this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the military in myanmar confirms it has carried out a coup, and declares a state of emergency. the country's de facto leader aung san sui kyi has been detained. it follows weeks of complaints by the military over alleged fraud in last november's general election, when ms suu kyi's national league for democracy won a resounding majority. more than 5,000 people are arrested in russia, as protests take place in support ofjailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. the second world war veteran who raised millions

for britain's national health service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome. soldiers are on the streets of myanmar as the armed forces confirm that they have carried out a coup, and intend to hold power for at least a year. they say they've responded to a fraudulent election won by the national league for democracy. its head, and the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. state radio and television are off air, and phone and internet connections have been cut. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent

jonathan head. what more can you tell us? no more than _ what more can you tell us? fir? more than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing from the political capital, where the coup took place in the early hours of the morning, and we believe that aung san suu kyi and all of her leadership allies in the national league for democracy are being held in detention by the military, and where power is now being transferred to the military powers, so we're still waiting to see what the impact of this announcement will be. it an extraordinary move. the military has been complaining about electoral fraud floors, and has not been satisfied with the rejection of those allegations by the election committee and by election observers, but it has admitted that it was not contesting the

outcome, which was a resounding victory for aung san suu kyi —— flaws. they were just appealing against the process, they did not like how much she won by and said there were too many irregularities. to take out a coup on that basis has taken everyone by surprise. it throws this country into very uncertain situations now because nobody knows how much this coup may be resisted, it's not clear what the legal basis for the queue is, the military gave some articles in the constitution justifying a state emergency but that has to be declared by the president, and he is also in detention, having been replaced by a military back vice president, and no windows with the legality of that is. everyone is poised in myanmar waiting to see what the military intends to do with his one year in power that it has given itself, whether it intends to validate last year's collection, to tamper with the

constitution, which it wrote itself, huge uncertainties at the moment about where this goes. in the moment about where this noes. , ., ., goes. in terms of what might ha en goes. in terms of what might happen next. _ goes. in terms of what might happen next, as _ goes. in terms of what might happen next, as you - goes. in terms of what might happen next, as you say - goes. in terms of what might happen next, as you say in i goes. in terms of what might. happen next, as you say in the election in november, aung san suu kyi won a big majority, she has huge amounts of support across myanmar. what might the reaction be to all of this when people have digesters what has happened in the last few hours? i think people will be very angry. the election got a very strong turnout, despite quite serious spikes in covid numbers at the time, whatever irregularities there were, cannot possibly alter such a strong margin of victory for aung san suu kyi's party, she remains very popular, people came out to vote for her, and in many cases for her because she is what keeps the military out of power, but i think people will also be very mindful of past incidences of unrest when people have resisted military rule and there was often terrible

bloodshed. they will not want a repeat of that. what we have to watch for is what kind of negotiations the military now tries to start, with the government that it has overthrown, and whether aung san suu kyi, who was famously stubborn under pressure, whether she is willing to go along with it. this is a woman who tarnished her own reputation to go out and defend the armed forces against charges of genocide in rhakine state, and she probably did that for electable reasons because it was a popular thing to do, but it was a military that capture under house arrest for 15 years before. this resonates with the invalidation of the 1990 election which a party wine... all those years ago, so this seems like history being repeated, and i think it will leave people dismayed and very angry. all will leave people dismayed and very angry-— very angry. all right for now, jonathan had, _ very angry. all right for now, jonathan had, thank- very angry. all right for now, jonathan had, thank you - very angry. all right for now, | jonathan had, thank you very jonathan had, thank you very much indeed for the latest in what is happening there. the international community is beginning to give

its reaction to events in myanmar. in a statement, the white house condemned what had happened and gave this warning: the united states opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede myanmar�*s democratic transition, and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed. australia's foreign affairs minister, marise payne, said:. thailand is taking a very different approach. the country's deputy prime minister telling reporters it's their internal affairs. and dil mohammed, a leader of the rohingya community told the reuters news agency: tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar, spoke

with my colleague lewis vaughanjones earlier, labelling the situation as an assault on democracy. it is simply outrageous. many of us feared that this might happen, the signs that we were hearing in recent days were not encouraging, but listen, we are talking about overturning a constitution by the generals that the generals themselves wrote, that they said just yesterday that they would abide by. so this is notjust an assault, an attack on an individual, on a political leader or a political party, this is an assault on democracy itself, on the people of myanmar, on their hopes and their aspirations. and the people of myanmar need to know that the world is watching and the world is with them. many people have been caught by surprise by this, not because there haven't been hints over the last couple of weeks, and people have been anxious, there have been noises

coming out of the military suggesting a coup, but people seemed reassured by the military�*s reassurance, firstly, and secondly by the fact that the military still already had a significant degree of control in the country. so, taking this extra step seems a strange decision, to say the least. that's exactly right. i mean, they wrote this constitution. it provides them with enormous power, it leaves them unaccountable in many respects. it provides them with 25% of the seats in the parliament. they are appointed by the commander—in—chief, not elected by the people of myanmar. they have enormous wealth, they have control of economic institutions that are totally unaccountable. in terms of the public at large, they are unaccountable whatsoever with respect to these

