this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the european union says it will introduce export controls on coronavirus vaccines as the row over access intensifies. but the eu has backtracked on a plan to override part of the brexit deal to stop vaccines getting to the uk through northern ireland. in other news, alarm at the un over reports the military in myanmar could reject the result of november's election. and — china and hong kong announce they will no longer recognise british national overseas passports.

hello and welcome. the european union has backtracked last hour in a row with the united kingdom over the export of coronavirus vaccines. earlier, brussels introduced new controls giving member states the power to block vaccines being sent abroad. then to reinforce that, it announced the invoking of a clause in the brexit deal that would reinstate border checks between the eu and northern ireland, in effect stopping vaccines entering the uk by the back door. it all underlines how sensitive the distribution of vaccines has become, as nick beake reports. throughout the week, this post—brexit battle between the eu and a british—based vaccine—maker has been intensifying. tonight, it became much more political. european countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. it all hangs on the contract the two sides signed

that's now been released, although with some parts blacked out. astrazeneca says it agreed to make a "best reasonable effort". the eu insists it was a legally—binding promise. and so it's now announced if it doesn't get all the supplies it asked for, it could block covid vaccines leaving europe, those heading for some countries including the uk. we have to be very clear, and we have said it many times before. we are not protecting ourselves against any specific country, and we're not in competition or in a race against any country. the only race we're in is against this virus. but to make sure vaccines don't enter mainland britain through northern ireland, which remains in the eu single market for goods, brussels has overridden part of the brexit deal, a move denounced by northern ireland's first minister. we have the european union triggering article 16 in relation to a vaccine, a vaccine which is there to save lives, so it's an incredible state of affairs but it shows to me that

all of their words around protecting northern ireland, protecting the belfast agreement, were just that, words. and downing street says it's urgently seeking an explanation from brussels and would not expect a friend and ally to disrupt its vaccine arrangement. the european union is taking a really tough line in this covid row but at the same time it's facing heavy criticism for the slowness of its vaccination roll—out. it's much slower than the uk's fots. throughout this pandemic brussels has insisted all 27 countries need to work together when it comes to getting hold of jabs. so far, it's not worked well. because this is a rare sight in cities like madrid. thousands of other vaccine appointments have had to be postponed. there have been delays with the belgian made pfizerjab too. on the day europe's medicines regulator approved the astrazeneca vaccine the company said it was ready to ship millions ofjabs to europe and was topping up its supply from other parts of the world.

downing street has insisted the delivery ofjabs in all parts of the uk will not be affected by this deepening row. i'm not going to comment on the eu was my own discussions with those manufacturers. what we need to focus on is making sure that uk residents and the nhs here gets the vaccines that's required and as i say, we are confident we will be receiving what we expected in the days and weeks ahead. this morning a senior european official accused borisjohnson�*s government of wanting to start a vaccine war. tonight, the very same charges being levelled at the eu. nick beake, bbc news, brussels. earlier i spoke with markus becker — he's the eu correspondent for the german magazine der spiegel. he told me there's mounting pressure in the eu, to get the vaccine distribution going. what does not make a lot of senseis what does not make a lot of sense is that someone raises the impression that article 16

is being triggered and why this is being triggered and why this is happening, how this happened, i not know. in a broader sense, this is not very surprising given the route between astrazeneca and the eu and the mounting political pressure inside of the eu to get the vaccination strategy going. get the vaccination strategy anoin. ., . , ,, , going. how much pressure is there on _ going. how much pressure is there on the _ going. how much pressure is there on the eu _ going. how much pressure is there on the eu right - going. how much pressure is there on the eu right now . there on the eu right now because things clearly are not looking like they're going its way? looking like they're going its wa ? , , , , looking like they're going its wa ? , ,, , ., , way? the pressure is tremendous and the member— way? the pressure is tremendous and the member states _ way? the pressure is tremendous and the member states because l and the member states because everybody is looking towards other countries where things are going faster like, for example, the united kingdom, or israel, and people are wondering why things are taken so long to the european union even though this is an argument you hear a lot in germany, especially, you can get the best vaccine available which was developed in germany. people are wondering why is

this developed in germany and everyone else gets this except us. this is something that is hard to understand for people and on top of that comes this row with british swedish manufacturer astrazeneca which is pretty hard to understand notjust is pretty hard to understand not just for the is pretty hard to understand notjust for the eu commission but also for a lot of europeans.- but also for a lot of europeans. but also for a lot of euro eans. ~ ., europeans. where did the eu go wron: europeans. where did the eu go wrong with _ europeans. where did the eu go wrong with its _ europeans. where did the eu go wrong with its vaccine _ wrong with its vaccine procurement plan? well, it is hard to say — procurement plan? well, it is hard to say where _ procurement plan? well, it is hard to say where it - procurement plan? well, it is hard to say where it went - hard to say where it went wrong. i think one of the things they did was first, they tried to get things on the cheap, a little bit, but nothing thousand major issue. the major issue is the liability question. especially with the united states company pfizer and the united kingdom did not have this problem because they opted for an emergency procedure to get the

