this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. reports that more than 5,000 people have been arrested in russia, as protests take place in support ofjailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. i want freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst i think than the last ten years. the eu commission president tells pharmaceutical company bosses that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccines must be addressed. portugal faces a severe crisis after a surge in coronvirus cases, germany and austria promise to help stop its hospitals from being overwhelmed. and from today, millions of hong kong residents could be eligible for a special citizenship offered by the uk government — china says it won't be

officially recognised. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. stay in the uk or around the world. with us for the next we start this hour with breaking news — and it's being reported that aung san suu kyi has been detained. according to reuters, other senior ruling party figures have also been detained in early morning raids. you may recall that aung san suu kyi was held for many years internal detention and myanmar, she had been leading campaigns for the nationalist party there, her father was a founding leader of the country

after it received independence back in the middle of the 20th century. aung san suu kyi herself spent years in captivity. eventually emerged and has become the civilian leader, the de facto ruler if you like of the country although it also has a civilian president after reaching an accommodation with the military which had rolled for many years prior to that under increasing international pressure to reintroduce democratic changes to the country. that is led to a big international investment but they have been concerns over her defence of the country not least up with the treatment of the raw hinge of muslim minority there. —— rohingyan. we can see here marking one of the many ceremonies that take place in the country in the military leaders are always in presence both of the countries military mingo philip among the populace in the country for his handling of the rohingya

crisis although huge international criticism, she was very robust in her defence of dave regime and other military role but there are others who argued she was walking a political tightrope and she continued to try and push the country towards more rural firm and away from the recent military pass. —— more reform. 0thers away from the recent military pass. —— more reform. others said she was what she had always been, a nationalist, and therefore people shouldn't have confused her lack of liberty and human rights being violated without any idea that she had a western perspective in terms of her belief in multiparty democracy and in a country that represents all its different communities in the same way. we will doubtless get more from myanmar over the next half hour or so were our colleagues in the bbc world service and across the story and we will bring you further developments from myanmar as soon as we get them and to clarify that aung san suu kyi along with the countries civilian

president are reported to have been detained in early morning raids and myanmar. 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 5,000 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.

some people got away. but hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. protesters had 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. chanting. "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 of the authorities

has been building. we have been stagnating for, like, 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, than 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�*s 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. there were protests across russia, from st petersburg... ..to siberia and the russian far east.

man shouting. but will they force a kremlin u—turn and mr navalny�*s release? no sign of that. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. natalia pelevina from russia's opposition parnas party, founded by the assassinated politician boris nemtsov. she's known and worked with alexei navalny for many years and participated in today's protests in moscow. she gave the bbc her view of what the protesters hope to achieve. all of us want... well, i'm pretty sure most of us want navalny to be out ofjail because that's just a nuisance, what's going on with him. it's complete lawlessness. we want him freed immediately, but how many of them see him as a president of russia? that's a different story. that's not everybody at all. people want him freed, but not necessarily

as the president of russia, as the successor of putin, so it's a different situation. but people who are coming out to the streets to protest, they all want things to change. that's what they're coming out there for, for change. they see things that are stale and corrupt and just drowning russia into this horrific situation that it's in at the moment, and it can no longer go on. 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. it comes after a difficult few days,which culminated in the eu triggering an emergency brexit provision, to try to stop vaccines being exported via the irish border. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has more. 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. the commission should've spoken to you first, should it not? yes, and we've had that conversation. and i think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how all of this transpired because it took four years to put the protocol together. 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. ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses. speaking to german tv tonight, she emphasised cooperation. translation: i had a very good i conversation with boris johnson last night precisely about this. it makes sense to work together

