this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. uk government launches a final push to vaccinate the most vulnerable as it closes in on its target of 15 million jobs. it on its target of 15 millionjobs. if you're in one of those groups what i would say is please come forward if you have not already got an appointment to get this jab because the more people who get this jab the safer everyone is. meanwhile, leading british scientist one vaccines must be made available to poorer countries in order to bring the pandemic under control. the former us president is expected to be acquitted saturday when senators reconvened a vote on his second impeachment trial. protests in myanmar have entered

their eighth day as the un passes a resolution denouncing the military coup and calling for the release of aung san suu kyi. and how would this mystery uninvited guests dropped into one family to the great surprise. hello. this is our catwalk. we will have more about our little cat flap visitor later this half hour. welcome hugejoining us later in the uk are around the world. i am sure in life. the british government is making a concerted push to offering the coronavirus vaccine to the 50 million people most at risk by monday which would cover most of those at risk of dying from

covid—19. the government have described this as a final push to try and encourage people to have the jab. more than 1a million people in the uk have had at least one dose already and doctors are keen to stress that anybody who has previously turned down a vaccine can still book an appointment. the health secretary matt hancock has said that he hopes that covid—19 will become another illness we can learn to live with like flu and it should be a treatable disease by the end of this year and it has been announced that the efficacy of the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine is set to be tested on children as young as six. we could be looking at what this could mean for a road map out of lockdown shortly but first on the uk's vaccination effort are helpless and kathleen burns has more. —— our health correspondent kathleen burns has more.

it's less than ten weeks since margaret keenan became the first person to have a covid vaccine outside of clinical trials in the uk. it was the start of the biggest vaccination programme in nhs history. then in mosques and museums, stadiums and pharmacies, more than 1500 centres across the uk, over 1a million people have had a first dose of the covid vaccine. the government target was to offer that first dose to about 15 million people by the 15th of february. those in the top priority group include care home staff and residents, front line health workers, anybody aged 70 or over, and people who are extremely clinically vulnerable. ministers expected that around three quarters of people who were offered the vaccine would accept it. the reality has been much higher, about nine in ten over—70s. but there's still a final push, encouraging those who are yet to be vaccinated to come forward. we are totally focused on meeting the target of offering, by monday, everybody who is aged over 70 or a health or social care worker,

or who is clinically extremely vulnerable, offering them all the jab. and if you're in one of those groups, what i would say is, please come forward if you haven't already got an appointment to be jabbed, because the more people who get this jab, the safer everybody is. thejob is farfrom over, though. now, as well as giving second booster injections, the focus turns to over—50s. the aim is to offer a first dose of vaccine to them by may and all adults by september. government and the nhs will work with local authorities, charities, and faith leaders to achieve this. catherine burns, bbc news. the efficacy of the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine in children is set to be tested in a new clinical trial. researchers will use 300 volunteers to test whether the jab will produce a strong immune response in children aged between 16 and 17. the university of oxford said theirs was the first trial in

the 6-17 said theirs was the first trial in the 6—17 age group. 0ther trials have been done but only measured efficacy between those 16 and 17. just a last push between those clinically vulnerable groups and those at the top of the age range of 70. a minister is pretty confident, if they are showing their faces at vaccination centres this weekend i guess they are? i vaccination centres this weekend i guess they are?— guess they are? i think that is riuht. i guess they are? i think that is right. ithink_ guess they are? i think that is right. i think the _ guess they are? i think that is right. i think the expectation l right. i think the expectation across whitehall is that the government will meet this target probably today or tomorrow, maybe find out about it on monday, and i suppose, then, it is what happens next, and i think meeting that target adds pressure to the government from backbenchers to give more details of what opening of society is going to look like. now, we know that the prime minister wants to look at the data next week in the week after so the week beginning the 22nd he is going to outline how england comes out of lockdown but we are already hearing

