this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. a breakaway glacier washes away a dam in northern india. the flooding kills at least nine people. more than 100 are missing. south africa suspends its use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. former us secretary of state george schultz is negotiating like he was negotiating how to the cold war, has died. after a three week delay, a massive logistical mission and handful of health scares, the australian open finally begins. here in melbourne _ open finally begins. here in melbourne park, _ open finally begins. here in melbourne park, there - open finally begins. here in melbourne park, there is i open finally begins. here in melbourne park, there is a | open finally begins. here in . melbourne park, there is a real buzz as they gets under way as

a dramatic buildup, it is all go for the first grand slam of the year. hello, welcome to the programme. we start in northern india. police say at least 200 people are still missing after a glacier broke free and smashed into a hydro—electric dam. one witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. a massive rescue operation is taking place and survivors have been pulled from the mud and rubble. it happened in uttara—khand state in the district of chamoli. our delhi correspondent rajini vaidyanthan has the latest. this dramatic bushy —— footage shows when the glacier burst.

as what a gust —— dashed down the valley, translation: i witness something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i'd never seen anything like it. about 50—100 people were running for their lives, but couldn't be saved. they were engulfed by the river. approximately 125 people could be missing. a power company is unable to give the figures. everyone is busy in the rescue operation. a moment of hope as rescuers rescued one man from this tunnel but dozens more are still feared trapped. officials say two power plants employ more than hundred 50 people who

are also hit. many of the workers unaccounted for. hospitals are on standby. in a tweet, india's by minister narendra modi said he was constantly monitoring the situation. india stand, he said. the latest on covid—19 now. south africa is suspending its full rollout of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. last week south africa received a million doses of the astrazeneca jab and had been due to start vaccinating people next week. here's south africa's health minister speaking at a video briefing. we need to get our team of directors and our scientists must quickly sit together and figure out what approach we are going to use in order to effectively deploy the

astrazeneca vaccines. it must be clear when that can be done, what conditions will be fulfilled, what we need to do about all of it. that basically is the assignment that has been given to our scientists that are altogether. it is a temporary issue we have to put onto astrazeneca. it is temporary until we figure out these issues, what are the next steps supposed to be. scientists behind the oxford astrazeneca vaccine say it should still prevent people needing hospital treatment or dying, if infected with the south african variant. around 100 cases of the variant have been identified in the uk. our medical editor fergus walsh reports on the latest research and the ongoing effort to combat emerging strains of the coronavirus. snow and ice did not

stop the vaccination drive in ipswich today. there is now a road, albeit a difficult one, out of the pandemic. but there is concern that current vaccines being used at thousands of centres across the uk might eventually lose some of their potency as coronavirus evolves. the oxford astrazeneca jab works well against the kent variant first seen in september and now dominant in the uk. but a small study of 2,000 young adults in south africa suggests it gives minimal protection against mild and moderate disease caused by the variant there. even so, scientists in oxford are confident that it would still prevent serious covid disease. maybe we won't be reducing the number of cases as much, but we still won't be seeing the deaths, the hospitalisations and the severe disease, and that's really important for health care systems. even if we are having mild and asymptomatic infections, to prevent people from going

to hospital with covid would have a major effect. coronavirus is constantly mutating. most changes aren't a worry. vaccines use the gene from the spike protein to train the immune system, so if this code mutates, as it has in the variance from south africa, brazil and kent, it may make the virus less visible to antibodies. thankfully, t cells, another part of our immune system, look like they can spot infection, meaning existing vaccines should protect against severe disease. more than 100 cases of the south africa variant has been found in the uk, and house—to—house testing in affected areas is under way in a bid to suppress its spread. but it's inevitable that more variants will emerge.

the oxford team are creating prototype vaccines against several variants and say they'll be ready, if needed, by the autumn. coronavirus immunisation may become an annual event. we see very much probably an annual or a booster in the autumn, the way we do with flu vaccinations, where you look at what variant of virus is spreading around round the world, you rapidly produce a variant of vaccine and then begin to protect the nation. the more coronavirus mutates, the less likely it is that transmission can be stopped. it means covid will probably be a permanent threat. but like other diseases, mostly preventable by vaccination. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. us presidentjoe biden says he won't lift sanctions against iran, as long as the islamic republic fails to adhere to its nuclear deal commitments. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium, but only within certain limits.

