this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria fritz. president biden warns americans the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, as he unveils his strategy to tackle the disease. al plan starts with mounting an aggressive, safe, and effective vaccination campaign to meet our goal of administering 100 million shots. google threatens to withdraw its search engine from australia if the government passes a law forcing tech giants to pay local media for their content. japan says preparations for the delayed 0lympics are going ahead, despite reports the games could be cancelled. and the long journey home. the nepalese climbers who conquered k2 and have

a tale to tell. hello and welcome. in his first full day in office —joe biden has pledged what he called a �*wartime undertaking' to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. the us president signed a raft of executive orders to ramp up the distribution of vaccines and the availability of covid—19 tests — but he warned — once again — that things will continue to get worse before they get better. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the day started with a prayer, a moment of reflection before the new president got down to work. with a stock of executive

orders to be signed, joe biden wasted no time in putting pen to paper. a signature is all it takes to reverse some of donald trump's key policies and to reinvigorate a coronavirus effort that mr biden said had been a dismalfailure. the been a dismal failure. the death toll _ been a dismal failure. the death toll will _ been a dismal failure. the death toll will likely - been a dismal failure. tue: death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. the cases will continue to mount. we didn't get into this mess overnight and is going to take months for us to turn things around. but let me be equally clear, we will get through this. , ., , clear, we will get through this. , . , ., , ., , this. the plan is ambitious. according _ this. the plan is ambitious. according to _ this. the plan is ambitious. according to mr _ this. the plan is ambitious. according to mr biden, - this. the plan is ambitious. according to mr biden, one this. the plan is ambitious. i according to mr biden, one of the greatest operational challenges america has ever undertaken. 100 million doses of the vaccine in 100 days. working alongsidejoe biden, a familiarface, doctor working alongsidejoe biden, a familiar face, doctor anthony faucl familiar face, doctor anthony fauci, america's leading infectious disease expert who was part of the trump administration's coronavirus task was. he said mr biden�*s froch, with the federal

government taking control of the vaccine rollout, could see normal life returning by the autumn. u, . normal life returning by the autumn. _, . ., ., autumn. the concern i have, and something _ autumn. the concern i have, and something we're _ autumn. the concern i have, and something we're working - autumn. the concern i have, and something we're working on, - something we're working on, getting people who have vaccine hesitancy, who don't want to get vaccinated, because many people are sceptical about that, so we really need to do a lot of good outreach for that. i don't know with the worst case that may the best case scenario for me is we get 85% of the people vaccinated by the end of the summer. dr vertessy also reflected _ end of the summer. dr vertessy also reflected on _ end of the summer. dr vertessy also reflected on the _ end of the summer. dr vertessyi also reflected on the sometimes awkward relationship he had with donald trump, especially when the former president said things that weren't based on scientific fact.— scientific fact. the idea that ou can scientific fact. the idea that you can get _ scientific fact. the idea that you can get uo _ scientific fact. the idea that you can get up here - scientific fact. the idea that you can get up here and - scientific fact. the idea that| you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is a no that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating fearley.- speak, it is somewhat of a liberating fearley. the goal now, according _ liberating fearley. the goal now, according to - liberating fearley. the goal now, according to doctor i now, according to doctor voucher, is to rebuild the trust of americans as the war on the coronavirus moves into a new phase. peter bowes, bbc

news, los angeles. google has threatened to disable its search function in australia if the government passes a law forcing digital giants, such as it and facebook, to pay local media outlets for using their news content. if they can't agree, a government arbitrator would set the price. google's australian director, mel silva, told a senate committee that the proposed media code was untenable and would create a dangerous precedent. if this version of the code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making google search available in australia. in its current form, the code remains unworkable and if it became law would hurt notjust google but small publishers, small businesses, and the millions of australians who use our services every day. mel silvia's comments drew a sharp reaction from australia's prime minister, scott morrison.

