this is bbc news. the headlines at 6... the number of coronavirus jabs hits a daily record of nearly 600,000, but there's afresh warning from medics on easing the lockdown. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain is in hospital with covid—19. —— captain tom moore. marcus rashford has received racist abuse on saturday. reports that more than 4,000 people have been arrested in russia

as protests take place in support ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. mps will debate the cladding crisis tomorrow as campaigners say residents of flats covered in the flammable material are being financially crippled by rising insurance costs. almost 600,000 people received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the uk yesterday — a new daily record. officials say the impact

of the immunisation programme should be felt in the infection rate in the next two weeks, but dr susan hopkins, from public health england, is warning coronavirus restrictions should only be eased "very slowly and very cautiously". here's our health correspondent, jim reed. here at this basketball stadium in newcastle, the vaccine roll—out continues. across the uk, more than half a million received theirjab yesterday, a new record, 2,000 at this site alone. it means a lot, and i'm pleased that people are willing to come and help us to get us through it and everything. anyone receiving theirjab here will have to come back in 12 weeks for a second dose. there have been concerns about the supply of one vaccine coming from a plant in belgium in a row about shortages in the eu. but the government now says it's confident that there

won't be any hold—up, and the most vulnerable groups will be offered a first jab by mid—february. the more people who take up the vaccine, the more we will be protected as a society. so that high take—up is incredibly important. but it comes as scientists urge caution, saying, even if vaccination targets are met, lockdown rules would have to remain in place for some time to come. i hope that this summer will be similar to last summer. - i hope we will be down to those sort of case numbers, - but i think that we need to be cautious on that. i we do not want to have another wave, as we have had this winter. _ meanwhile, labour has been calling for key workers like teachers to be moved up the vaccine priority list with doses given out over half term. when schools went back in the beginning of september, within a couple of weeks, 25,000 teachers were out of the classroom and having to self—isolate. the only way we are going to get

kids back to school is not banding around dates, as the government is doing, it is putting in place a proper plan involving vaccinations. the government later said labour was playing politics with the roll—out. scientists say they are watching the vaccination data closely now. if the programme is working as hoped, within two weeks, we should start to see an impact on cases and, crucially, hospitalisations. jim reed, bbc news. joining me now is professor beate kampmann, who's head of the vaccine centre at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. she is also a working group contributor to the uk vaccine network. about that two—week period to are hearing, does that sound realistic to you? it hearing, does that sound realistic to ou? . ., , ., to you? it an important question because anyone _ to you? it an important question because anyone who _ to you? it an important question because anyone who is - to you? it an important question because anyone who is out - to you? it an important question i because anyone who is out there administering the vaccines today and

those people who volunteered to get them has done a fantasticjob, and i think they should be applauded. 0f think they should be applauded. of course it's not done on the question we're asking is what will be the impact and when will see it? this is what the doctor was referring to, that hopefully in a couple of weeks we will see the first signs and they will be that hospitalisation rates will be that hospitalisation rates will go down and hopefully this dreadful death rate that we must not forget about amongst all the joy around the vaccination numbers will come down. we have a combination going on at the moment, one is the impact of vaccination and the other one is the impact of all the social distancing measures that have been put in place so to disentangle both of those would take a bit of finesse and looking us about whether the data to inform us about whether the people who are vaccinated are less likely to end up in hospital and on ventilators. likely to end up in hospital and on ventilators-_

ventilators. what was also said is there any way _ ventilators. what was also said is there any way of _ ventilators. what was also said is there any way of coming - ventilators. what was also said is there any way of coming out - ventilators. what was also said is there any way of coming out of. ventilators. what was also said is l there any way of coming out of the lockdown should be done slowly and cautiously, what should that look like, from your point of view? that is absolutely _ like, from your point of view? that is absolutely correct. _ like, from your point of view? twat is absolutely correct. what we need to bring down as is absolutely correct. what we need to bring down �* rates and hospitalisation rates and transmission in the community. we don't yet know if the transmission in the community. we don't yet know needs to the case, but it needs to be measured. we cannot afford to do steps that then we end up again catching up on ourselves a few leaks later because it has not panned out as it was predicted. —— weeks. it's like an elastic band, you can give a little but not too much and you need to watch carefully what happens somehow that looks an absolute detail, we need to think about that carefully once we have the data. i think it's premature to say we should open this or that. what are our should open this or that. what are your thoughts _ should open this or that. what are your thoughts on _

