this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. screaming. reports that more than 5,000 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. the coronavirus crisis in portugal intensifies after a surge in cases, as germany and austria promise help to stop hospitals being overwhelmed. the manchester united player, marcus rashford, says he's been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on saturday. captain sir tom moore, the second world war veteran

who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, is in hospital with covid—19. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in a second weekend of widespread protests — large crowds have demonstrated across russia in defiance of warnings by police. the protesters are demanding the release ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. according to independent monitors, the police crackdown has now seen at least 4,000 people arrested across the country. among them is mr navalny�*s wife yulia, seen here accompanying her husband on their return to russia earlier this month. she has been arrested by police

in moscow as she and others marched towards the prison where her husband is being held. steve rosenberg reports. 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 that 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 urals 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. and we will get more on that story a little layer in the programme, we hope to speak to someone who attended those protests. —— a little later in the programme. germany has said it will send military medics and equipment to portugal, as the country is struggling to cope with the pandemic. portugal now has the worst death rate in the eu and almost all icu beds in the country's hospitals are full. today the government closed

the border with spain and declared a travel ban for the next 1a days — in the hope of reducing the spread of the virus. duncan kennedy has more. in portugal, the grinding toll of covid is stark and unrelenting. workers at this funeral home in lisbon say they're overwhelmed. their country now has the highest covid death rate among all the 27 members of the european union. translation: it's chaos. it's really chaos. so many people are dead. there is no room to put so many dead. i've already lost my aunt, my cousin, my father, and my grandfather. many hospitals don't have any more room. ambulances have to queue. on thursday, some patients waited 15 hours before being admitted to the largest hospital in the country. so, the government is going further — by tightening the existing lockdown restrictions and closing the border with spain

for the next 14 days. no, no. you have to turn back. the border, it's closed. the next big step will be vaccines. but if pharmaceutical companies don't deliver the batches they promised to the eu, it could mean delays. we are now completing the vaccination of the second priority group. so, we expect that this shortage can be addressed so the consequences on the vaccination pace can be minimised. but before the vaccine can shield its population, portugal faces more loss. translation: we have | reached a breaking point. politicians must put an end to this. this is portugal's reality — one mirrored around the world, one that reflects the devastation of this still unrelenting pandemic.

duncan kennedy, bbc news. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six pharmaceutical companies that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccines must be addressed. after holding a video conference with the firms, who all supply vaccines to the eu, she announced that astrazeneca will supply an extra nine million doses. it follows a tumultuous week in which several eu politicians talked of taking legal action, after it became clear that the firm could only deliver around one third of the vaccines it had promised in the first quarter of this year. investigators from the world health organization have arrived at a seafood market in the chinese city of wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonnell has been following the inspection team. the markets of wuhan may have been the focus of today's field trips... ..but global coronavirus

politics was never far away. at this enormous wholesale facility, the investigation team was given details of wuhan�*s frozen goods supply chain. sounds pretty bland, but the question of how long the virus can last on certain surfaces is becoming crucial to understanding its origins. for beijing, it's fundamental. you might expect the who team to come to a marketplace like this because, after all, one theory is that the coronavirus jumped from animals into humans atjust such a market. but, by putting the emphasis more on cold storage, and examining how a virus could survive on, say, the surface of frozen fish, it is playing right into the narrative of the chinese communist party. the government has suggested that potentially that is how the virus entered china in the first place —

therefore maybe it's not china's fault after all. what's hardly ever mentioned these days in the party's press is the possibility that china's crowded wildlife markets could provide the vehicle for diseases to jump species. yet the huanan market was the second site to be visited today. the who says 70% of early infections were in some way linked to the market where, pre—covid, you could buy chipmunks, foxes, raccoons, wild boar, hedgehogs, snakes, rats, crocodiles and badgers. it's highly symbolic that the who has come to this market where we saw the first coronavirus clusters. precisely what they hope to gain from this visit we're not sure, because as you can see, we're not able to go in and observe their work. but one thing is for sure, they're not going to tell us in the next couple of weeks whether or not the coronavirus

did in fact start here. this complicated investigation may take years. as for how it's going right now, it seems thumbs up for some aspects of the trip, thumbs down for others. shouts: how was the visit today? are you getting enough access, are you satisfied with the access you're getting? steven mcdonnell, bbc news, wuhan. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. us president biden�*s plan to revive the us economy has been met with criticism from the republican opposition in washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full of money—wasting programs at a time when the country doesn't need any more debt. republicans call the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan "shocking" and "wasteful".

