskirts of delhi. about the logic of keeping nurseries they say they need the protection open for very young children, of government price controls when schools remain closed and an official purchasing system. to most older children. the government insists the reforms it's left some nursery workers will help farmers by allowing them fearful about their safety and many to do their own deals. are calling for extra support from the government, as our education correspondent adina campbell reports. hi, catherine. how are you today? boeing has agreed to pay

very good, thank you. £1.8 billion to settle us are you awaiting any covid results? criminal charges that it hid no. information from safety officials about the design the morning drop—off relief for parents, and business as usual for staff. of its 737 max planes. the usjustice department said have a great day. the firm chose "profit over candour" when it misled regulators over the planes' failings. two of the planes were involved earlier this week, the government in deadly crashes in indonesia announced nurseries like this one and ethiopia that killed in surrey, should stay open nearly 350 people. most of the money will go for all children. to the companies that bought the plane and were affected we feel the nursery is very by its grounding, but half well managed and we keep a billion dollars will go ourselves to ourselves, so we feel like it's very, very controlled. we took the decision at the first to the families of those killed. lockdown to keep them home. but you could see that that harmed them. and i think that's our biggest concern in terms of, if they get closed again. questions have been asked this week i'm scared to take my daughter to about the logic of keeping nurseries open for very young children, nursery because of what's going on. when schools remain closed to most older children. i have a dualfeeling. it's left some nursery workers fearful about their safety and many you know, i'm very conflicted. are calling for extra support from the government, as our education correspondent adina campbell reports. campaigners who represent more hi, catherine. how are you today? than 50,000 childcare providers, very good, thank you. are you awaiting any covid results? are now calling for the government no. the morning drop—off — to take more action to keep relief for parents, these workers safe. and business as usual for staff. have a great day. this includes giving them priority earlier this week, the government for covid—19 vaccinations. announced nurseries like this one in surrey, should stay open

mass testing across all for all children. early year services. we feel the nursery is very and access to more government money, well managed and we keep especially for those who've ourselves to ourselves, been forced to close, so we feel like it's very, very controlled. or seen a drop in funded places. we took the decision at the first it's extremely challenging lockdown to keep them home. but you could see that because 85% of childcare in this that harmed them. country is delivered by the private and i think that's our biggest concern in terms of, and voluntary sector. if they get closed again. and of course, they feel a bit let down really. because staff are testing positive, i'm scared to take my daughter to that means they're having to juggle nursery because of what's going on. every day in terms of how they're going to manage the staffing i have a dualfeeling. you know, i'm very conflicted. issue in the nursery. campaigners who represent more the department for education says than 50,000 childcare providers, places such as nurseries remain low risk environments for children are now calling for the government to take more action to keep and staff, and is funding nurseries as usual, in all parts of england. these workers safe. this includes giving them priority nurseries are still open in wales, for covid—19 vaccinations. but remain closed in scotland and northern ireland. nurseries are a lifeline mass testing across all early years services, for working parents, and access to more government money, and an important part of a child's especially for those who've development, socially, emotionally and physically. been forced to close, or seen a drop in funded places. it's extremely challenging but with covid infection because 85% of childcare in this country is delivered by the private

rates rising rapidly, there are growing concerns and voluntary sector. about the health and safety of everyone involved in these services. and, of course, they feel a bit let down really. all critical workers should be given because staff are testing positive, the vaccine and should be kind that means they're having to juggle of up there in priority. every day in terms of how they're fingers crossed, obviously, going to manage the staffing things do go forward and that is something issue in the nursery. that they would consider. some nurseries in england have now decided to only accept vulnerable the department for education says places such as nurseries remain low children and those of key workers risk environments for children and staff, and is funding nurseries because of safety fears. as usual in all parts of england. despite assurances from scientists nurseries are still open in wales, but remain closed in scotland that children under the age of five and northern ireland. are less likely to catch the virus, campaigners say they also want to see clear evidence nurseries are a lifeline about the risks to justify early services staying open. for working parents, adina campbell, bbc news. and an important part of a child's development socially, emotionally and physically. but with covid infection rates rising rapidly, there are growing concerns a couple more tweets about the about the health and safety of everyone involved in these services. requirement for a negative test 72 hours before arriving in the uk, this says most people if not all travelling now are doing so asthma all critical workers should be given not doing so for leisure, other the vaccine and should be kind travel reasons exist, considering of up there in priority. the low infection rate attributed fingers crossed, obviously, things do go forward

travel i fail to understand the and that is something that they would consider. government to's vehemence for some nurseries in england have now decided to only accept vulnerable blanket measures but a lot of other people are asking why trouble at the children and those of key workers because of safety fears. moment. more on that story through despite assurances from scientists the day on bbc news. you're watching that children under the age of five bbc news. are less likely to catch the virus, campaigners say they also want to see clear evidence now it's time for a look about the risks to justify early at the weather with matt taylor. services staying open. adina campbell, bbc news. hello. we are going to see changes in the days ahead and probably the last scenes like those this morning where quite a few saw some new data from eu satellites shows heavy bouts of snow. still some snow around that 2020 is in a statistical at the moment, in parts dead heat with 2016 of northern england, as the world's warmest year. the copernicus climate change north and west midlands and wales service says that last year was around 1.25 celsuim above the long—term average. where we have had it this morning, the scientists say that unprecedented levels of heat we could see up to ten centimetres in the arctic and siberia were key of fresh snow on the tops of hills. factors in driving up the overall temperature. turning a bit sleety at times the past 12 months also saw towards lower levels. south of that, great conditions, a new record for europe, some sleet and snow flurries mixed in among a misty picture. but scotland and northern ireland around 0.4 celsuis warmer than 2019. look dry and bright with lots of sunshine through the afternoon but wherever you are, the vast majority of the country, only one or two celsius this afternoon.