should open this or that. what are your thoughts on what _ should open this or that. what are your thoughts on what we - should open this or that. what are your thoughts on what we have . should open this or that. what are i your thoughts on what we have been seen between the uk and the eu? this whole issue of— seen between the uk and the eu? tw 3 whole issue of first come, first served as an entirely unhelpful part of trying to combat what is a pandemic. it's not a question of one country playing off against another. vaccines are in short supply globally and at the moment we are using these vaccines to prevent death and severe diseases and that should be the case anywhere around the world until we have enough vaccine supplies to extend the number of vaccinations that can be given in any country, and i think it's entirely unhelpful to have this bunfight between the uk and eu about doses of vaccines which should be shared across the world impact. just very quickly, president macron was expressing concern about the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for the over 65s. many people are saying that

this is not down to its efficacy but more in terms of the data because we may not have age group may not have had that age group within the trials. how long until we get trial data, notjust referring protection be given? you long protection will be given? you have asked _ long protection will be given? ym. have asked three questions in one go! the first thing is that the data from the efficacy trials in the over go! the first thing is that the data from the efficacy trial efficacy. ler 65s are limited to the efficacy. however... the level of immune response... we can be confident that the astrazeneca vaccine will work very well in the over 65s which is why the eu has taken a different decision from germany so the question was when will we know about transmission? that means we have to swab people's noses and we need to do that on a regular basis and we

need to see whether people who have had the vaccine have a different rate of carriage of the virus in their nose than the other people, and the third bit is, will it work for the over 65—year—olds? if we look at the age profile of people admitted to hospital and compare the once over 65 who had the vaccine with the ones who might not have, we should be certain we will get data on the impact of preventing death and hospitalisation very and disease and hospitalisation very soon now. and disease and hospitalisation very soon now for all three! on average, the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 24,216. the number of people in hospital is falling slightly — down to 34,783.

days of a positive covid—i9 test. announced every day, taking the total so far across the uk to over 106,000. 0n the vaccine roll—out, as we've heard, a record 598,389 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—i9 vaccines in the latest 24—hour period. that means almost 9 million people in the uk have had theirfirstjab. captain tom moore has been taken to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. his daughter says he'd been treated for pneumonia at home over the last few weeks but now needed help with his breathing. captain tom was knighted for raising

over £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden in the lead—up to his hundredth birthday. the irish prime minister says the european union was blindsided by its row with astrazenica over vaccine supplies when it triggered a provision in the brexit deal which could have seen checks at the border with northern ireland. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has been meeting pharmaceutical bosses to discuss issues with the vaccine rollout across the eu. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. keeping the border between northern ireland and the republic open was a priority in brexit talks, so the eu faced intense criticism after drawing up plans to introduce controls on vaccine imports. ministers in london and dublin intervened to tell brussels it had made a big mistake. it's an 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 for the protocol. the vaccine roll—out in the eu has been slow, with tension over supply delays. the under—pressure commission president held talks with pharmaceutical companies this afternoon. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily, and ministers have even suggested that, eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that, once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and, of course, ourfriends and neighbours because we need everybody to be protected. that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world.

the situation in europe shows that that wasn't guaranteed. and despite those tensions with brussels, the fact that ministers here are even prepared to talk about the idea of sharing vaccines is a sign of confidence. vaccines are a key tool in the government's plans to lift lockdown and, for now, the roll—out remains on track. nick eardley, bbc news. the footballer marcus rashford says he's been the target of online racist abuse. on twitter, he said he'd been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" on the platform after his side's goalless draw with arsenal. greater manchester police are investigating. nesta mcgregor has the story. taking the knee, unified protest

for racial equality. it's a gesture we have become accustomed to and last night, the latest example of why players continue to do so. manchester united striker marcus rashford, having to respond to racial abuse he had received hours after a goalless draw away to arsenal. he posted, i am a black man and proud that i am. no comment is going to make me feel any different. it comes in a week where several other players have also been victims of online discrimination. there's no fear at the moment, is there? if you look at the amount of abuse that is on our platforms at the moment, there is no fear of reprisal. people are doing it almost knowing that it's a one on how many chance of being caught? accountability is the biggest thing here, being accountable for the users on your platform. facebook, which owns instagram, says it is committed to tackling online abuse and it has already removed the accounts from its site, but could they do more? the problem is that the reporting systems they have got in place at the moment require a player to receive and then report the abuse themselves and, by that point, the damage has been done. but they have got other issues to deal with as well.