under the trump administration, a republican—controlled congress enacted a $2 dollar tax cut — the most significant tax reform in 30 years. the tax reform boosted growth in 2018 but also increased the budget deficit to nearly $27 trillion by 2020. when covid—19 broke out, congress passed the country's largest—ever stimulus package a $2.2 trillion cares act. claudia sahm is a former us federal reserve economist who worked with federal reserve chair, janet yellen, now the new treasury secretary. she also writes for the new york times and bloomberg. she joins us now from arlington in virgina. she says the relief package is a life line for millions of americans hit hard by the economic impact of the coronovirus pandemic. we remain in the united states an absolute crisis. we see this with the covid cases, people are dying by the covid cases, people are dying by the thousands every day, and if we think about the economy, the

economic hardship that families are dealing with, we are 10 millionjobs short of the february and that is the biggest shortfall that we have seenin the biggest shortfall that we have seen in generations. it dwarfs what we saw during the great recession. so the hardship is immense. the need for relief as a bridge to the other side of this crisis is enormous. the republicans _ side of this crisis is enormous. the republicans talk about being very concerned about the deficit. why aren't they right? should be going into debt is more issue. we aren't they right? should be going into debt is more issue.— aren't they right? should be going into debt is more issue. we need to step forward — into debt is more issue. we need to step forward and _ into debt is more issue. we need to step forward and help _ into debt is more issue. we need to step forward and help people - into debt is more issue. we need to i step forward and help people through this crisis. if congress is penny wise and pound foolish at this moment, people pay for it for decades. this is the recipe for permanent damage to people's with lives and careers was that they cannot step away. it is far too soon, we are not in a recovery for our moment. soon, we are not in a recovery for our moment-—

our moment. let's take a look at some of the _ our moment. let's take a look at some of the other _ our moment. let's take a look at some of the other stories - our moment. let's take a look at| some of the other stories making our moment. let's take a look at - some of the other stories making the news now. sir tom moore — the 100 year old british army captain who raised tens of millions of pounds for the national health service — is being treated in hospital for breathing difficulties. sir tom was knighted by the queen, after being sponsored to walk laps around his garden over the summer. his family say he's been treated for pneumonia after testing positive for coronavirus, but is not in intensive care. at least three people have been killed in the somali capital mogadishu in an attack on a hotel near the airport. al shabab says it carried out the attack, which began with a car bomb. so far, two civilians and a guard are known to have died, but the number of casualties may rise further. from today, britain is introducing a new type of visa that will give millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to leave the territory and settle in the uk. the british government says the arrangement will offer a fast track to uk citizenship. in response beijing says it won't recognise the new passport as a travel document.

the uk government says its scheme is a response to beijing's imposition of a security law on hong kong in 2020. the uk is applying to join a free trade agreement made up of 11 pacific and asian countries, as part of post—brexit plans. the cptpp group is made up of australia, canada, japan, singapore and others. it generates more than 13% 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. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in around 90 cities across the country, for the second week running, in the biggest protests against president putin for a decade. in portugal a massive surge in coronavirus cases has led some to suggest the country is in crisis, as germany and austria step in to promise help to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed with cases. over the last year, lebanon has been hit by economic collapse, the beirut blast, and now coronavirus.