this evening and overnight, actress marion ramsey, best known the snow starts to diminish and push for her role in police academy, south—westwards across the midlands, has died at her home in los angeles. wales, towards the south—west, only giving a slight her agent said she'd dusting here and there. recently fallen ill, not leaving too much around but didn't give a cause of death. and with clear skies behind it the 73—year—old started her career on broadway before rising to fame and snow covered ground in some with her portrayal of squeaky—voiced areas, it will be bitterly cold, officer laverne hooks in six southern scotland and northern of the us comedy films. england could get as low as —12 degrees. freezing fog patches another hazard as well as ice to start tomorrow morning, but across the south that fog next, it's the bbc news could take a while to shift. at one with jane hill. many other parts of england now it's time for a look and wales will have some sunshine, at the weather with matt taylor. as will the south—east of scotland and northern ireland hello. but in the north and west, we're going to see changes in our weather over the days ahead, increasing cloud tomorrow and outbreaks of rain returning and so we will probably see the last to the highlands and islands. of scenes like those this morning, it will be mainly rain, some snow over the hills, where quite a few of you saw some temperatures up to 8 degrees heavy bouts of snow. in stornoway, 7 degrees in lerwick, there is still some snow around a little bit higher across some at the moment, though. other parts of the country still in parts of northern england, compared with today. the north and west midlands on sunday, with high pressure and wales, where we've had it still across the south, so far this morning. frost and some fog are still likely could be up to ten centimetres to start the day but of snow on the tops of the hills. some sunny spells. generally, a lot more cloud around, turning a little bit sleety at times towards lower levels. rather grey conditions, hazy sunshine across england some sleet and snow flurries mixed in amongst that misty picture. and wales but the cloud thickens but scotland, northern ireland, looking dry and bright with lots of sunshine to take us in scotland and northern ireland. a few sunny spells here there through to the afternoon. but wherever you are, a cold one, on sunday but most will be dry

with some outbreaks of rain the vast majority of the country only around one or two celsius across the north through this afternoon. and west once again. into this evening and overnight, and we continue with that upward that area of snow will start trend in temperatures, lifting to diminish, push south—westwards across the midlands, wales, by a degree or so day on day. towards the south—west. that trend continues into next week only giving a slight as high pressure continues dusting here and there, to push away even more. not leaving too much around. it allows the air to come in off and with clear skies the atlantic and with that, behind it and snow covered temperatures will start to rise even further. ground in some areas, overall, mild air pushing it's going to be in but we will see incursions a particularly cold night. of cold air fight it out at times southern scotland and northern england could get as low so still the chance of some snow, as around —11 or —12. particularly on the hills freezing fog patches is another of scotland and northern england hazard, as well as ice but overall, if you see something to start tomorrow morning, falling from the sky, most likely it will be rain particularly across the south. with the driest conditions that fog will take a while to shift in the south and the general trend, and clear but many other parts not as cold as now. of england and wales will have some sunshine, as will the south—east of scotland and northern ireland. but to the north and west, increased amounts of cloud tomorrow, and outbreaks of rain return to the highlands and islands. it will be mainly rain, preceded by some snow over the hills. note the temperatures, up to around 8 degrees in stornoway. 7 degrees in lerwick. a little bit higher across some other parts of the country compared to today. into sunday, high pressure still across the south. frost and fog still likely to start the day but some sunny spells. generally, though,

a lot more cloud around. sunshine hazy across england and wales but the cloud thickest through scotland and northern ireland. there will be a few sunny spells here and there, most will be dry but some outbreaks of rain across the north and west once again. we continue with that upward trend in temperatures, continuing to lift by a degree or so day on day. and that trend continues into next week, as our high pressure continues to push away even more. we allow the air to come in off the atlantic and with that temperatures will start to rise even further. overall, mild air pushing on but we will see incursions of cold air fight it out at times. still the chance of some snow, particularly in the hills of scotland and northern england, but overall if you see something falling from the sky, it's most likely to be rain. driest conditions in the south and the general trend — not as cold as now.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: new rules for passengers arriving in the uk — soon they'll have to show a negative coronavirus test result. what we're trying to do now is stop a new variant which isn't established here from coming here, and this is the south african variant, where the scientist are very concerned about the ability of the vaccine to tackle the south african variant. the us president donald trump finally issues a statement, saying he condemns the storming of the us capitol by his supporters and committing to an orderly transition of power. to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. wales has extended its lockdown by another three weeks, with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most

pupils until the february half—term. the pressures facing some ambulance services during the pandemic are off the scale, according the royal college of emergency medicine. and coming up this hour, after a man charged a 92—year—old woman £160 to be injected with a fake covid vaccine, we'll look at the dangers of scammers. we'll be speaking to the director of the charity age uk. people arriving into the uk will soon have to provide a negative coronavirus test in order to enter the country. arrivals, including uk nationals, will have to take a test 72 hours before they are due to leave the country they are in. it will apply whether you're

arriving by boat, train or plane. those exempt from the new rules will include hauliers, children under the age of 11, and people travelling within the uk or ireland. the measures are expected to start as early as next week. anyone who fails to comply with the new regulations will be subject to a £500 fine. you will still have to self—isolate for ten days on your return to the uk. the new rules come after months of pressure on the government from the travel industry. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports. booths ready to test arrivals at heathrow airport. this scheme was ready to go, but never given the green light by the government. until today's announcement, the uk has not required anyone arriving in the country to show that they have recently tested negative for the coronavirus. but things are about to change. from next week, international arrivals, including uk nationals, travelling to england and scotland will need to show that they have a negative covid—19 test, taken up to 72 hours before they travel. it applies to everyone arriving

by boat, plane or train, but not to hauliers or children under 11, and it won't apply to anyone travelling within the uk or ireland. even with a negative test, arrivals from countries not on the travel corridor list will still have to quarantine. many in the aviation industry have been calling for testing since april last year. they hope that, in the long term, testing can be used instead of quarantine. is this all too late? we would have liked to have seen it earlier. what it demonstrates is that there is a way that we can fly safely and show that we are not either importing or exporting a risk of infection between countries. without the testing regime, the only thing we have is quarantine measures, and that, you know, many people cannot fly and go away on holiday if they then have to quarantine for two weeks when they come back, so it's really crucial for us if we're going to see any kind of return to normality. the government has previously said that policies like the travel corridors, quarantining,

