this is bbc world news. our top stories. the uk government says it's too early to talk about donating some of its vaccines to other countries , amid a bitter dispute with the eu over supplies. protests start across russia in support of opposition leader alexei navalny, who they want released from prison world health organization investigators are visiting the site of the wholesale seafood centre in wuhan, where coronavirus was first detected — but some chinese diplomats suggest it originated elsewhere. manchester united player marcus rashford says he was subjected to racist abuse on instagram following his clubs draw at arsenal — he called it �*humanity and social media at its worst�*.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk government has said it's too early to talk about donating some of its vaccines to other countries, amid a dispute with the eu over supplies. there have been calls for the uk to consider giving some of the jabs to a neighbouring eu country such as ireland. the total number of people who have had a first dose of the vaccine in the uk now stands at 8.3 million — the aim is to have 15 million jabs done by the 15th of february. and if the government is to reach its own targets — all care home residents should be vaccinated by the end of today. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. nearly 8.5 million people in the uk have had a coronavirus vaccine dose. ministers believe the roll—out

is going well and could be a way out of the restrictions on our lives. in the eu, though, there have been delays. brussels had wanted to use emergency powers from the brexit deal to introduce controls between northern ireland and the republic. but it ditched the plans after widespread criticism, admitting it had made a mistake. it clearly was a mistake, in that regard. ithink, however, what's important is that the channel of communications are open and they are constructive ones. they took on board what we said, and they relatively quickly pulled back. but eu countries have been given some new powers to control exports of vaccines. the government here says it won't affect its plans. we are confident we have assurances that the supply that we have procured, the supply that we have paid for, is going to be delivered. that's why we're carrying on with our programme, and i'm working with ministers across the united kingdom, in order to make sure that we can

accelerate the roll—out of that vaccine programme, to make sure that there are more jobs and more arms, exactly as have planned. they have been concerns raised about so—called vaccine nationalism, with warnings countries must work together to beat the pandemic. the roll—out is proving controversial. our political correspondent jessica parker is with me. jess, jessica parker is with me. quite a row between the the jess, quite a row between the uk and the eu over vaccines. and what about this suggestion that the uk might give away some of its jabs? an give away some of its jabs? in extraordinary row between give away some of its jabs? fifi extraordinary row between the eu, uk and astrazeneca. michael gove, speaking yesterday about how the priority would be to vaccinate people in the united kingdom, ministers sounding pretty confident about hitting their targets on that, but also saying that the government would want to work with the eu to help them as well and it has been

put to liz truss, another senior minister, the international trade secretary, she's suggesting that it's too soon to give details as to how that would work. but it's an interesting hint that ministers are chosen to drop at this point that they might be prepared, in future, to share the uk's vaccine supply. but i think there are big questions. how would that work? they would we give it to? with a beer cost attached? lots of unanswered questions. i really doubt we're going to get detail on this issue... —— would there be a cost attached? but the fact they are suggested raising this shows how confident they are about it. we raising this shows how confident they are about it.— they are about it. we know the taruet is they are about it. we know the target is the — they are about it. we know the target is the middle _ they are about it. we know the target is the middle of - they are about it. we know the i target is the middle of february, where are the uk government in terms of delivering on those targets? well, they are striking a confident note, particularly in terms of short—term targets. so we hear this morning that we think they are on track to offer vaccinations, and it

is offer, to vaccinations to all elderly care home residents by tonight. we won't hurt on monday whether they have hit that are not. then, they are sounding confident about the mid—february target, 50 million people. then the target is going broader, so sometime in spring will be the top nine priority groups and then all adults by september, and then all adults by september, and this is the first dose of the jab, having the second dose within 12 weeks. that is a broad outline, they're sounding very confident in they're sounding very confident in the short term, but ipswich seen in the short term, but ipswich seen in the last few days, there is a huge scramble the vaccines across the world and things can become unpredictable.— world and things can become unredictable. ., ~ g ,, unpredictable. thank you, jessica parker our— unpredictable. thank you, jessica parker our political _ unpredictable. thank you, jessica l parker our political correspondent. thousands of people have been asked to self—isolate in guernsey after a steep rise in coronavirus infections. there have been 44 cases in the past 2a hours — some of them linked to a dance festival last week. anyone who attended the event has been told to self—isolate.

