this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. hear it? yeah. child screams. the heartstopping moment after the engine on a passenger plane bursts into flames above the us state of colorado. large chunks of debris are scattered onto homes below before pilots safely land the united airlines flight at denver airport. gunfire. an escalation of violence in myanmar — emergency workers say at least two people have been killed in the city of mandalay. sirens. unrest on the streets of barcelona as thousands of people protest for a fifth night against the jailing of a rapper for controversial tweets. russian opposition leader

alexei navalny loses his appeal against a 2.5—year prison sentence. and the 21—year—old brit who has become the youngest woman to row solo across the atlantic. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. pictures are coming in of the moments a united airlines flight bound for honolulu suffered the burn—out of one of its engines shortly after take—off from the us city of denver. it scattered large chunks of debris over a residential neighbourhood before returning safely to the airport. colorado police have shared images of pieces of debris from the boeing 777—200 airplane, some in people's front gardens. there have been no reports of any injuries on the ground or on the plane. our reporter mark lobel

is following developments. the 231 passengers on board had a scary few moments when they took off and in a few moments from online you can see the complaint taking off and if you can show you footage now, the right—hand engine of the plane was on fire and at that point there is some unverified copy audio with the pilots screaming made a command made a camera just experienced an engine failure, need to return immediately. what you had is the plane circling over a metro area, coming back and making that an emergency landing but in the meantime, the engine casing, the picture you saw there in the intro, the round bit had fallen off and parts from inside the engine had fallen down. one picture circulating online shows rather large part had fallen right in

the middle of someone�*s pick—up truck and broke the roof. at the moment there are no reports of injuries on the ground but look at the debris can be can get a sense of the kind of thing that was happening during the circling back to the airport. the circling back to the airport-— the circling back to the airort. �* , ., ., airport. and it is over quite a wide area. — airport. and it is over quite a wide area, is _ airport. and it is over quite a wide area, is it _ airport. and it is over quite a wide area, is it not? - airport. and it is over quite a wide area, is it not? that's l wide area, is it not? that's riaht wide area, is it not? that's right was _ wide area, is it not? that's right was a _ wide area, is it not? that's right was a bit _ wide area, is it not? that's right was a bit fell - wide area, is it not? that's right was a bit fell in - wide area, is it not? that's right was a bit fell in front | right was a bit fell in front of people's homes and on a soccer pitch and that's the bit there that fell on top of a pick—up truck this someone moved away from the truck. and residents have been urged by police not to touch anything at all. the questions of course what happened to this boeing —— boeing 777—200 and we had this tweet from the national transport safety board and i can show you that, they said that they will be investigating what has happened and they have open that investigation to find out. honestly the good news is if people who are on their way to honolulu were not hurt at the moment we are trying to work out if anything from the falling debris has caused any

injuries. falling debris has caused any in'uries. �* ~ u, injuries. and i think we can hear from _ injuries. and i think we can hear from the _ injuries. and i think we can hear from the local- injuries. and i think we can hear from the local police i hear from the local police department.— hear from the local police deartment. , department. people said they heard that — department. people said they heard that really _ department. people said they heard that really loud - heard that really loud explosion which startled a lot of people and then we started seeing — of people and then we started seeing basically what they thought was a plane falling from — thought was a plane falling from the sky but what it was was — from the sky but what it was was debris. hard to determine executive _ was debris. hard to determine executive what it is but i did comb — executive what it is but i did comb through the park it took a look— comb through the park it took a look at — comb through the park it took a look at some of the debris and it looks — look at some of the debris and it looks like possibly some exterior _ it looks like possibly some exterior pieces of the plane, but people thenjust exterior pieces of the plane, but people then just started calling — but people then just started calling us and said that basically of plaintiff only from _ basically of plaintiff only from the sky and the reports of smoke — from the sky and the reports of smoke and possibly some flames but we _ smoke and possibly some flames but we did he reports that the plane — but we did he reports that the plane half and is safely at denver_ plane half and is safely at denver international airport and we _ denver international airport and we are thankful for that. very— and we are thankful for that. very dramatic and frightening incident for all involved and thank you very much, mark, for your update on that. the united states, france and britain have strongly condemned myanmar�*s military authorities after two protesters were shot dead in mandalay. several other people suffered gunshot wounds in an escalation of the army's response to the daily demonstrations seen across the country since it seized power at the beginning of the month. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports.

the military has promised patience with those protesting against its coup, but there was little sign of it here in mandalay. the police had gone in to disperse striking ship workers and moved quickly from using tear gas and rubber bullets to live rounds. gunfire. the shooting was caught on camera by this terrified bystander. "please don't shoot, don't let it happen," she says. two people were killed. several more sustained gunshot injuries. is this an escalation by the military junta? that isn't clear. in yangon, protesters were mostly left alone by the security forces today as they pressed their demands for the elected government of aung san suu kyi to be released and reinstated. they've been holding memorials, too, for the 20—year—old

who was the first protester to die, adding fuel to a wave of public fury against the military which is still sweeping across myanmar. the coup leaders, though, seem prepared to wait them out, while going in at night to arrest increasing numbers of those organising and funding the movement. "we young people have our dreams," said this 27—year—old. "but everything is gone now. everything we hoped for is being destroyed." they're trying to cripple the military�*s authority with these protests, to show that they cannot govern. but how much longer can they keep this up? jonathan head, bbc news. spanish police have clashed with supporters of the jailed catalan rapper pablo hasel on a fifth night of demonstrations in the city of barcelona.