and the test to release programme have helped manage imported infections, but with new variants of the virus, it's clear the government wants to go further. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. there's been calls for testing on travel for absolutely months during this whole covid—19 crisis. look at east asian countries, they have even more rigorous procedures in place, white's uk not following suit? the argument up until now is that testing at the border or before people travel is largely pointless, because people could come in, have the virus but not yet be showing symptoms and test negative, then going to develop it in the days ahead. that is why they have focused on quarantine and the requirement for people to self—isolates once they arrive in the uk from other countries over and above testing or any other measures. i think what has

changed is the discovery of new variants of coronavirus which are potentially more contagious or spread more quickly at least, and crucially could call into question the efficiency and effectiveness of the efficiency and effectiveness of the vaccines, which are now being administered here in the uk. there is one in particular which has at ministers and scientific adviser is worried, that is the one which has been discovered in south africa. that is why they are now moving to introduce a requirement for people to have a negative test within 72 hours of travelling to the uk in order to be allowed in. speaking earlier this morning on bbc brea kfast, earlier this morning on bbc breakfast, grant shapps explained more about why the government has chosen to act now. what we're trying to do now is stop a new variant, which isn't established here, from coming here. and this is the south african variant, where the scientists are very concerned about the ability of the vaccine to tackle the south african variant.

so we have done this today, and i notice the canadians, the prime ministerjustin trudeau there, has done exactly the same thing as us, actually overnight, also introducing a 72 hour test. also in addition to the quarantine measures, which remain in place. a labour service had been done months ago and they are among those putting pressure on the government to increasing currents for testing people coming into the uk enter accused ministers of leaving the doors unlocked. but she heard the transport secretary explained there, this is specifically in response to concerns around that new variant of the virus. it has caught people slightly off guard, some planning to travel to the uk in the coming days still don't know exactly when this requirement will come into place, and around a specific types of test which will be considered valid. out there is no specific requirement for, say, a lateralflow test, which

gets a pcr test which takes a little longer, but all ministers are saying at this point is that it has to meet uk standards, which will be the requirement before someone boards a train, plane or boat coming into the uk, if someone somehow manages to come in and test positive or doesn't have documentation with them once they arrive in the uk, there will be spot checks by the border force, they will be subject to a £500 fine. thank you. you saw karen dee in caroline davies' report, she is the chief executive of the airport operators association. what difference do you think this is going to make and how easy will be to operate internationally? is an industry would been calling for testing to be introduced because we think it's a better way than quarantine. it is not a new

innovation, testing is in place in a number of countries. we see it at some airports in the uk because it's required for destination countries, so we think it's a good thing, it will help in public health has to come first. we think it should go smoothly and we will have tests around to help passengers. and yet we know that there are going to be exemptions for people travelling between ireland and children, do you think that is why is giving these are still fresh movements of people who can transmit the virus?|j are still fresh movements of people who can transmit the virus? i think there are always going to be some exemptions. until we can get widespread roll—out of the vaccine and tests. testing gives you some information on what we're trying to do is minimise the risk of transmission. clearly come in the uk, we have high risk of infection at the moment, and for our industry,

there are very few flights at the moment anyway, because of the lockdown that we have in england and also the travel bans that exist. so what we're hoping with this new testing regime is that we get it in place in a way that allows the industry to be able to build up safely and get back to some kind of normal way of operating and flying again, because as an industry, we ah in effect been almost closed now for almost a year. that has been devastating but we see a path through. butjust in the uk need to go further? when you see what east asian countries do, they follow you up, quarantine you in a hotel, they really check on what you're doing for 1h days or even longer. this is only a half—hearted measure pretty late in the day, isn't it? we as an industry have been calling for this

for some time, since last year when quarantine measures first came in, because we felt that a testing regime would be more effective than a quarantine measure. clearly, this isa a quarantine measure. clearly, this is a bit of both, but you will recall that the government introduced the test to release scheme as well, so passengers arriving into the uk will still have the opportunity to reduce their quarantine period by taking the test. we do have a passenger locator form that the government has instigated, so there is a checking mechanism but we would like to see that more effective and more efficient and something which actually imposes less of a burden on passengers, but which protects safety, obviously. how would that work exactly, what sort of changes do you mean? we do think

predeparture testing as part of that framework, what we would like to see is whether or not we build on that with new or faster test that come m, with new or faster test that come in, lateral flow test being used with new or faster test that come in, lateralflow test being used in other parts of the economy, that could help us in future to minimise the quarantine level without opening up the quarantine level without opening up the risk of infection. of course, is vaccines roll—out, notjust in the uk but also in other countries, clearly that is going to affect this. this is all about minimising risk from a travel, we think that the current measures will hopefully bea the current measures will hopefully be a temporary regime as we begin to move more towards more people being vaccinated and understanding more about the effectiveness of both the vaccines and tests. so it means to provide certainty to passengers and it isa provide certainty to passengers and it is a bit confusing when we see things constantly changing, but we do think this will ultimately

provide a way through to a much more normal and pleasurable experience for passengers as we move through the coming weeks and months. eight or longer, perhaps! thank you very much. the roll—out of the coronavirus vaccine is a national challenge on a scale never seen before — that's according to the prime minister. 1.5 million people have now received a jab, but borisjohnson says there's likely to be some difficulties ahead with the programme. john maguire has been speaking to some of those who've already been vaccinated. as the uk rolls up its sleeves, the mass vaccination programme is gathering pace. to protect as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, and, in a change of policy, planned second jabs for patients are being delayed, effectively doubling the number of doses for the short term. i think that from a public health perspective, to have twice the number of people with some immunity is better than having half the number with full immunity, and that is the rationale

behind the change in dosing. although i know that is very uncomfortable for some people, and particularly some patients are very anxious about this. broadcaster and campaigner dame esther rantzen has had her second pfizerjab delayed, but says she is happy to wait. i was rung up yesterday and told it was going to be delayed "according to government instructions," i think she said. and i said, "i just want to tell you that i am very relieved, "i would be delighted if my second jab went to somebody "who really needs it." i'm sheltering myself, i'm not meeting anyone, but there are people that have to go out and about, whether it's health care professionals or people in supermarkets or delivery people, and i hope one of them has got myjab instead of me. even once the booster has been given time to work, the patient is protected against illness, but may still carry the virus and pass it on to others.

