this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm maryam moshiri... the world health organization warns that an eu decision to impose export controls on coronavirus vaccines risks prolonging the pandemic. after that potential bust—up between britain and the eu — uk ministers say it's time for a re—set in relations. the mystery of the russian palace — does this building belong to vladimir putin — or his formerjudo partner? and — up for the cup — fans celebrate in brazil — after palmeiras win the copa libertadores.

hello. there have been growing concerns over what's being called vaccine nationalism. the european commission is facing heavy criticism over a move to restrict exports of coronavirus vaccines manufactured within the eu. the controls were brought in because of a shortfall in vaccine supplies promised to the eu, and they will affect some 100 countries worldwide — including the uk, the us, canada and australia. the world health organization is warning that measures like those risk prolonging the pandemic. it says drugs should be prioritised for use for those most in need around the globe. one of its senior officials told the bbc she believes some countries should pause domestic immunisations once their health workers and vulnerable groups have been vaccinated, so that the roll—out can be carried out across the rest of the world. i spoke earlier to gian gandhi,

covax co—ordinator for unicef, and asked him why vaccine nationalism was problem in the battle against the pandemic... the covax facility that was designed to deliver vaccines to really the poorest 100 countries or so as well as all the other countries that have signed up is really built on the foundations of solidarity for mutual gain. and what we want to see is the light at the end of the tunnel that we can see now that vaccines are available shines for everyone and not just those that can pay the most. vaccine nationalism flies in the face of that. so what do you think needs to be done then to counteract that? the first thing is that we can see from the european union that they have exempted covax and unicef and our sister

agency, the pan—american health organisation, from those restrictions but i think what we generally need to see that the money continues to flow into covax to ensure that the deals that we have done with manufacturers can be completely made operational and then of course i think we also need the money to start the following towards delivery of vaccines. so much has gone into the research and development and securing those doses but now we need to make sure what we think is around $2 billion is needed for which unicef is asking for 600 million to start delivering those vaccines and other supplies like diagnostics, therapeutics, and personal protective equipment is necessary for vaccinators. do you think that it's right that the world health organization is suggesting that some countries pause their vaccination programme in order to then roll out the vaccine elsewhere? what we have seen so far is there has been evidence released by the international chamber of commerce showing it makes economic sense to ensure that those at highest risk of exposure and mortality receive the vaccines

first wherever they live. we have seen public health evidence that shows vaccinating those 20% or so people whether they are elderly or health care workers will prevent up to 90% of deaths. so it makes moral sense and that's what we need to see, we need to see everyone respecting both those economic and public health arguments and making sure that vaccines do get to everyone. meanwhile, the decision to impose export controls has also provoked a political row involving britain, ireland and the eu. the european commission had originally threatened to override part of the brexit withdrawal treaty, to make sure that northern ireland wasn't used as a "back door" for exports into the rest of the uk. our political correspondent nick eadley explains. vaccines are the great hope. a potential way out of the coronavirus crisis. in the uk, ministers believe the roll—out is going well.

this was the first vaccine in northern ireland last month, but in the eu there is concern about supply. brussels introduced controls on vaccine exports but that led to a furious row over what could happen here at the irish border, the eu plan to use emergency powers from the brexit deal which would have imposed restrictions to ireland and northern ireland. after widespread condemnation, brussels dropped the plan last night. the european union recognises they made a mistake yesterday, the commission made a mistake, they did not consult us or ourfriends in dublin and they united parties in northern ireland from sinn fein on one side to the dup on the other in condemnation. people in northern ireland were bewildered by this step. in the republic of ireland, too, there was surprise, that its leaders were not involved in the initial decision. it clearly was a mistake in that regard but what is

important is that the channel of communications are open and they are constructive ones, they have taken on board what we said, and relatively quickly they pulled back. at westminster there was rare unity across the brexit divide, as politicians condemned brussels, but some are now arguing the government here should use its emergency powers to protect trade between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. we were told that under no circumstances could the european commission countenance a border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, yet 29 days into the protocol they are quite happy to evoke it when it is in their interests. i fear it has caused some political damage and given the brexiteers an opportunity to use it to their own advantage and that is very unfortunate given the fact that there is a lot of attention and effort and dedication put into protecting the all ireland economy. avoiding a hard border in ireland was one of the hardest

tasks of the brexit negotiation and that's why some here are so frustrated that europe seems to be willing to use its emergency powers so quickly, and although it has now changed its mind, there are questions over what this will do to trust between brussels and london, and whether something similar could happen again. brussels is still introducing some controls, giving member states powers to block exports, but after last night's row some want a rethink. i do think it was a big mistake and i hope that the european union comes back with some measures, they must do everything that we can, everything we have in our power, to find a solution, and any kind of vaccine nationalism i think is simply wrong. a major post—brexit crisis has been avoided but there are still big questions over the vaccine roll—out internationally and how vaccine diplomacy will work.