the country is now enforcing one of the world's strictest curfews as its hospitals reach breaking point. with more from beirut — here's martin patience. welcome to a city and locked down as beirut fights its latest battle. we joined an ambulance crew driving through empty streets as the authorities try to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. the call—out, a woman who's struggling to breathe. the question now — which hospital to take her to? and then, an extraordinary standoff at the hospital gate. when it wasn't clear if the patient was going to get admitted. ., , ~ , ., if the patient was going to get admitted. ., , ~' , ., ., admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital. _ admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you _ admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you don't _ admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you don't know- admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you don't know if- admitted. now it is like you get to| the hospital, you don't know if you are going to need to go to another one or a third one or a fourth one,

and this happens. sometimes you go to seven hospitals and you don't know if they're going to take the patient or not. in know if they're going to take the patient or not.— patient or not. in the end, the woman got — patient or not. in the end, the woman got a _ patient or not. in the end, the woman got a bed, _ patient or not. in the end, the woman got a bed, but - patient or not. in the end, the woman got a bed, but many i patient or not. in the end, the - woman got a bed, but many others in lebanon are being turned away. at a different hospital, they are packing patients in wherever they can find a space. here, three to a room where normally, it would just be too. we normally, it would 'ust be too. we were normally, it would just be too. we were treating patients in their care — were treating patients in their care they— were treating patients in their cars. theyjust sit on chairs and .et cars. theyjust sit on chairs and get oxygen, yes. it is really bad. in this _ get oxygen, yes. it is really bad. in this hospital, you get a real snapshot of the pressures that staff are under. in a sense that lebanon is a whole is overwhelmed. if i are under. in a sense that lebanon is a whole is overwhelmed.- is a whole is overwhelmed. if i can have more — is a whole is overwhelmed. if i can have more stuff, _ is a whole is overwhelmed. if i can have more stuff, more _ is a whole is overwhelmed. if i can have more stuff, more nurses, - is a whole is overwhelmed. if i can| have more stuff, more nurses, and more nurse aides, i can manage

another 18—20 beds. but more nurse aides, i can manage another 18-20 beds.— more nurse aides, i can manage another 18-20 beds. but if you don't aet another 18-20 beds. but if you don't net that, another 18-20 beds. but if you don't get that. what _ another 18-20 beds. but if you don't get that, what does _ another 18-20 beds. but if you don't get that, what does that _ another 18-20 beds. but if you don't get that, what does that mean? - another 18-20 beds. but if you don't get that, what does that mean? i i get that, what does that mean? i don't know. and _ get that, what does that mean? i don't know. and if _ get that, what does that mean? i don't know. and if so, _ get that, what does that mean? i don't know. and if so, families i get that, what does that mean? i l don't know. and if so, families are left to fend — don't know. and if so, families are left to fend for— don't know. and if so, families are left to fend for themselves. - don't know. and if so, families are | left to fend for themselves. buying oxygen at shops like this one to treat their relatives at home. my brother is three days very sick. he cannot_ brother is three days very sick. he cannot breathe. but look, i want to tell you _ cannot breathe. but look, i want to tell you something. lebanon is finished — tell you something. lebanon is finished. no more weapon on. before 50 years. _ finished. no more weapon on. before 50 years, before 20 years, this is lebanon — 50 years, before 20 years, this is lebanon now. no more lebanon. the coronavirus — lebanon now. no more lebanon. coronavirus is lebanon now. no more lebanon. iie: coronavirus isjust lebanon now. no more lebanon. "iie: coronavirus isjust the lebanon now. no more lebanon. ii2 coronavirus isjust the latest coronavirus is just the latest crisis to hit this country. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport

centre, round up, from the bbc sport with round up, from the bbc sport the sarah mulkerrins hello and thanks forjoining us. round up, from the bbc sport champions liverpool are up to third in the premier league thanks to a 3—1win over west ham united. top scorer mo salah was the man of the match scoring twice. gini wijnaldum got the third before craig dawson steered home a corner to hand west ham a consolation. liverpool are now within four points. that is what you hope for, to good results in consecutive games... west ham was good, our counter was very good. they cannot counter properly, but it was a good game. there was a big win for brighton on sunday, they beat spurs 1—0 at the amex stadium — their first premier league win at home this season. leandro trossard with the only goal of the game. spurs have now lost their last

two in the league. elsewhere in the premier league today, thomas tuchel got his first win as the new chelsea boss. cesar azpilicueta and marcus alonso scored in each half as they beat burnley 2—0. that lifts them up to seventh in the table and it's four points from two games for tuchel. i am impressed that we never lost the control, we never lost the courage and the confidence to impose our style and to impose our match here. i am very happy with the energy, even now in the dressing room the guys who were on the stands were happy with everybody. this is good because it gives us a good boost for self—confidence. leeds united fought back to end leicester city's seven—game unbeaten run with a 3—1win at king power stadium. marcelo bielsa's side stay mid table after the victory, while leicester slip to fourth. england's paul casey has won the dubai desert classic. he finished four shots ahead of south africa's brandon stone after a 2—under parfinal round.