the island has recorded 186 infections in the past week, up from just eight. supporters of opposition leader alexei navalny have begun demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. this is the seen live in central moscow. rallies have been under way throughout the country including in the eastern cities of vladivostok and novosibirsk. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in central moscow. what is the atmosphere like, sarah, lot of clashes, thousands of arrests last week. what's in store for today? last week. what's in store for toda ? ~ ~ . today? well, i think what we will see today is _ today? well, i think what we will see today is a — today? well, i think what we will see today is a big _ today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game - today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game of- today? well, i think what we will see today is a big game of cat. today? well, i think what we willl see today is a big game of cat and mouse around moscow because the main protest venue that was... outside

the security service headquarters was basically changed at the last minute by a message from one of alexei navalny�*s team, telling people to gather somewhere else because the authorities are taking such tough measures to prevent people gathering at the first venue, so there was a huge number of police on the street, there were barriers up, reports of the internet is being blocked there. so people have gathered now, where i am is one site, there is another site around the ring road and just in front of me now, there is two, three, four vans full of police that have just turned up in full riot gear. they have their helmets on, their body armour on anti—war three van loads of basically anti—riot police had driven past. the police are catching up driven past. the police are catching up with the protesters and protesters are gathering where i am now. many of them quite young, there is a couple of 18—year—old girls, to students who come out today. they

were here last week, they said they were here last week, they said they were scared about coming last week, but they didn't get beaten up, so they came out today as well and they're hoping that lots more people willjoin them. for the moment, small groups of protesters in a few sites around moscow, as i say, playing cat and mouse with the police. playing cat and mouse with the olice. �* ., , playing cat and mouse with the olice. ~ . , , police. and we are seeing the place there in large _ police. and we are seeing the place there in large numbers. _ police. and we are seeing the place there in large numbers. just- police. and we are seeing the place there in large numbers. just put- there in large numbers. just put these demonstrations into context for us. how dangerous is all of this the vladimir putin, do you think? well, i don't think he will like it. these protests of course are illegal. they haven't been sanctioned by the authorities, so people turning up here face all sorts of risks, so if you need to know what the kremlin feels about it, you have to look at how they respond to the protest. so not only is alexei navalny himself behind bars, but all of his key allies who were involved in the protest last saturday, pretty much all of them, they are now facing criminal charges of their own and facing potentially a couple of years in prison. for a

fiver them and now under house arrest and 4000 regular protesters who just came out on the streets last weekend were detained, many of them were fined, some of them are in police detention. so there's been a tough response and i think that tells you what the kremlin thinks and how they feel about protesters taking to the streets. i think they know that the protest mood is growing here. they're concerned about the fact that people are feeling the pinch economically. the covid pandemic is made things worse. mr putin, trust rating has been falling in recent years, they're concerned about that. basically, they want to... we concerned about that. basically, they want to. . ._ concerned about that. basically, they want to... we 'ust seen three of four people — they want to... we just seen three of four people being _ they want to... we just seen three of four people being arrested - they want to... we just seen three | of four people being arrested there ijy of four people being arrested there by the police. people don't seem to have a much fear, do they? they're still coming out. just as we saw in neighbouring belarus, even though they know there is a high chance

they'll be arrested. i they know there is a high chance they'll be arrested.— they'll be arrested. i think we should be _ they'll be arrested. i think we should be wary _ they'll be arrested. i think we should be wary about - they'll be arrested. i think we - should be wary about comparisons with belarus for now. that was on a rather different scale and perhaps because the stimulus was the elections, that was something that really a whole nation got behind. a lot of people coming out today, it interesting, they're saying that they don't necessarily support him as a politician, they don't necessarily want to see him as leader of this country, but they see what is happening to him, they worry about it, they say it's lawlessness, it's illegal, and they have to come out because if it can happen to him, you can happen to anybody in this country including them. so the protests are significant, they are important, and i think the important thing about them is not so much their scale, thing about them is not so much theirscale, it's thing about them is not so much their scale, it's to spread across their scale, it's to spread across the country. last week and in particular, we saw protests in almost 200 towns and cities across russia and in many places, even