at this immunisation centre in gloucestershire, four gp surgeries have combined and have given first doses to all of their over—80s. if supplies can keep up, they aim to protect people down to their 50s before the end of next month. that's ahead of the prime minister's target covering the highest risk groups down to the over—70s. so far, almost 1.5 million have had theirfirstjab. let's be clear, this is a national challenge on a scale like nothing we have seen before, and it will require an unprecedented national effort, and of course, there will be difficulties. appointments will be changed. but as brigadier prosser will explain shortly, the army is working hand in glove with the nhs and local councils to set up a vaccine network, and using battle preparation techniques to help us keep up the pace. the world health organization

has warned against extending the gap between the two pfizer doses to 12 weeks, arguing that six should be the maximum. suzi stembridge is hoping to receive her booster next week. you had your first jab just before christmas. yes, and i felt as if i was walking on air, we came out of the surgery feeling absolutely fantastic, thinking this will be a way out of this, and let's hope it gets going very quickly. and then i got a bit alarmed when they started talking about putting it back to 12 weeks. at last night's downing street briefing, the size and the scale of the vaccination programme was laid out. frankly, we need a huge acceleration if we are over the next five weeks going to vaccinate more people than we typically vaccinate over five months during a winter flu programme.

we've got 39 days to do it, and so the plan for the next 39 days has these three essential components. first of all, expanding the supply of vaccines that we can administer. secondly, more places doing the jabbing. and thirdly, the nhs expanding the number of people and the partnerships who are helping us get the job done. so as gp surgeries, pharmacies and football grounds come online, the challenge, and it's a massive one, will be to match supply with huge demand. science, logistics and determination must all combine to defeat nature and to beat the pandemic. we can now speak to dr samara afzal, a gp at netherton health centre in dudley. thank you forjoining us. have you had all the supplies that you need

to of both vaccines or are you worried about any shortage? thank you for having me. we have been quite lucky, we started our vaccination programme three weeks ago today, and today, everyone will be getting their booster vaccine over this week, i will be there on sunday presenting patients for those. i know a lot of places likely haven't had their delivery on time, we have been lucky in having both deliveries on time. were doing the booster, so you are giving people the second dose of the pfizer vaccine? yes, there was a lot of confusion and i think unfortunately the message came quite late, so we had already consented these patients to have their second jab, and the consent form said if you have it outside this period we don't know how effective it will be, so trying to explain this has changed was

difficult, some patients got upset, so we decided we would carry on as planned with those people and will give them their boosterjab this weekend, and we are also getting a delivery of the astrazeneca, so we will be immunising an extra 400 patients as well. given pfizer haven't done test for longer than a three—week gap, given the world health organization and anthony fauci in the us both say they are not going along with this 12 week gap, are you still going to go along with that 12 week gap for new patients coming in? we will have to, because that has been the guidance sent out to us. at this time around, will be an excuse because those patients were already told and so it was unfair to cancel them, but for the rest of the guidance that has come to us that we now had to wait for 12 weeks because it is in the best interest to have more people vaccinated. i think, best interest to have more people vaccinated. ithink, had best interest to have more people vaccinated. i think, had the message

come out before the vaccination process had been started, it would have been better, but now there has been some reluctance and doubts among health care workers, we didn't wa nt to among health care workers, we didn't want to wait for more than three weeks, we want to be fully immunised, there is enough press going out on the front line as it is. i think that message could have been clearer but we will be following the guidance and going 12 weeks after this weekend. which have been worried about legal repercussions if you haven't given people their second dose within three weeks, because of the effect of co ntra cts three weeks, because of the effect of contracts people had entered into? we don't know because it's all new, we don't know what will happen if somebody contracts coronavirus what they would do in terms of the legal route, but we have been following instructions which are coming from higher up and that is that we need to get as many people immunised as quick as possible and

pfizer have said that they didn't go along with this, but would been told that if you look at the data and ta ke that if you look at the data and take out those patients that contracted coronavirus within a few days of getting the jab, detection is actually around 80%, more than initially reported. we want to get as many people immunised in order to get out of this pandemic, but at the same time, interest and concern from people that this is not what the recommendations are from pfizer, who made the vaccine. in terms of the overall vaccine roll—outs, it is a massive programme and incredibly complicated, what is your sense across the region where you work as to how effective and efficient it is, other changes that could come in to help, should this be happening 24 hours a day? personally, i think so. there was a break over christmas and new year, i thought we could have

continued. i know there was a worry about getting enough staff, but i think now we know what is happening and there needs to be some sort of process because health care workers have to leave the normaljob to come out, to getting army personnel, getting people involved in the process so that we can vaccinate 24 hours, because i know people that would happily come overnight and have their vaccine done. at the same time, some people aren't coming for vaccinations, particularly amongst the south asian population, people are scared to have the vaccine, there are rumours going around, and i would encourage them, particularly if they are at high risk of death from coronavirus, to come out and have the vaccination. lots of elderly patients operated out of the snow to have vaccinations today, so there shouldn't be anything stopping anyone else. thank you very much.

the european union has reached a deal with pfizer and biontech for 300 million additional doses of its covid—19 vaccine, doubling the amount of doses from these producers. president of the european commission ursula von der leyen made the announcement this morning. we have right now access to 300 million doses of the biontech pfizer vaccine. now, the good news is, we now have agreed with biontech pfizer to extend this contract. with the new agreement, we could purchase a total of up to an additional 300 million doses of the biontech pfizer vaccine. in other words, this will allow us to double the amount of doses of biontech pfizer. and i'm particularly pleased that 75 million of this order will already be available as of quarter two onwards. the rest will then be delivered in the third and fourth quarter.

