this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. overnight curfew and internet shut down, as tanks roll into cities in myanmar. valentine's day in russia sees more protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. anchored and idle — a year on from the shut down of an industry, we ask when cruise ships might travel the world again. and — the duke and duchess of sussex announce they're expecting a second child — harry and meghan are said to be overjoyed. hello and welcome to audiences

in the uk and around the world. we start with the latest on the military coup in myanmar. there's now an internet blackout enforced across the country. and there are troop deployments around the country in response to the mass demonstrations. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country's military to "refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians". this comes after reports security forces opened fire to disperse a protest. armoured vehicles have been seen driving round the streets of central yangon for first time since the coup two weeks ago. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. our reporter nin yah ay filed this report from yangon just before the blackout started. back on the streets for the

first time since the coup, the military have returned to central young gone. tonight, the generals want to send a powerful message to those planning to take part in a nationwide strike on monday —— yangon. tensions are high across the city. as news of more arrests filter out, people are taking to the streets tonight, setting up barricades and their neighbourhoods. the people here want to stop more night—time raids from the military. all across the city, you will find scenes like this one. people are staying up all night to protect their neighbours. if police arrive to make more arrests, they bang their pots and pans to sound a warning. banging on pots. there

are also many rumours here. people are worried about attacks on their homes by strangers stop translation:. == strangers stop translation:. » translation: they are trying to create an impression there is a lack of security and that is why we are making our own arrangements together to protect our communities, our towns and villages. we are providing security from 9pm to five a.m.. providing security from 9pm to five a-m- -_ five a.m.. tonight, western embassies _ five a.m.. tonight, western embassies here, _ five a.m.. tonight, western embassies here, including l five a.m.. tonight, western l embassies here, including the british, are calling on the country's military to refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians. but there is already reports of shooting in the northern part of the country. for more about these videos circulating online showing gunfire during protests, here's soe win than from the bbc�*s burmese service.

there was a stand—off between the protesters and the soldiers, they occupied the power plant in the town where residents fear the military and soldiers will cut the power and make them in a blackout and then they fear that during this blackout that the security troops will come and get their leaders, that is why they have been surrounding the power plant the whole day so as the nighttime fell, soldiers, troops and police came in trucks and asked the protesters to disburse. when the protesters refused, they started to shoot. we don't know whether they used to live rounds or not but we saw later on some video footage of some people injured you had leg injuries and also people, we saw young people they seemed quite determined. the country is quite united against this

military takeover so we have seenin military takeover so we have seen in recent days, the large number of people coming out onto the streets and protesting against this military takeover, so they plan to continue with the protest. tomorrow they have called a nationwide strike at 9pm tomorrow, and —— 9am tomorrow. they are determined that it will go on but that it could also depend on how much crackdown and the security troops have done during this night. to russia now. valentine's day has seen more protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. women took to the streets with flowers, and this evening supporters across the country lit torches and candles, some forming heart shapes in the snow. there was no repeat of the violence and arrests of previous demonstrations. here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. the cold was toe—numbing in moscow today. but these women defied the frost and their fear to turn out for a valentine's day protest. they called it a chain of solidarity and love,

and they carried flowers, not placards. but the hearts were black, in memory of all the russian women detained and persecuted because of their politics. i want to support all these women, and all these prisoners. there are some of my acquaintances in prison. we hoped that today it wasn't to be so many arrests. because we are here for love. not for struggle. the numbers here are not huge, but the message the women are sending is a strong one. about the right to political, peaceful protest, and for an end to arrests of people just for expressing their views. today's protest was inspired by alexei navalny�*s gesture to his wife in court. yulia was there as the opposition politician was sentenced to almost three years behind bars. that ruling brought crowds onto the streets last month,

chanting for navalny�*s freedom. there were the biggest protests against president putin for years. and the response was tough. thousands detained and dozens facing serious criminal charges. the kremlin calls the rallies illegal, fomented by the west, it says, to weaken russia. so, navalny�*s team have switched tack. across russia tonight, his supporters formed heart shapes in their own backyards, peaceful and police—proof. these men were both arrested last month at the first st rally— last month at the first st rally for— last month at the first st rally for alexei navalny. locked _ rally for alexei navalny. locked in the same police band, they— locked in the same police band, they then — locked in the same police band, they then shared a cell for ten days — they then shared a cell for ten da s. , ., days. undeterred, they “oined the flash mob. �* days. undeterred, they “oined the flash mob. we h