the polls have closed in ecuador�*s elections for a new president and national assembly. there are three main contenders to replace the current president, leneen moreno. the front runner is the former head of ecuador�*s central bank, andres arauz. the country is suffering from the covid pandemic, which has killed 15,000 people in the nation of 17 million people. rolls—royce is considering plans to temporarily close itsjet engine factories this summer to try to save money because of the pandemic. the two—week shutdown is thought to be the first in the company's history, affecting its entire civil aerospace division and 12,500 workers in the uk we'rejoined from san francisco by philip taubman, president ronald reagan's long—term secretary of state has died at age 100. he spent most of the 1980s and try to forge a course for peace in the middle east. as america's top diplomat from 1982 to 1989 under president reagan, he conducted negotiations which

led to the conclusion of the cold war. we'rejoined from san francisco by philip taubman, who is currently at stanford university and writing a biography of george shultz. thank you for coming on the programme. iam sure thank you for coming on the programme. i am sure it is difficult to sum up in a couple of sentences, but what do you think his legacy is? i of sentences, but what do you think his legacy is?— think his legacy is? i think sinnet think his legacy is? i think signet -- _ think his legacy is? i think signet -- singular - think his legacy is? i think signet -- singular legacyl think his legacy is? i think i signet -- singular legacy was signet —— singular legacy was working in partnership with reagan to wind down the cold war and then of course reagan and schultz working in with gorbachev. when you look back at his career, that is what he will be most remembered for. what other skills that he had that he brought to that role? fix, that he brought to that role? great deal of patience and fortitude because before he got to the point where reagan trusted him and off and gave him enough support to pursue a diplomatic agenda with the kremlin, shulltz had to be back

a formidable opposition within the reagan administration. it was a very conservative advisers including the secretary of defence, the director of the cia, the national security adviser at the white house and for his first two plus years, the secretary of state, shulltz kept running into this roadblock and kept bouncing back and trying over and over again and eventually he succeeded so it was the ability to prevail in that infighting that was the first secret to his success. once they got engaged with gorbachev, it was his openness and relations with the soviet union could be improved, that the soviet union was a reliable negotiating partner, his willingness to talk to robert charles in a candid way —— to talk to

gorbachev. even more so, there was a human it touched to george shultz�*s diplomacy that had never existed previously in us soviet relations. that had never existed previously in us soviet relations.— us soviet relations. that is it so interesting _ us soviet relations. that is it so interesting that _ us soviet relations. that is it so interesting that i - us soviet relations. that is it so interesting that i just - us soviet relations. that is it| so interesting that i just want so interesting that ijust want to move away from the soviet union briefly and go to the middle east where of course he did a lot of work. we are hearing just today and this evening about relations with iran. presidentjobe biden insert 2015 agreement just presidentjoe biden. it is a difficult role forjoe biden now, i'm picking what to unpick and where to go now. what do you think mr schultz would have made of it was to mark he would often talk about an incident in and it may —— arabian administration where american forces basically detained in

iranian navy vessel and demanded concessions in a demand. demanded concessions in a demand-— demanded concessions in a demand. ~ u, ., demand. when it came to the nuclear agreement _ demand. when it came to the nuclear agreement with - demand. when it came to the nuclear agreement with iran, | demand. when it came to the i nuclear agreement with iran, my sense was that he did not, he was not a fan of it and where he still alive and biden decided to reopen talks with the iranians, i think georgia's position probably would have been, well, if you're owing to do that, you have got to insist that they make concessions in a variety of related areas, limitations on the missile programme, cutting out their support for terrorism in the middle east, so i think it was one of the few topics where he tended to agree with trump. absolutely fascinating. thank you so much for your time. most welcome- _ stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more sport, the biggest