terrorism globally is a problem facebook has to deal with. disinformation is a problem facebook has to deal with. earlier this week, the government held talks with footballers including liverpool captain jordan henderson, with new laws set to be introduced to stop online abuse. racism is a societal issue where football is seen as a key battleground. those committed to the fight vow to continue to take a stand as well as in the. nesta mcgregor. the duke of cambridge — who is president of the football association — has just tweeted. he said...

jessica gonzalez is an attorney and racial—justice advocate who co—founded change the terms, which serves to disrupt online hate. i don't how much of the detail you know about this story and marcus rashford and some of the attention he has gained, whether negatively on social media, but what do you make of it when you read it?— of it when you read it? sadly, i'm not of it when you read it? sadly, i'm rrot surprised _ of it when you read it? sadly, i'm not surprised at _ of it when you read it? sadly, i'm not surprised at all. _ of it when you read it? sadly, i'm not surprised at all. we - of it when you read it? sadly, i'm not surprised at all. we have - of it when you read it? sadly, i'm| not surprised at all. we have been tracking how an international network of very sophisticated white supremacist actors are using social media platforms to organise and recruit and fund raise for their courses and to organise harassment campaigns and even violence using these sites. unfortunately, it's no

surprise that marcus rashford is a black man who is in the public eye is receiving a harassment campaign. we see this is aimed disproportionately at black people and people of colour, women of colour, here in the us of course, a number of our elected officials, women of colour, face harassment campaigns on a weekly basis, and unfortunately social media sites like facebook have failed to live up to the commitments they have made to us users to stop hate, to ban white supremacists and to prevent hate and harassment campaigns, but also organised violence. here in the us, we saw an insurrection organised over social media just a few weeks ago, so the problem is serious and disproportionately harm the people of colour and it's a threat to democracy itself. ts

of colour and it's a threat to democracy itself.— of colour and it's a threat to democracy itself. of colour and it's a threat to democra itself. , , . ., democracy itself. is it social media companies" — democracy itself. is it social media companies'jobs— democracy itself. is it social media companies' jobs to _ democracy itself. is it social media companies' jobs to do _ democracy itself. is it social media companies' jobs to do that, - democracy itself. is it social media companies' jobs to do that, to - companies' jobs to do that, to effectively censor, other people would say... let me rephrase that. do they have a moral role in stopping the sort of abuse online, is there a moral argument there? t is there a moral argument there? i would say yes and that is why we came into existence, we are led by people of colour who have been disproportionately abused online. so platforms have a decision to make, do they want to play a role in oppression? do they want to play a role in racial hatred and harm, or do they want to play a role on the right side of history and disrupt this? we saw months ago that the un found that facebook played a contributing role in the genocide in myanmar. do we want to have our

social media platforms replicating harm, oppression and atrocities? i think not. i harm, oppression and atrocities? i think not. ., . , ., harm, oppression and atrocities? i think not. ., . i. .,, i. think not. i introduced you as your organisation _ think not. i introduced you as your organisation disrupting _ think not. i introduced you as your organisation disrupting online - think not. i introduced you as your. organisation disrupting online hate, how will net do you go about doing that? we how will net do you go about doing that? ~ ., ., ,., . , ., that? we have modern policies that we think online _ that? we have modern policies that we think online platforms _ that? we have modern policies that we think online platforms or- that? we have modern policies that we think online platforms or to - we think online platforms or to adopt to ban hateful activities and bring greater transparency and robustness to the content moderation system. what happens is often a black box, we don't understand what has been taken down and why, we don't understand why things are being left up, we need greater transparency, we need more process, and frankly these companies need to invest more deeply in their content moderation, it cannot all happen via automated systems, we actually need human the language and that have a deep understanding of the cultural

context in the places in which they are moderating content to help make these decisions, otherwise they will miss dog whistles and other tactics that sophisticated white supremacist networks are using to recruit and normalise harassment and violence. thank you very much for that. thousands of people have been arrested across russia following mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. riot police and national guard troops shut down parts of the capital, moscow, for a time, closing metro stations and blocking off streets as thousands of people demanded mr navalny�*s release. he was jailed on his return to russia after recovering from an assassination attempt. with the very latest, here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. by law, russians have the right to peaceful protest...on paper.

