this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name's mike embley. the united kingdom is the first european state to record more than 100,000 deaths linked to the pandemic. lam i am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and of course as prime minister i take full responsibility for everything that the government has done. a battle over covid supplies as the european union threatens to impose export controls on any made within the bloc. the us senate sees off an attempt by republican rand paul to stop donald trump's second impeachment trial. and clashes in delhi as thousands of farmers, protesting against new agriculture laws, break through police barricades,

and scale the iconic red fort. hello to you. almost a year after the first cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the uk, the number of people who've died with the disease has passed 100,000, marking a grim moment in the country's struggle against the pandemic. britain is the first european nation to pass the landmark. only the us, brazil, india and mexico have reported greater loss of life. speaking at downing street, borisjohnson promised lessons would be learned. he said it was "hard to compute the sorrow" felt by the nation as a whole. 0n on this day, i should just really repeat that i am deeply

sorry for every life that has been lost and of course, as prime minister, i take full responsibility for everything that the government has done. what i can tell you is that we truly did everything we could and continue to do everything we can to minimise loss of life and minimise suffering and what has been a very, very difficult stage and a very difficult crisis for our country and we will continue to do that. the virus was first detected in the city of wuhan, in china late in 2019. the outbreak spread quickly across the world in the first months of 2020 and was declared a global pandemic by the world health organisation on the 11th march. so how does the uk death toll compare with the rest of the world? and as the number of global cases rises to over 100 million, what can explain why some countries have been hit so much harder than others? 0ur science editor david shukman reports. the pandemic has touched every nation. the virus, claiming lives as it has spread across the globe. despite the arrival of vaccines, the toll continues to be heavy.

more than 2 million people around the world have now died of covid so far, but some countries have suffered far more than others, and the best way to measure that is to look at the number of deaths in relation to the size of the population. so, vietnam, new zealand, australia and norway have seen 10 deaths orfewer per 100,000 people. in fact, more than half the countries of the world have recorded losses at this relatively low level. denmark, germany, poland and many others have lost more but brazil, the us, italy and the uk are among those with the greatest losses of all, at least 100 covid deaths for every 100,000 people. so, what might explain this? a key question is the government response and how fast it was. some countries were quick to enforce social distancing and other measures, like masks, for example. and the results have been clear. there is a lot more virus per 100,000 population in the uk and the us,

in my view, than there is in some of the east asian countries which have reacted more rapidly and robustly when the outbreak started. planning for the pandemic is anotherfactor and how effective those preparations were. countries hit by the sars virus back in 2003 learnt lessons and got ready. so did nations struck by ebola. britain provided them with expertise and finance to help look out for the next disease. we financed those institutions that help to respond to outbreaks. yet we really don't listen to our own advice so we didn't listen to the institutions that we finance that then said to do this you need to implement effective track and trace and do that quickly, swiftly as possible. and then there's the controversial question

of borders and were they closed. many countries did shut their frontiers but the advice from the world health organisation was to keep them open because by then the virus would have slipped through anyway. but that guidance was often ignored. some states did it. states such as new zealand, australia, they did it and it benefited them. in terms of minimising the risk of infection from those coming outside of the country. so, it really raises this question of what this advice around borders coming from the world health organization effective, and did it harm those countries that didn't close off its borders? how different countries have responded will be examined for years to come but, right now, the struggle against the virus is far from over. david shukman, bbc news. the president of the european commission has warned vaccine manufacturers they must deliver on their promises —

both astrazeneca and pfizer have announced cuts in their supplies to the european union. ursula von der leyen said all exports of covid vaccines to countries outside the eu would be monitored. this from our europe correspondent, nick beake. this international health crisis became even more political today and that is because the eu is furious with the makers of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have told eu countries that in the coming weeks they will be receiving far fewer vaccines than promised, tens of millions fewer and tonight the boss of astrazeneca said this as a consequence of the eu signing its contract three months after the uk did. so for example they haven't had the same amount of time to i out reduction problems on their european sites. the eu is simply not buying this, though, and it is vowing to tighten