australia makes our rules for things you can do in australia. that's done in our parliament, that's done by our government. and that is how things work in australia and people who wanted to work with that, in australia, you are very welcome. but we don't respond to threats. and we will be getting more on this story from singapore in our business news in about 20 minutes' time so do stay with us for that let's get some of the day's other news. air accident investigators in indonesia say they are focussing their inquiry into the crash of a sriwijaya airliner earlier this month on the plane's auto throttle. that's the system that controls engine power automatically. a spokesman for the national transportation safety committee said a problem with the boeing 737�*s auto throttle system had been reported after a flight a few days before the crash. police in italy have arrested almost 50 people in an anti—fraud operation

targeting the powerful �*ndrangheta mafia group. offences range from public procurement scams to issuing fake invoices for tax evasion. among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. republicans in the us senate are asking democrats to put off the trial of donald trump until around mid—february to enable the impeached former president to prepare his defence. house speaker and democrat nancy pelosi said the trial would show america hadn't forgotten that people died during the assault on the capitol hill. the release of james bond film no time to die is to be delayed again as the entertainment industry continues to be hit by the pandemic. daniel craig's final outing as bond will pushed to early 0ctober. it had been set to be released in april following multiple delays. its commitment to hold the delayed summer olympics and paralympics following reports that the entire event could be

cancelled following last years announcement of a 12 month delay. much ofjapan is under a state of emergency due to coronavirus and public concerns over an influx of people have tempered some enthusiasm for the games due to start in six months�* time. with me is our reporter, paul hawkins. just explain to our viewers around the world what has changed, what are the new reports we are hearing? this is from the british _ reports we are hearing? this is from the british newspaper, i reports we are hearing? this is| from the british newspaper, the times, which quotes a senior member of the ruling coalition government to have told the newspaper it claims that because of the winter coronavirus wave, because of the state of emergency in japan's biggest cities, that there is an agreement amongst much of government that the games are doomed, but they cannot go ahead and that it is all now down to finding a face—saving way, the newspapers is, of announcing the cancellation that leaves open the possibility of hosting the

2032 games, which is the next available year for the games, then x games are in arraste in 2024 and then los angeles in 2028. it also says that it is designed to maintain the facade of battling onto timely to go ahead in the hope when they are cancelled the 2032 games will be given to tokyo out of sympathy. that is what the paper is saying but the japanese prime minister has been telling parliament something very different. translation:— something very different. translation: ., , translation: the tokyo games will be a symbol _ translation: the tokyo games will be a symbol of _ translation: the tokyo games will be a symbol of mankind - will be a symbol of mankind overcoming the coronavirus and a chance — overcoming the coronavirus and a chance to _ overcoming the coronavirus and a chance to showjapan's recovery— a chance to showjapan's recovery from the devastating earthquake and tsunami. we will be well_ earthquake and tsunami. we will be well prepared to tackle the infection. we are determined to work_ infection. we are determined to work closely together with the tokyo — work closely together with the tokyo metropolitan government, the 2020 organising committee, and the — the 2020 organising committee, and the international olympic committee to achieve a safe and secure _ committee to achieve a safe and secure olympics. gk, committee to achieve a safe and secure olympics.— secure olympics. ok, so face-saving _ secure olympics. ok, so face-saving operation i secure olympics. ok, so face-saving operation to i secure olympics. ok, so - face-saving operation to save face—saving operation to save it if possible, but that is not

the only lost, is it, when you're talking about the olympics. it is a hugely expensive venture. 11,000 athletes — expensive venture. 11,000 athletes from _ expensive venture. 11,000 athletes from around - expensive venture. 11,000 athletes from around 200 | athletes from around 200 boundaries, the tokyo games have already spent or are in the middle of spending $900 million on coronavirus measures, creating an infection control centre in the athletes�* village, and also regularly testing athlete and banning sharing in venues, although we don�*t think that will take up much of the cost —— countries. it is up 22% in total cost, making it the most expensive summer games in history. a loss of money at stake here. but all these people that would arrive in japan, these people that would arrive injapan, not ultimately these people that would arrive in japan, not ultimately found by the athletes, et cetera, the opinion polls injapan show that 80% of the japanese wanted these games council. at the moment the japanese government says they are going ahead but that could change —— cancelled. what if they would be televised only, would that change things?

