bringing the rain at times and bringing the threat of flooding. this is bbc news with the latest headlines... calls for more support for the uk's travel and tourism sector — after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. a sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a covid vaccine, as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people. president—electjoe biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the united states, promising to vaccinate 100 million people within his first 100 days in office. our plan is as clear as it is bold — get more people vaccinated for free. and in half an hour, stephen sackur speaks

to lawyer alan dershowitz, who was part of president trump's first impeachment team — that's coming up in hardtalk. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public from variants of covid—19. air corridors are being closed on monday, meaning visitors to the uk will have to quarantine. there've been fresh calls from the travel sector for suport to help the industry survive. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. travel corridors mean people coming into the uk from a certain list of countries don't have

to quarantine upon arrival. right now, though, we're being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. to protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily close all travel corridors from 0a:00 hrs on monday. that means arrivals from anywhere will have to quarantine for ten days, or pay for a covid test on the fifth day, when they can leave quarantine early if its negative. this also applies to eurostar and sea ports, but not people travelling within the uk or ireland, or some jobs like hauliers. groups representing the travel industry — already battered by coronavirus restrictions — accept the need for rules to tighten, but they're asking where things go from here. we're saying to the government that they need to look at all of the measures that they've got in place for travel at the moment, and of all those restrictions, and actually come up with a plan to move forward, so that when restrictions start to lift, there is a clear plan in place.

there have been renewed calls for targeted support for aviation and aerospace. the aviation minister accepted the announcement was bad news for them. the most important thing l for all of the travel industry is that we're able to get people out and about travelling again safely. as soon as possible. and it's what we're doing _ with the vaccine, a massive roll—out of over 3.2 millionjabs — _ that's what offers the real prospect of better times for the aviation industry and the whole - of the travel industry. strong bookings for later in the year by the over—50s were providing some optimism, but for many in the holiday industry, the light at the end of the tunnel looks a little more distant than it did. katy austin, bbc news. toughened lockdown restrictions have come into force in scotland due to a rapidly spreading strain of covid—19. further measures have been brought in to stop the spread of coronavirus and limit non—essential contact. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow.

talk us through these toughened restrictions.— restrictions. much of scotland is alread in restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. _ restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. but - restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. but the - restrictions. much of scotland is - already in lockdown. but the number of new cases is still stubbornly high, the new variant is dominant and there is increasing pressure on the nhs. that is why we are seeing these new restrictions. and if people went for their takeaway coffee or takeaway food today, which we are still able to do, you are not able to go into the cafe or restaurant any more for that. you have to stay outside and it will be either delivered outside by a member of staff delivered through a hatch. another thing that will change if you do some shopping over click and collect, it will be a bit more restricted as to the things you can order. it will be what is being described as more essential items like baby equipment or clothes, books or shoes. you have to make an appointment, you cannotjust turn up and cannotjust go inside the shop.

your items will be brought outside. it is things like that that are discouraging people from hanging around in groups of people outside shops. and trying to avoid the transmission of the virus or at least cut down on the transmission of the virus. but even though these new restrictions are coming in, the main message from the scottish government is very much to stay—at—home unless what you are doing outside is absolutely essential. and another thing we are hearing about today is an outbreak of coronavirus on the island of barra, and up until now there have not been cases there. health officials in the western isles had described this as serious and escalating. the number of figures, the number of cases they had yesterday, it was up to 27, and more people were having to self—isolate. more than 100 people, which is about

a tenth of the island's population. those are the figures for barra allsop what about the figures overall for scotland? i allsop what about the figures overall for scotland?- allsop what about the figures overall for scotland? i was checking before i came _ overall for scotland? i was checking before i came on-air. _ overall for scotland? i was checking before i came on-air. they - overall for scotland? i was checking | before i came on-air. they normally before i came on—air. they normally come out at two o'clock and when i looked, they had not come out. again, they still have not come out for today. as i say, they have been stubbornly high. it is normally around that 2000 figure. there were around that 2000 figure. there were a few days when it was under that, and yesterday it was back—up to 2000. they normally come out at two o'clock so i can update that as soon as we get those figures. for o'clock so i can update that as soon as we get those figures.— as we get those figures. for the time being. _ as we get those figures. for the time being, many— as we get those figures. for the time being, many thanks. - one of the biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes has got under way in india. the world's second most populated country hopes to inoculate 300 million people byjuly. the task is made harder by public scepticism and shaky infrastructure. 0ur south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, sent this report from delhi.