let's get some of the day's other news. italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, has handed in his resignation after losing the upper house of parliament. a small party quit the coalition over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and economic recession. it's not yet clear whether mr conte will have the numbers to form a new coalition government. but he made an impassioned appeal to leaders in the upper house or senate for their support. united nations officials are saying they've heard reports that traders are still planning to stop doing business with yemen, even though the us has frozen its sanctions on houthi rebels. with millions of yemenis at risk of starvation, the country really can't afford any disruption of food supplies. the dutch government says it will not lift a curfew, after several nights of violent protests against increased covid curbs across the netherlands. shops in rotterdam and other cities were looted and more than 180 arrests

have been made. joe biden has signed for more executive orders aimed at addressing racial equity. housing and criminaljustice housing and criminal justice reform housing and criminaljustice reform are seen as part of a move to address racial tensions over the summer. killing of george floyd open the eyes of millions and paved way for change. millions and paved way for chan . e. millions and paved way for chance. , , , change. the simple truth is, our soul— change. the simple truth is, our soul will— change. the simple truth is, our soul will be _ change. the simple truth is, our soul will be troubled - change. the simple truth is, our soul will be troubled as| our soul will be troubled as long as systemic racing —— racism is about to be exist. we can't eliminate it overnight, we can't eliminate everything but its corrosive and destructive and costly, it costs every american, just those who felt the sting of racial injustice, we are not just a nation of morally

supplied ——to pride because of systemic racism, we are also less prosperous, less successful, secure, so we change and i know it's going to take time but i know we can do it. let's speak to an assistant professor at the university of new mexico school of law. i know your research focuses on the impact of this on the african—american community. one concern here is that this is just words. do they mean something?— just words. do they mean somethin: ? , �* , something? president biden is movinu something? president biden is moving directly _ something? president biden is moving directly on _ something? president biden is moving directly on one - something? president biden is moving directly on one of - something? president biden is moving directly on one of the i moving directly on one of the three areas he talked about in his inaugural speech, he really wants to make a difference in looking at racialjustice, the pandemic and the economy. i am hoping that it's not words. we want these executive orders into legislation so they stay. it's something you have from white supremacist sports also

many white people who haven't bought that much about the issue, people should just move on, slavery ended officially a long time ago but even since the end of slavery, there is an awful lot to get over, isn't there? ., �* , awful lot to get over, isn't there? ., v ., awful lot to get over, isn't there? . �*, . ., awful lot to get over, isn't there? . �*, ., ., ., there? that's a great way to ut it. there? that's a great way to put it- you _ there? that's a great way to put it. you know, _ there? that's a great way to put it. you know, even - there? that's a great way to i put it. you know, even though slavery ended over 150 years ago, we still see the ramifications of so many purposeful federal policies that led to continued discrimination. just the deal alone purposefully excluded people who were domestic workers or migrant or fieldworkers from getting access to social security so thatis access to social security so that is a much more recent way to think out and look at our federal policies have long—term implications. find federal policies have long-term implications-— federal policies have long-term implications. and so many micro aggressions. _ implications. and so many micro aggressions, racial— implications. and so many micro aggressions, racial abuse - implications. and so many micro aggressions, racial abuse are - aggressions, racial abuse are systemic, aren't they?- aggressions, racial abuse are systemic, aren't they? they are 'ust systemic, aren't they? they are just built-in- — systemic, aren't they? they are just built-in. yeah, _ systemic, aren't they? they are just built-in. yeah, it's - systemic, aren't they? they are just built-in. yeah, it's part - just built—in. yeah, it's part of the brief, the professor talks about this in his work, death by a thousand cuts, you

don't know where it occurred but you know when it's happening so it's lots of little systemic things that have occurred in housing or educational healthcare, these are going to be all—important things that we are hoping these executive orders will start to make a difference on, that are actually documentable.- actually documentable. what else do you _ actually documentable. what else do you need _ actually documentable. what else do you need to - actually documentable. what else do you need to see - actually documentable. what else do you need to see to i actually documentable. what else do you need to see to know that esther biden and kamala harris are serious about this? i'm going to be excited to see the movement and the impact they are looking to make a difference on relating to artificial intelligence and the way the historic discrimination thatis way the historic discrimination that is built into the data or whether the code is being carefully monitored and audited, and we need some transparency. i'm excited to see what work they are going to do on artificial intelligence to ensure that historic racism doesn't turn into tomorrow's racism? �* , ., doesn't turn into tomorrow's racism? �* , racism? are you confident they can and will — racism? are you confident they can and will do _ racism? are you confident they can and will do it? _ racism? are you confident they can and will do it? there - racism? are you confident they can and will do it? there is - racism? are you confident they can and will do it? there is a i can and will do it? there is a lot on their _ can and will do it? there is a lot on their agenda. - can and will do it? there is a lot on their agenda. they - can and will do it? there is a i lot on their agenda. they have got a lot of heavy things because they said, everyone can

