this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protests take place across russia in support of opposition leader alexei navalny, demonstrators say they want him released from prison. 1,000 demonstrators are now reported to have been arrested in rallies across russia. uk international trade secretary liz truss tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — saying she wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. we think that vaccine protectionism is fundamentally problematic. this is a global problem that needs global solutions and what we want to do is help other countries, including the developing world, get the vaccines they need. and manchester united player marcus rashford says he's been

subjected to online racist abuse following his club's draw at arsenal — he called it "humanity and social media at its worst". hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. supporters in russia of the opposition leader alexei navalny have been demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. there are a large number of arrests in moscow where demonstrators have come out in large numbers despite a heavy police presence in the capital. monitors say at least 1,000 people have been detained across the country.

this is the scene in central moscow, where police have been making arrests. rallies like this one have been under way across the country including in the eastern cities of vladivostok and yakutsk, where temperatures have been as low as —42 celsius. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in central moscow. bring us up—to—date with what's happening. well, i'm with a huge crowd of protesters north of the city centre towards the prison which is where alexei navalny is being held. this is a new focus for the protesters because they were meant to gather this morning outside the security service headquarters but thatis security service headquarters but that is cordoned off by riot police. there have been a lot of warnings

for people not together, even pedestrians were told they would be blocked from the area. the protesters regrouped and started converging in different sites around the city and we've seen extraordinary scenes. huge groups of protesters swarming through the streets. they are moving in packs, dragging people out and arresting them. people are driving past tooting their horns, waving victory signs out the window. i'm standing in front of a big apartment block, they are looking out of the windows watching and someone has written and posted a sign which says, leave, which is obviously directed at vladimir putin. extraordinary scenes, cat and mouse racing through the streets of moscow as police chase protesters. as far as the

police are concerned, this is out of control and the crowd are now heading for the prison where alexei navalny is being held. we are seeing pictures of those demonstrators, people don't seem to be intimidated by police tactics or by the mass arrests we saw last time. it’s arrests we saw last time. it's interesting. _ arrests we saw last time. it's interesting, i— arrests we saw last time. it's interesting, i was _ arrests we saw last time. it�*s interesting, i was talking to some of the protesters earlier saying, aren't you scared? they said, no, we came last week, we weren't beaten up so we're back again. you can't underestimate the risks people are taking because this is an unsanctioned demonstration and what we've seen in the past week, only a huge number of people detained last saturday but since then there have been a number of criminal cases opened not only against the key allies of alexei navalny but also against regular protesters, people are facing prison sentences for

violence or hooliganism. a tough crackdown by authorities on the protesters. people tell me they aren't here so much because of alexei navalny, he's a slightly controversial figure, alexei navalny, he's a slightly controversialfigure, not alexei navalny, he's a slightly controversial figure, not everyone in russia, farfrom everyone supports it but people have told me he is a symbol of the change that many people say they want to see here. perhaps not the majority of russians, perhaps a minority but still a very vocal one marching through the streets making sure the kremlin here is that message, despite the best efforts of the authorities to silence them. thank ou. that authorities to silence them. thank yom that is _ authorities to silence them. thank you. that is the _ authorities to silence them. thank you. that is the latest _ authorities to silence them. thank you. that is the latest from - authorities to silence them. thank you. that is the latest from the i you. that is the latest from the centre of moscow where those huge demonstrations are continuing. edward lucas is a russian specialist and author of the new cold war. thank you for being with us. how

dangerous are these demonstrations the vladimir putin? i dangerous are these demonstrations the vladimir putin?— the vladimir putin? i think that vladimir putin _ the vladimir putin? i think that vladimir putin and _ the vladimir putin? i think that vladimir putin and his - the vladimir putin? i think that i vladimir putin and his kleptocratic cronies will be watching with some concern. the main question is whether the protests have momentum, if people who have turned up in these very cold conditions, facing these very cold conditions, facing the truncheons and other threats that the authorities levelled against them, feel that there is more of us this week than last week and it's happening in more places, then there's a chance that the next demonstration is even better and we get this kind of battering ram effect which makes people inside the regime start thinking it's time for things to change. if the demonstrations at the same size as last week or even smaller, people start thinking this is quite risky or even that now isn't the time and they will turn off. that's what we've seen in belarus where there were tremendous pro—democracy protests in the summer and autumn