there, in —40, —50 degrees, people coming out onto the streets. so it is significant, given the very real risks that there are in russia for taking part in unsanctioned protests. taking part in unsanctioned rotests., , taking part in unsanctioned rotests. , , taking part in unsanctioned protests-— taking part in unsanctioned rotests. , , , , ., ., protests. just bring us up-to-date with what's _ protests. just bring us up-to-date with what's happening _ protests. just bring us up-to-date with what's happening to - protests. just bring us up-to-date with what's happening to alexei i with what's happening to alexei navalny since his return to russia. extraordinary, in a sense, that he decided he would go back. and he's been detained ever since he did get back, but what is happening with him now? how much longer will he be detained for?— now? how much longer will he be detained for? well the key date for him is tuesday. — detained for? well the key date for him is tuesday, february _ detained for? well the key date for him is tuesday, february two, - detained for? well the key date for him is tuesday, february two, he l detained for? well the key date for| him is tuesday, february two, he is “p him is tuesday, february two, he is up in court on tuesday. that's because when he was detained, it was for allegedly violating the terms of a previous suspended sentence for embezzlement, which he had always said was politically motivated. so he was given a three and a half year sentence. that is now potentially going to be converted into real present time, so potentially a custodial sentence. that decision will be made on tuesday. obviously

these protesters are hoping that by coming out and calling for his release, they hoping that he won't be sent to prison but the kremlin doesn't like to give into pressure, especially like this, because it worries about the precedent that that might set. so most people here are fairly pessimistic about getting an early release but certainly, that was what they were calling for last weekend. this weekend, they are chanting anything. the crowd is growing but the number of growing as well. they started getting out their megaphones. i think they will start trying to clear the crowd.— trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you- _ trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you- i _ trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you. i know _ trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you. i know it's _ trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you. i know it's going - trying to clear the crowd. sarah, thank you. i know it's going to i trying to clear the crowd. sarah, | thank you. i know it's going to be trying to clear the crowd. sarah, i thank you. i know it's going to be a long day so i appreciate your time. while we are talking to a number of arrests. we saw their live from moscow. the manchester united footballer, marcus rashford, has revealed he's been subjected to racist abuse online after his side's goalless draw against arsenal. on twitter, the 22 —year—old said he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst". over the past week, the game has

seen a series of incidents which have reignited calls for social media companies to tackle discrimination. former england player ian wright is calling for more to be done. as long as the powers that be will continue to let people like that feel like it's something they can do, because it seems to be the fad now. a black player plays poorly purely, or they think they played poorly, and they come with all the emojis and whatever it is. but until they do something, really do something. such as? exactly! you have got your phone, sometimes you are talking about shoes, jumpers, and all of a sudden, shoes and jumpers and stuff come to your phone. there's ways of doing it, there is ways of being able to catch people, but i don't think they are vigilant enough. nowhere near. environmental groups are calling on the government to review the hs2 rail project in the light of the pandemic. the high speed line was signed off by borisjohnson almost a year ago — before travel ground to a halt as covid hit the uk.

construction is under way and the first phase between london and birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026. investigators from the world health organization have arrived at a seafood market in the chinese city of wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected. some chinese diplomats and state media have said they believe the wet market is not the origin of the outbreak. our china correspondent steve mcdonnell is in wuhan. well, it's a very big day, at least symbolically for the who investigation team in wuhan because they are here at the market. people will remember that it's here where, before it was closed down, we saw the first clusters of coronavirus emerging. and because of that, and the fact that there are lots of exotic animals being sold previously in the market, there was a theory that possibly, it was right here that the coronavirus jumped from one of those

animals into human beings. however, it also possible that this really was just a place where the coronavirus spread, because it's just a crowded location, so maybe somebody came here, they were infected and then many more others got sick as a result of that. other way, we are not able to see what the who investigation team is doing inside, so we are not quite sure how they hope that this visit will lead to a better understanding of the origins of the coronavirus. but earlier today, they went to a massive wholesale market and there, they spoke to people about seafood, actually. and that's because there is another theory that the coronavirus possibly was able to survive for longer than we thought on frozen seafood. now, the chinese government likes this theory because, if it was possible, may be the coronavirus didn't originate here after all. maybe it came in on, say, a frozen norwegian salmon.

who knows? either way, they won't be able to tell is at the end of this trip whether that's true are not. they also won't be able to tell is whether this market was the source of the virus. the scientists are saying it's a very complex matter, it will take time and we are alljust going to have to wait. stephen mcdonnell reporting from wuhan. the uk government says it's too early. of its vaccines to other countries , amid a bitter dispute world health organization investigators are visiting the site of the wholesale seafood centre in wuhan, where coronavirus was first detected it was a year ago that the first two patients with covid—i9 were treated in the uk in a hospital in newcastle. but how much have treatments changed over the course of the past year and how much more do we know and understand about