a world health organisation team has visited a hospital in the chinese city of wuhan where some of the earliest confirmed cases of covid—i9 were treated. the scientists are attempting to piece together the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell has been following their progress. the exhibition behind is one of the two locations which the who investigation team visited today on one of their field trips. the second full day since they completed their quarantine. while their main work here there is to review the research already done by chinese scientists, they are able to supplement this with face—to—face meetings and also visiting locations for some hands—on work, if you like. so, the first place they visited was a hospital. it is a hospital which dealt with many of the early coronavirus cases here in wuhan. a team of doctors there

have written a paper tracing the virus back to what they think is the first known patient, the first person they can find to have been infected, back on the 1st of december. you can imagine why they would want to speak to that doctor. and also, the other teams at that hospital who were helping those who were very sick in the highly stressful early days of the outbreak. the next stop was at this exhibition. people might want to know why they would come to an exhibition, it is an exhibition to supposedly dedicated to those who fought against the coronavirus here in wuhan. so, it could be police officers, soldiers, nurses, doctors. even those who built those huge temporary isolation facilities that everyone will remember having seen here in wuhan. it is a bit of a propaganda effort for sure. if you go in there, there are pictures of the chinese

leader all over the place, but they might say, we were able to learn something about the type of equipment people used. also, if they are honouring those who fought against the coronavirus, and many people lost their lives here doing this, well, why not do that? the exhibition is quite big, and they spent several hours inside. then, when they came out, i thought we'd have a go at trying to speak to them. excuse me! can you tell us how the trip is going? they were not really forthcoming at all, i would have to say. they didn't even acknowledge our presence, really. people will want to know, though, are they getting the access that they need? are they getting the information they need? or are they in any way being hindered in the search for the origins the coronavirus? in the coming days and weeks, they say they will be visiting the laboratory where, contentiously, some have said the coronavirus

potentially escaped. they will be visiting the seafood market where those early clusters were said to have come from. but i should stress that they don't want people to think that after these two weeks they are going to come out and say they have found the origins of the coronavirus. the scientists say it is very complicated, it may even take years to get to the bottom of it, and that everybodyjust has to stay calm and wait for them to go through this process as scientists would. the uk is applying tojoin a free trade area made up of ii asia and pacific nations, under its post—brexit plans. the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership — or cptpp — includes australia, canada, japan and singapore and generates more than 13 % of the world's income. the main purpose of the deal is to cut trade tariffs — a form of tax, like a border tax — between member countries. police in paris have used watercannon to disperse protesters who were

demonstrating against a controversial security law. more than thirty—thousand people joined the protests in cities across france. the proposed bill would outlaw taking photos or video of police with what's being called �*malevolent intent�*. critics say, this would make it more difficult to hold police accountable. james reynolds has more. it has become a common scene in france. people take to the streets to protest, officers respond with water cannon, tear gas... they drag people away. the day had started like this. thousands of people marching in cities across the country to protest against a new draft law called the global security bill. the law would ban the filming of individual officers in a way which identifies them if it's proven that the images were taken with malicious intent. translation: this law is really

oppressive and i believe this - is very serious for democracy. this argument intensified last year after footage emerged of three white policemen beating a black music producer. critics argue that the new law might make it more difficult to hold the police to account. it will stop the liberty of people like us to film when policemen are acting violently. the government insists that the law is needed in order to protect the police from receiving threats online. the law's critics say it would erode the freedoms on which the country's identity has been built. james reynolds, bbc news. a russian businessman has claimed he owns a billion—dollar palace that kremlin critic alexei navalny linked to president putin. arkady rotenberg, who is mr putin's formerjudo partner,

claims he bought the mansion two years ago. but he didn't say how he had paid for it. earlier i spoke to catherine belton a special correspondent for reuters and author of putin's people. i asked her why it was so important to find out who owned this mansion... it's very important because alexei navalny did a tremendousjob in releasing this video two weeks ago now which has now had more than 100 million views. he really produced this wonderful video which shows how this palace has kind of been owned by putin for many years. and in fact there was a whistle—blower who first appeared in 2011 who described a scheme how money had been siphoned from a fund for donations for medical equipment and this had been siphoned towards the building of putin's palace and navalny

really kind of produced this video which really showed the extent of the president's lavish wealth. this has really struck a nerve with the kremlin and it's struck a nerve with the russian population because putin has always pretended that he is the sort of leader of russia who is all about restoring russia's greatness. we have never seen inside these types of mansions before in his palace and navalny was able to get hold of interior plan of the palace where you could see the casino, you could see the aqua disco, you could see these poker rooms and pole dancing rooms which really were for russians now who are really struggling under the pandemic and an economy that has not really grown in ten years and this year faces a recession, their incomes are now down sort of 8%