tory backbenchers saying, look, if we have managed to do this with a vaccine, if there better drug treatments out there, then we need to think about opening up quite quickly, about trying to get the economy moving again. really interesting, as well, that matt hancock, the health secretary in the uk has been in the daily telegraph this morning talking about what the next few months looks like and suggesting that by the end of the year coronavirus will be far more treatable, a combination of vaccines and treatments mean that, ultimately, it could be a bit like flu. it is still there but it is manageable.— flu. it is still there but it is manageable. flu. it is still there but it is manaueable. , ., , , ., manageable. obviously, we have accelerated _ manageable. obviously, we have accelerated the _ manageable. obviously, we have accelerated the process - manageable. obviously, we have accelerated the process of - manageable. obviously, we have accelerated the process of the i manageable. obviously, we have. accelerated the process of the flu, took years to get anything like that stage, but the economic damage has been considerable, the amount of money the government has had to spendin money the government has had to spend in terms of shoring up the economy and we saw on friday the ninth shrinkage of the uk economy, biggest ever on record, no great surprise, but it is how we get to

that from —— 9% shrinkage of the uk economy, how we get to that goal from that to a place that is more healthy. from that to a place that is more health . ., , from that to a place that is more health . . , ., ., , healthy. the lasting damage is auoin to healthy. the lasting damage is going to be _ healthy. the lasting damage is going to be more _ healthy. the lasting damage is going to be more considerable - healthy. the lasting damage is. going to be more considerable than it is going to be but there is the argument on the other side that came from the scientists that you cannot go too fast because then you the risk another wave of the virus and another peek. you cannot put too much pressure on the nhs too quickly because it is still under pressure in cases, deaths and hospitalisations are starting to come down there is still significant strain on the health service and ultimately what the prime minister is going to have to weigh up over the next few weeks as the various competing interests that we have had throughout this pandemic. the politics, which is tory backbenchers knocking on his door saying we need to start opening up again, health experts and don't go too fast, think about the pressure that the health services under annals of the boris

johnson, i think, services under annals of the boris johnson, ithink, some services under annals of the boris johnson, i think, some realisation that they have gone too fast in the past and there is a real viewer number ten that this needs to be the last lockdown, not to repeat some of the mistakes we saw late in 2021 may be we opened up too quickly and that meant that we went back into lockdown fairly quickly as well. there is a lot to weigh up over the next ten days or so.— there is a lot to weigh up over the next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense, next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense. he — next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense, no previous _ next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense, no previous road _ next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense, no previous road map - next ten days or so. yes, and, in a sense, no previous road map to i next ten days or so. yes, and, in a i sense, no previous road map to guide you. sense, no previous road map to guide ou. , . , , sense, no previous road map to guide ou. , ., , , , you. yes, absolutely. there is the lesson to be _ you. yes, absolutely. there is the lesson to be learned _ you. yes, absolutely. there is the lesson to be learned but - you. yes, absolutely. there is the lesson to be learned but if - you. yes, absolutely. there is the lesson to be learned but if you i you. yes, absolutely. there is the| lesson to be learned but if you are looking at a long—term solution, now, something that will take you through notjust the next few now, something that will take you through not just the next few weeks but the next two months and ultimately years based on the new treatments and the vaccine roll—out, thatis treatments and the vaccine roll—out, that is something new and it is a tricky balance to get. nick eardley, our political correspondent. thank you very much. seven leading british scientists are warning that the i in my reef along

is if poorer countries including the vaccine roll—out. this had billions of people may not get inoculated this year and that might allow the virus to mutate further and eventually become resistant to their axial together. eventually become resistant to their axialtogether. is eventually become resistant to their axial together. is that production has to be ramped and vaccines have to be priced accordingly. the smack priced affordably. how will by the state of play at the moment? vaccines are there but they have a long way from being being there for everybody. —— how worried are you by the state of play at the moment? if are you by the state of play at the moment? ., ., ., , ., , ., moment? if we do not treat this as a ulobal moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem _ moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem and _ moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem and if _ moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem and if the _ moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem and if the virus i moment? if we do not treat this as a global problem and if the virus is i global problem and if the virus is allowed to continue to rage in some parts of the world, we might see the continuous risk of new mutations emerging are still there and so even if we end up vaccinating the entire population in the uk and the us and other rich countries, you know,