vaccine approved and in this case, the state by definition is liable for everything that happens and this is something the european union did not want. so the opted for a standard procedure and haggled with pfizer about the liability question which is taken quite some while. in the end, they ended up doing things rather late. ., . ., ., ended up doing things rather late. ., . . . y., 4' late. how much damage you think has been done _ late. how much damage you think has been done to _ late. how much damage you think has been done to the _ late. how much damage you think has been done to the eu - has been done to the eu reputation? i'm sure other countries, especially third world countries are thinking, what is going on here? squabbling over a vaccine between all these rich countries. what about the rest of us? ., , ., of us? the third world is, of course. _ of us? the third world is, of course. a — of us? the third world is, of course, a different - of us? the third world is, of course, a different matter. l course, a different matter. when it comes to the eu, this goes both ways. we have talked

to several legal experts just today after the contracts between astrazeneca and the eu was published, even though was redacted and they agreed, the legal experts agreed that the eu seems to be in the right here because i was wondering about what was said earlier under programme that there is the impression that the united kingdom, it is the united kingdom, it is the united kingdom, that is the one they want to take. the impression in the eu is the other way around and they think that the doses that the eu has ordered from astrazeneca, they belong to the eu. now, they're trying to make should actually get them. now, yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials. the single shot janssen vaccine was found to be 66% effective overall and offered 85% protection against severe disease. on thursday, novavax announced its uk trials had

shown its vaccine to be 89 per cent effective. and crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. when those vaccines are approved they'lljoin a number of other vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use —— or given full backing in different parts of the world. so let's take a look at some of the vaccines already in use. the pfizer—biontech vaccine has been cleared for use in thirty two nations, more than any other, with a reported efficacy of 95 percent. the moderna vaccine is reported to have an overall efficacy of ninety—four—point—one percent and has been cleared for use in eleven countries. the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine has a the overall efficacy was 70 percent —— ranging from 62 to 90 percent depending on the schedule of doses. its now been approved in the e—u. russia's sputnik vaccine has a ninety—one—point—four percent efficacy, that's according to the manufacturer. it's got emergency clearance in fifteen nations. and china's coronavac vaccine, developed by sinovac, has been cleared

in six countries. it was found to be fifty—point—four percent effective in brazilian clinical trials. while the news of so many vaccines is encouraging, america's top infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci says we can't become complacent in fighting the virus. it is an incentive to do what we have been saying all along, to vaccinate as many people as we can, as quickly as we possibly can. because mutations occur, because the virus has a playing field as it were, to mutate. if you stop that and stop the replication, viruses cannot mutate if they cannot replicate. it's exactly a year ago this weekend since the first two people with coronavirus were treated in hospital in the uk.

the head of nhs england, sir simon stevens marked the moment with a visit to the hospital in newcastle where they were treated to thank staff all over the country for a year of extraordinary work like no other. our health editor hugh pym reports. a year ago, high drama — planes bringing in the first britons from wuhan in china. nobody knew if they had coronavirus or not. passengers were moved swiftly off the plane and taken on coaches to a hospital to quarantine. a short time before that, a foreign student called nhs 111 from a hotel room in york. he was studying at the city's university and was suffering high fever and a cough. his mother, also staying there, felt unwell. both were taken to a hospital near hull, then to newcastle's royal victoria infirmary, the uk's first known coronavirus cases. at the hospital today, staff recalled the arrival of those two patients. i think we were always aware that was only the beginning of something really big but,

being honest, i didn't think it was going to be that big. i didn't expect that we had at this time over 100,000 deaths. i was in the first day. it was very scary, really nervous, because we didn't know what we were coming in to. it was the first thing on my mind, what are we going to be doing? what are these patients going to be like? are they well or not? the head of nhs england was there to thank staff for their work in those early days. since then, hospitals have looked after more than 300,000 severely ill coronavirus patients, and i think, at this one—year anniversary, it is appropriate for the whole country to say a huge thank—you to every member of staff across the health service. case numbers now seem to have peaked. the daily reported total covering those who have gone for tests is falling, but the office for national statistics survey does random community testing and picks up

those without symptoms. the ons survey suggests that case rates have levelled off but are still relatively high. in england last week, one in 55 the virus. in wales, it was one in 70, in scotland, one in 110, and in northern ireland, it's thought one in 50 had the virus. this shows the uk's infection hotspots — red followed by dark brown show areas with the highest number of cases per 100,000 population. the highest of those was knowsley, followed by sandwell and slough, though all have seen case rates fall over the most recent week. there's still immense pressure on the nhs. staff are preparing for their shifts, facing the daily challenge of caring for very sick covid patients, some of whom won't survive. there are still more than 35,000 in uk hospitals. hugh pym, bbc news.