the advantage of this good news is we already have a contract, so no lengthy negotiations any more. it is a proven vaccine, so the whole procedure of authorisation is done. the member states know it, so they know how to handle it, they know the logistics behind it, and therefore this brings certainty for the planning, and it creates an additional momentum for vaccination throughout europe and for the neighbourhood. we are hearing that northern ireland will not be introducing a covid—19 testing scheme for international travellers, similar to that being introduced in england. the republic of ireland has extended its travel

ban on flights and passenger ferries arriving from great britain until midnight tonight. from tomorrow, all passengers arriving from great britain at irish airports and ports will be required to have evidence of a negative test taken within 72 hours prior to their arrival. and also the rules are different and travelling on the other direction, people arriving from the irish republic into the uk will not need a negative test as the common travel area is included as one of the uk exemptions. it is slightly complicated if you are travelling in this region, do check the latest guidelines, but those are the latest details coming in. in a dramatic change of tone, president trump has expressed outrage at what he called the heinous attack on the capitol building in washington, dc on wednesday. in a video message released on twitter after a brief ban from the site, president trump called for calm to be restored and says he's focussing on an orderly transition of power to a new administration. but it's failed to calm down members of his own administration — two cabinet members have resigned,

as have a raft of white house aides, and the democrats are calling for him also calling for him to go and preparing impeachment proceedings. peter bowes reports. the clean—up continues in washington, but this is a mess that won't be brushed under the carpet. the country has been shaken to the core. mob violence at the heart of american government. condemnation of the violence was slow to come from one branch of government, the white house, but more than 24 hours after the capitol building was ransacked, donald trump's tone has changed. in a new video, the president condemns what he calls the heinous attack, saying he's outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. and to those who broke the law, you will pay.

the president defends his decision to challenge the election results, but he doesn't repeat his unfounded claims that the process was rigged. two members of the cabinet have now resigned, blaming mr trump's comments will do little to persuade his opponents, including some republicans, that he's still fit to hold office. leading democrats in congress have urged mike pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment and remove him from the white house. the president's abuse of power, his incitement of a mob against a duly elected representative body of the united states, is a manifestly impeachable offence. if there ever was an impeachable offence, what the president did was it. but the clock is ticking on donald trump's presidency. he'll be out in 12 days, whenjoe biden takes over. mr trump has pledged that it will be a smooth and orderly transition of power. but many americans are nervous about what could happen between now and then.

the tension in the country is palpable. firms exporting to the eu have expressed concern about the impact of new trade rules since the end of the brexit transition period last month. many british—based retailers that distribute goods around europe fear they will have to pay some tariffs or taxes. other companies, including seafood exporters and delivery firms, have complained about significant extra paperwork. our business correspondent vivienne nunis is in south london. what exactly are we hearing from businesses at the moment? we certainly are starting to hear more concerns raised. we had emma test this morning issued its latest financial results —— we had m&s firm this morning released results and express concerns about rules of origin. this means that uk businesses that export goods to the

eu, it matters particularly if some of those parts comprising of those goods exported into the eu, and those... i'm sorry, those parts leaving the eu are now attracting tariffs, so we know there is a free trade agreement signed between the eu and brussels, at which move extra ta riffs eu and brussels, at which move extra tariffs on goods and problems around quotas, but there are still parts of this trading relationship that do attract taxes, and the chief executive of marks & spencer today talked about the example of percy pigs, they are produced in germany, imported to the uk, then exported to france in the czech republic, those could attract more tariffs and cost. m&s said for a big company like itself, it has the capacity to deal with the administrative burden but it said other companies will now be facing problems with theirs and may choose to re—base to the eu.

the pressures facing some ambulance services during the pandemic are "off the scale", according the royal college of emergency medicine. leaked figures seen by the bbc show south—east of england ambulance waiting times at hospitals rose by 36% in december compared to the same month in 2019. some patients are also having to wait longer for ambulances to arrive when called. i'm joined now by health reporter faye kirkland. what does this data show?m what does this data show? it shows that nearly 8000 hours were spent where ambulances with patients had arrived in hospitals and the south east but they weren't able to get those patients to the hospital, so there are times when those crews and ambulances could have been on the road, responding to other 999 calls. as you said, that's up 36% from the same month last year and up 57% from two years ago. what does this mean for patients? it has a new knock-on

effect, because if the ambulance is there at the hospital, it can't be responding to new calls, and the patients in the ambulance can't get the care they would have got if they had been in hospital. one london—based paramedic said to me in the last wicket of examples of people falling over in the streets of london, they might have broken a limb, they had been in freezing conditions and some of them have had to wait for six hours for an ambulance before the ambulance has come, so he described that is dangerous for patients. others with covid—19 had breathing issues have had to wait eight hours at home, and on monday this week, we find that there had been, at one point, more than 700 calls placed on hold in london where people had called for an ambulance but none was available. i know what this feels like because of the spring, one of my children had covid, we think, and i called an ambulance, was put on hold for 20 minutes, and there was talk one won't awry four hours potentially. it was terrifying because it went up

driving my child to the hospital and said, who was ok, thankfully. this is unprecedented in the uk, this period in our international history, we cannot really imagine the strain on the nhs as a whole in terms of what this signifies? absolutely, people have used the word crisis but the royal college of emergency medicine has had to be that this winter is a crisis like they have never seen. i spoke to the vice president who said he's been a doctorfor 25 president who said he's been a doctor for 25 years and must never knew a winter like it, he says it is ona knew a winter like it, he says it is on a different magnitude and it speaks to a wider problem in the emergency care sector, whether it is such a huge pressure that it is now a crisis point. thank you. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. liverpool's fa cup tie with aston villa is on tonight, despite a significant covid outbreak in the villa squad. that match is one of two games being played tonight, which kicks off the third round weekend, but with rising infection rates,