days. undeterred, they joined the flash mob. we want - days. undeterred, they joined the flash mob. we want to - days. undeterred, they joined l the flash mob. we want to feel free, we want _ the flash mob. we want to feel free, we want to _ the flash mob. we want to feel free, we want to say _ the flash mob. we want to feel free, we want to say our - free, we want to say our opinions, we want to change something, yeah. but opinions, we want to change something, yeah.— opinions, we want to change something, yeah. but you don't feel free now? _ something, yeah. but you don't feelfree now? no, _ something, yeah. but you don't feelfree now? no, no. - feelfree now? no, no. so the protests have moved off the's| protests have moved off the's frozen streets for now but it seems the protest mood hasn't faded here. sarah rainsford, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. early results in spain's semi—autonomous catalonia show separatist parties increasing their representation in the regional government. with more than 60% of the votes counted, the socialists of the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez look likely to win the biggest single share of the vote. but the three separatist parties are set to gain 7a of the 135 five seats, allowing them to continue to govern. the world health organization is planning rapid assistance to guinea, where an ebola epidemic has been declared. eight cases have been confirmed, with three deaths. people contracted the disease after attending a burial in the south of the country.

let's go to the us now. presidentjoe biden has called for congress to pass gun law reforms, including a ban on assault weapons. in a statement, mr biden said: he added: this statement comes three years to the day after the parkland school shooting in florida where an ex—pupil killed 17 people. the shooting sparked outrage across the us and prompted fresh demands for firearms control. let's speak to our north america correspondent, david willis. so, new president, joe biden coming in, and we see from a new president's agenda what

they put first clearly a priority. he is clearly wanting to use what political capital he has to try and get changes through here.— through here. absolutely, lewis, through here. absolutely, lewis. and _ through here. absolutely, lewis, and to _ through here. absolutely, lewis, and to put - lewis, and to put this in perspective for you, gun sales in this country soared over the course of the last year to record numbers. partly it is thought in response to the coronavirus pandemic would you believe, partly in response to the black lives matter protest that could —— that took place here last summer. there are now 393 million civilian owned firearms in this country, that is more than there are people. it makes the us the most heavily armed nation on earth. as you mentioned, joe biden making it something of a priority, calling for what he calls common sense gun control laws, to rid the nation of the possibility of another epidemic

of these sort of attacks. he was to see background checks on all commercial gun sales, he wants to see a ban on assault weapons, the kind that the 19—year—old nikolas cruz who opened fire in that florida school parkland, killing 17 people, used. he actually bought that weapon without a background check, despite the fact that he was suffering from mental problems at the time. so it is a priority forjoe biden, yes, you are absolutely right. will it come to pass? well, we will have to wait and see, this is an issue that the country has been grappling with for more than 20 years since the columbine massacre back in 1999. ., stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the duke and duchess of sussex announce they are expecting their second child.

nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghan as —— afghanistan, the final soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal coming in good order but defeated. malcolm had been murdered so i'm terrified for the repercussions on the street, one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there — as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption _ there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from — eruption itself. lava streams from an— eruption itself. lava streams from an event low the crater flowed — from an event low the crater flowed down on the east of the island, — flowed down on the east of the island, away from the town from the time — island, away from the town from the time being the topic could start flowing again at any time _ start flowing again at any time. we make the russians heralded _ time. we make the russians

heralded their new space station, _ heralded their new space station, they called it the russian _ station, they called it the russian for peace. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: in myanmar, the internet has been suspended and a curfew imposed as protests against the military coup continue. western ambassadors have warned the burmese military not to harm civilians. supporters ofjailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny have held valentine's day protests across the country with the slogan �*love is stronger than fear�*. here in the uk more than 15 million people have now been vaccinated with their first jab. but the bbc�*s panorama programme has been investigating the people trying to derail the rollout. conspiracy theorists are targeting people who have fears about the vaccine. some have gained millions of followers during the pandemic. our reporter marianna

spring has more. the majority of people in the uk want the vaccine. but there is a committed minority deploying anti— vaccination messaging online to influence those hesitant about the jab. this is rosemary and donald who are in their80s, this is rosemary and donald who are in their 80s, from norwich. they were on the government's priority list. but then they got a message on whatsapp. it features 33 people, some brandishing medical credentials, some alleged, contrary to scientific evidence, that the vaccines are unsafe and they can alter a person's dna. so this is the video that you had seen. let's watch. ., " ., .. , watch. the covid-19 vaccine is not proven safe. _ watch. the covid-19 vaccine is not proven safe. it _ watch. the covid-19 vaccine is not proven safe. it left - watch. the covid-19 vaccine is not proven safe. it left me - watch. the covid-19 vaccine is not proven safe. it left me in l not proven safe. it left me in uuite a not proven safe. it left me in quite a lot — not proven safe. it left me in quite a lot of— not proven safe. it left me in quite a lot of anxiety. -