resources, so they have incredible sources of wealth, they lack the kind of accountability that most believe is critical for any military, and now despite all of those benefits that they gave themselves in the current constitution, they've overthrown the constitution. it is absolutely remarkable, it is absolutely outrageous. as of a couple of hours ago now, they are in control, state of emergency for at least a year. what can the international community do now? well, first of all, there is absolutely no justification for this whatsoever. they can't claim that this was a matter of national security, that they were protecting the country, they can't use any of those excuses to justify this. i think first of all the international community has to speak out very, very clearly, very loudly and make

it unmistakable how the international community, leaders of countries around the world, feel about this. there are options that the international community will be considering. there are a range of things that can be done to apply what those will be at this moment are not clear, but what is clear is that this simply cannot be allowed to stand. the international community cannot afford to stand idly by while this outrage occurs before our very eyes. that was tom andrews on the situation in human rights in myanmar. other news now. there have been mass demonstrations against president putin in cities across russia for a second week running. tens of thousands of protesters turned out to show their support for the jailed activist, alexei navalny. according to independent monitors, more than 5,000 people were arrested across the country. among them was mr navalny�*s wife yulia, seen here accompanying her husband on their return to russia earlier this month.

she was 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. the european commission says the drug firm astrazeneca will now supply an additional nine million covid vaccine doses to the eu by march. but the a0 million doses expected are still only about half of what had been hoped. paul hawkins reports. finally, some good news of sorts from the under pressure president

of the eu commission. widely criticised for mismanaging the eu—wide vaccine roll—out, she announced that following a meeting with vaccine manufacturers, astrazeneca would now supply an extra 9 million doses by march. translation: we want 7096 of adults in europe to be - vaccinated by the end of the summer and when we've fulfilled that it will be a tremendous achievement. but that seems a long way off. the extra 9 million doses bringing the total expected doses up to a0 million, that's still only half of what was initially expected. there was also a promise not to introduce vaccine controls on the border between ireland and northern ireland — a highly controversial decision taken on friday to restrict vaccine supplies leaving the eu, but which was later reversed. translation: i had a very good conversation with - boris johnson last night. i was pleased that he said that the two plants that

manufacture astrazeneca naturally also deliver to europe, just like european vaccination doses, for example from biontech, go to great britain. this is the spirit in which we have to approach this pandemic. the uk, meanwhile, vaccinated a record 600,000 people on saturday and even suggested it could help other countries, including the eu, in future. 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, you know, we need everybody to be protected, that's the way we're going grip this disease. in the meantime, eu citizens are anxiously wondering when they will get their job. both france and germany have threatened legal action if astrazeneca failed to increase vaccine supplies to the eu. top german officials are due to meet with manufacturers on monday. while the vaccine roll—out is the top priority for an eu

commission under pressure and playing catch up. paul hawkins, bbc news. what does it take to supply hundreds of millions of vaccines to the world, as it were? we will be having that discussion in our business coverage in around about 15 minutes' time. still to come: the second world war veteran who raised millions for britain's national health service is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be

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this move follows weeks of complaints by the military over alleged fraud in last november's general election, in which ms suu kyi's national league for democracy won a resounding majority. we go live now to myanmar to get more detail on what is happening. soe win than is the news editor of the bbc�*s burmese service and joins me live now. hejoins us from he joins us from yangon. tell us more about what is happening where you are. us more about what is happening where you are-— where you are. thank you for invitin: where you are. thank you for inviting me- _ where you are. thank you for inviting me. so, _ where you are. thank you for inviting me. so, right, - where you are. thank you for inviting me. so, right, i- where you are. thank you for| inviting me. so, right, iwoke up inviting me. so, right, iwoke up at about 5:30am and it was still dark and, of course, there was news of the military detaining aung san suu kyi and the president and others. and

the president and others. and the situation is unfolding. i assume it is hard to get information because the internet has been interrupted, state television is off air, and the kind of thing. tell us about how people are hearing about how people are hearing about what is going on.- about what is going on. sure. that is correct. _ about what is going on. sure. that is correct. i _ about what is going on. sure. that is correct. i still- about what is going on. sure. that is correct. i still had - that is correct. i still had internet connection until 8am my time, but after that the immobile was cut off and i can't call anyone anymore. and also wi—fi providers, some of them still work, but i don't know how many. most of them are cut off. many people are worried. from what i've seen people are panicking. they are going out and buying, mostly rice and oil, many people have on two the banks to withdraw money, but with no connection the banks are not operating. the banks are temporarily closed today.— the banks are temporarily closed today. and what are