in a nation of 1.3 billion, sanitation worker manish khumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. front line and health care staff priority in this initial roll—out. at another hospital in delhi, a red rose to everyone who has had a jab, like this doctor, who has treated countless covid patients himself in recent months. how are you feeling now you have had vaccine? i am feeling absolutely safe and fit and absolutely fine. verijyous, very ecstatic. there is no need to worry at all after this vaccine. this vaccine is absolutely safe and we all should come forward to have this vaccine. this is one of around 3000 vaccination centres which have been set up across india. here, and in other places, they are hoping to vaccinate around 100 people a day, which means, if you do the maths,

if all goes to plan, india's on track to vaccinate more than 300,000 people every day. known as the pharmacy of the world, india's the global leader in vaccine manufacturing. the oxford astrazeneca covishield jab, produced in the city of poona, is one of two being rolled out. there have been some concerns over the second, covaxin, developed by an indian company in conjunction with the government. it is yet to pass its phase three trials. officials say it is safe, but some doctors we spoke to in delhi say they won't take it until they know how effective it is. the phase three efficacy data is not out yet for covaxin, which is being administered here. doctors, we believe in science. so at this moment, we will not be going for covaxin — we don't want to be the guinea pigs. persuading people to take the vaccine is not the only challenge.

so too is delivery. across this country are urban and rural, valleys and vistas. officials hope to draw on india's experience of mass immunisation programmes. with the second highest number of reported cases, india's been hit hard by covid—19. but today, the nation celebrated, an injection of hope. the us president—elect, joe biden, has set out details of his plan to immunise100 million americans in his first 100 days in office. he said mass vaccination centres would be opened, with people over 65 considered a priority. the united states has recorded far more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else. our north america correspondent peter bowes sent this report. in a city where officials believe one in three of its population has been infected with covid—19 since the start of the pandemic,

there is a sense of urgency. hospitals in los angeles are overwhelmed. here, someone is dying of the virus every eight minutes. it is rough to see people who are really sick and we have to tell them there's not much we can do. we can take you to the hospital, but to sit on these gurneys, it's not comfy. the race is on to get as many people vaccinated as soon as possible. this is the car park at dodger stadium, the baseball venue in los angeles that has been transformed into the largest vaccination site in america. by the middle of next week, officials say at least 12,000 people a day will receive the covid jab here. but tt is not enough. ——it is not. you've got to increase the pace and distribution in the administration of these vaccines. the reality is we need to get these vaccines out of the freezer and into people's arms. this is a scene that is playing out around the country,

around the world. but america's so—called operation warp speed has failed to live up to its name, at least as far as distribution of the vaccine is concerned. joe biden says, when he takes over from donald trump on wednesday, he'll launch an ambitious plan to roll it out fast. he said efforts so far had been a dismalfailure. our plan is as clear as it is bold. get more people vaccinated for free, create more places for them to get vaccinated, mobilise more medical teams to get the shots into people's arms. he is promising 100 and jabs in 100 days, 100 mass vaccination centres around the country and mobile units to get into areas that are hard to reach. the president—elect also had a blunt warning for americans — things, he said, would get worse before they get better. let's speak now to professor david salisbury. he's associate fellow of chatham house's global health programme, and former director of immunisation at the department of health.

good afternoon to you, professor. let's talk first of all about the challenge of mass vaccination on this global scale. considering india and the us today, if we look at india first, what experience does india first, what experience does india have of a huge vaccination programme such as this? india has two really important _ programme such as this? india has two really important advantages. l two really important advantages. they have a local vaccine manufacturers and india has experience of manufacturing huge quantities of vaccine. they provide half of the world's measles vaccines. production is something they are very good at. the other is that they are extraordinarily good at huge vaccination campaigns and the eradication of polio was brought about by a huge contribution from india being able to interrupt polio transmission. you have to appreciate course that that experience was the young children and this will be,