sporting event in the us calendar, the super bowl, is under way. this is the moment that millions in iran had buries mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking first steps into a new south africa. —— there's. ayatollah khamenei has said he has surpassed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book that many muslims say is as —— blasphemous. muslims say is as -- blasphemous.- muslims say is as -- blasphemous. muslims say is as -- blashemous. , ., , ., blasphemous. the people of haiti have — blasphemous. the people of haiti have come _ blasphemous. the people of haiti have come to - blasphemous. the people ofj haiti have come to celebrate the acting of the resident baby doctor bell yeah.— the acting of the resident baby doctor bell yeah. showgirl was ke -t in a doctor bell yeah. showgirl was kept in a special _ doctor bell yeah. showgirl was kept in a special box _ doctor bell yeah. showgirl was kept in a special box was i doctor bell yeah. showgirl was kept in a special box was that. kept in a special box was that he was — kept in a special box was that he was driven away in a horsebox that these had brought

with them. ,, ., ., with them. queen of her realm, head of the _ with them. queen of her realm, head of the commonwealth, i head of the commonwealth, defender_ head of the commonwealth, defender of— head of the commonwealth, defender of the _ head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. - this is bbc news, the latest headlines: at least nine people have died and more than 100 are missing after part of the himalayan glacier broke away and northern india and smashed into a dam, causing flooding. south africa says it's spending its full rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine after studies show disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. to the latest on the military coup on myanmar now. we've seen the largest protests in more than a decade. tens of thousands of people demanding the release of the elected leader aung san suu kyi. internet access has now been restored after a day—long blackout. the military seized power a week ago after claiming, without evidence, that

the november election was fraudulent. from bangkok our correspondent jonathan head reports. they started marching in the morning, and the numbers just kept growing. if the soldiers who unseated myanmar�*s elected government on monday thought their coup would be unopposed, thousands came out to prove them wrong, filling the streets. chanting. "democracy is our right", they chanted, "ending dictatorship, ourwill". horns honk. the traffic was forced to a crawl and cars sounded their horns, not in anger, but in support, and in defiance of the police, who mutely watched as yangon city centre was taken over. many wore or carried the colour red of the national league for democracy, the deposed party of aung san suu kyi. and everywhere, herface. she's still

in military custody, but very much the symbol of this growing resistance movement. chanting. translation: we don't want to go back to military rule. we don't want to live in fear. we want mother suu to be freed from being under detention unjustly. translation: they can block the internet and other - communications, but they can't block people's ears, their mouths and their brains. the security forces made no attempt to break up the massive crowd. some traffic police even handed out water. just for a moment, you could forget that a popular leader had been overthrown at the point ofa gun. but the momentum behind this movement must worry myanmar�*s military rulers. there were similar protests across the country in the second city, mandalay,

a surprisingly big march in remote and mountainout chin state, and even in the military�*s own citadel, the fortress—like capital naypidaw, a noisy rally of protesting motorbike riders. the military may hold all the levers of government, but for now, the streets belong to the people. after an anxious and dispiriting week, there was relief and enjoyment in these protests. but the army has killed thousands before to shore up its power. it may do so again. jonathan head, bbc news. the president of haiti says an attempt to kill him and overthrow the government has been foiled, amid a dispute over when his term ends. at least 23 people were arrested, including a topjudge and a senior police officer

presidentjovnell moheez insists his term in office ends in february 2022. but opponents say it finished on sunday. protesters took to the streets of the capital port—au—prince and other towns over his refusal to step down. translation: today, we do not recounise translation: today, we do not recognise him — translation: today, we do not recognise him as _ translation: today, we do not recognise him as president i recognise him as president because his mandate is over. according to the constitution and electoral law, jovenel moise's mandate is over. the haiti prime — moise's mandate is over. the haiti prime minister has called for calm and dialogue. translation:- for calm and dialogue. translation: �* , ., translation: let's call for calm, dialogue. _ translation: let's call for calm, dialogue. i'm - translation: let's call for calm, dialogue. i'm not i calm, dialogue. i'm not violent. i don't like violence. violence makes no sense. participate in the next elections. talk to the people and participate in the elections. that way, you can take power. the biggest game in american football —