compared to ten years ago, so for them it has struck a nerve. it quite important to be able to prove the chain of ownership back to putin and you can see he is struggling really to come up with various explanations. how plausible is it that his judo buddy is the real owner of that place? it's not really possible given that these investigations have shown including navalny�*s investigation that the palace has been guarded for years by members of putin's presidential guard. it's a management company is owned by relatives of senior members of the presidential administration, and the whole area around the palace has been declared a no—fly zone. so if it is just owned by putin'sjudo buddy, then, you know, that's not particularly kind of a possible explanation for why they have all these security measures in place and it has been guarded by the presidential guard service also for years.

and also you have to remember how rotenberg made his wealth. he made his own wealth through being granted to billions of dollars in gas construction contracts by putin. so he is well—known as a front for putin himself. this is bbc news — our top stories... the world health organization warns that an eu decision to impose export controls on coronavirus vaccines risks prolonging the pandemic. after that potential bust—up between britain and the eu — uk ministers say it's time for a re—set in relations. the military in myanmar has promised to abide by the country's constitution, two days after statements from the army commander and a military spokesman appeared to suggest the army was preparing a coup d'etat. the threat prompted international outcry from the un and more than a dozen embassies

in the country. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. after days of unnerving sabre rattling, myanmar�*s generals appear to have had second thoughts. in its most recent statement, the military explained the comments by the armed forces commander, general min aung hlaing, had been misunderstood. he had suggested that if the constitution was not being properly followed, in reference to the military�*s repeated complaints about irregularities in last november's election, it should be annulled. but the later statement promises that the military will abide by the constitution. the chorus of international dismay appears to have persuaded the military to tone down its rhetoric. given the popularity of the burmese leader aung san suu kyi, and the overwhelming mandate won by her party in the election, a coup would've been an uncharacteristically reckless act by a military which has proved adept at playing the long game, maintaining its political influence even as it's allowed a democratic system to take root. perhaps all the talk

of coups was only ever meant as a warning to ms suu kyi as she prepares for her second term of office, and a renewal of her long struggle to get the military out of politics. but in a country run by the generals for half a century, such talk is always taken seriously. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. let's get some of the day's other news. one of the largest trading platforms in the uk — ig — has stopped any new trades in gamestop and amc when markets open on monday. these companies have seen their share prices boom this week as amateur investors bought their shares — fuelled by social media chat on sites. some us share trading firms temporarily halted dealings on thursday amid extreme volatility in gamestop, which has soared as much as 700% in the past week. a police officer who died during the siege of the us capitol on the sixth january, is to lie in honour in

the capitol building's rotunda, a mark of respect rarely bestowed. officer brian sicknick was injured "engaging with protestors" and died the following day. he was one of five people to lose their lives in the riot, which led to donald trump's second impeachment. let's head to the bbc sports center now — and lizzie greenwood—hughes has the latest... hello. manchester city have a three point lead at the top of the english premier league after a modest 1—0 win over the bottom club sheffield united. gabrieljesus scored the only goal of the game after nine minutes and despite pep guardiola's side dominating possession at the etihad they struggled to create any more clear—cut opportunities. sheffield united nearly equalised late on — john fleck�*s strike just going wide. but city held on for the win. today when i see that sheffield is now in the bottom of the league right now, and you see his team, you realise that is

the premier league. i said it would be one of the toughest games of the season, and it was. newcastle managed an important win at everton. callum wilson scoring both goals in the second half as they won 2—0 at goodison park. it's their first win in 12 games ends a run of five defeats for newcastle and gives them some breathing space from the relegation zone, a huge relief for their manager. i could not fault the way the team played, and the game plan we went about it was terrific. it has been a difficult few weeks. the one thing that breeds a bit of confidence is a good performance and a good team performance. i thought all around today was excellent. premier league strugglers west brom and fulham played out an entertaining draw that'll satisfy neither team at the hawthorns. it's west brom's first point since sam allardyce took over in december and leaves them second from bottom — while fulham are two points above them in 18th place in the table.