in moscow today, police were determined to clear the streets, whatever it took. hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. protesters have come out in support of alexei navalny, the kremlin critic who's in jail. moscow police had warned that any protest in the city today would be considered illegal and broken up, and that's exactly what's happening right now. the message is that the authorities are determined to crack down on dissent. but the crowds swelled and moved through the city. "moscow, take to the streets," they're chanting. the riot police tried to stop them, but they were playing catch—up all afternoon. mr navalny�*s arrest was the trigger for this, but resentments

with the authorities have been building. we have been stagnating for 20 years of putin's rule, and i believe we need some change. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. this too brought russians onto the streets. alexei navalny�*s recent video alleging that vladimir putin built himself a £1 billion palace with illicit money, complete with £600 toilet brushes. the kremlin has denied it, but the video's had more than 100 million views online. the result — the toilet brush has become the symbol of this protest, the embodiment of what many here believe is massive corruption at the top. it's not just moscow. there were protests across russia, from st petersburg to

the euros and the far east. but will they force a kremlin u—turn and mr navalny�*s release? no sign of that. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the uk is applying tojoin a trade agreement with 11 countries around the pacific with talks likely to start this year. the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership includes countries such as australia, canada, japan and new zealand. the uk already has free trade deals in place with several of the members. between them, the club's constituents are home to around 500 million people and generate more than i3% of the world's income. the government says joining the bloc would reduce tariffs on uk exports such as whisky, cars and service industries. the united states was originally in talks to be part of the bloc,

but former president donald trump pulled out when he took office. well, earlier today, the uk's international trade secretary explained her motive for applying to the asia—pacific free trade pact. this is a group of countries which represents £9 trillion of gdp. the point is, they're fast—growing countries. so countries like mexico and malaysia are shooting up the global league tables with more demand for fantastic british goods like scotch whisky or cars. what this deal will do is it will reduce tariffs on those key industries. it will mean that they are able to sell more goods into those countries and, ultimately, deliverjobs and growth here in the uk. 0ur global trade correspondent, dharshini david, is here. we are talking about applying to a

far less catchy block than the eu which we will help months to come there, big ambition proposed brexit britain, about time more closely with markets which are fasted growing will be further away and also into delving deeper with things like robotic in banking, so services and digital trade. we do them pretty well. the ultimate hope is we will see the us changed its mind and join and if that happens we get a trade deal with america by the back door and a trading block but back to the present because that is down the road. seven out of ii of nations we have trading deals with and if you look at the ii have trading deals with and if you look at the i! together they buy just as much exports as germany alone. so there is a lot to be done about making sure they are gains for consumers and businesses, the government has not put any figures

on the as yet the economy say for the time being is likely to be pretty slim. but we have got to have objectives and wish list spelt out and then those talks will start later this year. it will be awhile before we find out exactly how ambitions could pan out. the uk's largest umbrella organisation for muslim groups has elected a woman as its head for the first time. zara mohammed, who has a background in human rights law, said she hoped her election as secretary—general of the muslim council of britain would inspire more women and young people to come forward to leadership roles. not only is she the first woman in the role, she is also the youngest and the first scottish person to be secretary general. i'm joined by the new secretary—general herself now, zara mohammed. a huge congratulations to you, how we're feeling about this?— a huge congratulations to you, how we're feeling about this? thank you so much, we're feeling about this? thank you so much. it's _ we're feeling about this? thank you so much, it's definitely _ we're feeling about this? thank you so much, it's definitely a _ we're feeling about this? thank you so much, it's definitely a huge - so much, it's definitely a huge honour and a blessing. so much, it's definitely a huge honourand a blessing. i'm

overwhelmed by all the support and encouragement i have seen so far, it's only been a few hours since have been elected. you it's only been a few hours since have been elected.— it's only been a few hours since have been elected. you speak there about our have been elected. you speak there about your vision _ have been elected. you speak there about your vision for _ have been elected. you speak there about your vision for the _ have been elected. you speak there about your vision for the council, i about your vision for the council, take us through that.— about your vision for the council, take us through that. definitely. i have been really _ take us through that. definitely. i have been really grateful- take us through that. definitely. i have been really grateful to - take us through that. definitely. i have been really grateful to be i take us through that. definitely. ii have been really grateful to be part of the organisation for two and a half years as a member of the leadership team and i think what we are doing is to continue to strengthen that diversity, to build a strong, inclusive and strong organisation and that's in the work we do as well as the people that represent us and for me at the forefront of that it's getting young people are more women involved and making sure that the future which is in their hands they are fully a part of. , , , . , ., ., in their hands they are fully a part of. there is this perception that a woman's place — of. there is this perception that a woman's place within _ of. there is this perception that a woman's place within the - of. there is this perception that a woman's place within the muslim j woman's place within the muslim community is not in a role of leadership, that will be quite a challenge, the fact that you are representing so many people within the muslim community, how do you plan to do that? is a the muslim community, how do you plan to do that?—