during the pandemic. i was pleased to say that he said the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach the pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily — with a record number yesterday. 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. a bit of an a bit ofan of the a bit of an of the situation in it like is a in myanmar. it lookslikethere ls a move by the military to developing move by the military to arrest the members of the ruling suu 77 suu kyi 77 suu kyi was 77 suu kyiwas 77 in party. aung san suu kyi was taken in the early hours of monday morning, the early hours of monday morning, the party spokesman, the national league �*democracy, and telephone league for democracy, and telephone calls to reuters said that aung san suu kyi along with the countries president and other leaders have been taken in the early hours. i want to tell our people not to respond rationally and i want them to the law. —— respond irrationally. he said he also expects to be detained. the editor of the bbc burberry service i stupidly referred

to bmr as formerly siam, siam is thailand what i meant was burma, apology for that. —— bbc burmese surface. i caught some of my colleagues to be perplexed. 0ur burmese desk editor put out some burmese desk editor has put out some copies and says the army is running up copies and says the army is running up single members of the ruling party in the military in myanmar taking members of the national league for democracy ruling party as newly elected giigi �* parliamnt newly elected members of parliamnt were planning to convene a new session of parliament on monday. the countries de facto leader remembered that she is national counsellor. she is barred by the constitution from serving as president so she wasn't able to stand in the free election that took place after the military seat of power. the military seat of power but they never defectively gave up their influence over the state this rather underlines the practical differences aung san suu kyi was running perhaps in the danger of criticising the military

over the retreatment of the rohingya all the other said she was not disposed to be self supportive of them. with the de leader and them. with the de facto leader and president who is the diff theyjury leader of the country, they have arrested their own national leader. also away from the capital. but this is not yet been an dependently confirmed. is not yet been an dependently confirr on . if: is not yet been an dependently confirr on the if: is not yet been an dependently confirr on the government to calling on the government to postpone convene parliament until the allegations of voting irregularities in the election which took place in november have been resolved. the government consisted the elections were conducted freely and fairly. we will bring you more about that as the news as we have it. just to confirm the rest of aung san suu kyi. —— the arrest of. 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 14 days — in the hope of reducing duncan kennedy has more. in portugal, the grinding toll of covid is stark and unrelenting. members of the european union. 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.

while most governments across europe are increasing restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, opposition against lockdowns is becoming more vocal in many parts of the continent. around 5,000 people gathered today in central vienna to protest against the curfew and the lockdown put in place by the austrian government. the march was organised by the far—right party fpo. ten people were detained by the police and four officers were injured in scuffles. in the netherlands, anti—lockdown protests have been held in central amsterdam for the third week in a row. dutch police arrested about 30 people and sent home 600 who had defied a ban on gatherings. last week, the addition of an overnight curfew to an already broad lockdown triggered violent demonstrations. shops were looted in several cities and 500 people were arrested. and in slovenia, parents took to the streets with their children to demonstrate against the closure of schools

in two new regions. parents say that the recent rise in covid cases, was due to outbreaks in nursing homes, and that the prolonged school closures are causing an irreparable damage to their children. you're with bbc news and these are our headlines. breaking news — it's being reported that aung san suu kyi has been detained. according to reuters, other senior ruling party figures have also been detained in early morning raids. they seem to have been triggered by the refusal of the ruling party to delay the session of parliament and the military have accused the ruling party of election irregularities. 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.

millions of hong kong residents have been offered a pathway to british citizenship as a new visa scheme began on sunday. the british government expects 150,000 people from hong kong to relocate to the uk within the next year. thousands of hong kong residents have already made the often painful decision to leave since beijing imposed a strict national security law on the chinese territory last summer. danny vincent has been speaking to a family determined to move away. translation: i feel a bit like i'm fleeing rather than emigrating. i like millions of hong kong residents, mr and mrs b, not their real names, are eligible for uk citizenship. this middle—class, middle—age family are not front line protesters. the masks are not for covid. they are afraid to show their faces.