the four—time ryder cup player has now put himself in contention for a call—up when europe face the united states later this year. it's casey's 15th tour title. 15 winds is pretty good, i wanted 15. 2019 was the last, ijust wanted that to 15. it's one of the coolest trophies in golf, is it? there are smaller and more important, but it's one of the iconic trophies without a doubt. i'm very thankful to be able to do what i do and still be out here playing golf. we had some fans this week, so to have something like this week, so to have something like this happen, hopefully that can bring happiness to other people as well. australia could step—in to host the british and irish lions series in south africa later this year. the lions are due to take—on the world champions injuly and august but concerns over the emergence of a new variant of the covid virus in south africa,

has put the tour in doubt. the chairman of rugby australia says profits would be split between the lions and the springboks. it's hoped there could still be crowds although it's not known yet if there would any allowed from abroad. another contingency plan is that south africa face the lions in the uk and ireland. naomi 0saka says she'd be happy to quarantine for two weeks to play in the tokyo 0lympics. the world number three says that whilst she's happy to play, others are concerned about the safety of quarantining thousands of athletes and staff for the games which are scheduled to start injuly. honestly, my concern isn't that the athletes. the way that i feel is, like, iwill athletes. the way that i feel is, like, i will stay in my room two weeks to stay in the olympics. i miss out on the last one and playing in togo would be very special to me.

—— playing in tokyo. my concern would be the general safety of everyone else because you are opening the country and everyone is flying in from different places. so i would just want the public to feel safe. i feel like i would just want the public to feel safe. ifeel like the i would just want the public to feel safe. i feel like the athletes definitely would want to play but i would want the public to feel safe. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, sarah. over the past week several premier league footballers have been subjected to racist abuse on social media. the manchester united and england striker, marcus rashford is among them. he wrote about the latest incident on twitter, saying "humanity and social media at its worst," he said, former footballer anton ferdinand has personal experience of how damaging this kind

of abuse can be. last year he shared his story in the documentary, anton ferdinand: football, racism and me. he gave his reaction to these latest incidents. it's just sad for me that it is becoming a norm, that after every game there is some type of incident where there is racial abuse coming from social media platforms. and i think we need to look at the fact that we are having a good conversation at the moment but the social media companies and the secretary of state who had a conversation with two or three other players a week or so ago can't hide behind the fact that we are actually having these conversations. these conversations need to turn into action and turn into action soon. if they don't, they could be at risk of at some day, the footballers and icons on the social media platforms come if they walked off these platforms what with the platform stupas make do they want to get to

this point? because if they don't sorted out soon, that's what could possibly happen. you're watching bbc news. the irish prime minister says the european union was "blindsided" by its row with astrazeneca 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 roll—out 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. 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 our friends 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. we've seen a bit more snow around today across parts of wales from the sleet and snow showers in scotland for the far north and northern isles. 0vernight, we'll keep plenty of cloud across wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england and northern ireland. a bit of patchy rain and sleet, a little bit of hill snow, not amounting to very much, very misty and murky. wintry showers continue into the far north of scotland and down some eastern parts as well, making it icy for some, but it's northern england and scotland seeing the lion's share of the clear spells. this is where temperatures will be at their lowest overnight, though not as cold as it was last night. plenty of cloud hanging on across the southern half of england, for wales and northern ireland tomorrow. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle, some outbreaks of rain developing again into northern ireland through the afternoon and, for northern england and scotland,

some sunny spells here, still a few wintry showers towards the north and east of scotland, not quite as cold tomorrow. a significant weather system moving in monday night and into tuesday, some heavy rain, some heavy snow around as it moves its way northwards. for some of us, turning milder and then colder again at the end of the week.