essentially, a campaign targeted towards older people, people with medical risk factors. but if there is one place i would say can do huge campaigns of great competence, it is india. , , , ., india. very interesting. so they are used to being _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to roll _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to roll out - india. very interesting. so they are | used to being able to roll out major public health vaccination programmes like this, are they, despite the relative poverty in which a large portion of the population lives? they did an extraordinaryjob on stopping polio in india. not only did they vaccinate, but their surveillance, their ability to find where polio might be, was again outstanding. every time i hear about the abilities to do campaigns in india, iam the abilities to do campaigns in india, i am always impressed by the quality of what they do.— quality of what they do. there are countries in _ quality of what they do. there are countries in the _ quality of what they do. there are countries in the world _ quality of what they do. there are countries in the world that - quality of what they do. there are countries in the world that will. quality of what they do. there are | countries in the world that will not be able to manage that by themselves. what sort of international effort is there in order to help them? because unless

the entire global population is vaccinated, nobody will be safe. that is true. industrialised countries have for the greater part looked to looking after themselves, as they always do when we have infectious diseases for which we need vaccines. and we have got covax, which is the facility which is bringing both money and research and vaccines to support the low income countries with the global alliance for vaccines and immunisation, unicef as a procurement agency, and of course the technical competence of the who. in a way, there is a lot going on at the top end of the industrialised countries, the low income countries, but we also have to worry a bit about the middle income countries that do not have that sort of support systems. and recently, they

have been slower at getting access to new vaccines than the low income countries and industrialised countries. countries and industrialised countries-— countries and industrialised countries. ., ., ~ ., countries. what are you thinking of when ou countries. what are you thinking of when you talk— countries. what are you thinking of when you talk of— countries. what are you thinking of when you talk of middle _ countries. what are you thinking of when you talk of middle income . when you talk of middle income countries?— countries? there are so many. eastern europe _ countries? there are so many. eastern europe and _ countries? there are so many. eastern europe and parts- countries? there are so many. eastern europe and parts of. countries? there are so many. | eastern europe and parts of the western pacific region. there are many countries that do not have the support because their gdp is over a particular threshold level and do not have the sort of resources of the industrialised countries. there are many countries that come into that sort of band. they will be harder pushed to be able to firstly get a vaccine and also, if they do not have seasonal influenza vaccine programmes, they do not have the ability to vaccinate their older at—risk people. so i think that the world is better than it could have been insofar as we have got things like covax and we have got garvey,

but there is a long way to go before everyone is protected and safe through vaccination. so everyone is protected and safe through vaccination.— everyone is protected and safe through vaccination. so joe biden is sa in: that through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in _ through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in his _ through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in his first _ through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in his first 100 - through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in his first 100 days, - saying that in his first 100 days, he wants to have 100 million people vaccinated. as1 million people a day. how realistic is that? that is a big call. — day. how realistic is that? that is a big call. but _ day. how realistic is that? that is a big call, but we _ day. how realistic is that? that is a big call, but we are _ day. how realistic is that? that is a big call, but we are doing - day. how realistic is that? that is - a big call, but we are doing 300,000 a big call, but we are doing 300,000 a day. multiply that by the difference between our population and the us population. if we can do it, they should be able to do it too. ~ ., ., ., too. will also hearing about delays in the delivery _ too. will also hearing about delays in the delivery of _ too. will also hearing about delays in the delivery of the _ too. will also hearing about delays in the delivery of the vaccine, - in the delivery of the vaccine, particularly the pfizer vaccine, to certain european union countries. what has caused that and should we be anxious about it? i what has caused that and should we be anxious about it?— be anxious about it? i think the cause is that — be anxious about it? i think the cause is that pfizer _ be anxious about it? i think the cause is that pfizer is _ be anxious about it? i think the cause is that pfizer is under - be anxious about it? i think the i cause is that pfizer is under huge pressure now to get every single basically can out of their european

factory, and, again, my understanding is that they wanted to put in new steps to improve the output of that factory. to do that, they must slow down production for a short time before they get back to stream again. my experiences is that you never get more vaccine you ask for in a new campaign. you rarely get what you did ask for and should always be prepared to get less then you asked for. that is the reality of vaccines. you asked for. that is the reality of vaccines-— of vaccines. that is the rule of thumb. from _ of vaccines. that is the rule of thumb. from that, _ of vaccines. that is the rule of thumb. from that, can - of vaccines. that is the rule of - thumb. from that, can wonderfully conclusion, then, that those countries that are ahead in their vaccination programmes, richer countries, planned for it better? i think they planned for it within their capacities. they have resources that they could divert to contracting and paying for coronavirus vaccines. whereas if you do not have those sorts of

resources, it is very much harder to get started. india has made a great step in protecting its population. i hope others will follow. intern; step in protecting its population. i hope others will follow. very good to talk to. thank _ hope others will follow. very good to talk to. thank you _ hope others will follow. very good to talk to. thank you so _ hope others will follow. very good to talk to. thank you so much. - the headlines on bbc news... calls for more support for the uk's travel and tourism sector, after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. india launches one of the world's biggest covid vaccination programmes — the government hopes to inoculate 300 million people in the coming months.