the treatment of virus? professor anthony gordon is a consultant in intensive care medicine and chair in anaesthesia and critical care at imperial college. you've been looking into rheumatoid arthritis drugs and how they can help and treatment. just tell us what you found.— help and treatment. just tell us what you found. yes, we've been lookin: what you found. yes, we've been looking at — what you found. yes, we've been looking at treatments _ what you found. yes, we've been looking at treatments for - what you found. yes, we've been looking at treatments for the - looking at treatments for the sickest patients with coronavirus and i think we've learnt over time that part of the problem with this virus is that it reduces a lot of information in sick patients and so we've been looking at various ways to dampen down that inflammatory response. we saw that first was steroid in the summer, but more specifically, what we've seen recently, is these drugs with

complicated names that block specific pathways in the body's in inflammatory response. these could help the sickest patients recover from coronavirus. i’m help the sickest patients recover from coronavirus.— help the sickest patients recover from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names _ from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names because _ from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names because they - from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names because they are - from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names because they are a i from coronavirus. i'm glad you said| those names because they are a bit tricky. they now being used? i know that steroid drugs are regularly used now in the treatment of covid patients in hospital. what about the arthritis drugs?— arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now. arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now- it's _ arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now. it's only _ arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now. it's onlyjust _ arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now. it's onlyjust recently - used now. it's onlyjust recently that we saw the full results and we're still working through them, but i know several thousand patients have already been with these drugs and we are working to try and work out exactly how to use them most effectively. it seems so far that the evidence would suggest that it's sicker patients who need the additional support with their breathing. so notjust an oxygen mask, but those who don't respond to

the steroids, you need the high—pressure masks all the high flow oxygen, these are the patients to benefit. flan flow oxygen, these are the patients to benefit. ., , ., ., ,, flow oxygen, these are the patients to benefit. ., ., ,, ., to benefit. can you talk about the need to dampen _ to benefit. can you talk about the need to dampen down _ to benefit. can you talk about the need to dampen down the - to benefit. can you talk about the - need to dampen down the inflammatory response. how is it, then, just explain how an arthritis drug can do that? ~ _, , .,, that? well, the body has inflammatory _ that? well, the body has inflammatory pathways l that? well, the body has i inflammatory pathways that that? well, the body has _ inflammatory pathways that respond whenever there is injury your infection and some of these are similar and involved in thejoint inflammation and arthritis. it seems that they are activated and become a problem within the long in covid. it is then selecting just the right patients, if they're having a strong inflammatory response that leads to a breathing problem. we are saying now that you can help and block those with specific pathways. hopefully, what we will learn over time, is that there are other drugs as well and it's important to tackle

as well and it's important to tackle a body's response to the virus. i suppose it's a twin track approach. we hearing all the time about the vaccine is of course but the treatment of patients once they are in hospital is crucial and in some ways, although we are a year into this, it's still early days in terms of finding treatments for this. absolutely. it is early days. yes, it's a year since the first cases were in this country but we've already learnt so much and i think that reflects how well the uk has done with its clinical trials, its research, it is really prioritised getting these big clinical study is completed and yes, there is lots to learn, but i think we should be encouraged that from a year ago, at times looked almost hopeless, we didn't know what we were facing, to a year later, we now have clear strategies and we can look after the most serious ill patients.— most serious ill patients. professor anthony gordon, _ most serious ill patients. professor anthony gordon, thank _ most serious ill patients. professor anthony gordon, thank you - most serious ill patients. professor anthony gordon, thank you for - anthony gordon, thank you for joining us. doing amazing work.

the uk is applying to join a free trade agreement made up of ii pacific and asian countries, as part of post—brexit plans. the c—p—t—p—p group is made up of australia, canada, japan, singapore and others , and generates more than 13—per cent of the world's income. aruna iyengar has more. three, two, one! big ben bongs. exactly one year after waving goodbye to the eu, the uk is seeking trade deals with new friends, further afield in the asia—pacific region. the cptpp covers a market of 500 million people. from australia and japan, to chile and mexico. countries around the pacific rim, generating more than 13% of the world's income. the grouping aims to cut trade tariffs between member countries, allowing for big reductions in import charges. that could mean no tariffs to export

whiskey to malaysia, or cars to canada. but as with the eu, trade deals require compromise. it's going to be asked to make concessions, potentially quite tricky ones. remember, australia and new zealand are members of those pact, that britain doesn't have a trade deal with yet and they have very strong offensive agricultural interests. the immediate benefits to the uk might be limited. cptpp nations account for less than 10% of uk exports. that is dwarfed by the massive 43% of uk exports going to the eu. but longer term, the uk hopes to build stronger ties with nations who provide uk manufacturers with components. tariffs would be cut on uk exports of food, drink and cars. there would also be faster visas for business travel. the uk will be the first country to join which wasn't there at the start. and if all goes to plan, will be the group's second largest economy after japan.

