this is bbc news: i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the world health organization says any eu export controls on coronavirus vaccines risks prolonging the pandemic. the uk will try to join a trans pacific trade agreement with 11 countries as part of its post—brexit plan. police clash with protesters in france as demonstrations continue against a controversial new security law. and, up for the cup — fans celebrate in brazil after palmeiras win the copa libertadores.

hello and welcome. from today, sunday, france has closed its borders to all non—eu countries except for essential travel. the country's decided not to opt for another lockdown, while germany's reportedly threatened legal action against vaccine manfuacturers who don't meet their paul hawkins reports. the french are relieved. night—time curfews will be more strictly enforced, large shopping centres were closed but the government has once again resisted a nationwide lockdown. translation: the government — lockdown. translation: tue government wants lockdown. translation: tte government wants to lockdown. translation: ttj: government wants to keep the economy going. i think that if they were to close schools again, it would be a catastrophe. i'm a single mother with a child that i work every day in the office. if they close schools again, that would be a catastrophe. tt’s would be a catastrophe. it's pleasant — would be a catastrophe. it's

pleasant not _ would be a catastrophe. it's pleasant not to _ would be a catastrophe. it's pleasant not to have to go through _ pleasant not to have to go through a new knock down but my only concern is that we take the decision to late —— lockdown. we must act with haste — lockdown. we must act with haste and confine again because hospitalisations are climbing back— hospitalisations are climbing back un _ hospitalisations are climbing back u. �* hospitalisations are climbing backu.�* i'd hospitalisations are climbing backu.�* i'm ., hospitalisations are climbing backu. '::f ., , back up. and 1096 of cases uk variant. but _ back up. and 1096 of cases uk variant. but its _ back up. and 1096 of cases uk variant. but its way _ back up. and 1096 of cases uk variant. but its way from - variant. but its way from sunday all essential travel from outside the eu is banned, while testing requirements have been tightened. the new border restrictions coming into force as the eu continues to struggle with vaccine supply. germany's government has reportedly threatened legal action against companies which don't deliver their vaccines to the eu on schedule. pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca will now only deliver a quarter of the doses originally promised to the eu for the first quarter of the year because of problems that want of its european factories. so far, 10.5 million of the eu's 448 so far, 10.5 million of the eu's 4118 million people have been vaccinated. that is way behind the uk and us, where almost 50 million doses have been handed out and nearly 30

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populations are also protected. there are several reasons for that, you know, beyond altruistic motives, et cetera. we — it is in their own enlightened self—interest. and i'll give you one example, if country a or any country has really high vaccine coverage and others do not have high vaccine coverage and the outbreak is rampant in other countries, that increases the likelihood of variants arising in these other countries that can come back and infect the population of the country, and sometimes these are variants can decrease the efficacy of the population, the efficacy of the vaccines that any country is hoarding or prioritising their own population for. crosstalk. that is an interesting, concrete example. what about this idea that's been proposed by someone saying, "ok, countries. you can vaccinate your

vulnerable populations, you can vaccinate your frontline workers, and then you pause your own roll—out while making sure the other countries have a go." are you in support of that? yes. i think it's very reasonable for each country to expect to vaccinate the high—risk population within their own borders. and it would be unrealistic to suggest that any country not do that. but beyond that, there comes a threshold where it is unreasonable to hoard a vaccine that is twice or thrice the number of people in your own country. the line has to be drawn somewhere, and the line starts becoming clearer as you move to lower and lower risk populations in your own country. but the counter—argument to that, surely, is that in those countries when they do reach that stage, they will have all the infrastructure set up, they'll have the supply chains worked out, everything will hopefully be

a well—oiled machine. it seems perverse to not vaccinate people who could still get seriously ill with this for the sake of pausing it and trying to roll it out elsewhere? well, that's true again. as i said, that is a judgement call based on who you cover and what's the best value of the next ten doses of vaccines. and our work, and other people's research, has shown that taking into account high—risk populations in other countries is in every country's self—interest because of the reasons that i briefly mentioned earlier. dr saad omer there. the uk is applying to join a free trade area made up of 11 asian and pacific nations, as part of its post—brexit plans. the group — known as cptpp — includes australia, canada, japan and new zealand. borisjohnson said it would bring enormous economic benefits for britain. jeff schott is a senior fellow working on global trade policy at the peterson institute for international economics and is a former trade official for the us government. he set out some

of the advantages. it is not only the better access to foreign markets for uk goods and services. in all 11 of the markets, plus any ii of the markets, plus any other country that would join in the future. but i think also being a part of the group means being a part of the group means being part of a very important rulemaking body that will set precedents that will probably guide the world trading system in the future. and to make sure that british firms are integrated in supply chains in the region. t integrated in supply chains in the regien-— the region. i got you but the uk hasjust _ the region. i got you but the uk has just voted _ the region. i got you but the uk has just voted to leave . the region. i got you but the uk hasjust voted to leave a| uk has just voted to leave a big economic block that was playing a huge role in determining standards for trade and everything. determining standards for trade and everything-— and everything. well, i think the are and everything. well, i think they are just _ and everything. well, i think they are just adjusting - and everything. well, i think they are just adjusting theirl they are just adjusting their lobbying partners. fik. lobbying partners. 0k. laughs _ lobbying partners. 0k. laughs- _ laughs. the uk already does have rolled