it's not the only game that's been affected. our football reporter is simon stonejoins me. simon, confirmation in the last hour that game will go ahead. yes, that is right. and villa have taken the same option that derby cou nty taken the same option that derby county have ta ken taken the same option that derby county have taken as far as their match with chorley on saturday morning, saturday lunchtime, is concerned, in the fact that they will use their under 23 and under 18 squads to fulfil these matches and they have been training in a different part of the training ground. they are unaffected by the same covid—19 issues that the first tea m same covid—19 issues that the first team have been affected by, and that could have an impact on the sweet‘s premier league games. for now, those two matches are going ahead. a match thatis two matches are going ahead. a match that is not is shrewsbury‘s home game against southampton tomorrow,

which has been called off. that is being investigated or looked at by the fa and they will decide what to do about that. as you say, it is a number of issues now affecting football. football is not immune from the problems in society, and these are the things that they are having to with now. you talk about the impact on squads and matches, and when you're organising the fa cup and premier league at the moment, the organisers do not want match being postponed because it can create something of a backlog. what is going on behind—the—scenes? what is going on behind—the—scenes? what is the reality and how is the rest of this football season going to be affected now? well, the reality is, for a competition like the fa cup, the fourth—round is taking place in two weeks' time. there is virtually no gap. sadly for some premier league teams, there are no gaps at all to play any extra that did not

ta ke all to play any extra that did not take place this weekend, which is why aston villa have chosen the route that they have, because the game couldn't beat arranged any other time, and you just don't see a nyway other time, and you just don't see anyway out of them other than forfeiting the game if they were not going to play their younger players. there are gaps in the premier league calendar, but not in terms of teams that are involved in europe, so, you know, clubs such as manchester city, who had a game called offjust after christmas at everton, there is a little room for them to work in. but not much room. there is a little bit more for teams like fulham, who have had two matches called off. the issue is, and the problem is affecting, for instance, aston villa, it has a knock—on effect of the premier league because first—team players not involved tomorrow will have to isolate, including the manager, dean smith,

ten days. this creates extra backlog. at the moment, all competitions are trying to play all of their matches and just tidy up the games that do not take place. but as the time goes on, the issues become harder and harder to resolve, and that is when there will be greater debate about whether the season can carry on. want to keep an ion. many thanks indeed. —— one to keep an eye on. west ham forward sebastien haller — the club's record signing — has joined ajax for a fee ofjust over £20 million.it represents it represents a significant loss for the club who paid £45 million for the forward back in 2019. bought by manuyel pellegrini, he's failed to fit the system under current manager david moyes, who's expected to reinvest the funds on finding a replacement. australia's steve smith, has scored a long—awaited test century on the second day of the third test against india. he hit 131 at the sydney cricket

ground, his first test century, since the ashes series in england back in september 2019. there was a big score, too, for marnus labushane, who got 91, as australia finished their first innings, on 338. india are 96—2 in reply. that's all the sport for now. police are searching for a man who injected a 92—year—old woman with a fake coronavirus vaccine and charged her £160. detectives have appealed for information about the suspect who they say "may endanger people's lives" unless caught. the victim let him into her home in south london after he said he was from the nhs. she wasn't hurt by the fake jab. let's talk to the charity director of age uk, caroline abrahams. it is an absolutely appalling story, this, and really worrying, isn't it?

horrific. the idea that anyone even think of doing such a thing is terrible, but there are a of scanners in our society who are resourceful, and anyone can get caught out, and we all have to be on ourguard. caught out, and we all have to be on our guard. how people check if something happens to them like this, or they get e—mails or text messages and do not know if they are true or false, how do people go about finding out? with the vaccine, people should expect to hear via their local gp, so nobody will turn out of the blue your front door and offer you a vaccine. you will hear that way. of course, one of the things happening here is that older people are anxious to have this vaccine and scammers are playing on their hopes as well as fears, but we have to be patient and we will hear from our gps when the time comes. some people have said about fake

text messages and e—mail saying there is a vaccine or something you can buy. they should always check with the right authority whether it is the police, shops, other doctors in question. yes, it pays to be very cynical. it will come, but you have to be patient. there are, you are right, some horrible texts and e—mails doing the rounds. they have been quite advertised on social media, so if you have an older relative, please remind them that if they do get anything like that to be very very careful and vigilant. are you hearing a lot of these complaints? not yet, really. but this is against the context in which our research has found that two in have been targeted by scammers at some point in their lives. —— two in five. people are very resourceful. it is easy to think you have made a

terrible mistake if you are caught out, but it could happen to any others. they tend to target older people who are vulnerable and on their own. we need to do much more asa their own. we need to do much more as a country to tackle the sort of crime. it has huge implications for older people, not only with their money, but also damaging their self—confidence and sending them into a decline because of the heartache and anxiety. one other thing that has happened to a lot of us is if you get a phone colour text m essa g es us is if you get a phone colour text messages and you are sure about it, the phone down and ringback those who say they are calling you and you can check it. yes, and if you are an older person, ask someone you trust what they think. do not do anything at the moment, that is how scammers make you make a quick decision which you may regret. thank you, from age uk. the national lockdown in wales will continue for at least three more weeks, with schools likely to remain closed until the february half—term. first minister mark drakeford says

that although coronavirus case rates have fallen since the lockdown was introduced in december, some measures may need to be strengthened. for all those reasons, we need to continue the regime we have had in wales since before christmas and, where we can, to intensified even further. tougher restrictions have come into force in northern ireland today, preventing people from leaving their homes without good reason. under the new regulations, people should only be outside for limited activities, such as shopping for essentials, excercising or going to the doctor. a rise in covid patients has also forced some hospitals to cancel urgent operations. our ireland correspondent chris page has more details. northern ireland is being more

