welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: the united kingdom is the first european state to record more than 100,000 thousand deaths linked to the pandemic. 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 vaccine 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. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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. it is a grim moment in the country's struggle against the pandemic, and britain is the first european nation to pass that landmark. only the us, brazil, india and mexico have reported greater loss of life. in downing street, borisjohnson promised lessons would be learned. he said it was "hard to compute the sorrow" felt by the nation as a whole.

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? 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, who 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 iron out production problems at their european sites.

the eu is simply not buying this, though, and it is vowing to tighten the export vaccines made within the eu. you think of the big pfizer factory here in belgium, normally lots of those jabs would be going to non—eu countries which now includes the united kingdom. boris johnson though saying tonight he is fully confident in the supply of vaccines coming into the united kingdom and is urging all countries to work together. 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 american correspondent david willis has the details. you are absolutely right, mike, that vote to abandon the trial completely was rejected, despite having the support not only of rand paul but the former senate majority leader 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, cross the aisle, and even joe biden last night said he thought that was unlikely. the republicans, many of them, are still very loyal to donald trump and he made clear last night in a statement, that he's 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 leahy is 80 years

old, third in the line of succession, but there's been no formal word thus far on the state of his condition. just one other thing, as part of his round of calls with foreign leaders, mr biden we heard spoke to vladimir 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, concluded mr putin had no soul and then told him so. absolutely, yes. and all indications are that first 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 presidential campaign, and russian aggression against ukraine. now, the kremlin readout of this conversation does not mention those latter points at all. it says that conversation between the two men was frank and business—like, but clearly, this is a whole new era in relations between the us and russia. the nigerian president, muhammadu buhari, has sacked all four of the country's top military officials. he's given no explanation, but security has been worsening across much of nigeria. mark lobel reports. rifle—wielding kidnappers storm this orphanage on saturday,

abducting eight children in nigeria's capital, they�* re demanding ra nsoms. the police are calling for calm. it's 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 chibok girls are still missing, despite global appeals for the release seven years ago. in a series of tweets, president buhari bowed to pressure from political allies and critics alike, to clear out his long—serving top brass. in one fell swoop, replacing the heads of the army, navy, airforce, and his chief of defence. it's welcome news for these internally displaced nigerians in the country's dangerous north—east region, living in fear during a decade of terror, brought upon them by boko haram jihadists. what we want is not to repel boko haram, but to kill them. translation: may god almighty restore a lasting peace _ in ourdearstate.

these four new military leaders will immediately face challenges on several fronts. kidnappings for ransom, an 11—year boko haram insurgency, and 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 strained relations with local communities. getting the country security back in order will be essential in ensuring a brighter future for africa's most populous country. mark lobel, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: three of my auntie �*s and one of my uncles have had the vaccine. of my uncles have had the vaccine-— of my uncles have had the vaccine. ~ , ., , ., vaccine. my mum has had the vaccine. 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 borisjohnson 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. joe biden has signed four more executive orders aimed at increasing racial equity in the us. the actions, which address housing discrimination and criminaljustice reform, are seen as a move to fulfil a campaign promise that was made during the height of the race protests over the summer. the president said the killing of george floyd, an unarmed black man, by minnesota police,

"opened the eyes of millions" and paved the way for change. he made an appeal to unite the country against systemic racism. the simple truth is, our soul will be troubled as long as systemic racism is allowed to persist. we can't eliminate it overnight, we can't eliminate everything but it's corrosive and destructive and costly, it costs every american, not just who felt the sting of racial injustice, we are notjust a nation morally deprived 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. we can now speak to brandon tatum who's an author and former arizona police officer and co—founder of blexit, a group which describes its focus as encouraging black voters and other voters of colour to abandon