these new viruses or variants might undermine the efficacy of existing vaccines and that could pose problems for us here in the uk. we saw a relatively small but rather significant... between the european commission and at least one of the drug companies a few weeks ago which led to some unfortunate political decisions and quickly rode back from a lot of tension but that kind of vaccine nationalism if you want to put it like that which i think the who secretary general has referred to this as, it is not going to go away, is it, this year? particularly if vaccines are still be done might being produced by relatively small number of companies you may be making their information accessible through different sources but don't necessarily have production capacity to match it. ~ , ., to match it. absolutely. i think they keep _ to match it. absolutely. i think they keep bottleneck- to match it. absolutely. i think they keep bottleneck at - to match it. absolutely. i think they keep bottleneck at this i to match it. absolutely. i think. they keep bottleneck at this point of time is apply. if we had more doses to go around we would be less concerned about which countries are at the front of the queue in which

is giving enough doses. again, if we had enough doses we would not be seeing this recent spat between the european commission and a vaccine maker. it shows how important it is to work to expand production capacity. to work to expand production ca aci . ., , to work to expand production caaci . ., ,., capacity. there are parts of the world where, _ capacity. there are parts of the world where, at _ capacity. there are parts of the world where, at the _ capacity. there are parts of the world where, at the moment, i capacity. there are parts of the l world where, at the moment, at least, thankfully, it has not hit hard. it is clearly hit hard in particular countries, thinks of sub—saharan africa where most of the statistics saying 3% of infections were part of the world that represent 14% of the population. the pressure is that you were worried this kind of benefit may disappear because of acts might virus itself may be given time to evolve further. absolutely, so it might be that the country that has lower rates of community transmission in the uk and other countries at the moment, might find themselves _ other countries at the moment, might find themselves in _ other countries at the moment, might find themselves in a _ other countries at the moment, “n grit find themselves in a different situation in a few months�* time so we do not want to wait for the prom

to arrive. there are poor countries without access to adequate amounts of vaccine where the virus is waging as well see her both of these concerns to think about. mas as well see her both of these concerns to think about. was about the efforts that _ concerns to think about. was about the efforts that the _ concerns to think about. was about the efforts that the who, - concerns to think about. was about the efforts that the who, the - concerns to think about. was about the efforts that the who, the un | concerns to think about. was about l the efforts that the who, the un has been involved in as well, and the various vaccine advocacy charities, health advocacy charities, the covax scheme? is that not going to be sufficient?— sufficient? that is this game to effectively _ sufficient? that is this game to effectively provide _ sufficient? that is this game to effectively provide subsidised l effectively provide subsidised vaccines to poorer countries in the world. , . . ~ vaccines to poorer countries in the world. , ., . ~ ., , ,. world. the smack that is the scheme to rovide world. the smack that is the scheme to provide subsidised _ world. the smack that is the scheme to provide subsidised vaccines. i to provide subsidised vaccines. vaccine the _ to provide subsidised vaccines. vaccine the at _ to provide subsidised vaccines. vaccine the at least most vulnerable individuals, front line health workers. covax is at risk of not meeting that goal if rich countries continue to buy out, you know, all the stock while we are in short supply so some countries like the uk unlike canada has secured enough doses at this point in time to

vaccinate their populations many times over so i think it is important now, as you are saying early on your show, the uk government is hoping to finish vaccinating the absolute highest risk groups in the coming days and wants countries reach that target, that milestone, i think it is a good time to take stock of where we are and see what, at this point, can we start to provide doses to the world health organization so that poorer countries can follow suit? assistant rofessor countries can follow suit? assistant professor of — countries can follow suit? assistant professor of health _ countries can follow suit? assistant professor of health policy _ countries can follow suit? assistant professor of health policy at - countries can follow suit? assistant professor of health policy at the i professor of health policy at the lse in london. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. senators in the united states are expected to vote later saturday at the second impeachment trial of donald trump. lawyers representing the president of accused democrats of using proceedings to settle old political scores sing the charge of incitement of insurrection is a monstrous lie. our us correspondent