tightly locked down today. there will be more police on the streets and on the roads, we are told, in order to enforce the new law. as of midnight it became illegal for you to leave your home without a reasonable excuse, and those excuses include food shopping, going fora medical appointments, taking exercise, and you are allowed to do that with one member of one other household. the number of people gathering outdoors has been cut from 15 down to six. from now on, outdoor gatherings up to six people can only be comprised of people from two households. shops, nonessential shops, certainly, and hospitality have been closed here since boxing day, this is the second week of a six week lockdown anyway. the reason why ministers in the stormont executive have decided to tighten the regulations is because the health service is under severe pressure. as you said, hospitals here in belfast have actually decided to cancel cancer operations, even urgent ones, so health officials, it is understood, are looking at a plan as to how hospitals in other parts

of northern ireland can take on that extra work. but all the hospitals are operating at capacity or beyond now because of the surge in coronavirus patients, and it is thought one in 60 people here has the virus at the moment. it could be one in 40 in areas that are worst affected. doctors say that means they are expecting hundreds of new patients to be admitted to hospital over the coming weeks. there have been a few glimmers of hope, though, amongst all those dire statistics... sorry, i was going to say, just one glimmer of hope among all those dire statistics — in the last two or three days there have been signs the infection rate is dropping, though it is still at a very high level. we are hearing that the royal stoke hospital trust in north staffordshi re hospital trust in north staffordshire is going to be on level four, they plan to move patients out of hospital. the trust has moved to level four for the

whole organisation. they were speaking to bbc radio stoke. the chief executive says the escalation is because of the pressure there currently facing and the are yet to see the impact of the new variant which is moving closer and expecting to see that hit in a week at the most. critical care was already at level four, which allows them to stop doing some of the routine tasks. they are still trying to do some kind of surgery. they're expecting the number of covid—19 patients to grow exponentially when the new variant reaches them. just a sign again of the pressures and strains that the nhs across the country is currently under. strains that the nhs across the country is currently under. more now on brexit. firms exporting to the eu have expressed concern about the impact of new trade rules since the end of the brexit transition period last month. many british—based retailers that distribute goods around europe fear they will have to pay some tariffs or taxes. other companies, including seafood exporters and delivery firms, have complained about significant extra paperwork. we can speak now to labour mp

and shadow transport secretaryjim mcmahon. jim, are you hearing about significant problems from businesses on this front? yes, we have been in regular contact with the haulage industry, with freight managers and also with others and there is real concern that governments do not have their act together and do not have a plan in place or resources in place to manage the new relationship. so ina way, to manage the new relationship. so in a way, we can be slightly distracted by the queues around reports, or the airfield been taken up reports, or the airfield been taken up by reports, or the airfield been taken up by trucks. the truth is that there are thousands and thousands of hgv drivers around the country being told to keep away from the ports because of the restrictions that are in place. there is real concern about the impact on hauliers, drivers, but also on our economy. if we cannot export, back—up perfect businesses in the uk. yet are not

seeing total chaos that many on the remaining side predicted with brexit. let us be clear, the test is not whether there is a queue in kent. the test is whether we can get goods out of this country so we can trade and our economy can be assured up trade and our economy can be assured up in what is a very difficult time, not just with up in what is a very difficult time, notjust with brexit, but with covid and the impact. what we need to make sure it's there is a plan in place and that is resourced. the government promised they would recruit 50,000 customs agents and we have not seen anywhere near that number. it is really important that the government moved quickly, get a plan in place and support our economy through what are difficult times. how much of a disruption are we facing and how critical could it be to some businesses? we are seeing very light border inspections around incoming food into the country. as we head towards summer, the inspections will increase, and that

will require additional support. it is more that when we are making customs declarations, this is a new think many businesses have not had to do the decades. it is a new thing and they need support in doing that, and they need support in doing that, and support them to do that is customs agents. if they are not in place because the government had been quick enough, they do not happy capacity to actually administer the paperwork, and it is a real issue if you want to export into europe. understood. i want to mention another aspect of the changes we are seeing. a former home secretary has warned that britain will regret for a long time to come the impact on uk security from withdrawing from eu justice and withdrawing from the european arrest arrest warrant and interpol. other figures european arrest arrest warrant and interpol. otherfigures have raised real concern about security. the labour party have raised these concerns for a considerable time. we are concerned that if we do not have are concerned that if we do not have

a common interest in managing security, terrorists are blind to orders. they want to exploit any gaps in the system. it is important we work closely with our eu neighbours and share intelligence to defeat criminals. finally, if! can bring in another key story we are carrying today, on covid and the whole testing regime. i do not know how much you have been across this. the government is announcing new changes in terms of trying to protect the border. do you think it goes far enough? are you supportive of what they are doing?|j goes far enough? are you supportive of what they are doing? i would love to go for a week without another example of lack of planning and chaos. unfortunately, crossing the exact same with testing and incoming passenger arrivals. it took us months as a country to introduce any restrictions to incoming passengers when the pandemic first started. by the time the quarantine came in, 22

million people arrived in this country without any restrictions at all. even when we have a 14 day quarantine in place, the truth is, the government only managed to make contact with 3% of those who were supposed to sound isolate. the system is not in place to make sure people were adhering to the rules and keeping the country safe. let's be clear, covid arrived on our shores at the end of january last year. we are now approaching nearly a full year of having to adapt to the virus and get a plan in place to deal with the impact on our borders and we are failing every test and the government had been delayed in taking action. the action has not been good enough. do think people should be tested on arrival when they come into the uk from elsewhere? some countries and east asia quarantine you and make sure you have a nap and check in on you. they are much stricter. they test to

ensure to reduce the risk. even on the quarantine length, the government were not willing to come to the table and work for a solution support our aviation industry. even now, the government had not been able to come forward with a financial package to support the impact on our airports and operators with the restrictions in place. thank you very much indeed. sweden's parliament has passed a law allowing for stricter coronavirus measures, in one of the few european countries not to have imposed a lockdown. from sunday, ministers can impose limits on the numbers using public transport, and will have the power to close shops, gyms, and cinemas, all of which have remained open throughout the pandemic. sweden has relied on a strong tradition of civic responsibility to ensure that social distancing and hygiene rules are followed. about 9,000 people in a population of ten million have died with the coronavirus. our reporter maddy savage is in stockholm. for months, sweden has had the