plan to do that? is a testament to our affiliates _ plan to do that? is a testament to our affiliates which _ plan to do that? is a testament to our affiliates which are _ plan to do that? is a testament to our affiliates which are made - plan to do that? is a testament to our affiliates which are made up i plan to do that? is a testament to | our affiliates which are made up of organisations from all over the uk who have put their confidence in electing me today so that may be a perception but the reality is different and my appointment reflects that.— different and my appointment reflects that. ., ., ., ., different and my appointment reflectsthat. ., ., ., ., ., reflects that. you have also made a commitment _ reflects that. you have also made a commitment to _ reflects that. you have also made a commitment to root _ reflects that. you have also made a commitment to root out _ reflects that. you have also made a commitment to root out racism - commitment to root out racism against black muslims, how big an issueisit against black muslims, how big an issue is it and how would you do that? ~ ., issue is it and how would you do that? . ., ., ., , issue is it and how would you do that? ., ., ., , , ., ., that? we have already started that rocess of that? we have already started that process of engaging _ that? we have already started that process of engaging with _ that? we have already started that process of engaging with a - that? we have already started that process of engaging with a wider . process of engaging with a wider affiliate base including the black muslim community and we have been doing that for the past two years. it's important to be inclusive or lawful different ethnic groups and genders, young and old, and that is embodied in the work of our organisation so we will continue to do that and strengthen our work going forward. you do that and strengthen our work going forward-— going forward. you have quite a challenge. _ going forward. you have quite a challenge, taking _ going forward. you have quite a challenge, taking up _ going forward. you have quite a challenge, taking up this - going forward. you have quite a challenge, taking up this role i challenge, taking up this role within the pandemic, so let's deal within the pandemic, so let's deal with one of the immediate challenges

for you in terms of fake news within the muslim community because there is a lot of concern about the uptake of the vaccine.— is a lot of concern about the uptake of the vaccine. fake news has spread across, irrespective _ of the vaccine. fake news has spread across, irrespective of— of the vaccine. fake news has spread across, irrespective of the _ of the vaccine. fake news has spread across, irrespective of the muslim i across, irrespective of the muslim community, people are believing false stories and the muslim council of britain have established a national —— national platform with a cross sector of affiliate a non—affiliate is working to challenge that, we are working with the medical association and partners to make sure we give people the clarity and guidance they do need to they make the right decisions and support the national effort to overcome this pandemic. you support the national effort to overcome this pandemic. you want to be inclusive — overcome this pandemic. you want to be inclusive and _ overcome this pandemic. you want to be inclusive and diverse _ overcome this pandemic. you want to be inclusive and diverse and - be inclusive and diverse and representative and you yourself have said you are about as different as it gets. what is representative to you? i it gets. what is representative to ou? ~ ., , it gets. what is representative to ou? ~ . , ,., it gets. what is representative to ou? ~ . , . you? i think that there is so much benefit and _ you? i think that there is so much benefit and goodness _ you? i think that there is so much benefit and goodness in _ you? i think that there is so much benefit and goodness in the - benefit and goodness in the diversity to our communities to represent. i think my appointment is

a step in the right direction and i hope to bring that diversity as well as the work we do. the meat representation are celebrating the fact that there is a great diversity in who we are and let's use all of that to achieve a great result for the common good for all of society to benefit from.— to benefit from. huge congratulations - to benefit from. huge congratulations and i to benefit from. huge - congratulations and thank you to benefit from. huge _ congratulations and thank you very much and good luck in your new role. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. sunday has brought us mixed fortune in terms of the weather. there has been some sunshine for northern and eastern parts of the uk. towards the south and west, cloudy skies, with already had that mix of rain, sleet and hill snow. there will be a little bit more hill snow to come across wales, perhaps in flurries of wintriness into the midlands through the course of tonight. but for most areas, that precipitation is largely easing away.

so a lot of dry weather, cloudy towards the south,