has more. chanting: fight for trump! donald trump told his supporters to fight like hell. but did he really mean it? nothing in the text could ever be construed as encouraging, condoning, or enticing unlawful activity of any kind. of course he did not, his lawyers argued, in a combative and brief defence. this was ordinary political rhetoric. to make its point, the defence produced a selectively edited video of democrats uttering the same word. fight that fight. we have been fighting... i was fighting very hard... time is of the essence both in terms of the fight... i think we should be fighting... there was no attempt to play down the horror of the violence, but mr trump�*s lawyers argued that those responsible had hijacked the event for their own purposes. the fact that the attacks were apparently premeditated, as alleged by the house managers, demonstrates the ludicrousness of the incitement allegation against the president.

you can�*t incite what was already going to happen. instead, they accused democrats of a politically motivated witch—hunt — the climax of years of trying to drive mr trump from office. mr heinrich. mr heinrich, aye. mr hickenlooper. mr hickenlooper, aye. ms hirono. ms hirono, aye. the defence was performing for an audience of one and he will almost certainly be acquitted in a vote later today. the shortest impeachment trial in us history. if there�*s one thing clear it�*s that both sides want this finished as soon as possible. and on one other thing they could agree. officer goodman, thank you. applause. the courage of a police officer who protected them from the dangers that crossed party lines that day. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington.

joining us now is an associate professor fester in political science at university college london. what did you make of the defence argument as it summed up? to defence argument as it summed up? tr? me, there's almost nothing me, there�*s almost nothing suspenseful about this impeachment trial and a not guilty verdict is a foregone conclusion. everything we have seen so far including from the republican defence, serious observers of american politics were predicting from a mile away. as evidence, republicans used only about three of the four hours —— three or four hours of their allocated hours defending trump and at least some legal experts have suggested that is three more more hours than they needed in the argument is a better strategy would be not to put a defence on at all and just to say that the house managers did not meet their burden to convicts. the minutes of the case as a burden is the politics of the moment and everything really vows to politics here. there is a question

of whether a fever public and senators might rebel against trump and vote guilty but it won�*t be anywhere near the 17 also required to convict. ~ ., ., _, to convict. what about, if i could ut it to convict. what about, if i could put it this _ to convict. what about, if i could put it this way. _ to convict. what about, if i could put it this way, the _ to convict. what about, if i could put it this way, the court - to convict. what about, if i could put it this way, the court of i to convict. what about, if i could l put it this way, the court of public opinion in the united states? data shows that the _ opinion in the united states? list: shows that the great majority opinion in the united states? liist: shows that the great majority of americans prefer the don�*t want be convicted and barred from holding future federal office but the numbers are divided very starkly along partisan lines and that reflects the same mass level polarisation that characterise the entirety of trumps turn. about 80% of rampant file —— rank and file republicans want trump equity to end that says a lot. i think most americans are viewing this on one of two ways. they are either disgusted with the impunity culture that surrounds trump and they are horrified that a sequence of events like we saw onjanuary six at the us capitol could end without any real accountability at the top or they

are just looking at this proceeding and saying, you know, why are we doing this? they are asking why this trial is even happening if everyone knows how it is going to end. what knows how it is going to end. what about the intervention _ knows how it is going to end. what about the intervention we had from the former governor and indeed former un ambassador appointed by mr trump, nikki haley on friday, who effectively said that we had been lied to and quite a lot of republican politicians had been lying to the party�*s supporters and voters about the stolen election and narrative that donald trump promoted. i mean, in a sense, she is taking a bit of a risk, isn�*t she, breaking from the ranks in this way? of it she kind of laying down a marker for of it she kind of laying down a markerfor her of it she kind of laying down a marker for her own career? well, nikki haley _ marker for her own career? well, nikki haley does _ marker for her own career? well, nikki haley does have _ marker for her own career? vii nikki haley does have presidential aspirations and she strikes me as fairly opportunistic in terms of where she is going. i think that you know, she intends to take in whatever direction the political wind is blowing so maybe this is a