not proven safe. it left me in l quite a lot of anxiety. because it sounded so real. and the peddle _ it sounded so real. and the people were so plausible. and they— people were so plausible. and they were named as clinicians and doctors, surgeons. the video frightened _ and doctors, surgeons. tie: video frightened rosemary so much that she felt unsure about having the vaccine. the much that she felt unsure about having the vaccine.— having the vaccine. the real dancer having the vaccine. the real danger to — having the vaccine. the real danger to people _ having the vaccine. the real danger to people in - having the vaccine. the real danger to people in fact - having the vaccine. the real danger to people in fact to l danger to people in fact to have the most to lose by not having this vaccine and face are most severe threat for mortality and death from covid—19 but also long—term illness from covid—19. covid-19 but also long-term illness from covid-19. panorama contacted all _ illness from covid-19. panorama contacted all of _ illness from covid-19. panorama contacted all of those _ illness from covid-19. panorama contacted all of those in - illness from covid-19. panorama contacted all of those in the - contacted all of those in the video. of those who responded, for defended its contents. five said if we referred to them as anti— vaccine they would take legal action. anti— vaccine they would take legalaction. oracle anti— vaccine they would take legal action. oracle films, who produced the video, chose not to comment on its contents. this isjust one part to comment on its contents. this is just one part of an online anti— vaccine blitz. social media use has increased across the board during the pandemic. exclusive bbc

monitoring research reveals a huge spike in followers of accounts promoting anti— vaccination claims. especially on instagram which is used by lots of young people. facebook which owns instagram has removed some pages highlighted by panorama. the company says it removes harmful misinformation and actively promotes good information. back in norwich, once rosemary realised that many of the claims in the video were false she made her decision. how are you feeling about having the vaccine today? so you feeling about having the vaccine today?— you feeling about having the vaccine today? so pleased, i can't even — vaccine today? so pleased, i can't even say. _ vaccine today? so pleased, i can't even say. relieved. - vaccine today? so pleased, i can't even say. relieved. i. can't even say. relieved. i think we're _ can't even say. relieved. i think we're looking - can't even say. relieved. i| think we're looking forward can't even say. relieved. i. think we're looking forward to having — think we're looking forward to having it _ think we're looking forward to having it done. we think we're looking forward to having it done.— having it done. we ask -- but the ask the — having it done. we ask -- but the ask the experts _ having it done. we ask -- but the ask the experts video - the ask the experts video continues to circulate on whatsapp. and as long as it is there still scare those yet to have their jabs. staying with the coronavirus — it was in february last year that the world's attention was gripped by the plight

of passengers on board the diamond princess cruise ship. they were quarantined for weeks when the disease swept through the ship. it was one of the first widely reported coronavirus outbreaks outside china, and led to concern about the many other cruise ships travelling the world at that time. a year on, what hope is there for an industry cast adrift by covid? rupert wingfield hayes reports. the diamond princess had set off from her homeport injapan in late with more than 3500 passengers and crew on board. three days from yokohama and elderly passenger fell ill. a serious cough. and was taken to hospital on arrival in hong kong. no—one was particularly worried and the ship continued its journey. worried and the ship continued itsjourney. at worried and the ship continued its journey. at on—board, worried and the ship continued itsjourney. at on—board, other passengers were starting to become ill. in hong kong authorities confirmed the elderly man tested positive for covid—19. back in yokohama on

february three, japanese authorities refused to let anyone disembark at on—board the ship, infections were continuing to grow. from then on the day the ship arrived, infections soared to nearly 700. and despite what the japanese government were saying it was very obvious that the quarantine on—board that ship was not working. you can imagine the situation for the 2500 passengers locked up in their cabins 2a hours a day. how frightening it must have been as they wondered how the virus continued to spread and will i be the next to be infected? i will i be the next to be infected?— will i be the next to be infected? ,, ., ., ., infected? i don't know how all of us have been sitting - of us have been sitting here for 12 days at something is going wrong. for 12 days at something is going wrong-— for 12 days at something is going wrong. this is a failed quarantine. _ going wrong. this is a failed quarantine. by _ going wrong. this is a failed quarantine. by february - going wrong. this is a failed quarantine. by february 20 | quarantine. by february 20 under huge pressure from the united states and other countries, it had allowed the passengers to be evacuated to their home countries where they faced more quarantine. the diamond princess may have been the first cruise ship to be struck by covid—19 soon more