the democratic party. how is that going? you know far better than me of course, black americans voted for the biden harris ticket in record numbers. harris ticket in record numbere— harris ticket in record numbers. , ~ ., numbers. yes, i think we are doinu a numbers. yes, i think we are doing a good _ numbers. yes, i think we are doing a good job _ numbers. yes, i think we are doing a good job at _ numbers. yes, i think we are doing a good job at chippingl doing a good job at chipping away at the block but it is a long road because if you are a party which is the democratic party which is the democratic party and you are promising stuff you are never going to deliver on, you just have a residual plot to pitch the black people and get them to vote every year and that is exactly whatjoe biden is doing in his administration with all of these executive orders that aim to do absolutely nothing. it is just a bunch of talk. that is a complaint you hear from the far left of the democratic party as well. i wonder before you get to that, how comfortable are you within the current republican party? people debate whether mr trump actually is or was a white supremacist, but he did and was and says and said a lot of the stuff a white supremacist would

say. stuff a white supremacist would sa . ~ ., say. well, i disagree with that wholeheartedly. _ say. well, i disagree with that wholeheartedly. obviously, i say. well, i disagree with thatl wholeheartedly. obviously, i'm wholeheartedly. 0bviously, i'm a conservative, donald trump is one of the reasons i became a republican. donald trump has given access and given life to a lot of people in this country, even minorities. i think people are pushing the envelope to try to make amount to be somebody that he wasn't. i do believe that president trump is the republican party and everybody in the republican that disagrees with president trump, all the way that he pushed forward in his administration, are no longer going to be republicans and are going to be republicans and are going to be republicans and are going to get voted out. ronald trump and the new republican way is going to be the future of the republican party in the united states. i5 of the republican party in the united states.— united states. is certainly true that _ united states. is certainly true that clinton - united states. is certainly true that clinton and - united states. is certainly true that clinton and joe | true that clinton and joe biden, the act that they promoted is responsible for a huge increase in the prison population, particularly the lack prison population in the us, but so many of the problems you are identifying surely are systemic, they are built—in, you need government action, rather than individual action to fix that.— to fix that. no, i don't think government _ to fix that. no, i don't think government is _ to fix that. no, i don't think government is the -

to fix that. no, i don't think government is the solution | to fix that. no, i don't think . government is the solution was not obviously the government haven't done anything to stop we have been fighting for equality since the 60s and it is now 2021 and beau biden was the vice president for eight years with the first black president —— joe years with the first black president ——joe biden. many of these changes need to come from within the community, individual accountability is going to what is going to really cause the changes. this is a case in point thatjoe biden is not serious in what he is doing because he did sign the 94 crime deal that put a lot of black people behind bars. all he is doing is putting rhetoric to get both in popularity but he is never going to do anything. having joe biden and _ going to do anything. having joe biden and bill— going to do anything. having joe biden and bill clinton - going to do anything. having i joe biden and bill clinton have both disowned that bill now. you are not willing to give them but the benefit of the doubt? ., , , , doubt? no because it is convenient _ doubt? no because it is convenient in _ doubt? no because it is convenient in politics i doubt? no because it is l convenient in politics that you can disown it now that you are trying to run and get someone's vote. i would say this, he has no history of changing any of his perspectives, he has no history of doing anything positive for black people even when he was the vice president after he signed the 94 crime

bill, and he got kamala harris as his vice president, and she has a terrible record with the black community in california. i would like to see him actually do something and then i will give him credence for his denouncement of the 94 crime bill. his denouncement of the 94 crime bill-— his denouncement of the 94 crime bill. , , ., crime bill. very interesting to talk to you. _ crime bill. very interesting to talk to you, brandon, - crime bill. very interesting to talk to you, brandon, thanks | talk to you, brandon, thanks very much. talk to you, brandon, thanks very much-— talk to you, brandon, thanks very much. thanks for having me. 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 that 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, they say they'll protest until the laws are repealed. they have got this far. they are not retreating. an oil tanker stranded at sea for more than three years has run aground on a beach in the gulf. the mt iba specialised in trading oil products and was based in the united arab emirates. it has not docked in port for 43 months. five crew members have remained on board. emirati authorities have not released any information regarding the ship. officials say the vessel will be towed soon.