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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. the european union says it will introduce export controls on coronavirus vaccines as the row over delayed doses is ramping up. but the eu has backtracked on a plan to override part of the brexit deal to stop vaccines arriving in northern ireland. protestors in lebanon's northern city of tripoli have clashed with security forces for a fourth night over strict lockdown measures. many have been left without an income in a country where a third of the workforce is unemployed and the coronavirus pandemic has furthered lebanon's deep economic crisis. from tripoli —

carine torbey reports. for this children live here. short of money, he has very little to feed the kids. get enough to send them all to school. you everything is expensive. i cannot afford meat or chicken. we mostly eat bread. i've been looking for a job for some time, but there are nojobs. i can only afford one meal a day for the kids. and sometimes even that is not possible. and sometimes even that is not ossible. , , ., ., ., , possible. this is one of many neighbourhoods _ possible. this is one of many neighbourhoods in _ possible. this is one of many neighbourhoods in tripoli - possible. this is one of many | neighbourhoods in tripoli that have long been marginalised. scores of young people here feel abandoned by the state, living in poverty, deprivation and desperation. they are the forgotten ones who have countless reasons to be angry

since. the second largest city and one of the most impoverished. with the economic collapse of the country, things of been left even worse. frustrated by coronavirus and the nationwide lockdown, he joined the people who took to the streets. irate joined the people who took to the streets.— the streets. we are already suffering — the streets. we are already suffering from _ the streets. we are already suffering from a _ the streets. we are already suffering from a lot - the streets. we are already suffering from a lot of- suffering from a lot of injustice but the current standards of living or scary. we are _ standards of living or scary. we are nearing starvation. the rotests we are nearing starvation. the protests soon _ we are nearing starvation. tie: protests soon turned to we are nearing starvation. ti2 protests soon turned to riots and clashes with security forces. so much anger and pain on the streets of the city that is the result of years of fighting. it is not the first time that tripoli suffered through horrible living conditions, but the difference is the economic meltdown, the anger also swelling through the

country. the un secretary—general antonio guterres has expressed "great concern" over rising political tension in myanmar. the armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the ruling national league for democracy party, headed by aung san suu kyi. the military has alleged widespread voting irregularities and has called for verifications to the country's voting lists. armoured vehicles have been deployed and police checkpoints set up just two days before the newly elected government is set to take power. laetitia van den assum is a retired diplomat who previously served as dutch ambassador to myanmar. she's also a former member of the kofi annan commission — which looked into ethnic reconciliation in rakhine state, at the request of myanmar�*s leader aung san suu kyi. she gave me her assessment of the situation in myanmar. the situation is really quite worrying. it had been simmering for a while but what really is

theissue for a while but what really is the issue here is the growing disagreement about the outcome of the november national elections which were one by a landslide by the national league for democracy. the head of the government aung san suu kyi. fora of the government aung san suu kyi. for a while, of the government aung san suu kyi. fora while, everything looked set and ready to move towards installation of the government, of the parliament in the capital. it was supposed to take place on monday and now moved to tuesday. but slowly but surely, the army starts to express ever greater discontent with the outcome of that election and actually acting on behalf of another party which is a proxy for the army, started to claim that there was

massive fraud and malpractice. but not putting forward even a shred of evidence to underpin those claims. china and hong kong have both announced that from january 31st, they will no longer recognise british national overseas passports, barring hong kongers from using them to pass through immigration, or as proof of identity. the move comes after the uk relaxed visa rules for bno passport holders and their close family, in response to a sweeping national security law passed by beijing last year. the bbc�*s asia editor rebecca hench—key followed two protestors, with bno passports, now at a crossroads. to leave or to stay and fight? like many protesters in hong kong, this is the decision a man we are calling h has had to make — and he has decided to go. translation: i had never thought that i would -

become a refugee, but now it has happened. there is no other way. there are greater fears if i stay here and do not leave. we're concealing his identity, out of fears of a backlash from the authorities. h was born two years before britain handed he drives to the airport, through a city where, for over a year, he took part in increasingly violent protests, demanding more democracy and less chinese influence — a movement stopped by a sweeping national security law and the arrest of its young leaders. and h's motherfeared for her only child. translation: when can we reunite? i may not be able to see him for the rest of my life, but his safety is most important.