over trade agreements with most of these countries in this organisation anyway so what are the extra benefits? melt organisation anyway so what are the extra benefits?— the extra benefits? well i think the _ the extra benefits? well i think the addition - the extra benefits? well i think the addition is - the extra benefits? well i think the addition is the l think the addition is the ability to source from all 11 countries and have their goods better integrated in the supply chains. that will affect investment decisions and i think will be very beneficial for british firms at home and in the region.— in the region. 0k, chances of the uk being _ in the region. 0k, chances of the uk being successful? - in the region. 0k, chances of the uk being successful? it l in the region. 0k, chances of. the uk being successful? it has just confirmed that it wants to join, do you think it will? t join, do you think it will? i think eventually it will. it is well—positioned, particularly after the successful recent trade talks with japan. but i think it will take some time. not all of the ii think it will take some time. not all of the 11 countries in the cptpp have yet ratified the agreement and it would be rather awkward to go forward with the negotiations for new members until the original 11

had fully ratified and are fully participating in the pact. so i suspect this is something that is going to be prepared this year and possibly negotiated next year. tqm. prepared this year and possibly negotiated next year.— negotiated next year. ok, that makes sense. _ negotiated next year. ok, that makes sense. the _ negotiated next year. ok, that makes sense. the trade - negotiated next year. ok, that makes sense. the trade deal l makes sense. the trade deal that every country wants is with the us. what do you rate the chances of a uk deal with the chances of a uk deal with the us? �* ., ~ ., the us? again, i think that we probably already have - probably already have had extensive negotiations. i don't see them moving forward to conclusion this year and i wouldn't, i wouldn't exclude the possibility that the us and the possibility that the us and the uk could jointly negotiate a session to the cptpp in the future on somewhat revised terms. . ~ future on somewhat revised terms. ., ~' , ., future on somewhat revised terms. ., ~ , ., ., future on somewhat revised terms. . ~ ' terms. thank you to jeff schott- _ let's get some of the day's other news. a bus has veered off

a bridge in western cuba, killing at least 10 people and injuring many others. the vehicle was carrying 40 teachers, returning to their homes outside the capital, havana, after classes there were suspended due to the pandemic. a visa scheme is coming into effect which allows hong kong residents to apply for the opportunity to become british citizens. the british government says its special status scheme is a response to beijing's imposition of a security law on hong kong last year. china has now stopped recognising british national overseas passports held by hong kong citizens. australia has reopened a coronavirus travel bubble with new zealand. travellers to australia will be screened before and after flights for the next ten days, but will no longer be required to enter quarantine. the australian government had suspended the travel bubble arrangements last monday when new zealand recorded its first case in the community in two months. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. the authorities used water cannon and batons to disperse the demonstrators.

the protests — which also took place in several other french cities — are the latest in a series against proposed legislation, which critics say would make it difficult to hold police accountable. james reynolds reports. 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. this is bbc news — our top stories: i our top stories: am lewis vaughan—jones. the world health organization says any eu export controls on coronavirus vaccines risks prolonging the pandemic.

the uk will try to join a trans pacific trade agreement with 11 countries as part of its post—brexit plan. more than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the central african republic since violence erupted over december�*s election result. that's according to the un's refugee agency who say nearly half of those refugees have crossed into the neighbouring democratic republic of congo. paul hawkins reports. for more on what's happening in the central african republic i spoke to lewis mudge who is the central africa director at human rights watch. the situation is very bad, the situation is as bad as it has been in the central african republic since i would say 2013 and 2014. this is a landlocked country, and when rebels encircle the capital, that means the capital is cut off. there is a river that runs up to the capital, but the main lifeline to cameroon, and that road is consistently being attacked by rebels, consistently seeing cuts and blockages, we are seeing the price of food rise dramatically in bangui, so not only from a security perspective but also an economic perspective in the capital,

things are very bad. how does the international community go about fixing this? well there's already 12,500 uniformed un troops on the ground, and the mission, the un peacekeeping mission in the central african republic recently requested more troops, additional troops. you also have a plethora of other countries that have sent forces, the russians have allied themselves with the central african republic government, the rwandan troops have been increased from the un forces, the rwandans have gone in. you have french troops on the ground, and the french are sending jets from chad to sort of scare the rebels, and i don't think this is necessarily going to be solved with just more troops on the ground. the fact is that you have warlords from these different rebel

groups that have formed this coalition year in year out. they have controlled territory, killed civilians and have not faced any real repercussions, so until the central african republic and its international partners can decide that they actually want peace deals that have accountability, that actually holds these leaders responsible, i think you could triple the size of the un force and it's not actually going to come to a real solution. the real solution will be when these warlords realise that this does not pay, because up until now, when they kill civilians, they get a place at the political table. and of course the number of displaced people, absolutely staggering? you are talking about an additional 100,000 people in the last few weeks, but the more shocking number is the overall amount of displacement in the central african republic over the last few years. this violence is acute and this violence is bloody and this