police chiefs in the uk say that investigations have been compromised after thousands of fingerprint, dna and arrest records were accidentally deleted from the national computer. a letter sent by the national police chiefs council — and seen by bbc news — says the mistake might prevent officers from linking offenders to crime scenes. policing minister kit malthouse said officers are trying to recover the data. labour says the home secretary, priti patel, will be responsible for criminals walking free. this is extraordinarily serious. priti patel will be responsible for criminals walking free, because we're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the dna and without the fingerprint evidence. yesterday, the home secretary was hiding, not even giving an explanation to the public, and she still hasn't done that. we can speak now to the lawyer and director of the centre for women'sjustice, harriet wistrich. good afternoon to you. labour says

this could result in criminals walking free. are they exaggerating or is that a realistic prospect? it is very realistic, imf aid. in addition to the dna and all the other material that may be lost, i understand that they have lost records of hundreds of thousands of arrests. in relation to sexual offending, and area we deal with a lot, we know that of the number of women and people who report rape and other serious sexual offences, less than 3% result in a prosecution and even less in a conviction. but that does not mean there are not men who are responsible for the sexual attacks. like another case, a man attacked over 100 women before he was eventually apprehended and

caught. overten was eventually apprehended and caught. over ten women reported that man, but over and over again, the police did not think they had anything to prosecute him. it was only when they put that evidence together and realised that a patent was very similar that they were then able to prosecute him. —— a patent was similar. you cannot underestimate the importance of having records of somebody, even if they are not convicted of a crime, from offending. the police national computer is not only for investigations. it is used in a number of different ways, for example, in parole. in the family courts, it can be very important, because sometimes you will not meet the threshold for a criminal conviction, but there is nonetheless evident that somebody was abusive, in a domestic abuse relationship, or

sexually violent because he was not convicted, it does not mean the evidence is not important. those are some examples of areas we deal with where we are very concerned about the potential permanent loss of evidence. . , ., the potential permanent loss of evidence. . ., evidence. the reference you made was to the taxi driver _ evidence. the reference you made was to the taxi driver convicted _ evidence. the reference you made was to the taxi driver convicted of - evidence. the reference you made was to the taxi driver convicted of a - to the taxi driver convicted of a series of serious sexual crimes. are you worried that they will be cases, active cases, that might be compromised and vital evidence might be lost? or connections might not be made because the records have been lost? ~ , ,., , made because the records have been lost? ~ , ~ ., ., , ., lost? absolutely. another example of dna, which we _ lost? absolutely. another example of dna, which we know, _ lost? absolutely. another example of dna, which we know, is _ lost? absolutely. another example of dna, which we know, is sometimes l dna, which we know, is sometimes there is somebody who has given their dna for a relatively minor

crime and subsequently he is arrested in respect of perhaps a more serious crime. there may be no physical evidence in relation to that crime, or there may be no other evidence other than some physical evidence, and by linking the dna, you can then identify that person and arrest them and prosecute them. if the dna is lost, it could be a hugely lost opportunity, even for murders and other very serious crimes. ~ , ., ., murders and other very serious crimes. ,., ., crimes. we should say that officials are hopeful— crimes. we should say that officials are hopeful the _ crimes. we should say that officials are hopeful the data _ crimes. we should say that officials are hopeful the data can _ crimes. we should say that officials are hopeful the data can be - crimes. we should say that officials | are hopeful the data can be restored and are expecting a minister to update mps on monday. it is clear from what you are saying that you hope very strongly data can be found again. yes, it is very important. and without it, we will see serial offenders, very serious offenders walking free, and victims not