my riding factor is we have just fallen a little bit short in the key areas, the margins that win games, falling short of big chances that need to go in and i realise at this time that is where we are. massive improvement over a short space of time i think was that we have lost three out of 11 and three were against very top teams in this division, but there is no hiding from the fact that we need to turn some of those draws into wins and today that should've been the case. manchester united — who are second in the table — played out a goalless draw against arsenal. crystal palace beat wolves 1—0, and in the last match of the day southampton lost 1—0 at home to aston villa after having an injury time equaliser ruled off—side. the biggest club game in south america — the copa libertadores final, has been won by palmeiras. they beat santos 1—0 with a goal late into injury time — it was only the third all—brazilian final

in the competition's history. let's move on to tennis now because it's been confirmed that as many as 30,000 spectators a day will be allowed to attend the australian open. that'll be for the first eight days of the tournament, before being reduced to 25,000 from the quarterfinals onwards. overall it means the grand slam will run at around 50% capacity. the tournament starts on the 8th of february. over the following days, we will have up to 390,000 people here at melbourne park and that's about 50% of the average over the last three years. it will not be the same as the last few years but it will be the most significant international event with crowds we've seen for many months. there'll be no fans in india for england's cricket tour. the england players are in chennai preparing for the first test on friday. ben stokes and jofra archer trained on saturday after being rested for the series in sri lanka.

and with most of the players in quarantine until tuesday, freshening up the squad is even more important. the ecb have been really forward thinking, feel, for us as an england group to sort of rotate players in and out of this series and i am sure at times there is frustrations because you want to see the best players on show all the time, but it is just not possible with the amount of cricket and the amount of cricket with the amount of time spent in a bubble is to help keep people healthy doing that. that's all the sport for now. let's get more on the story you heard in the sport — the celebrations in brazil following the copa libertadores, south america's most prestigious club football competition. these are live shots of fans after palmeiras defeated santos. despite no spectators being allowed to attend the match because of coronavirus — brazil has the second—highest death toll in the world — it has not stopped thousands taking to the streets

in sao paulo. a trip on a train in the height of a freezing winter may not be to everyone's liking, but that hasn't stopped one rail operator injapan to offer tourists a scenic ride along the sea of okashtk. about 20 eager people boarded the first of its twice daily service on the country's northern ireland of okkaido, mostly were tourists from other parts of the island. passengers are treated to views of ice floes that wash up on the shores, which have drifted from siberia, carried by the seasonal winds and currents. i don't think it is that bad if you are on a cosy train. thank you for watching. that is it for me in the team. more news throughout the evening.

hello. sunday gets off to a cold start, a very cold start in parts of scotland, where temperatures in the coldest spots will be down to minus double figures. frosty, icy in places. for many, though, sunday will stay dry. some sunshine but turning increasingly hazy, but not all will be dry. there's another atlantic weather system heading our way, and that's going to bring in some further outbreaks of rain, sleet and some snow across some western areas, which we'll see in a moment. now, these are the starting temperatures. away from those very cold spots in highland scotland, that's all below freezing, so a widespread frost, icy where we've had wintry showers overnight in the northern isles and where you saw some of saturday's wet weather. a few lingering fog patches and parts of scotland, many, though, a sunny start, some turning hazy. thicker cloud to southwest england, wales and northern

ireland, bringing in some outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow. snow mostly on hills, but perhaps some low levels for a time in parts of wales and northern ireland, and what is going to be another quite cold, raw day out there. that easterly wind not quite as strong across southern parts as it was during saturday. bit of patchy rain and drizzle also pushing into parts of southeast england to end the day and staying damp across southern parts going into monday morning, and wet in northern ireland with further rain, sleet and hill snow around here. a few wintry showers in northern scotland overnight and into monday. it's not going to be as cold at night. so, a wet start in northern ireland, further rain, sleet and hill snow and some of this will push on towards parts of scotland during monday, so the prospect of some snow for some of us here away from the immediate west coast. and plenty of cloud in england and wales, still damp and drizzly in places, especially to the south. some sunny spells in northeast scotland, not quite as cold on monday. a more vigorous weather system coming in monday night and into tuesday, bringing in more wet weather. that means more rain to flood

affected areas and some snow as it meets the colder air as it moves its way northwards. the chance of some significant snow accumulations, disruptive snow in parts of northern england and scotland on tuesday, notjust on the hills. if you haven't got the snow, you've got some rain, that's the case into northern ireland. some showers affecting parts of england and wales, where for some of us, it is turning milder. now, this wet weather system will linger in parts of northern ireland and scotland wednesday and into thursday. more snow across parts of scotland, turning drierfor some of us in england and wales. that's your forecast, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the world health organisation has warned against �*vaccine nationalism�* after the european union announced it would bring in export controls on vaccines produced within the block. it said such moves would only prolong the pandemic. the eu introduced the measure amid a row with vaccine manufacturers over delivery shortfalls. the uk government has confirmed that it�*s formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries including malaysia and vietnam. a russian businessman has claimed ownership of a billion dollar palace which had been linked to president putin. arkady rotenberg, who is mr putin�*s formerjudo partner, said he�*d bought the mansion in southern russia two years ago. he did not say how he�*d funded the deal. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents,

saying he is "in awe" of how they are coping.