it would help to mitigate some of the money, you would still money from sponsorships and it would still be an entertaining spectacle to watch. the thing about the games as it�*s not like professional foot all matches, like euro 2020, which is due to take place this year, postponed from last year, professional sports with a smaller number of athletes those events can still go ahead. but the thing about the games, the olympic games, there are amateurs taking part as well and they are in a more condensed area so it is much more difficult to manage, especially in a very densely populated city like tokyo. absolutely. thanks very much for coming in and talking to us about that. the new coronavirus variant that was found in the amazon. at the same time, doctors in the rainforest�*s biggest city, manaus, are struggling to control rising numbers of deaths and soaring cases as the country goes through a devastating second wave. brazil has started vaccinating people this week — but it�*s been a patchy roll—out. from manaus,

katy watson reports. this is no way to say goodbye. no funeral, no remembrance, just a deluge and a digger. a hasty burialfor sergio, just a deluge and a digger. a hasty burial for sergio, just 34 years old. another victim in a depressingly long line forming at the cemetery. translation:— forming at the cemetery. translation: ., ~ , , translation: what kills people isn't the virus, _ translation: what kills people isn't the virus, it's _ translation: what kills people isn't the virus, it's not _ isn�*t the virus, it�*s not having someone familiar with them to talk to them, supporting them, to let them know they�*re not alone. tt�*s know they're not alone. it's not the first _ know they're not alone. it's not the first time _ know they're not alone. it's not the first time manaus has been brought to its knees. the section of the cemetery a reminder of the amazon�*s first wave aware digging mass graves was the only way to keep up with the number of people dying. the biggest city in the

rainforest, people here feel forgotten — again. and the second wave is worse. last week, the city�*s hospitals ran out of oxygen and supplies are still patchy. so cues have formed at local gas companies. people buying oxygen to take home in the hope of keeping their loved ones alive. families here are continually bringing the oxygen cylinders to fill up. a pilgrimage they say they are doing every single day. ask them why they don�*t take their loved ones to hospital, there�*s no point, they say, they all full. don�*t worry, says this company representative, cylinders are now being delivered across the city. but it�*s of little comfort to elke, she has had to leave her mother at home with no oxygen to come here, she only has this one cylinder. translation:— only has this one cylinder. translation: , ., , .

translation: there is no space for her at the _ translation: there is no space for her at the hospital. _ translation: there is no space for her at the hospital. if - translation: there is no space for her at the hospital. if she - for her at the hospital. if she goes that there is no oxygen there either. my going to let her die there? we pay tax and when our parents need it there isn�*t any help. we have to come and beg to help keep a loved one alive. and beg to help keep a loved one alive-— one alive. hospitals are overwhelmed. - overwhelmed. even in this private intensive care unit, patients are now sharing rooms. he is the oldest patient here at 77, his survival, his son fabio says, is down to luck. the rest of the award is full of young people. this woman is 23. next to her a man in his 30s. 23. next to her a man in his 305. it 23. next to her a man in his 30s. it has shocked doctors here. ~ . , here. we have never seen anything _ here. we have never seen anything like _ here. we have never seen anything like that. - here. we have never seen - anything like that. sometimes you get frustrated because this new type of strain is much different than the first one that we saw on the first wave. the death rates are bigger now. a grim picture of brazil�*s reality. but then some good news. he response to his family

for the first time in week. a rare glimpse of hope in otherwise dark times here. katy watson, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a year after china�*s first coronavirus lockdown, a special report from wuhan on how normality has returned but honesty is a little further behind. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it�*s going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say

they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him - 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altman is being held. on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that�*s believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden lays out his strategy to tackle coronavirus from the white house, warning americans the worst is yet to come. well, as the us and much of the world continues to deal with the fall out from coronavirus, this week marks one year since the first covid lockdown, when the chinese government confined almost 60

million people to their homes in the city of wuhan, and the surrounding province. it was the first real glimpse of the devastation that was soon to sweep the world. but as our china correspondent john sudworth reports, one year on, many there see it as the scene of a great victory. nowadays in wuhan, it�*s the mundane normality that�*s striking. with the traffic jams and the bustling streets, all such a far cry from this. in january last year, wuhan was ground zero, the place where the pandemic began and the first to experience lockdown. one year on, the city�*s moved on and a remarkable new narrative has taken hold. "the virus came here from other countries," this stall owner tells me.