eo - le closed today. and what are people saying _ closed today. and what are people saying about - closed today. and what are people saying about the . closed today. and what are - people saying about the reasons behind this coup. the election in november, they say, was fraudulent. to the people believe that or other concerned about the legitimacy of the election in november? this about the legitimacy of the election in november? as far as the election _ election in november? as far as the election goes, _ election in november? as far as the election goes, i _ election in november? as far as the election goes, i think - election in november? as far as the election goes, i think the i the election goes, i think the people, you look at what international observers have said and locals have said, there is no irregularities. people are concerned because right now we don't know how long it's going to go on. we don't even know how long the connection cut off is going to be going on. but, of course, it is only something the military forces, they do not raise compromise and this is where we are now. ~ ., ., i. compromise and this is where we are now. ~ ., ., y ., ~ are now. what do you think the reaction might _ are now. what do you think the reaction might be _ are now. what do you think the reaction might be in _ are now. what do you think the reaction might be in the - are now. what do you think the reaction might be in the next . reaction might be in the next

day or so when people have had a chance to do just what has happened. they are in survival mode now, they are getting food, oil, money, that kind of thing, but when they have had a chance to process what is happening here, what might the reaction be, do you think? it will be hard to say at this point. with covid and all i think people are nowjust from what i have seen they are thinking about their own well—being as of now stop i am not sure what people will do next. we'rejust not sure what people will do next. we're just praying things will go to normal.— will go to normal. thank you forjoining — will go to normal. thank you forjoining us— will go to normal. thank you forjoining us life. _ will go to normal. thank you forjoining us life. we - will go to normal. thank you forjoining us life. we now. forjoining us life. we now bring in soe win than, the news editor of the bohme is a service. i don't know if you were able to hear that interview, but it gives us a

sense of what is happening on the ground. what more can you tell us? .. , ., the ground. what more can you tell us? , ., , tell us? exactly that the coup happened _ tell us? exactly that the coup happened early _ tell us? exactly that the coup happened early in _ tell us? exactly that the coup happened early in the - tell us? exactly that the coup l happened early in the morning. all the leaders were rounded up from naypyidaw, the capital. communications lines were cut and we couldn't assess what was going on, we didn't know. but we pieced together some bits of information from the social media and some of the family members and then we landed all the leaders, notjust in the capital but in different parts of the country have been rounded up from their homes. we knew that was happening. it wasn't unexpected. you introduce the programme that the military has been making these noises in the past couple of days. but on saturday they came out and issued a statement saying they would abide by the constitution. so it's certainly allayed some fears, but the leaders as well as the journalists also, we had a kind of sense that the military was up of sense that the military was up to something. but last night we heard the military was kind

of gathering some military trucks, we had a gathering just outside of naypyidaw, so we knew something was going on. all right. and then this morning we had this news. just briefly, the international condemnation has been pouring in from the united states, australia, elsewhere, or that have any impact on what the military is doing? i have any impact on what the military is doing?— military is doing? i don't think so. _ military is doing? i don't think so, in _ military is doing? i don't think so, in the - military is doing? i don't . think so, in the short-term. think so, in the short—term. they already calculated that kind of response would be coming from international community. theyjust released community. they just released another statement community. theyjust released another statement on sunday where they were kind of rebuking the international community saying that they didn't understand the real situation of the entry, but just by making those statements it would not help —— country. soe win than, thank you for the latest there in what is going on in myanmar. we will talk you through what is happening in the uk.

the second world war veteran who raised tens of millions of pounds for britain's national health service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. he was knighted by the queen after being sponsored to walk laps around the country last year. this family say he is being treated for pneumonia after testing positive for coronavirus but is not in intensive care. many have been sending in their best wishes to sir captain tom moore, wishing him a very speedy recovery. this weekend should have seen the start of the venice carnival — a vivid display of light, sound, and colour that attracts thousands of tourists each year. but it's been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. the canals and streets of the city are now almost empty. here's tim allman. what a difference a year makes. this was venice at the beginning of 2020 — the usual mix of the spectacular and the slightly surreal. this is venice in 2021 — almost a ghost town. when it's carnival time, you would normally expect to see sites like this —

st marks square full of gothic costumes. but 12 months later, it is practically deserted. for this city, like so many cities around the world, it has been a tough, tough year. "it's like the plague," that this man. "maybe it's even worse. but the war is worse. i lived through the war, and it was worse." the irony is for italy as a whole, things are slowly beginning to improve. restrictions are being eased as the vaccine roll—out continues. restaurants and cafes will be able to open their doors, and not a moment too soon for some. "we will have lunch outside," said these women. "we will go out for lunch." lockdowns have been eased in the past, of course, and then tightened once more. perhaps in 2022, the carnival will return and life will finally be back to normal. tim allman, bbc news.

all the top business stories coming up next. i will see you in a moment. 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 milder for 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.

parts of the midlands, though, 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. and where temperatures have gone up, you'll notice they'll come down again, and it is looking colder going into next weekend.

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