getting justice. thank you very much indeed for your time. germany's christian democrats have elected a centrist, armin laschet, as their new leader, putting him in a strong position to succeed angela merkel as chancellor in the autumn. mr laschet, who's seen as the continuity candidate, defeated two rivals in the party's virtual conference. but it's not yet clear whether the cdu will put him up as its candidate for chancellor in september's general election. our correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. i think most people thought it would be, as indeed it was, a run—off between mr laschet and friedrich merz. mr laschet is a popular choice, he is a very popular chap, actually. he leads the state of north rhine—westphalia, germany's most populous state. and he made much, actually,

during his campaign and then in today's speech before the vote, of the fact that other three candidates, he is the only one who is in government right now. he runs that state. he spoke a lot about the day—to—day experience he has of dealing with all of the challenges that the three candidates were talking about. big question now of course is whether the party will indeed put him forward as their chancellor candidate in september. we are going to have to wait and see because they will not make a final decision on that person until the spring. it's been a source of tension between britain and spain for centuries, but the border which separates gibraltarfrom the spanish mainland could be taken down this year as part of a post—brexit agreement. the deal — which will allow the free movement of people — is prompting questions about the long—term future of the british territory. our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. entering the rock of gibraltar, 15,000 workers from spain cross the border here every day, show their papers and head to work. the fence, as they call it, is all they have ever known. after more than a century,

it's set to come down. it's better for our people. the border town of la linea is one of the poorest parts of spain. a third of people are unemployed. gibraltar relies on workers from here for catering, nursing and cleaning. for them, the deal is a cause for celebration. the uk and spain have agreed that the border will go, possibly within six months, but it first has to be made into a formal treaty with the eu, and the single road that links both territories will be widened so people and cars can travel freely, and gibraltar will be linked to europe's passport—free travel area, known as schengen. some infrastructure will remain and a few guards will stay on standby. instead, new arrivals will only be checked if they enter by sea, here at the port, and by air. it will mean for the first time there'll be gibraltar guards, then eu border guards, known as frontex, checking passports one after the other.

the decisions as to who enters gibraltar will only ever be made by a gibraltar guard and we will have primacy of control. these are two borders, ultimate control of our borders in our hands and control of the schengen border is in the control of the schengen authorities. we are absolutely 100% clear that we will never seed one grain of sand of gibraltar, one breath of our air, one drop of our sea. spain's europe minister describes the checks a different way. both of them, i would say, are equivalent. instead of sovereignty, i would call it co—responsibility, because by this agreement, uk is allowing gibraltar to participate in certain policies and programmes of the european union to which the uk as such is not participating. this has been possible because spain, as an eu member state, wishes it to happen.

both sides recognise this as an experiment not without its risk. the hope, though, is that with the border gone, trust between the historically fractious neighbours can begin to grow. gavin lee, bbc news, gibraltar. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. earlier today, we had snowy scenes across some eastern parts of england, especially across east anglia. conditions have improved. rain, sleet and snow mixed came from that area of cloud was pushed away. this is the area moving into and that means it is milder, there will be sunshine and cloud, as we have seen already today across south wales. even where we have had the snow, for many areas, it turned back to rain, which it is why it has been a slushy scene this morning. the snow has been melting. the blue is the rain, the white is the snow. we

have showers coming in behind. across northern and western areas of scotland, longer spells of rain. still cloud around east anglia and the east of england, sunshine elsewhere. winds turning to the west north—west. stronger where there is wet weather in scotland. temperatures are for pm, typically eight or 9 degrees. three degrees in norwich. —— temperatures at lipm. overnight, more showers come down from the north—west and they could be heavy, pushing all the way across england and wales for a while, with clear skies coming later in the night. chilly tonight, temperatures not far away from freezing, so the risk of icy patches in eastern parts of england. it will look different tomorrow and for many parts of the country will be a dry day tomorrow, and more sunshine around as well. particularly a crossing in and wales, not many showers in the north—west. more cloud eventually in

scotland and northern ireland, and northern ireland, scotland and northern ireland, showers in northern ireland, showers and western scotland replaced by spraying in the afternoon. still dry for eastern scotland. six to 8 degrees, generally known for this time of year. next week, wet weather into scotland moving northwards. the cloud will be picking up in the south—west. rain moving into south—western sparta finland and wales as well. head of that, temperatures holding steady at 89 degrees. wetter weather coming in from the south—west signalling a change to a change to something more settled. this area of low pressure will come to dominate tuesday and wednesday and perhaps even into thursday. the winds will pick up, especially in england and wales. rain to come too. heaviest rain in the north west of england and wales, and that means continued risk of flooding.