"china is a victim." where did it come from? "it came from america," this woman insists. there�*s even official backing for the idea the virus may have come from somewhere else. can you tell us why china is promoting this narrative, in the absence of scientific evidence? translation: your question | reveals your prejudice against china. reports have emerged from australia, italy and many other countries that the coronavirus was found in multiple places in the autumn of 2019. from the scientific consensus that the outbreak began here, to the more controversial theory that it leaked from this wuhan laboratory, all are now rejected with equal force. instead, this giant wuhan exhibition celebrates a great victory.

the allegations of cover—up, the suggestion the authorities hid the initial outbreak, rejected too, with one man centre stage offering lessons for the world. there may well be something to learn, of course. china�*s mass testing programme, for example. but other aspects of its approach — perhaps not so much. in the harsh enforcement of its lockdowns, the need to balance control with individual rights has been far less of a constraint on its model of success. the struggle of democratic countries to contain the virus is viewed here less with sympathy and more with a sense of vindication. for china, wuhan is not a reminder of a political disaster that allowed a virus to spiral out of control. it�*s a symbol of triumph.

with her brother one of the first to die from covid, ms wong — who doesn�*t want to use herfull name — believes the authorities should have warned people earlier. she shows me the letters she�*s written in her futile fight forjustice. china is celebrating what it calls a great victory over this virus. do you think it�*s a victory? "it�*s their victory," she tells me. "it has nothing to do with me." this city�*s past has been turned into propaganda, and truth — just like the virus — is being brought under control. john sudworth, bbc news, wuhan. time now for a look at the sport. hello, i�*m austin halewood with your friday sport briefing. we start with football because liverpool�*s premier

league title defence isn�*t going to plan. the champions were beaten 1—0 at home to burnley on thursday. ashley barnes scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot as burnley ended liverpool�*s long unbeaten record at home. it�*s their first league defeat at anfield for 69 games stretching back to april 2017 and it means they�*re now 6 points behind leaders manchester united. massive, massive. punch in the face. of course, it�*s... so, it�*s my responsibility, that�*s the explanation. we had the ball a lot, we created some, and didn�*t finish the situations, so that�*s it, that keeps the game open and then they get the penalty, which i didn�*t see, touching. but i didn�*t see, touching. but i didn�*t see, touching. but i didn�*t see it.

meanwhile atletico madrid�*s great start to the season continues in spain. they�*re now 7 points clear at the top of the table after a 2—1win at eibar. now goalkeeper marko dmitrovic — that�*s right the goalkeeper — put eibar ahead early on with a penalty. but two goals from luis suarez won it for atletico. golf, and the american daniella kang is in the lead after the first round of the lpga tour�*s season opening tournament of champions in orlando. the world number 5 opened up with bogey—free 64. that�*s 7 under par. she leads by one shot from the korda sisters nelly and jessica, who are both 6—under. that�*s nelly�*s putt for an eagle at the 17th. borussia dortmund will be desperate to get their title bid back on track later on friday when they take on rivals borussia monchengladbach in the german

bundesliga. dortmund lost their last match and are currently 4th in the bundesliga, 10 points behind leaders bayern munich. their 17—year—old midfielder jude bellingham has spoken aboutjust how difficult it was to come to terms with their midweek defeat. there always is, after a tough game like that, you know, it takes quite a bit of recovery to get over it and stuff, and especially the mental kind of upset of the game, but we are very positive, looking forward to tomorrow, trying to get the win. and kansas city chiefs fans have been given a boost ahead of the nfl�*s championship games this weekend with quarterback patrick mahomes seen back in training on thursday. the reigning superbowl mvp suffered a concussion last weekend and now must be cleared by team physicians and an independent consultant before he�*s cleared to play in this suinday�*s championship game against the buffalo bills.