translation: we hope we can live in a place of freedom _ for what is left of our lives. i don't want to worry about saying things that could get me into trouble. since china imposed a wide ranging national security law in hong kong, the couple are determined to leave. translation: the jobs - we are doing in hong kong, we don't know if we will be able to find that type of work. we are willing to do anyjob we are capable of getting. more than 3 million residents of this former residents of this former british colony hold british national overseas passports. but the chinese government now no longer recognises them as valid travel documents. millions of hong kong residents are now eligible to pursue british citizenship. but the move from the uk came with a stern warning from china. the implication is that those who pursue this new route may one day have to decide if they are british or if they are chinese. hong kong was promised certain political freedoms for 50 years after it was returned

to china in 1997. but following months of anti—government protest, china imposed a national security law which critics say is eroding those freedoms. 7000 have already moved to the uk. the people are so determined, they have to consider whether they should really continue to retain chinese nationality. translation: if a hong konger leaves hong kong, then - he is seen as a traitor. i cannot agree with that. who actually betrayed hong kong? those that point the finger, well, maybe they should i look at themselves. china says the national security law restored order in hong kong. britain says it is clamping down on freedoms. both nations now blame each other for breaking an international treaty. i'm joined now by kay who packed his bags and left for london shortly after the national security law was passed injune. he'll be applying for the bno visa this year.

thank the bno visa this year. you so much for speaking t us. thank you so much for speaking to us. how big a decision was it for you to leave? i us. how big a decision was it for you to leave?— you to leave? i would say the bi est you to leave? i would say the biggest decision _ you to leave? i would say the biggest decision i _ you to leave? i would say the biggest decision i have - you to leave? i would say the biggest decision i have ever. you to leave? i would say the - biggest decision i have ever made in my life. but, to me, it would be the only decision now to be able to make in order to protect my own safety. you have paid a price for this. apart from being separated from your family and everything you have known your life, you have come to london and the uk and found that your status may you have not been able to get work and haven't really been able to put down roots. will this new visa potentially give you that opportunity?— new visa potentially give you that opportunity? welcome i think to a lot of people _ opportunity? welcome i think to a lot of people of — opportunity? welcome i think to a lot of people of hong _ opportunity? welcome i think to a lot of people of hong kong, - opportunity? welcome i think to a lot of people of hong kong, with l opportunity? welcome i think to a i lot of people of hong kong, with the bno password, with the scheme which

they failed to get fresh leadership at the five years but for me, the thing is that i have been here five months now, i can't get a job, i can't get in and nine due to the lockdown. can't get in and nine due to the lockdown-— can't get in and nine due to the lockdown. �* , , ., ., lockdown. and it registers for what is called national _ lockdown. and it registers for what is called national insurance - lockdown. and it registers for what is called national insurance in - lockdown. and it registers for what is called national insurance in the l is called national insurance in the uk and you have to have to be able to legally work. just to explain for those who don't know the system. i can't get anything without that insurance number, and at the same time, basically, ithink insurance number, and at the same time, basically, i think i'm insurance number, and at the same time, basically, ithink i'm not alone, somebody who is going to face being distilling, i don't know, i can't even may be afford to pay the rent, so the visa, for the ihs charge, i'm not sure i would be able to afford that. fire charge, i'm not sure i would be able to afford that-—

to afford that. are you worried that the chinese — to afford that. are you worried that the chinese government _ to afford that. are you worried that the chinese government and - to afford that. are you worried that the chinese government and the i to afford that. are you worried that. the chinese government and the hong kong authorities have followed what they said that they would not recognise this, so effectively, it means that you will have no way back to china or the hong kong? yes. means that you will have no way back to china or the hong kong?— to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a — to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a limbo _ to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a limbo that _ to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a limbo that we - to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a limbo that we will - to china or the hong kong? yes. it would be a limbo that we will live i would be a limbo that we will live in. here in the uk, i can't get a job and i'm not sure i can pay the fee to apply for the visa. at the same time, i cannot even go back to hong kong. same time, i cannot even go back to hong kong-— same time, i cannot even go back to hong kong. thank you very much for s-ueakin hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to — hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us- _ hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best _ hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of— hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck - hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck to - hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck to you. | speaking to us. best of luck to you. i hope things work out for you in the uk and they will be a lot of very talented people coming to the uk from hong kong who hopefully will have the opportunity to rebuild lives here although the impact on hong kong itself remains to be seen. thank you very much for talking to us. you are watching bbc news from london. let's give you the latest.