but they fizzled out. we also saw it in the russian far east where there were protests against the kremlin but in the end they fizzled out to. that's a big question for putin and the future of russia. he that's a big question for putin and the future of russia.— that's a big question for putin and the future of russia. he wonder how much of these _ the future of russia. he wonder how much of these demonstrations - the future of russia. he wonder how much of these demonstrations are i much of these demonstrations are against at vladimir putin and in support of alexei navalny. he is actually quite a divisive figure. indeed, and i think the real point is that it's not about do you want alexei navalny to be president, it's about whether you want the right to choose the future of your country and who your political leader should be. if we had open political competition in russia with proper media scrutiny, proper courts, the ability to organise and campaign, then who knows who might come out on top in free elections? it might be

people who support alexei navalny, it might be more conservative or liberal or left wing but it would be a choice. i think that is the thing that unites the demonstrators, the dislike of being lied to and feeling that the country is stagnant and in international isolation. they want the dignity and freedom that we take for granted and they don't have it and they see that putin and his cronies are doing that and also looting the country blind. that's why this tremendously important video that alexei navalny produced showing putin's grotesque palace which makes the brighton pavilion seemed quite restrained in comparison. that's why it's got people annoyed because they feel that my money being stolen and we struggle, ordinary russians feel, to get through the month and pay for our groceries and feed our families and he is the people at the top living it up in this extraordinary luxury.

living it up in this extraordinary luxu . ., . ~' living it up in this extraordinary luxu . ., ., ~ ., ., ., , luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and _ luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and it's _ luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and it's hard - luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and it's hard to - luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and it's hard to get i luxury. you talk about ordinary russians and it's hard to get a | russians and it's hard to get a sense of what russian opinion is in terms of reliability and impulse but what you think is the level of support for putin at the moment? it's been relatively high during many years of his regime but what is it like now?— it like now? well, you know russia reall well it like now? well, you know russia really well and _ it like now? well, you know russia really well and you _ it like now? well, you know russia really well and you know _ it like now? well, you know russia really well and you know how - really well and you know how difficult it is to make these simple judgments that people have a complicated view of him. on the one hand, the last 20 years have been a kind of golden age, the longest period of political stability, quite wide personalfreedoms, living standards that go up more often than go down. and by the miserable standards of russia, that's pretty good and people feel it was better than the 90s and it may get worse and maybe keep hold of him for the fear of finding something worse. 0n the other hand, people are fed up

and the other question is whether people express their views frankly in opinion polls. in a quasi—police state, if someone is found up by someone saying they are an opinion poll, the rational thing is to say that you like putin. we've got this combination of a mild climate of fear where people don't express themselves and also the lack of political scrutiny where people don't really know the details of how bad things are at the top. and this folk memory of how awful things where in the 90s and feel of how things might be in the future. it's hard for people to say, yes, i'm definitely going to be for the opposition come what may. thank you so much. the uk government says it's confident that the eu will not block vaccines entering the uk, following a u—turn from brussels on its decision to trigger a provision in the brexit deal

which could have seen checks at the irish border. the eu's threat of controlling vaccine exports came amid a deepening dispute over production and distribution delays across the continent. the irish taoiseach has been giving his take on the situation. mi; his take on the situation. my observation _ his take on the situation. ij�*i observation is his take on the situation. ij'i1 observation is that his take on the situation. m1 observation is that the acrimonious row between astrazeneca and the commission over the contractual obligations of the company in respect of supplying vaccines to european member states took centre stage here and people were blindsided by the decision that was taken and its implications. a little earlier, our political correspondentjessica parker gave this analysis. i think the uk government have been trying to strike quite a conciliatory note and it's been interesting, the move, temporary though it was by the eu on friday

night to suspend article 16 of the northern ireland protocol as it tried to control the export of vaccines, they quickly backtracked on that but the taoiseach in ireland michael martin talking about people being blindsided by what had happened on friday night, a fairly extraordinary turn of events. the international trade secretary liz truss, asked this morning with the uk potentially impose controls the other way. we uk potentially impose controls the other wa . ~ ., uk potentially impose controls the otherwa . ~ ., ., ., ., other way. we are in favour of free and fair trade _ other way. we are in favour of free and fair trade and _ other way. we are in favour of free and fair trade and we _ other way. we are in favour of free and fair trade and we lead - other way. we are in favour of free and fair trade and we lead the - other way. we are in favour of free | and fair trade and we lead the fight at the _ and fair trade and we lead the fight at the t20 — and fair trade and we lead the fight at the t20 to get trade ministers to agree _ at the t20 to get trade ministers to agree to _ at the t20 to get trade ministers to agree to limiting any restrictions so we _ agree to limiting any restrictions so we can— agree to limiting any restrictions so we can see the flow of goods. we think— so we can see the flow of goods. we think that _ so we can see the flow of goods. we think that vaccine protectionism is fundamentally problematic. this is a global— fundamentally problematic. this is a global problem that needs global solutions and what we want to do is help other— solutions and what we want to do is help other countries, including developing world, get the vaccines they need — developing world, get the vaccines they need so that we can make sure they need so that we can make sure the whole _ they need so that we can make sure the whole world is vaccinated. it�*s