followed. in early march its sister ship the grand princess was ordered to dock in san francisco after a former passenger fell ill and died from covid—19. president trump notoriously tried to stop the passengers from being allowed onto us soil to being counted in the us covid numbers. being counted in the us covid numbers-— numbers. where it up to me i would be _ numbers. where it up to me i would be inclined _ numbers. where it up to me i would be inclined to - numbers. where it up to me i would be inclined to say - numbers. where it up to me i | would be inclined to say leave everybody on the ship and use the ship as your base. but a lot of people would rather do it a different way, they would rather quarantine people. and when we do that our numbers will go up. when we do that our numbers will go un— will go up. the owner of the diamond — will go up. the owner of the diamond princess, - will go up. the owner of the diamond princess, carnivall diamond princess, carnival cruises, and the industry in general has strenuously defended its safety record. by mid-2020, defended its safety record. by mid—2020, most of the industry was completely shut down. some ships have tentatively put back to see in the last few months on so—called cruises to nowhere but many remain idle, like these ones anchored in the philippines. according to its

website, the diamond princess hopes to welcome its first passengers in over one year sometime thisjuly. alana hoskinson was a passenger on board the diamond princess. here's a video showing the size of the cabin she was quarantined in along with herfriend diana. hiiama hi i am a ladder and this is my friend diana and we are currently on the beautiful and friendly diamond princess. we are under quarantine in yokohama japan. would you like to see our cabin? let's get this upright. you can see we have mirrors there. that is not extra space, itjust makes it look bigger. and then here is our tv. and that is it. that is our tv. and that is it. that is our cabin. our tv. and that is it. that is our cabin-— let's catch up with alana who's in launceston, in the australian state of tasmania. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. we heard

that you were quite bubbly and enthusiastic there and you clearly enjoy being on a cruise ship and you did enjoy that ship and you did enjoy that ship could not have been what you expect in, to be two weeks in lockdown in quarantine in that cabin-— that cabin. we were not exoecting _ that cabin. we were not expecting that. - that cabin. we were not expecting that. but - that cabin. we were not expecting that. but we | that cabin. we were not - expecting that. but we made the most of it. yeah, it was a shock when it happened. the first few days were very stressful and then after that we made the most of it. find we made the most of it. and before you — we made the most of it. and before you were _ we made the most of it. and before you were confined to your cabin did you suspect that your cabin did you suspect that you had already caught the coronavirus? of course you could not know for certain. pretty certain that i had. i was ill for a few days and eventually i got medical guys to come and get me in a wheelchair and they said oh, you have the flu and i said have never had flu like this before. they tested me for influenza a and it was negative. so we sort of decided that a yes, i did have the virus on the cruise.- that a yes, i did have the virus on the cruise. and then ou had virus on the cruise. and then you had two _ virus on the cruise. and then you had two weeks _ virus on the cruise. and then you had two weeks in - virus on the cruise. and then i you had two weeks in lockdown on board and then you got to go

home. what happened when you got home? i home. what happened when you not home? . home. what happened when you got home?— got home? i am in tasmania, which is far— got home? i am in tasmania, which is far south _ got home? i am in tasmania, which is far south as - got home? i am in tasmania, which is far south as you - got home? i am in tasmania, which is far south as you can l which is far south as you can get in australia and we had weeks in howard springs, a mining camp in the northern territory which is about as north in australia as you can get so we will not home but back on home soil. so get so we will not home but back on home soil.- back on home soil. so four weeks quarantine - back on home soil. so four weeks quarantine in - back on home soil. so four weeks quarantine in total. back on home soil. so four. weeks quarantine in total for you after you were already confident you had it and recovered. not exactly, it does not sound like much of a holiday to many people. well... yes, we holiday to many people. well... yes. we were — holiday to many people. well... yes, we were in _ holiday to many people. well... yes, we were in lockdown. - holiday to many people. well... j yes, we were in lockdown. they looked after us on the ship magnificently. we had meals delivered to our door, we had wine we could basically... it was a bit like a holiday we just could not get out and about as much. they made sure we had as much internet as we needed to be in contact with everybody. they had hundreds of movies on the television so we had movies to watch, they made