walk and chew gum at the same time. i'm excited because these things are so persuasive —— pervasive through so many individual�*s lived days. it's impossible not to think about the pandemic and its impact on people of colour, the lack and native american communities. interesting to talk to you again. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: famous faces from british asian and black communities have fronted a new video hoping to dispel myths around the covid vaccine. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square,

the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word �*revolution�*. the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours passed. the new government is finally in control of the republic of. uganda. survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers and crematoria, and relived their horrifying experiences. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: uk prime minister boris

johnson has offered his "deepest condolences" to britons who have lost relatives to coronavirus, after official figures showed the number of dead now exceeds 100,000. the european union is threatening to impose export controls on vaccines, made within the bloc — accusing astrazeneca of reneging on its promised supply of jabs. the nigerian president, muhammadu buhari, has sacked all four of the country's top military officials. he gave no explanation, but nigeria has suffered worsening security problems across much of the country. mark lobel reports. rifle wielding kidnappers storm this orphanage on saturday, abdullah unique children in nigeria plasma capital. —— abduct in eight children. it is part of a worrying trend. last month, over300 part of a worrying trend. last month, over 300 boys were taken from this boarding school in the nigerian president's home state. and over 100 of the kidnapped shoebox girls are

still missing, despite global appeals for the release seven years ago —— chibok. in a series of tweets, the hummer do bid to hurry... in one fell swoop, replacing the heads of the army, maybe, and his chief of defence —— muhammadu buhari. these are placed nigerians in the country's north—east region, weaving and fair during a decade of terror, upon them by boko haram jihadists. we by boko haram 'ihadists. we want to kill _ by boko haram jihadists. - want to kill them. by boko haram jihadists. we - want to kill them. translation: miuht god want to kill them. translation: might god almighty _ want to kill them. translation: might god almighty restore - want to kill them. translation: might god almighty restore a - might god almighty restore a lasting — might god almighty restore a lasting peace in our state. these _ lasting peace in our state. these leaders will immediately face challenges. kidnapping for ransom, an 11 year boko haram insurgency, ethnic tensions between cattle herders and farmers. their other challenge

is perhaps more simple. nigerian troops are crying out for better equipment, funding and welfare, to be able to carry out theirjobs more effectively and improve the strained relations with local communities. getting the country security back in will be essential in ensuring a brighter future for africa's most populous country. mark lubell, bbc news. —— lobel. to india — and police have clashed with farmers protesting in delhi — after tens of thousands converged on the capital, to demonstrate against agriculture reforms. the mass protests turned violent after crowds broke through police barricades. farmers fear, reforms to the agricultural industry, will damage their livelihoods. today's protest, is the biggest yet — and coincides with india's — republic day celebrations. rajini vaidynathan reports. india's farmers aren't backing down. as they advance to the capital in their thousands,

barricades were breached. 0fficers fired tear gas, protesters and police were left injured. a mass movement against a law farmers fear will drive them out of business. and the biggest challenge yet for the country's prime minister on a day meant to celebrate national pride. the mood is tense here as thousands of farmers try to make their way into delhi. they say they have been trying to get the government to listen to them for weeks. now, they hope their voice is heard. the government says the reforms will benefit farmers by allowing them to sell directly to big business. but many like singh fear that once this happens the guaranteed prices they get for crops will eventually disappear. translation: these laws will have an effect - on anyone who eats. if corporates are allowed to come in, they will buy from us at very low prices.

and we will lose our livelihoods. for in ten indians work in agriculture. farmers are a powerful force. despite multiple rounds of talks with the government, they are refusing to budge. and it has put the country's prime minister on the back foot. 0n the other end of town, he hosted the annual republic day parade. the many say the populist leader misread this crisis. as hundreds of farmers forced their way into delhi's historic red fort, they remained defiant and say they will protest until the laws are repealed. they have got this far. they are not retreating. the us senate has rejected an attempt to stop donald trump's impeachment trial. the republican, rand paul argued the hearing would be unconstitutional because mr trump is no longer president. but he was defeated by 55 votes to a5. 0ur north america correspondent david willis joins me now.