the whole world is vaccinated. it's reall the whole world is vaccinated. it�*s really interesting listening to liz truss and other ministers talking about helping other countries. we don't have a lot of detail on that but the idea seems to be the uk may have some sort of surplus of vaccines, not now of course but at some point in coming months, but it's not clear exactly who we would help, but the conditions would be but there would be a lot of interest in that suggestion from uk ministers. in that suggestion from uk ministers— in that suggestion from uk ministers. ~ . .,~ , , ., ministers. which takes us to the uk government — ministers. which takes us to the uk government targets _ ministers. which takes us to the uk government targets on _ ministers. which takes us to the uk government targets on offering - ministers. which takes us to the uk government targets on offering the | government targets on offering the vaccine. talk us through to what extent they look like they are going to meet those targets.— to meet those targets. there is a tar: et to meet those targets. there is a target tonight — to meet those targets. there is a target tonight of _ to meet those targets. there is a target tonight of offering - to meet those targets. there is a target tonight of offering the - target tonight of offering the vaccine to elderly care home residents, we are told they are on track, i don't think we'll find out until tomorrow the exact figures. there is the mid—february target of vaccinating the top four priority groups, then the top nine by spring and then all adults by the autumn. the government still standing pretty confident about those goals but obviously there is added uncertainty the further you look into the future. sir keir starmer said

the further you look into the future. sir keir starmersaid he thought the february half term should be used to vaccinate all teachers and it's a policy that his shadow cabinet member rachel reeves has been talking about this morning. phase one should be completed by the middle _ phase one should be completed by the middle of— phase one should be completed by the middle of february. we are not saying — middle of february. we are not saying teachers should be vaccinated in phase _ saying teachers should be vaccinated in phase one, we are saying in the second _ in phase one, we are saying in the second phase can we bring in teachers _ second phase can we bring in teachers and that starts at half term — teachers and that starts at half term we _ teachers and that starts at half term. we aren't suggesting phase one but phase _ term. we aren't suggesting phase one but phase two. secondly, when schools— but phase two. secondly, when schools went back at the beginning of september, within a couple of weeks _ of september, within a couple of weeks 25,000 teachers were out of the classroom having to self—isolate. the only way we're going _ self—isolate. the only way we're going to — self—isolate. the only way we're going to get kids back to school isn't _ going to get kids back to school isn't bandying around dates but putting — isn't bandying around dates but putting in — isn't bandying around dates but putting in place a proper plan. it�*s putting in place a proper plan. interesting, putting in place a proper plan. it�*s interesting, rachel reeves talking about suggesting teachers should have the vaccine in february half term, it's something that the committee that accept vaccine distribution should be looking at. i think some people see a slight

softening of the line from labour. mark drakeford said he should be sticking to what the jcvi recommended. some breaking news. a 13—year—old boy has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in an attack by four men. greater manchester police said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in the car park of asda on stanley grove, longsight, shortly after 7.10pm on saturday. the boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries and is in a stable condition. we will bring you more on that as it comes in. the manchester united footballer, marcus rashford, has revealed he's suffered online racist abuse 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, 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, 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. the headlines on bbc news. protests take place across russia in support of opposition leader alexei navalny, demonstrators say they want him released from prison a thousand demonstrators are now reported to have been arrested in rallies across russia. uk international trade secretary liz truss tries to dampen the row over

vaccine nationalism — saying she wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. 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. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonnell sent this from 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's 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. either 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, maybe the coronavirus didn't originate here after all. maybe it came in on, say, a frozen norwegian salmon. who knows?