strategy of focusing on voluntary recommendations, things like working from home, avoiding going public on public transport. it said stricter measures, the kind of lockdowns have seen across europe was not the way for sweden to go. we are now seeing some of the highest case at numbers in relation to population size in sweden compared to the rest of europe. there has been a shift towards tougher measures over the last few months. we already have things like bars closing at 8pm and maximum of four people per table. public gatherings limited to eight people. until now, ministers did not have the power to introduce anything stricter than this, even if they wa nted stricter than this, even if they wanted to, and that is what the vote today has been all about. they now have the power to introduce a wide—ranging of things, such as limiting numbers in places like shops, cinemas, and also public places like parks and beaches, and to find people for having private parties in venues like banquet halls

or student unions. swedish people have been asked not to have parties and still have done so and they now have the legal framework to punish them. now the framework is set up... we don't know when... a high court has ruled that doctors can stop providing life—support treatment to a five—year—old girl who has suffered brain damage and is in a vegetative state. pippa became ill when she was 20 months old. doctors who are treating the youngster have said there is no evidence that pippa will recover or improve. her mother wants pippa to be placed on a portable ventilator and allowed home. mrjustice poole ruled that life—support treatment should end and pippa should be allowed to die. representatives of indian farmers are meeting government

ministers in the capital, delhi, to try to resolve a dispute about new agricultural laws. yesterday, thousands of farmers in tractors clogged up a major motorway on the outskirts of delhi. they say they need the protection of government price controls and an official purchasing system. the government insists the reforms will help farmers by allowing them to do their own deals. the farmers say they're planning further action, including on india's republic day later this month. boeing has agreed to pay £1 billion to settle us criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of its 737 max planes. the usjustice department said the firm chose "profit over candour" when it misled regulators over the planes' failings. two of the planes were involved in deadly crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed nearly 350 people. most of the money will go to the companies that bought the plane and were affected by its grounding, but half a billion dollars will go to the families of those killed. lack of access to fast broadband

during the pandemic is increasing economic inequality between the rich and poor — that's according to a report by a group of mps. the public accounts committee says a "litany" of failures from government in delivering faster internet connections means people who are worse off and those in rural areas are being left behind, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. it was a hugely ambitious election promise — give every home in the uk access to state—of—the—art gigabit speed broadband by 2025. but now that's been scaled back to reaching 85% of homes by the same date. and mps are worried that even this reduced target will be hard to meet. they warn that people in rural areas could lose out, struggling with slow broadband for years to come. this report says the government has failed to set out how the public money needed to give gigabit broadband to ha rd—to—reach places will be spent. the pandemic has shown how vital

good intranet connections are, for everything from home learning to keeping small businesses going. and the concern is the digital divide between town and country could widen. there is going to be difficulties in rural communities in terms of economics and economic disadvantages. and doubling that with the digital disadvantages those communities have will really mean that recovery in these areas will be a lot harder hit. and we really need government to deliver for those communities, to make sure they're not further and further left behind. the department of culture, media and sport disagreed with the report, saying it contained a number of inaccuracies. it said it expected half of all homes to have access to gigabit broadband by the end of this year. new data from eu satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016

as the world's warmest year. the copernicus climate change service says that last year was around 1.25 celsuim above the long—term average. the scientists say that unprecedented levels of heat in the arctic and siberia were key factors in driving up the overall temperature. the past 12 months also saw a new record for europe, around 0.4celsuis warmer than 2019. actress marion ramsey, best known for her role in police academy, has died at her home in los angeles. her agent said she'd recently fallen ill, but didn't give a cause of death. the 73—year—old started her career on broadway before rising to fame with her portrayal of squeaky—voiced officer laverne hooks in six of the us comedy films. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. we're going to see changes in our weather over the days ahead, and so we will probably see the last of scenes like those this morning, where quite a few of you saw some heavy bouts of snow. there is still some snow around at the moment, though.

still in parts of northern england, the north and west midlands and wales, where we've had it so far this morning. could be up to ten centimetres of snow on the tops of the hills. turning a little bit sleety at times towards lower levels. rather grey conditions, some sleet and snow flurries mixed in amongst that misty picture. but scotland, northern ireland, looking dry and bright with lots of sunshine to take us through to the afternoon. but wherever you are, a cold one, the vast majority of the country only around one or two celsius through this afternoon. into this evening and overnight, that area of snow will start to diminish, push south—westwards across the midlands, wales, towards the south—west. only giving a slight dusting here and there, not leaving too much around. and with clear skies behind it and snow covered ground in some areas, it's going to be a particularly cold night. southern scotland and northern england could get as low as around —11 or —12. freezing fog patches is another hazard, as well as ice to start tomorrow morning, particularly across the south. that fog will take a while to shift and clear but many other parts of england and wales will have some sunshine, as will the south—east of scotland and northern ireland. but to the north and west, increased amounts of cloud tomorrow,

and outbreaks of rain return to the highlands and islands. it will be mainly rain, preceded by some snow over the hills. note the temperatures, up to around 8 degrees in stornoway. 7 degrees in lerwick. a little bit higher across some other parts of the country compared to today. into sunday, high pressure still across the south. frost and fog still likely to start the day but some sunny spells. generally, though, a lot more cloud around. sunshine hazy across england and wales but the cloud thickest through scotland and northern ireland. there will be a few sunny spells here and there, most will be dry but some outbreaks of rain across the north and west once again. we continue with that upward trend in temperatures, continuing to lift by a degree or so day on day. and that trend continues into next week, as our high pressure continues to push away even more. we allow the air to come in off the atlantic and with that temperatures will start to rise even further. overall, mild air pushing on but we will see incursions of cold air fight it out at times. still the chance of some snow, particularly in the hills of scotland and northern england,

but overall if you see something falling from the sky, it's most likely to be rain. driest conditions in the south and the general trend — 01:58:06,427 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 not as cold as now.