and the icing on the cake, it may be a way of getting a warmer trade relationship with the us. presidentjoe biden has hinted atjoining the partnership. the idea of going to a festival is something very much on hold for the moment. and crowds and parties are definitely not on the billing at this year's film festival in gothenburg. the event is also pushing the boundaries of isolation — from the middle of the ocean, as tanya dendrinos has been finding out. located at the edge of an archipelago off sweden's west coast, this tiny island is in one of the country's most barren and windswept locations. now, it's home to the isolated cinema, an experiment expanding on the theme of social distancing as part of the gothenburg film festival.

after a rich 40—year history, the event normally attracts 150,000 visitors. but this cinema is strictly for one. i feel privileged to be able to do this. to be able to watch all these amazing movies in an isolated cinema experience. lisa has swapped all connections to the outside world. her phone, friends and family, for seven days, for the ocean, and 60 film premiers. the chosen one from more than 12,000 applicants from around the globe. we chose lisa because she's a big film lover and that was very important for us, that there will be somebody who can appreciate the films that we love so much, and we decided to programme at the festival, but she has also dedicated this past year in the front line against covid—19 pandemic. she is an emergency nurse at the hospital in skovde.

you can follow her experience through a daily video diary, with the overarching aim to determine the answer to one question. what exactly does film mean to us when we are isolated from everything else? tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the animals guitarist hilton valentine — who created one of the most famous riffs in pop music in the 1960s — has died at the age of 77. the band's version of the house of the rising sun topped the charts in 1964. the group had six other top 10 hits including �*don't let me be misunderstood' and �*we gotta get out of this place'.

their record label said that valentine, who was born in north shields, "influenced the sound of rock music for decades". now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. some of us, it's been a glorious start to the day. this gorgeous sunrise were sent in from cambridgeshire. and in nearby abington, these guys were spotted in the same sort of area early this morning. although it's been a fine start to the day for some of us, it's been a cold start for some of us. the —13 at braemar tied with the lowest temperature we have seen so far this winter. on the satellite picture, we have got cloud working into western areas and that's

going to bring some rain and a bit of hill snow as again, it bumps against this cold air that's in place for much of the uk. for today, plenty of sunshine for scotland and england, it is across wales and northern ireland we will see the rain turn to snow across the hills of wales, to the sperrins and county down and tyrone likely to see a spell of snow, with a few centimetres building in here and this area very likely to push into south—east england this afternoon, maybe a bit of sleet across the salisbury plain as it does so. and we may well see a few flakes of snow even across the cotswolds and chilterns as we head into the evening time. probably not too dramatic, though . overnight will be cold and frosty across the northern half of the uk, but the air starting to turn a little bit less cold across the far south of england and the far south of wales, with the frost a little bit more limited in nature here. monday's charts shows fragments of weather fronts across the uk, really. the most significant across northern ireland, probably with the rain and hill snow threatening to return here later in the day. scotland, still a few showers across northern and eastern areas, so a frosty and somewhat icy start to the day but lots of dry

weather and sunshine here. it should stay mostly fine across england and wales, albeit with a bit more cloud, temperatures not quite as low as they were during sunday afternoon. on into tuesday, we have got a more significant weather front bumping into cold air, outbreaks of rain pushing north, turning very mild in the south, but we are looking at a spell of heavy snow across the hills of northern england and scotland, particularly long—lived spell of snow across the high ground to the north of the central belt. 12—13 degrees in the south, barely above freezing for some where the snow is coming down. that snow�*s likely to brnig the risk of some disruption to higher parts of northern england and scotland, monday night into tuesday.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk government says it's too early to talk about donating

some of its vaccines to other countries, amid a bitter dispute with the eu over supplies. protests start across russia in support of opposition leader alexei navalny who they want released from prison, here's the scene live in moscow. latest reports suggest more than 500 people have been arrested so far. world health organization investigators are visiting the site of the wholesale seafood centre in wuhan, where coronavirus was first detected. manchester united player marcus rashford says he was subjected to racist abuse on instagram following his clubs draw at arsenal. he called it "humanity and social media at its worst." let's get more on the world of sport.

manchester united forward marcus rashford has described