the super bowl — is under way in florida. it's a little unusual this year of course, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some spectators have been allowed into the stadium. the kansas city chiefs are taking on the tampa bay buccaneers. earlier i spoke to gary gramling — senior editor at sports illustrated, and i put it to him that this was game about two quarterbacks. it is. you have tom brady on one side aged 43, his setjust about every significant super bowl record there is a. he's playing on his 10th one, he can win his seventh one. he is objectively recognised as the greatest football player of all time and then on the other side you have patrick mahomes, 25 years old, he won the super bowl last year. if he wins again this year he will be the first player, excuse me, the first player, excuse me, the first quarterback to ever win two super bowl by age 25 and quite frankly he is a talent like the league has never seen and he's being expected to go on his own dynastic run here

the kansas city chiefs. and on his own dynastic run here the kansas city chiefs. and tom brad , the kansas city chiefs. and tom brady. one _ the kansas city chiefs. and tom brady. one of — the kansas city chiefs. and tom brady, one of those _ the kansas city chiefs. and tom brady, one of those sports i brady, one of those sports stars that transcends his sport of course. notjust around america but around the world and the remarkable thing this year, hejoined a new team? he year, he “oined a new team? he did. it is year, hejoined a new team? he: did. it is very unusual, very difficult. i'm in, look, it's very difficult to win a super bowl anyway. these are two evenly matched teams stopping to be able to switch teams, and these are a tempered team, around the middle of the pack, think they finished 79, boy, they have hit new heights there with their franchise and tom brady, even though maybe he's not putting up as best statistical season, a lot of people will tell you he makes a big difference in the locker room and just with the confidence level that team and general plays with. just confidence level that team and general plays with.— general plays with. just what kind of impact _ general plays with. just what kind of impact as _ general plays with. just what kind of impact as this - general plays with. just what kind of impact as this game, | kind of impact as this game, will it have on america? because it is a huge event on the calendar there, whether you are a football fan or not. it's are a football fan or not. it's a ritual. but given the

pandemic going on, what significance does it have the set with yellow a lot of people have very different plans. usually there are big super bowl parties here and then for the city, it's a carnival like atmosphere around the stadium all week. they didn't really have that in temper and it's especially unusual because this is the first you've ever had a team play the super bowl and their home stadium. they determined that beforehand every year. so, what might have been a really big party this weekend and temper was still a party but a bit of a smaller party but a bit of a smaller party and of course, they have less than half capacity crowd there. and temper they are in charge and that match at the moment. the australian open is under way as well, the most ambitious sporting competition since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. it is only happening because australia has been able to control the spread of the virus. �* ., ., ., virus. been a tough ride for the australian open with i virus. been a tough ride for i

the australian open with hotel quarantine dramas. just last week more than 500 players, officials and staff were forced back into isolation, because of a covid—19 case in their hotel. there was fair that this might not go ahead but this is day1 and it is very much under way melbourne park has a real buzz about it this morning, we have seen people coming and through the gate all morning, some making their way to the tennis courts to watch the matches and others sitting outside. it's a little bit chilly watching on the big screen, and it has been really, really challenging getting to this stage, not without its controversy of course with some players complaining about quarantining with covid—19 positive cases on their plains, but i think much to the organisers' relief and thrill, players are now on the courts, fans are trickling and and play is now about to start. and what about those fans,

because many people and many countries around the world who are locked in their houses at the moment, unable to see family, friends, they will be seeing crowds of people entering. are there any special measures that are being taken there? . . . measures that are being taken there? , , ., ., there? oh, this is all about covid-19 — there? oh, this is all about covid-19 safety. _ there? oh, this is all about covid-19 safety. the i there? oh, this is all about| covid-19 safety. the minute there? oh, this is all about i covid-19 safety. the minute you covid—19 safety. the minute you walk in, there is no doubt that this is a very, very different tournament. on the big screen there are all these rules that are being announced just on loop. when people walk and they have to sanitise. mask wearing is also advisable if you are not social distancing, you wear masks and doors, not outdoors. all tickets are digital, that is to limit contact but also for contact tracing and the park itself has actually been arranged differently. there are three different zones which means people can't walk freely on the part but that is to limit contact and to help and contact tracing as well. there are really interesting tennis twists on covid—19 rules, there