others, like this man, h's friend, have decided to stay. translation: | want to - persevere to the last moment. giving up on our home, where we were born and grew up, it's not what we wanted. after making that decision, he took to the streets again. it was after the introduction of the national security law. he was swiftly detained for unauthorised assembly. police didn't press charges against him and, despite the risks, he wants to keep fighting. translation: even though we feel lost, we have to keep going. we can only see the light of hope if we persevere. having made the decision to go, h feels he may never be able to go back. his battle now is to try and build a new life in sheffield,

a very different place. translation: looking at what's happening in hong kong, - especially i am now on the other side of the earth, i feel helpless. it is very difficult to have a concrete, long—term plan. it is inevitable to feel lost. china accuses the uk of meddling in its internal under the scheme, up to 5.5 million hong kongers have the right to move to the uk. they, too, have to make an agonising choice — to stay or to go? rebecca henshke, bbc news. a year ago who'd have imagined people would be spending so much time working from home and online? video conference calls have given us all an insight into other people's homes. for a company that sells books in somerset it has provided a very unexpected boost — and that's not from people

wanting to read their books asjon kay explains. whoever you are, whatever you are seeing, when you are working from home your shelves are being judged. what did your books say about you? this company in somerset normally sells second—hand books for tv and movie sets, but lockdown has brought new clients who want to impress on video calls. engineers, teachers, ceos, celebrities, all the way up to the major players in government. any names? i cannot mention any names! they have had customers asking for classics to appear well read, guide books to look well travelled, some just want colours to match their walls. you can display your new—found love of green issues or subtly tell the boss that you are ready for promotion.

but what does this new trend to say about who we are and who we want to be? partly it is what you are passionate about and interested in and partly it is what you want people to believe you are passionate about and interested in. people's online profile is an extension of walking into someone's living room and seeing books and confirming what you know about them and perhaps going against it. with social media accounts analysing what people have on their book shelves, maybe this is the safest approach. don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam.

hello. we're in for a cold weekend. there is some sunshine in the forecast but also more rain, sleet and snow. now, this time, the sleet and the snow should mostly fall across the hills. and at the moment, there's a battle between cold air coming in from the north and the milder air trying to spread in from the south. and this is also where we have a weather front, and that weather front will bring the rain, sleet and the snow on saturday. in fact, we've got a couple of weather fronts heading our way. this is just the first one which is moving across the uk as i speak. so, early in the morning, it's very mild in the southwest of the country, so certainly no snow here. the further north you go, the temperatures do dip away,

so some sleet and snow across the welsh hills. and then north of that, early on saturday morning, with the clear skies across the far north of england and scotland, there's a sharp frost. so, that sharp frost and clear skies in the morning across scotland and the far north of england. to the south of that, the cloudier weather, outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow. to the south coast, i think, here, it is going to be far too mild for any wintry weather. temperatures, for example, in plymouth will be around 10 degrees. but as the day wears on, some of that rain may turn to sleet and maybe some wet snow across other cities of the south away from the southern counties. now, through the night, saturday night into sunday, the skies will clear. so, with that wet day, it is going to turn icy early in the morning on sunday, as temperatures dip away to freezing or below across many parts of the uk, and another very cold night there in scotland. now, i mentioned two weather fronts, one on saturday. this is the next one paying us a visit on sunday. now, remember, it's a very chilly morning on sunday, the weather front is coming in,

it's subzero here, at least for a time, so some of this weather will be snowy. sleet and snow certainly across the welsh hills, but there is a possibility of some wintry weather spreading to other parts of the country as well, not in the north and the northeast. here, i think we're in for some sunshine. and it is going to be chilly wherever you are. but the chilly weather isn't going to last for very long, particularly in the south. i think by the time we get to monday, tuesday and wednesday, for example, in the south, temperatures will be back into double figures. bye— bye.

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these are the latest headlines: the eu has backed down on a decision to use emergency brexit measures to control the movement of vaccines across the border on in ireland after a backlash from leaders in london, dublin and belfast. but the bloc will force pharmaceutical companies to seek permission before supplying other countries with vaccines produced in europe. another vaccine's been shown to be effective against coronavirus. trials showjohnson & johnson's single—dose jab has an overall efficacy of 66%, but the shot does not protect as well against a variant first detected in south africa. the un and more than a dozen countries have urged the military in myanmar to respect the results of november's election, amid reports they may be preparing a coup. it comes just days before aung saan su kyi's ruling party is set to begin its second term in power. now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls

from covid—19 in the world.