just ring us date on this historic second impeachment trial. ., ., , trial. you are absolutely ri . ht, trial. you are absolutely right. that _ trial. you are absolutely right, that vote - trial. you are absolutely right, that vote to - trial. you are absolutely i right, that vote to abandon trial. you are absolutely - right, that vote to abandon the trial completely was rejected, despite having the support not only of random paul but the former senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the vote went 55 to 45, mitch mcconnell. the vote went 55 to a5, so the impeachment trial, the second senate impeachment trial of donald trump is set to go ahead in two weeks time. but the implications are that it will be quite a battle for the democrats to secure donald trump's conviction on a trial of incitement of insurrection. they needed two—thirds majority in the senate. that would mean that 17 senate republicans would have to, if you like, across the aisle and evenjoe biden last night said he thought that was unlikely. the

republicans, many of them, are still very loyal to donald trump and he may clear last night in a statement, that he is going nowhere as far as his political influence in the republican party is concerned. so a lot of people in the party don't want to upset him. just a quick footnote, by the way, in regards to that vote today in the senate, a short while ago, it emerged that the most senior democrat in the senate, senator patrick leahy, the man who was due to preside over the impeachment trial of donald trump, was taken to hospital today, afterfalling ill in his office in the senate. senator patrick leahy is 80 years old, third in the line of succession, but there has been no formal word so far on the state of his condition. just one other _ state of his condition. just one other thing, - state of his condition. just one other thing, as - state of his condition. just one other thing, as far - state of his condition. just one other thing, as far as his round of calls with other leaders, mr biden we heard

spoke to putin, the russian president, today. how did that go? i think famously when mr biden met mr putin years ago, he looked into his eyes and concluded mr putin had no soul and then told him so. absolutely, yes. all implications are that first conversation took place today since joe conversation took place today sincejoe biden was sworn in as president, between the two leaders, less cordial than the conversations that vladimir putin used to have with donald trump. the two leaders did agree to extend the last remaining us russia arms control treaties due to expire next month but according to the white house read out of the conversation between the two men, mr biden got into the poisoning of the russian opposition activist, alexei navalny, russian interference in the us election campaign and russian interference, russian

aggression, i should say, against ukraine. now, the kremlin of this conversation does not mention those latter points at all. it says that conversation between the two men was frank and is disliked, but clearly, this is a whole era in relations between the us and russia. era in relations between the us and russia-— and russia. david, thank you very much- _ several british asian celebrities such as adil ray, shobna gulati and nina wadia have joined forces to try and encourage people from minority backgrounds to get the covid—19 vaccine. it's after fake news about the vaccine, particularly in the south asian community, has led to concerns about uptake. let's have a look at a bit of the video they've put together and is on social media. hello, namaste. this past year

has been the most challenging for many of us. we've suffered in unimaginable ways and many of us have lost a loved ones. but we will find our way through this, and we will be united once again with our friends _ united once again with our friends and our families. looking _ friends and our families. looking after others and serving _ looking after others and serving our _ looking after others and serving our community. looking after others and | serving our community is looking after others and - serving our community is what we do — serving our community is what we do it— we do. it is how we've been brought uu _ we do. it is how we've been brought up. it's _ we do. it is how we've been brought up. it's i _ we do. it is how we've been brought up. it's i we - we do. it is how we've been brought up. it's i we have . we do. it is how we've been. brought up. it's i we have such immense — brought up. it's i we have such immense pride _ brought up. it's i we have such immense pride and _ brought up. it's i we have such immense pride and a - brought up. it's i we have such immense pride and a family. immense pride and a family member_ immense pride and a family member becomes - immense pride and a family member becomes a - immense pride and a family member becomes a dock i immense pride and a family member becomes a dock orj immense pride and a family. member becomes a dock or a nurse — member becomes a dock or a nurse. , ., . , ., nurse. there is no chip or track in — nurse. there is no chip or track in the _ nurse. there is no chip or track in the vaccine - nurse. there is no chip or track in the vaccine to - nurse. there is no chip or i track in the vaccine to track where you are going, you mobile phone does a betterjob of doing that. phone does a better 'ob of doing that phone does a better 'ob of doini that. ., ., , i. doing that. not only will you be saving — doing that. not only will you be saving your _ doing that. not only will you be saving your life, - doing that. not only will you be saving your life, but - doing that. not only will you be saving your life, but you | be saving your life, but you will — be saving your life, but you will be _ be saving your life, but you will be saving other lives to and — will be saving other lives to and they— will be saving other lives to and they will be no better gift than — and they will be no better gift than that. thank you. actress nina wadia who's in the video says everyone has their reasons for deciding if they do or don't want the vaccine, but the message is that it is safe and it will save lives.