are posters saying b an ace, cover your face, are posters saying b an ace, coveryourface, or are posters saying b an ace, cover yourface, or keep are posters saying b an ace, cover your face, or keep a racket�*s distance, the people who are coming here are in no doubt that they have to be covidsafe, that they have to social distance but of course melbourne has been under one of the longest and strictest covid—19 lockdowns in the world, so they feel after this time they know how the rest of the world feels but they also want to show an example of what it is like to come out after that and be able to enjoy some entertainment and good tennis. let's quickly get onto the tennis, then. who are the favourites? big names obviously there but their preparation is so unusual this time.- so unusual this time. yeah, many players _ so unusual this time. yeah, many players have - so unusual this time. yeah, many players have been i so unusual this time. yeah, i many players have been forced into lockdown, some longer than others because of those covid—19 cases on their plains or in hotel quarantine, so they have been complaints that there wasn't enough practice time but we've just seen naomi wasn't enough practice time but we'vejust seen naomi osaka walk into the court with big chair as. we got huge names and sport. naomi osaka, serena

williams, ash barty, novak djokovic, nick kyrgios of course always provides interesting times on the court. all of them are going to play and again, i think, you all of them are going to play and again, ithink, you know, much has been talked about in terms of financial revenue and whether this is a big risk. i think what people are looking at here is, the world looking to australia to provide an example of what it is like to hold a major international event with huge sporting names, even with the challenges of the locals because it is going to local tourists of the travel bands and the border closure. it is also about australians, melburnians who have stuck with that lockdown and now are out and enjoying that big event. that's just about it from me. as always, there's plenty more on the website or download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter,

i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. we have a particularly cold week ahead across the uk, as we are set to set an arctic air with biting easterly winds, particularly for today and tomorrow stop it is also the threat of some heavy snowfall to contend with, potentially causing disruption for some. where is the very cold air coming from? all the way from the deck, really. via the baltic and feeding and across the uk on a strong easterly wind. to the south—east of the uk today we have the tail end of storm gusty. darcy is often to the continent but this lingering weather front could produce heavy snow across some counties of eastern england, the met office has marked out an area in amber with a warning for the risk of destruction.

did start out a little bit of a mixture of rain and sleet in the far south—east but as the cold air drives itself further south throughout the afternoon it is likely to be more persistent snow as the day draws to a close. it will perhaps retreat a little bit further eastward throughout the afternoon. snowfall strong— gale force gusts of wind as well. blizzards and drifting could be an issue. driving showers across england, perhaps even northern ireland and the welsh mountains. cold across the board and if you factor in the board and if you factor in the wind it will feel —3, —4 quite typically. and through the evening and overnight as darcy pulls away we pick up a more direct perhaps easterly airstream to the south of the uk and look how that is been able to send the showers further west across the midlands, into wales, perhaps towards the moors of the southwest so further snow for central and eastern england overnight, scotland and northern england as well but perhaps the showers a little

further and fewer between here. overnight monday, the more persistent bands setting across scotland streaming into northern england. not all areas will see the showers, obviously there's gaps between those bands and there will be some sunshine but if you are stuck underneath one of the bands of showers, the snow could pile up quite significantly, although around rather with the strength of easterly wind which again, on monday, keep things feeling warm. nothing changes very dramatically through the week ahead. we still sit in this cold arctic the isobars do, as you can see, take themselves slightly tuesday into wednesday. what that will mean, hopefully, as the wind will ease back somewhat.

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this is bbc news, the headlines: at least nine people have been killed after a glayseeal broke off and sent a surge of rock in northern india. it caused a dam to burst and more than 100 people are unaccounted for. south africa is suspending its full rollout of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. it is a setback for the inoculation programme there which was due to start this week after the country received a million doses of the jab. and president reagan's long—term secretary of state george shultz has died aged 100. he spent most of the 19805 aged 100. he spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the soviet union and attempting to forge peace in the middle east. he was also one of the main figures to republican oppose donald trump.

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