and finally, there�*ve been complaints from some of the 72 tennis players in isolation ahead of the australian open, but some have found some interesting ways of keeping themselves entertained. and french player edouard roger—vasselin has come up with a chain—reaction obstacle course. with still more than a week of quarantine to go, he made use of a pillow, tennis bag, bananas, racquets and tennis ball cans, among a few other objects, in a short video he posted on social media. you�*ve got to keep yourself entertained, whatever way you can, don�*t you? you can get all the latest sports news, including the latest from england�*s second test in sri lanka, at our website — that�*s bbc.com/sport. from me austin halewood and the rest of the sport team, that�*s your friday sport briefing. you�*ll no doubt remember the team of nepalese climbers who became the first to reach the summit of the world�*s second highest mountain — k2 — in winter. they�*re continuing theirjourney home — and have been giving more

details about how they battled freezing temperatures and hurricane—force winds. the bbc�*s tim allman has more. the journey there was arduous. the journey back a lot more enjoyable. this team of nepalese climbers were given a hero�*s welcome in islamabad. their achievement is a source of pride. i think it was a great honour and a great team effort. i think it is emotional because we all walked the summit together and it is a clear message for everybody in the world to say that if you unite together, anything is possible. not quite on top of the world but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain — the only one higher than 8,000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is, until a few days ago.

hazardous conditions only making what they did all the more impressive. it was very cold, i almost quit the expedition and there was, like, a sunrise which warmed my body and it was fine again. and, imagine if this is the sort of welcome they received in pakistan, what will it be like when they finally get back home to nepal? tim allman, bbc news. following the announcement that glastonbury will not be taking place, the mayor of rio de janeiro says his city will not be hosting the carnival in july. the cancellation comes as brazil struggles under the latest wave of coronavirus infections, with little prospect of an immediate campaign of mass vaccination. brazil is reeling of course from the second wave which is claimed more than 200 thousand

in the country, the second highest total in the world after the united states. you can reach me on twitter. i�*m @ @vfritznews. hello there. flooding continues to be of concern but the weather certainly isn�*t going to make things any worse over the next few days. the current situation — well, the number of flood and severe flood warnings has just started to edge down. so, things are slowly improving for some communities. other rivers though taking longer to respond. for example, the ouse in york. well, that�*s not going to peak until later in the day on friday. so, for some, it could still get worse before it gets better. lots of snow around of course. that snow still with us at the moment across the high ground in scotland. still some strong winds and further accumulations. otherwise, it�*s a cold night with the frost. the showers, there is a risk of icy stretches dotted around the country. so, it will be another cold start to the day as we edge into friday.

cold north—westerly winds with us pulling in this chilly air. it will be a day of sunshine and showers for sure, but some of the showers could be quite interesting. one of those particular showers that i�*ve got my beady eye on is this clump of cloud you can see herejust west of ireland. that�*s, i think, likely to push across ireland and then work into wales through the afternoon, and probably into the midlands as we head towards the evening. more about that in a moment. i think broadly speaking though for most of us on friday, it�*s going to be a fine day with sunshine. again, there will be showers around, wintry at times, a bit of snow mixed in still across the north—west but conditions improving compared with recent days, i think it�*s fair to say. then, that clump of showers, well, i think it might go in across parts of wales as we head through the afternoon. could be heavy showers. if they�*re heavy enough, we might well see some sleet and some snow mixed in with that, and then that clump of showers if it�*s still there may well edge into parts of the midlands for the evening time. there is a bit of uncertainty about that but that might be

now, saturday�*s weather, again it�*s a showery kind of set—up. showers wintry again, most frequent across the north—west but we do have a low pressure system that has rain and snow mixed in with it and it�*s not far away from south—east england. so, we�*ll have to keep a close eye on developments there — if there are any. for most of the weekend, though, it isjust going to be a sunshine and showers kind of set—up. we�*ve got another trough that�*s going to be moving in. and that pushes in across england and wales and is more likely to bring a bit of snow even down to low levels. there could be some changes in the position of that feature. but nevertheless, a few of you will be seeing some snow at some point during the weekend.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. japanese car maker nissan commits to the uk and says the brexit deal is positive. victims of the pandemic. how the flight to online shopping leaves retail space in peril. and india�*s luxury staycations. how the country�*s tourist destinations are faring in the new leisure landscape. hello there. nissan has told the bbc

that its plant in sunderland is now secure. why?