harbinger of more republican speaking out publicly against trump. for her, it is a political calculation but that does not mean it is the right political calculation. clearly, the republican party is undergoing extreme political battles at the moment about its future direction but i�*m still somewhat sceptical that we will see a sharp pivot away from trump at least in the short term. trump at least in the short term. trump can lead acquittal in the senate trial to embolden his base and while four years as a lifetime in politics and trump may or may not decide to run again in 2024, what trump represents in the form of trump represents in the form of trump —ism is not going away and i think until donald trump is defeated he is still the de facto leader within the overlooking party and he is going to command considerable deference for most politicians. aha, deference for most politicians. a doctor at ucl, thank you very much a being with us. we will be live in washington when

the trial resumes at three o�*clock greenwich mean time in the uk but ten o�*clock eastern standard time in the united states and in washington d c. do not forget that there is more formatting that have been fact checking. just head to the bbc news website as well. the united nations passed a resolution deploring the military coup in myanmar and calling for the immediate release of aung san suu kyiand immediate release of aung san suu kyi and others detained. as a fever lifting and passing which are not ending the eighth day a fortnight of the coup took place, as michael bell reports. the track hundreds of people are participating in protests which are now entering their eighth day.

the stand—off between protesters and police is deepening. rubber bullets fired on the streets in the south—east of the country. casualties amongst those standing firm against the coup. others taken away. it is not what the military hoped for from their february the 1st takeover. could their authority now fade into thin air? translation: we need to maintain this dignity. due to unscrupulous persons�* incitement, some civil service personnel have failed to perform their duties at present. but the defiant chant here is, don�*t go to work, struggle to be free. translation: we are united and growing. i we lawyers and civil servants must work together to get rid of authoritarianism. we must act within the law, but not obey the unlawful government. translation: i call on the us and other governments - of the world to act strongly using diplomatic means. that call is being heard. the human rights council wants aung san suu kyi�*s elected government restored, access for aid and human rights monitors and... immediately release all individuals arbitrarily detained.

they should have prompt access to legal representation and medical support and spurious criminal charges should be dropped. the military has just released thousands of prisoners. but opponents fear they could bolster the efforts of the junta in a repeat of what happened during a bloody time 33 years ago. wailing. back in 1988 the military escalated and conducted a brutal crackdown, killed thousands of protesters in the streets of rangoon and elsewhere. 2007 also. but we�*re also concerned about night—time arrests of government and dissidents. chanting. yet that memory is not discouraging this mighty show of defiance on the waters. and at the roots of resistance that seems to be heading for more confrontation. mark lobel, bbc news.

the remains of soldiers have been laid to— the remains of soldiers have been laid to rest— the remains of soldiers have been laid to rest in— the remains of soldiers have been laid to rest in western _ the remains of soldiers have been laid to rest in western russia. i the remains of soldiers have been laid to rest in western russia. the soldiers who _ laid to rest in western russia. soldiers who died in napoleon's soldiers who died in napoleon�*s retreat from moscow in 1812 were honoured by the direct descendants of military leaders in the complex marking of a moment of unity between france and russia. participants fate freezing temperatures and heavy snow in the town to make speeches, laying flowers at a new memorial and, if you just heard, fire a cannon to mark the occasion. now, when zoe and bruce henderson were woken in the night by strange noises in the kitchen they assumed it was their pet cats getting up to mystery. the truth, though, was a little stranger than the imagined, sp is hop that has been finding out. —— as peers hop kurt has been finding out.