violence that we have seen in the last few weeks is very alarming, but this is a country that is in perpetual crisis. a country of 11.5 million people, of which half of them are either refugees or internally displaced, so an additional 100,000 is horrible, but we are talking about well over 2 million people of this country, 2 million of the population displaced either inside or outside. this is a civilian population that continues to be preyed upon and continues to suffer. myanmar�*s armed forces have promised to abide by the country's constitution, amid concerns that they may have been preparing to stage a coup. the army said recent comments about the validity of last november's election had been misunderstood. here's our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. after days of some unnerving sabre—rattling, myanmar�*s generals appear to have 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 latest 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 have been an uncharacteristically reckless act by a military which has proven adept at playing the long game, maintaining its political influence even as it has allowed a democratic system to take root. perhaps all the talk of coups was only ever meant

as a warning to miss suu kyi as she prepares for a second term in 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. fans of the brazilian club palmeiras have been celebrating its victory in the final of the copa libertadores, south america's equivalent to the champions league. palmeiras defeated another brazilian team, santos, with a late goal in the ninth minute of added time. tim vickery, football journalist in rio dejaneiro, has been following the match. of palmeiras, you will never forget it and anyone else may struggle to remember it. it was hot, very hot out there. really hot! the game was originally scheduled for late november, in springtime, but because of the pandemic it was brought back to the end of january, high summer but the same kick off time — five o'clock in the afternoon, rio time. it was very, very hot out there and i think, so often, extreme conditions like that lead to cautious football and we had a cautious game with a little bit of drama right at the end

with the winning goal coming deep, deep in stoppage time. it was not a spectacle that the neutral will remember. ok, not a spectacle but interestingly, brazilian teams involved. is this a resurgence of brazilian club football? brazil and argentina dominate this competition and over the last three years all of the semifinalists have been either from brazil or from argentina. the brazilian clubs have a massive financial advantage over their continental rivals so you would expect them to be strong in this competition. a test now is coming up because as champions of south america, palmeiras can now move on immediately to the club world cup in the middle east and that plays big in south america. the europeans treat it as a big yawn, but for palmeiras there is nothing better, nothing bigger than a chance to take on those glamorous rich champions of europe,

bayern munich. so that will be an interesting measure ofjust how good this side are. and, also, it showsjust how much football is being played too much football, i think. the palmeiras players, since football resumed in late july, this was game number 55. 55 games injust over six months and some of them were being played in extreme temperatures. and with some of those players coming back from covid—19 and the opposition today, santos — the losing side — one of their players came back from covid—19, a flight to ecuador, a flight to paraguay and suffered a thrombosis and needed surgery and that is clearly the after—effect of covid. so the players are being sacrificed in this scenario. so that was the copa libertadores, let's get he rest of the sport with lizzie greenwood hughes. 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 how tough is the premier league. it was windy and freezing today and i said to the players it will 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 for their manager. i could not fault the way the team played, and the game

plan, the way 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. 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. 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 their best players on show all the time, but it is just not possible with the amount of cricket with the amount of time spent in a bubble to help keep people healthy doing that. that's all the sport for now.

testing of coronavirus will be vitally important but scientists are looking for help in a familiar place. man's best friend has been doing his or her bed almost from the day the virus first emerged. these keen dog sensors believed to be up to 95% effective in sniffing out covid—19. here, at this project near bordeaux, they are teaching them to hunt down an invisible virus. translation: ., , translation: the dog associates his to with translation: the dog associates his toy with the _ translation: the dog associates his toy with the smell _ translation: the dog associates his toy with the smell of _ his toy with the smell of covid—19 and then we remove his toy. the dog knows if he finds covert, he finds his toy. tt covert, he finds his toy. if anything, the task may become more urgent as the vaccine

programme is rolled out. restrictions are eased, people move around more and the animals worked their magic in hospitals, schools and other public places. it is up to our research to identify examples, and it is up to them to find people who are contagious and less contagious, symptomatic and those who are not symptomatic. this symptomatic and those who are not symptomatic.— not symptomatic. as we enter each room. — not symptomatic. as we enter each room, it's— not symptomatic. as we enter each room, it's important- not symptomatic. as we enter each room, it's important we | each room, it's important we detail— each room, it's important we detail each area. a similar programme is being piloted in florida — programme is being piloted in florida. ., florida. you can take three months to _ florida. you can take three months to train _ florida. you can take three months to train up - florida. you can take three months to train up a - florida. you can take three months to train up a covid| months to train up a covid sniffer dog. an old friend, a new trick. the breaking news from australia and the city of perth will go into a snap lockdown for the next five days. a security guard working

at a quarantine hotel tested positive for covid—19. they have not had a community case there for ten months. that's it from us now on bbc news. goodbye. 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 in 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.

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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 bloc. 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's confirmed that it's formally applying to join a free trade club 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. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces' surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. demonstrations took place in several other cities.

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