videos of yoga and all sorts of things to help us pass the time. they brought us games and presence. it was not that bad. the industry itself has essentially shut down but it will rely on the enthusiasm of passengers like you who are going to look forward to getting back and going on a ship again. do you think enough of you will do that? mr; ship again. do you think enough of you will do that?— of you will do that? my family and friends _ of you will do that? my family and friends all _ of you will do that? my family and friends all like _ of you will do that? my family and friends all like cruising i and friends all like cruising and friends all like cruising and we're just waiting. if they said we could go we would go, absolutely. so said we could go we would go, absolutely-— said we could go we would go, absolutely. so if enough people think like you _ absolutely. so if enough people think like you the _ absolutely. so if enough people think like you the industry - think like you the industry will be ok. great to catch up with you. thank you. next — the duke and duchess of sussex are expecting a second child. a spokesperson for the couple said: "we can confirm that archie is going to be a big brother" and described harry and meghan as "overjoyed". more on this from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. they certainly look very happy

in this black—and—white photographs that they have released to accompany the news. barefoot amid the apple blossom, harry, at least. and this happy news just come 72 hours after they learned they had won a case against the mail on sunday so that was a double celebration. the queen, the duke of edinburgh, the prince of wales and the rest of the family are said to be delighted and they have sent the couple the good wishes. this will be the good wishes. this will be the queen's 10th the good wishes. this will be the queen's10th or 11th great—grandchild depending on whether zara phillips's baby is born before the sussex baby in the summer. one unusual thing about the sussex baby, it will almost certainly be born in the united states. it will therefore almost certainly be a citizen of the united states, notwithstanding that it will be eighth in line, boil girl, to the throne of the united kingdom. —— boy or girl. we have positive news from israel on the effect on the

virus vaccination. a report drop has been reported. these results are preliminary bird involve one of the world's biggest real—world studies in vaccine effectiveness comparing 100,000 israelis who have received two doses of the pfizer vaccine with an unvaccinated group of the same size. the united arab emirates space probe called �*hope' has sent back its first image of mars. the picture shows sunlight coming across the red planet's north pole. the probe entered mars' orbit last week. this is the arab world's first major venture into space, and it's part of the uae�*s effort to promote itself as a nation at the forefront of advances in technology. it's hoped the mission will inspire young people across the middle east, and attract them to careers in science. that is it from me. you can find me in cyberspace.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. having another week as close it was last week could be quite an achievement that so is swinging the weather pendulum so quickly into the very mild category which is exactly what we're doing this week. which is so very different by day and by night but the changes coming with a fair bit of rain, rather than snow and it is a blustery week. pressure pumping cold aerators from the east is now retreating. low pressure is in control this week and a flow of air the low pressure system that draws the air in from a mild direction from the south—west. as long as it stays that way we will have temperatures above the average for the time of year. it looks to be staying that way for quite a while. as we start off

on monday morning, look at that, no frost out there. for some of us temperatures will head up a few degrees overnight. plenty of cloud to start the day, misty and murky in places with ranger still clear away from parts of east anglia in south—east england. elsewhere showers into northern ireland will run across northern ireland, especially west of the pennines, a couple for wales and another reaching towards the midlands. it will brighten up in the afternoon but many of us will end the day dry. breezy, and not as windy as it was over the weekend but look at these temperatures. 10— 14 look at these temperatures. 10— 1a degrees and we are talking above freezing. and although we are largely dry and the day here comes the next set of weather fronts, here comes the next set of weatherfronts, that here comes the next set of weather fronts, that wet weather fronts, that wet weather pushing across this overnight and into tuesday morning and it will be a mild night and mild start to the day. still with ranger clear away from east anglia in south—east england on tuesday morning, bright skies following, showers moving in towards the west, some could be heavy on thundery and a few

will push further east during the day accompanied by a strengthening wind across north—west scotland. it will stay quite windy and to wednesday. forthe stay quite windy and to wednesday. for the most part temperatures are in double figures. into wednesday, an area of showery rain pushing eastwards, still with us other strong winds north—west scotland. a few sunny spells and the next area of wet weather shows its hand towards the south and that will push in wednesday night into thursday. further rain heavy in places. the temperatures take a step backwards on thursday but then into next weekend if you avoid the rain and see some sunshine it could turn out to be exceptionally mild.

this is bbc news, the headlines: in myanmar, the internet has been shut down and a curfew imposed as protests against the military coup continue. western ambassadors have warned the burmese military not to harm civilians as troops are deployed across the country. the un is demanding the release of the elected leader, aung san suu kyi. supporters of russia's jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny, have held short valentine's day torchlight protests across the country, using their mobile phones or candles. they posted photos under the hashtag �*love is stronger than fear�*. a human rights monitor says several people had been detained. the duke and duchess of sussex have announced they are expecting their second child later this year. a spokesperson for prince harry and meghan said the couple are overjoyed, and looking forward to the arrival of a little brother or sister for their first son, archie. now on bbc news it's time

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