by the way, they won't be able to tell us at the end of this trip whether that's true are not. they also won't be able to tell us 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. a year ago today the first two patients with covid—i9 in the uk were being treated in hospital in newcastle. a woman aged 50 and a 23—year—old student had fallen ill in york and were initially treated in hull before being transferred in the early hours of january the 31st. since then, hospitals have treated more than 320,000 patients with covid. so, how much have treatments changed over the course of the past year and how much more do we know and understand about the virus? professor anthony gordon is a consultant in intensive care medicine at imperial college london. he's been looking at how drugs for rheumatoid arthritis may

help treat covid—i9. he explained to me earlier what the studies have found. we've been looking at treatments for the sickest patients with coronavirus and we've learned over time that part of the problem with this virus is that it produces a lot of inflammation in sick patients and so we have been looking at various ways to dampen down that inflammatory response. we saw that first with steroids in the summer, but more specifically, we've seen these drugs with complicated names, tocilizumab and sarilumab, that block specific pathways in the body's inflammatory response, can help the sickest patients recover from coronavirus. i'm glad you said those names because they are a bit tricky. are they now being used? i know steroid drugs are regularly used in the treatment of covid patients in hospital.

what about the arthritis drugs? yes, they are being used now. it's onlyjust recently that we saw the full results and we are still working through them, but i know several thousand patients have already been treated with these drugs and we are working to try and work out exactly how to use them most effectively. it seems so far, the evidence would suggest that it is the sicker patients who need the additional support with their breathing. so notjust an oxygen mask, those patients, they get steroids, but those who don't respond to the steroids, who need the high—pressure masks or the high flow oxygen, these are the patients that benefit. and you talked about the need to dampen down the inflammatory response. how is it, then, how is it that an arthritis drug can do that? well, the body has inflammatory pathways that it responds whenever there is injury,

infection and so on, and some of these are similar and involved in thejoint inflammation in arthritis. and it seems that they are activated and become a problem within the lung in covid. and so it's then selecting just the right patients. if they are having a strong inflammatory responses which leads to the breathing problem. we've seen now that you can help unblock those specific pathways. hopefully, what we will learn over time is, are there other drugs as well? and showing that it's important to tackle a body's response to the virus. 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.

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 prime minister borisjohnson almost a year ago — before travel ground to a halt as covid hit the uk. construction is underway and the first phase between london and birmingham is due to open between 2029 and 2033. 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 iio—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 has died at the age of 77. music # there is a house in new orleans... the band's version of the house of the rising sun topped the charts in1961i. 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". you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. for some of us it's been a glorious start of the day. the early morning sunrise and fiery skies in this weather watch picture from the cambridgeshire area, sent in by alpaca lady. and nearby abington anne spotted the skies in the same sort of area earlier this morning. although it has been a fine start of the day for some of us, it's been a cold start for nearly all of us. the —13 at braemar, tied with the lowest temperature we've seen so far this winter. 0n the satellite picture, we've got cloud that is working into western areas and that's going to be bringing in some rain and a little bit of hill snow because, again, it bumps against the cold air

put in place for much of the uk. so, for today, plenty of sunshine for scotland and england. it's across wales and also northern ireland that we'll see the rain turning to snow across the hills of wales. county down and county tyrone are likely to see snow with a few centimetres building in here. the rain is very likely to push into south—east england this afternoon. maybe a little bit of sleet across the salisbury plain as it does so and we may well see some snow across even across the cotswolds and the chilterns as we head into the evening but probably not too dramatic though. 0vernight, it's going to be cold and frosty across the northern half of the uk but the area 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 on in the day. in scotland, a few showers across the northern eastern areas. so, a frosty and somewhat icy start to the day but with 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. 0n into tuesday, we've got more significant weather fronts bumping into that cold air. outbreaks of rain pushing northwards, turning very mild in the south but we're looking at a spell of heavy snow across the hills of northern england and scotland and particularly long—lived snow across the high ground to the north of the central belt. 12 to 13 degrees in the south. barely above freezing for some, where the snow is coming down. and that snow is likely to bring the risk of some disruption to higher parts of northern england and scotland monday night and into tuesday.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... protests take place across russia in support of opposition leader alexei navaln. demonstrators say they want him

released from prison. a thousand demonstrators are now reported to have been arrested across russia, including alexei navalny�*s wife. she has been detained for a second time within days. uk international trade secretary, liz truss, tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — saying she wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. we think that vaccine protectionism is fundamentally problematic. this is a global problem that needs global solutions and what we want to do is help other countries, including the developing world, get the vaccines they need. a new visa scheme giving millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. now on bbc news dateline london.