they are nervous and scared, thatis they are nervous and scared, that is why we have got together to say please, you know, we have members of our family that have been vaccinated. i can't wait to get vaccinated. i'm waiting my turn, unfortunately, but genuinely, i think it is the only way forward, and if you look at the scientific fact, please do that, please listen to, you know, the professor you spoke to earlier, they speak sense. these are people who are answering all the questions, all the reasons that there are concerns that i know that one of the big concerns is how did you get the vaccine out so quickly when other vaccines take so long to be made? those questions have been answered. there are enablers out there who have made sure that regardless of the funding that was needed, regardless of anything, they've got together and found something that actually works. that will significantly reduce you passing it on to somebody else if you take it, and look, think about it as a community. that's the one thing that the lobel

community is good at doing, looking up for each other. we are pleading —— the bame community. wejust want are pleading —— the bame community. we just want to keep people alive, please, take the vaccine, save lives. vending machines are most often associated with food and drink but the pandemic has seen a need for diversification. soon, getting a covid test could be as easy as buying a snack. albeit a very expensive one. social enterprise, wellness for humanity has unveiled its new vending machine, offering at home test kits, in new york — a first of its kind in the united states. you purchase the pcr saliva test online for around 130 dollars, then scan a barcode on the machine to recieve it. it comes with a return label for lab processing with results received within 48 hours. the organisation is aiming to roll out a thousand vending machines across the country to improve access to testing. similar machines have already been installed in hong kong and the uk.

and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. big temperature contrasts for the next few days. many of us feeling the effects of a flow of mild airfrom the south—west. with that, a lot of cloud on our earlier satellite image, but the orange colour is working in, showing the milder air. however, noticed the blue colours up towards the north, cold air holds on, particularly across the northern half of scotland. a cold start to wednesday here, much more mild down towards the south, but across southern england into southern and western wales,�*s going to be quite misty and murky, damp and drizzly for the good part of the day. for the midlands and the north anglia —— east anglia northwoods, any

sleet and snow towards scotland shouldest tend to fade. the best sunshine to be found across the far north of scotland and that is also where we will have the lowest of the temperatures. down south, highs of 11 or 12 degrees was up through wednesday night, this band of heavy rain will work its way north—eastward is, it could be enough rain to cause some flooding across parts of north wales and north—west england. the ground he was still very wet. quite an array of temperatures as we start thursday morning and with our bound of rain, working northwoods into the cold air and then becoming very slow—moving, we could see some significant snow. i think this will mostly be over the high ground, say above 200 metres in the pennines, up into the southern upland, the south of the grampians as well, where this snow does fall, it is going to be falling for a good part of the day so that could cause some travel disruption, more likely rain and sleet at low levels. northern scotland seen brightness, but very cold,

two or three degrees. down south, if we see sunshine, as of 13 or 1a exceptional for this time of year. the snow will be falling for across high ground. 15—30 centimetres of snow is possible and that could cause disruption on high—level roots during thursday night. this next band of wet weather could help to add to these snow totals but as we get on into friday, the wet and windy weather should tend to ease away and it will turn increasingly dry with some sunshine. still chilly across the north and mild in the south with highs of 12 degrees.

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this is bbc news. the headlines: the number of coronavirus deaths in the uk has passed 100,000, the highest in europe. prime minister borisjohnson said he was deeply sorry for every life lost and promised that lessons would be learned. the country has been struggling to contain a new more contagious variant that emerged late last year. the european commission president has warned producers of covid vaccines that they must deliver on their promises, as a row grows over the supply of the jabs within the eu. two companies — astrazeneca and pfizer—biontech — both said production problems meant deliveries were likely to be lower than expected. the us senate has rejected an attempt to stop donald trump's impeachment trial. the republican rand paul argued the hearing would be unconstitutional because mr trump is no longer president. but he was defeated by 55 votes to a5. now on bbc news, it was once the richest democracy in latin america, but under president nicolas maduro, venezuela has been in an economic tailspin.