it began as a mystery. who was the night—time intruder breaking into the henderson family home? fortunately, cctv caught him in the act and they soon got the answer nose to nose. i was asleep in bed, and heard some noises in the kitchen and sort of stirred and as i sort of turned to the side, i felt something on the side of the bed, thinking it was one of the cats trying to get up, and turned around to see a big squishy black nose that was a badger with his two clawed feet on the side of my bed, so i was a little bit surprised at sort of five o�*clock in the morning. i couldn�*t believe it, i was amazed. seemingly unfazed and lured by the smell of cat food, the badger came back and, ever since, he�*s made himself quite at home. he�*s got bags of personality and he�*s not fusssed by anyone or anything. he�*s hilarious. ilove him. i�*d keep him as a pet but i don�*t think my husband would be very happy about that.

now nicknamed bertie, he�*s now visited more than half a dozen times in the last fortnight. for the hendersons, a welcome distraction during lockdown. it's good fun. the only downside is, he is a bit smelly and it's definitely a case of steam cleaning the kitchen after his left at the end of the day. it's not a rare occasion. i mean, we do get quite a few instances like this. _ they'll normally only come up - to you when they've been imprinted from quite an early age but this one has, obviously, overa period - of time, got used to the situation and got used to coming _ in through there and knows it i will get some food if it does come in through the cat flap. with his films on facebook, bertie is becoming something of a social media star but he�*d better watch out — the cat food is starting to slow down his quick getaway. piers hopkirk, bbc news.

so, if you do notice a funny smell in your kitchen, may be better is the answer. you are watching bbc news. now, let�*s take a look at the weather forecast. now, let�*s take a look at the weatherforecast. here is sarah. it has been another very cold start to the day for many of us, and although things will be turning gradually milder through the weekend, we�*re not quite there yet. still lots of light snow and ice around through today. this is picture in north yorkshire. so things are turning milder, but only very gradually. by the end of tomorrow, we�*ll all be in that milder air. and it�*s also a windy picture wherever you are through the course of the weekend. we�*ve got this weather front that�*s been moving in from the west, bringing some heavy snow across northern ireland, five to ten centimeters there. also some patchy snow for western scotland,

north west england, wales, down towards the south west of england as well. further east, you should stay dry. but look at these gusts of wind wherever you are. it could be a windy day, gusts of 40 or 50 miles an hour around some exposed coasts. so temperatures on your thermometer only a degree or two above freezing for many of us, but when you add on the strength of the wind, there�*ll be a significant wind chill. so it�*ll feel more like minus seven, minus eight degrees out there. a bit of sunshine holding on for the south east of england, east anglia and eastern scotland as well. a bit of sunshine holding on for the south east of england, east anglia and eastern scotland as well. but for most of us, it�*s a fairly cloudy picture and that cloud continues working its way eastwards through the course of tonight. a little bit more patchy snow to come for parts of northern england and particularly for scotland through tonight. so another icy start to your sunday morning. many of us seeing those temperatures once again dipping a little bit below freezing, but it won�*t be as cold as it has been over recent nights. so an active weather front then tomorrow moving its way in from the west, but bumping into high pressure, sitting out towards the east. so, yes, the moderate air arriving, but it�*s really going to take its time to push across eastern parts of the uk during sunday.

those temperatures in the west are just starting to rise through the course of the morning. but we could well see some really difficult travel conditions, particularly where you�*ve got those subzero temperatures and it�*s going to be rain falling on freezing surfaces. so ice will be a problem, especially for parts of northern so ice will be a problem, especially for parts of northern england and for scotland as well. through the day, you�*ll notice the strength of that. in fact, gusts could reach around 60 to 70 miles per hour around irish sea coast, up towards western isles, for instance, as well. further east, it�*s windy but largely dry for east anglia and the south east of england. patchy rain working eastwards, affecting many other areas, four or five degrees in the east. but further west, we could see around 12 degrees for belfast, for instance. and then as we head through the coming week, we swap snow and ice for more wind, rain at times. but things will be turning milderfor all of us. bye— bye.

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