it's one year since one of sport's greatest athletes, basketball legend kobe bryant died. kobe died along with his daughter, gianna, and seven others when their helicopter crashed into a hillside near los angeles. fans of the star have honoured his memory near the stadium where he played. the death of kobe bryant, who won five championships in his 20 seasons with the lakers, stunned the sports world and led to an outpouring of emotion in the city. 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. piano music. hello, namaste, sat sri akal, as—asalaamu �*alaykum. this past year has been

the most challenging for many of us. we've suffered in unimaginable ways and many of us have lost our loved ones. but we will find our way through this, and we will be united once again with our friends and our families. looking after others - and serving our community is what we do. it's how we've been brought up. it's why we have suchl immense pride when a family member becomes a doctor or a nurse. - there is no chip or tracker in the vaccine to keep watch on where you go, your mobile phone actually does a much betterjob of that. not only will you be saving your life, but you'll be saving other lives too, and there can be no better gift than that. thank you. vending machines are most often associated with food and drink but the pandemic has created a need for diversification. we've seen them offering masks and now the us isjoining the list of countries

with vending machines selling covid tests. tanya dendrinos reports. it is as simple as buying a snack, albeit a very expensive one. chocolate and soft drinks replaced with a covid test. social enterprise wellness for humanity has unveiled its new vending machine in new york. the first of its kind in the united states. it offers take—home rt—pcr saliva test which have emergency youth authorisation —— use authorisation —— use authorisation from the fda. it is purchased online for around $130 and released by scanning a barcode. it $130 and released by scanning a barcode. _, , ., barcode. it comes with a shipping _ barcode. it comes with a shipping label— barcode. it comes with a shipping label back - barcode. it comes with a shipping label back so i barcode. it comes with a| shipping label back so all you have to do is just drop it off at your local fedex and you are good to go. results take anywhere from four —— 24—48 hours, and something we will also have in the future is

expedited results so that way, travellers or people in immediate need, can benefit from it. , ., , ., ., from it. the plan is to roll out 1000 _ from it. the plan is to roll out 1000 vending - from it. the plan is to roll. out 1000 vending machines across the country in the next six months to improve access to testing. six months to improve access to testini. �* .., ., six months to improve access to testini. �* ., ., testing. alcohol solution with this machines _ testing. alcohol solution with this machines is _ testing. alcohol solution with this machines is that - testing. alcohol solution with this machines is that we - testing. alcohol solution with | this machines is that we bring them centralised locations —— our whole solution with these machines was up we bring them into grocery stores, shopping malls or airports. you can be walking hi and you don't need to wait long lines.— to wait long lines. similar machines _ to wait long lines. similar machines has _ to wait long lines. similar. machines has already been installed in hong kong and the uk. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. just a reminder of the main news, uk's by mr borisjohnson has offered his deepest condolences to britons who have lost relatives and friends to coronavirus. later fisher that met the latest official figures have shown that the dead has passed 100,000 for the p has promised —— he has promised that lessons will be learned.

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 in the forecast for the next few days. many of us feeling the effects of a flow of mild air from the south—west. with that, you can see a lot of cloud on our earlier satellite image, but the orange colour�*s working in, showing that milder air. however, notice 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 milder down towards the south, but across southern england into southern and western wales, it's going to be quite misty and murky, damp and drizzly for a good part of the day. for the midlands and east anglia northwards, we should see some spells of sunshine, any early rain, sleet and snow towards scotland should tend to fade. best sunshine of all

i think to be found ——best sunshine of all i think to be found across the far north of scotland, that's also where we'll have the lowest of the temperatures. whereas, down to the south, highs of 11 or 12 degrees. through wednesday night, this band of heavy rain is going to work its way north—eastwards, could be enough rain to cause some flooding across parts of north wales and north—west england. remember, the ground here is still very wet. quite an array of temperatures as we start thursday morning, and with our band of rain, working northwards into the cold air and then becoming very slow—moving, we could see some quite significant snow. i think this will mostly be over the high ground, say above 200 metres in the pennines, up into the southern uplands, the south of the grampians as well, but where this snow does fall, it's 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 seeing brightness, but it will be very cold here, just two or three degrees. down towards the south, if we see a little bit

of sunshine, highs of 13 or 14, exceptional for this time of year. the snow will be falling for quite some time across high ground of northern england and scotland. 15—30 centimetres of snow is possible — that could cause disruption on high—level routes during thursday night. this next band of wet weather could well help to add to those snow totals, but, as we get on into friday, the wet and wintry weather should tend to ease away and it will turn increasingly dry with some sunshine. still pretty 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 45.