it is the early hours of the morning and southeast asia and mem mart we have reports of the arrest and a raids, very early in the morning of the current de facto leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, who spent many years in captivity, she returned in 1988 to the country have a been exiled for many years to try the care for her mother who was gravely ill. she was then detained for years and years and eventually released from house arrest and given the opportunity not to stand for election as president and that role was taken. when the national league for democracy party won the election, the military gave up its direct power but it seems tonight as if it is taking back control in a dispute over the elections, which the national league for democracy won in the november election amid

the claim for the military there have been election irregularities. the government and president when had insisted that the election results should stand and that even while investigations continue over those, that was no reason not for the new parliament to assemble. the new parliament was to assemble and the newly recently constructed capital of myanmar, and unfortunately however it now seems that all those leading figures are being arrested the according to spidey postman, those arrested included aung san suu kyi, the leader, and that theyjury leader of the country. —— the spokesman. they are both under arrest. 0ther the country. —— the spokesman. they are both under arrest. other leading members of the party and the internet connections has also been cut and telephone connections with the new capital city, so a disturbing situation emerging mem bar early monday morning. leading figures in the national league for

democracy, the ruling party come under arrest. democracy, the ruling party come underarrest. —— democracy, the ruling party come under arrest. —— myanmar. and that includes aung san suu kyi. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. it may be a new month but the weather pattern, for now, is staying the same. so, in the week ahead, there will be low pressure systems coming our way. there will be more rain to flood—affected areas, some snow as the wet weather pushes north causing some disruption, and although milderfor some of us, that's not going to last. a damp start for some to the south close to this area of low pressure for monday morning. this is a much more vigorous weather system coming our way with that rain and snow monday night and into tuesday. monday not starting as cold as sunday morning. still the coldest parts of scotland close to minus double figures. quite sharp frost in scotland and northern england under clear skies but with some sunshine for monday morning, icy where we're still seeing some wintry

showers towards the north and east of scotland. damp and drizzly with plenty of misty, murky conditions across parts of southern england and wales — perhaps in the midlands here — and east anglia may brighten up into the afternoon. and rain and hill snow spreading north across northern ireland during the afternoon, and that will push into parts of scotland into monday evening. but this area of rain is from that low—pressure system i showed you. some heavier rain pushing north into the cold air monday night and into tuesday. we're going to see some snow out of that in parts of wales, the midlands, and northern england before it turns to rain but briefly very icy with that and the snow by tuesday morning across northern england and into parts of scotland. so, a covering for some of us to start the day. some very difficult travel conditions. and although for some it will turn to rain, still into parts of the pennines and scotland on tuesday, there will be further snow, and the totals really starting to mount up into the higher ground particularly. south of that, it's turning milder, and there will be a few sunny spells, but there will also be a few heavy showers around. it could be thundery, too. this area of low pressure is still close by going into wednesday.

and particularly for parts of northern ireland, northern england, and scotland, some rain, some snow around. another weather system coming in towards the south. uncertainty about how far north it's going to bring its rain, but some of us will get a sizeable dose of rain. for that, we think during wednesday. in between the two weather systems, you could actually have a dry day. you could actually see a bit of sunshine. and as we go towards the end of the week, it looks like the weather will begin to quieten down a little bit. although temperatures have gone up, you'll notice they'll have come down again, and it is looking colder going into next weekend.

hello. this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment

with sam lister and george eaton. first, the headlines. reports from myanmar say the country's de facto leader aung san suu kyi and other senior governing party leaders have been detained. details are still coming in. on saturday, myanmar�*s armed forces promised to abide by the constitution as concerns grew that it was preparing to stage a military coup. the number of coronavirus jabs hits a daily record of nearly 600,000, but there's a fresh 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 sir tom moore, the second world war veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, is in hospital with covid—19. manchester united player

marcus rashford says he's been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving