this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands gather for a second day in myanmar�*s main city to condemn the military coup and demand the release of leader aung sann suu kyi. astrazeneca confirms a trial does suggest the oxford vaccine has only limited effectiveness against the south africa variant, but says it still offers protection. in india, thousands of farmers block roads across the country in a protest that sees the deployment of 50,000 police officers. 0ne guest on a lonely lighthouse, sweden's film festival takes social distancing to the extreme. we speak to the woman who won a ticket to 70 solitary

screenings. hello, and welcome. we start in myanmar where thousands of people have taken to the streets for a second day in a row to protest against the recent military coup. in the main city of yangon, crowds chanted slogans against military dictatorship and in support of democracy. some carried the signature red flags of aung san suu kyi's national league for democracy. she has not been seen in public since she was detained last monday when the army overthrew her government. the fresh rally followed the largest protests to date on saturday, when tens of thousands came out in cities across the country to condemn the coup. 0ur correspondent jonathan head reports. five days after the military takeover and people are testing the limits.

this group included factory workers from the western suburbs of yangon. but led by young political activists, shouting their condemnation of the new regime and their support for the ousted government. the crowd grew as it headed towards the downtown area of myanmar�*s largest city, where a line of police blocked their way. offering a perfect backdrop for the hunger games salute that has become the symbol of popular defiance in this region. it's hard to gauge how much of the country shares this sense of outrage, but it is a fair bet this coup is widely unpopular. the protest was broadcast as it happened on a dozen or more social media pages but the military began shutting down the internet and blocking popular apps so that through the day we watched myanmar slipping back

towards the digital dark age of a decade ago. protests have taken place outside myanmar too. with aung san suu kyi in custody once more, these are painful echoes of a wretched past. are myanmar�*s generals really prepared to return to the bad old days? perhaps even they do not know what they will do yet after inflicting such a blow to their country's democratic hopes. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. derek mitchell is the former us ambassador to myanmar. i asked him whether renewed us sanctions could put pressure on the military. i think it is probably necessary to send a signal this is completely contrary to — to our values into our interests in — in myanmar — in burma. but i think that is not sufficient.

i think we need to reach out to our allies, and i know they are — japan, korea, and probably india, as well. to put pressure on the regime as well as to see if there is less ability that we are not seeing to date in the commander—in—chief and the military at large. i don't know how honest you can be, but were you taken by surprise with this action from the military? we know that they are incredibly powerful in the country. they retained power, but they must�*ve felt that was under threat and have taken action. but it seems were taken many by surprise. it did take me by surprise. the constitution and given them the economic prerogatives, the security prerogatives, 25% of the parliament. so they had a lot of their interests protected. but this is in some ways very personalfor this commander—in—chief and his relationship with the state councillor, aung san suu kyi.

i think right up to the very last moment, people were thinking that they saw signs there might be a coup. there was heightened tension over the election, a lot of bitterness between the military and the government, but it might not actually happen. so when it did happen i think it really did take people by surprise, notjust people on the outside, but on the inside. there is a lot of disappointment and sadness and also resilience within the society that we are going to see over the next day through street demonstrations. the other challenge for the biden administration here is the role of china, china increasingly influential in myanmar. yes. they feel that burma — myanmar is in their sphere of influence. they feel they should have a special place in the governance and the affairs of the country. they want to have access to the indian ocean — they consider it to be their west coast. they have long had investment interest, resources that fuel chinese development, coming from myanmar —

a lot of theirjade. they are pleased, i think, that the united states and the west has been alienated from myanmar. they have had a good relationship with the lnd and aung san suu kyi. they have not had a good relationship with the military. they have not liked that chinese support for groups that have been fighting groups against the military. this may push the regime and the military towards china and it might be an opportunity for china to take. derek mitchell there. let's move on to the coronavirus pandemic now and where we are with vaccines. drug company astrazeneca says it believes its covid—i9 vaccine will protect against severe disease caused by the south african variant of the coronavirus. but, the drugmaker admitted the vaccine appears to have limited effectiveness against milder illness caused by the south african variant.

so what should we make of this and when will we know more? dr ingrid katz is an infectious disease specialist and associate faculty director at the harvard global health institute. i think we'll get more information in the upcoming week to really help us understand what is going on, particularly with these new variants as noted in south africa. and how concerned are you by these new variants? we have had one version in kent, and in south africa, could there be more? absolutely. i remain concerned about these variants, particularly when the rates of covid—i9 are still incredibly high and the percentage of the population globally really is so low in terms of vaccination rates. does this mean that we need to start thinking about the coronavirus like we think about the flu, that every single year there will be different variants and we will need protection against that? i do think the coronavirus is here with us to stay,

u nfortu nately. but on the optimistic side, it's been wonderful to see that these vaccines do seem to prevent hospitalisations, which is the thing that we're most concerned about. so if they can continue to work on these vaccines to ensure that they're safe and effective as these variants mutate, then i think we may be considering annual shots to make sure that everyone stays safe. and can i ask you an unfair question on timescales, here? of course we don't know what will happen and we have to be prepared for the unpredictable, but with all things being equal, given where we are now, do you have a rough hopeful timetable in your head for when life could start to get back to normal? yes. i mean, i have been thinking about this a lot. and i first have to say it's so critical that we think about vaccine distribution and equity globally, that the virus does not stop at a given border.

it is critical that we get vaccines distributed globally. i think if we can get effective scallop of these vaccines over the next 3—6 months, globally, then i hope that we can really turn the corner on this by the end of 2021 and be resuming a more regular life. doctor ingrid katz, thank you so much for coming on. china appears to have made good progress, with two vaccines, from sinovac and sinopharm, already making their way abroad. the sinovacjab has just received limited approval in china for use on an emergency basis. despite caution from sinovac that data for the protection rate for people over 60 is "limited". david campanale has more. from mask diplomacy to vaccine diplomacy. china has been working hard to change global perceptions. it already has a vaccine in production made by sinopharm, which is being used internationally.

indonesia's president joko widodo became the first major world leader to publicly receive a shot one month ago. by giving conditional approval to sinovac�*s product, chinese regulators have now allowed emergency access for a second chinese supply for general use. rio dejaneiro�*s iconic sambadrome, which hosts the city's famous carnaval. brazilians here over 90 years old have been receiving sinovac jabs after the venue was converted into a drive—through vaccination centre. translation: it will be - wonderful to see my family. there is nothing better than embracing them. i miss them. translation: professionally, it is a unique experience - and as a citizen, it is a joy for us to be giving hope to people with a vaccine that is efficient, that is safe, and we hope for better days. sinovac says trials in brazil have shown 50% effectiveness in preventing infection, reaching 80% in preventing cases requiring medical intervention.

but the company has also admitted that efficacy and safety results need to be further confirmed as trials are yet to meet normal standards. as western nations dispute contracts and bid up the price of the big—name vaccines, china's home—grown jabs are picking up customers overseas. in asia, singapore, malaysia, the philippines and indonesia have either signed up or begun rolling out the sinovac vaccine. turkey has also approved the sinovac vaccine for emergency use. 0ther deals have been reached with chile as well as brazil. the united arab emirates and bahrain have approved the sinopharm vaccine, as has hungary, along with several others. china's initial cover—up of the viral outbreak and deflection of its roots to countries far away has lowered global trust in beijing.

its largesse with its products, branded china's health silk road, is not entirely altruistic, with beijing hoping for a long—term reputational and diplomatic return. here in the uk the new chair of the vaccine taskforce says he's "very optimistic", of meeting the target of offering a first coronavirus injection to all over 50s by may. almost 11.5 million people have now received their firstjab. but some, particularly people in minority communities, remain hesitant. here's our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. this vaccination hub, at the royal london hospital, has been up and running for almost six weeks and it's nonstop, with staff putting jabs into hundreds of arms each day. any history of problems with bleeding or bruising at all? one of them is martin griffiths, a consultant surgeon, whose dayjob normally involves treating trauma victims with severe wounds, but now he's part of

the vaccination effort. he's seen, first—hand, the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on people from black, asian and other ethnic minority groups. there's a lot of anxiety out in the community about coronavirus and the vaccination, about its speed, about whether it works or not and a lot of misinformation on, particulary on social media about that. i think it's important that people take the opportunity to ask questions and have their concerns answered by trusted individuals. this government video is one way of spreading the vaccination message on social media. people from these communities are up to four times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, but there's growing evidence and research which shows they're more reluctant to be vaccinated. we have to trust that, you know, the scientists have done what they should be doing, government and everybody has done theirjob correctly and they've put this out there. they've had a lot of misconception, especially within the bangladeshi

community. it's more to do with not getting the information in the language that they need it or if they've got the misconceptions, where they come from. nhs staff are giving jabs from more than 1500 sites across the country. this is one of the busiest vaccination hubs in london and, at the moment, it's running twice a week, where up to 700 people a day are given a jab here. and for those still in doubt... we are not authority, we are people as well. we want to help our community get better. so, yes, please, ask questions. we'll give you the answer and tell you the truth and we can move forward from there. in an effort to get more people vaccinated, the government has now started to publish ethnicity data and it's hoped these clinics will end up attracting the most hard to reach hesitant communities. adina campbell, bbc news. this is bbc world news. our top stories this hour: thousands gather for

a second day in myanmar�*s main city to condemn the military coup and demand the release of leader aung sann suu kyi. a study shows the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine has limited effectiveness in preventing mild illness from the south african variant of coronavirus, but the team says it does help prevent severe cases. 0k, to india, now, and the huge protests by farmers there. thousands from right across the country blocked roads to pressure the government to roll back agricultural reforms. more than 50,000 security personnel were deployed around delhi. small farmers object to plans to open up food production to big business. 0ur india correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. roadblocks as farmers in cities across india staged a three—hour traffic jam. protests against the government's farm laws have spread nationwide, protesters say they will not give up until

the reforms are repealed. translation: in protest of the three farm laws i that a modi government have imposed on us, we are blocking the highways, but peacefully. there will be no violence and they will be carried out peacefully. the government says they will leave farmers better off by allowing them to sell direct to big businesses. farmers fear once big corporations enter the market, price guarantees on crops will eventually disappear. translation: the modi - government, under the pressure of big corporations, have brought these three farming laws. our demand is that these laws be repealed because it is notjust bad for farmers, it is harmfulfor the 1.3 billion people of our country. as tens of thousands of farmers continue to camp in protest just outside delhi, a high security presence remains in the area. internet has been shut

down at protest sites. farmers accuse the government of trying to silence them. the un human rights agency became the latest to comment on the protests, calling on the authorities to protect peaceful assembly and expression. it comes after public figures, including rihanna and greta thunberg, tweeted their support for the protests. in response, india's foreign ministry issued an unprecedented statement this week saying sensationalist social media by celebrities and others was neither accurate nor responsible. despite rounds of talks, both sides are in deadlock. this is the largest challenge facing india's populist prime minister, narendra modi. farm leaders say they will not go home until their demands are met. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. to northern iraq, now. the formal burial has taken place of more than 100 members of the yazidi

community who were murdered by the islamic state group. the ceremony has been held in the village of kocho, in the sinjar region, where is carried out an attempted genocide in 2014. tim allman reports. on this day, in this place, they have to queue up to bury the dead. coffin after coffin — 104 of them, to be precise — carried to their final resting place. with each one, a photograph representing a life lost and a family bereaved. "it is the worst day in history," said this man. "the worst day in history. "people die once, but we die every day. "these are our people, our community, all the yazidis. "they are our sons, brothers, mothers, fathers."

thousands fled, thousands died as the so—called islamic state lay siege to sinjar. many women and girls were abducted, some used as sex slaves by is fighters. many of those killed were buried in mass graves. only now, their exhumed remains are finally being returned home. when we speak to survivors and ask them what is it that you want? the first answer of most of them is, we want to know where our loved ones, what happened to them. so their loved ones are missing and they are transferred in other countries or they are in these mass graves that are all over sinjar. a funeral is an ending, a chance to say goodbye to a loved one. but for the yazidi community, this is only the beginning. there are so many more funerals still to come.

tim allman, bbc news. in cuba, a big change in its state—controlled economy — the government will now allow small private businesses to operate in most fields. the caribbean island is looking to recover from a devastating economic slump. our correspondent will grant is in havana. when they opened up the economy a decade ago, they created a list of around 130 or so activities that could move into the private sector. now they say there will be only 130 that will not be allowed in the private sector and over 2000 that will. in essence it is a huge step for a country like cuba which controls the economy and the means of production, of course, throughout the economy. but we do not know actually which sectors they will continue to control. quite clearly we can say education, anything to do with medicine or the production of food, the government is very unlikely to let go of that.

but in things like tourism they may open up quite a lot. thanks to will, there. in rugby union, scotland claimed a first win at twickenham since 1983 as returning fly—half finn russell orchestrated a shock six nations victory over england by 11—6. joe wilson was there. the word from scotland before this tournament was that if they brought their a—game, then they felt they were capable of beating anyone. and i suppose that's exactly what we saw here today. 1999 with the last time they were champions of europe, —— 1999 with the last time they were champions of europe, let's put it that way, when they won the last five nations tournament. over that period, there have been times when i think scotland had really strong back row forwards, in particular when they sent the ball out wide,

there was nobody there. more recently they have had this flamboyant reputation, almost playing basketball—style rugby with all the creativity and flair, perhaps not enough steel. today what we saw is a combination of all those elements coming together. above all else, they were in control of this match almost from the word go, that's really the remarkable thing. they maintained that intensity through the 80 minutes, and for a coach, that must feel almost like a perfect match. let's hear now from gregor townsend. i am delighted for the players. it's weird, i think when there's no crowd you maybe don't get emotionally invested in the game from the coaching box, so we were actually quite calm there in the second half. the way the players led on the field, their accuracy was superb in these conditions. we just had one of those days, first half we come in, - we're two points behind, - but in reality they've got 75% possession, the penalty count was something like 10—1, - so we're hanging in there. and, yeah, credit to our guys, we hung there today, - we had no ball, we had no field position, - we had no penalty count. and we've only got ourselves . to blame for the penalty count,

let's be clear about that. football, now. let's take you through the results from the english premier league. everton claimed a point in the 95th minute away at manchester united, thanks to dominic calvert lewin. the game ending 3—3. united's slip late on means they now trail premier league leaders manchester city by two points. elsewhere burnley drew 1—1 with brighton. a 9—man newcastle beat southampton 3—2. fulham v west ham was 0—0 and arsenal lost 1—0 away at aston villa. now, sweden's gothenburg film festival couldn't fill cinemas with people this year, so they had an idea. they sent one movie fan to a rock in the middle of the sea to watch every single film on their own.

we chose lisa because she is a big film lover and that's very important for us, that it will be someone who can appreciate the films that we love so much, and we decided to programme at the festival, but she has also dedicated this past year in the front line against the covid—19 pandemic. it was so nice just to be able to listen to your own mind, and not have this phone in your hand constantly, making noises and demanding to be heard. it was really nice just to put the phone down and don't care about the world outside. i watched the films that was on when i was there, so i watched all the movies that was on for the seven days, four or five movies each day.

the difficult ones were really more difficult because i was alone and no—one to share it with. it was just my own mind that kept me awake, being worried about werewolves and vampires. it was lonely, and it was brilliant. i actually want to go back again. is that possible? you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. it has been called the beast from the east 2 and during sunday strengthening easterly wind will bring in colder air and we will have snow falling widely. the focus of the snow has been in scotland and it is still snowing here now but the emphasis changes towards the south—east of england where we are closer to storm darcy, bringing thicker cloud and added moisture, which is bumping into that really cold air that we can trace all the way back to the baltic sea and towards the arctic. we will find snow falling by the morning in the south—east and east anglia. it might be slippery elsewhere, further north there will be snow showers coming in off the north sea. let's focus on the heaviest snow, where we have the amber

snow warning from the met office, it covers parts of suffolk, essex and kent. widely five to ten centimetres, more perhaps in some places and there will be blizzards and drifting as well with the winds continuing to strengthen. notjust knowing here, it will be snowing widely across the south—east of england and east anglia. further north, snow showers coming in off the north sea across scotland, northern england, northern wales, one or two for northern ireland, drier towards the south—west and parts of the midlands as well. the winds will be strong, perhaps gale force around the north sea coasts and it will make it feel cold. temperatures will be lower than saturday, so maybe two or three degrees at best. add on the strength of the wind and it will feel much colder, typically minus four or even minus five degrees. that run of cold easterly winds continue for the start of next week. the cold air coming over the slightly warmer north sea generates the cloud which generates the showers, which will be snow. those will stream their way

in across england, heading towards wales, lots of snow showers coming into scotland as well. drier for northern ireland. we shouldn't see the heavy falls of snow perhaps in the south—east of england but it will be very cold here. temperatures below freezing all day with that covering of snow and of course, because we have the strong winds, it will feel much colder in the wind as well. we are likely to find more snow showers, for eastern parts of the uk during tuesday. and by the middle part of the week, it may be a bit drier, not as windy but it is still going to be cold.

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this is bbc news, the headlines: thousands of people are gathering on the streets in myanmar for a second day to protest against the military coup. in the main city yangon, crowds are chanting slogans against military dictatorship and in support of democracy, calling for the release of detained leader aung san suu kyi. pharmaceutical company, astrazeneca, says a small trial suggests the coronavirus vaccine it's developed with oxford university, does not appear to offer much protection against mild or moderate disease, caused by the south africa variant. but the firm believes the jab would protect against severe disease. thousands of indian farmers brought some of the country's major roads to a standstill to show their opposition to new agriculture reforms, which they say would leave them out of pocket. dozens were arrested with more than 50,000 members of the security services being deployed for the protests.

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