the protesters looted shops, torched several vehicles and attacked the city's stock exchange building. demonstrations erupted on tuesday after police arrested pablo hasel for tweets and raps defaming the monarchy. his supporters say it's an attack on free speech. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe is following the story from madrid. he told us more about the protests. well, people are gathering for this fifth consecutive night of demonstrations against this sentence against the rapper pablo hasel. on tuesday, he began this jail sentence, a very controversial jail sentence, for insulting the spanish crown and glorifying terrorism due to these tweets that he posted online a few years ago, and also due to the content, the lyrical content, of one of his songs which he posted online. and that triggered these protests. people believe that he was simply... he should've been allowed to express himself, this is a case of freedom of expression. the court that found him guilty decided he'd gone beyond that and he was inciting hatred and violence. but it's freedom of expression

which is at the heart of these protests. although the authorities say that there are people who are out here at the moment who arejust planning to carry out violent acts against the security forces. this is spain's first ever coalition government in the modern era, but with the socialist party of pedro sanchez, the prime minister, and then thejunior partner, which is podemos, further to the left. now, the socialists have condemned the violence that we've seen in these protests over the last few days, and the socialists have also backed the security forces very strongly in their attempts to handle these protests. podemos, on the other hand, has taken a very different stance. it's refused to condemn the violence, and it has said that in many cases that these protests have been justified. that seems to have exacerbated existing tensions within this governing coalition, and that has really been making headlines over

the last couple of days. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been found guilty of defaming a second world war veteran in his second court appearance of the day. mr navalny had called the case a smear campaign. he'd already been sentenced to more than two years in a prison camp. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. back in court. the kremlin�*s most vocal critic, russia's most famous prisoner. alexei navalny tried to be upbeat. but his appeal was rejected. the result? 2.5 years in prison for fraud and parole violations — charges widely seen as politically motivated. this was mr navalny a month ago, flying home after recovering in germany from being poisoned in siberia. he was arrested on arrival. that sparked nationwide protests, but the russian authorities were in no mood to listen.

and there's been a cold response here to international criticism. this week, the kremlin rejected a ruling by the european court of human rights that mr navalny should be freed. as for talk of more western sanctions, the kremlin has been exploiting that to its own benefit. in vladimir putin's russia, this is how it works. western criticism over the jailing of mr navalny, western pressure, western sanctions, the kremlin takes that and holds it up to the russian people and says, "look, we told you so, the west has got it in for russia." in other words, the authorities try to use this to bolster their claim that this is a country under siege. and that is precisely the message in the russian state media. basically, west is not interested in navalny. west is just willing to see russia destroyed. and that's the major idea that we have in russia. blaming the west is an attempt to distract attention

from problems here? we are not... yes, of course, we have our problems. but they cannot be even compared with the problems that you have. the kremlin will be hoping that this problem of a rival and a challenger has been dealt with once and for all. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's get some of the day's other news. russia has registered the first case of a bird flu strain passing from poultry to humans. a consumer health official said seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected during an outbreak. other strains of bird flu occasionally infect humans and have led to deaths, but this is the first report of this strain, known as h5n8, being passed on. more than 1000 people have been forced to leave their homes in indonesia's capital, jakarta, due to severe flooding. in the south and eastern areas of the sprawling mega—city, home to more than 10 million people, residents were forced to flee after floodwaters

reached up to 1.8 meters high in some areas. agency is visiting iran today in a diplomatic effort the top official from the international atomic energy agency is visiting iran today in a diplomatic effort to get tehran to return to an international nuclear deal. it comes amid threats from iran to restrict the activities of un nuclear inspectors if the us doesn't lift sanctions imposed by president trump by sunday. prince charles has visited his father, the duke of edinburgh, who's being treated in hospital in london. prince philip was admitted to the king edward vii hospital on tuesday evening after feeling unwell. our royal correspondent daniela relph gave us this update from outside the hospital. when the prince of wales came to see his father this afternoon, he was driven from his highgrove estate to central london. that's a journey of around 90 miles. he spentjust over half an hour inside the hospital before leaving again and heading back to gloucestershire. now, this is a private hospital, and the covid guidelines here at the moment do say that family visit

shouldn't happen except in exceptional circumstances. but at this stage, we don't have any update on the health of the duke of edinburgh. he is spending his fifth night in hospital here, and today, buckingham palace have reiterated their most recent statements, saying that he's being kept in hospital out of an abundance of caution and that he remains in good spirits. this is bbc news. our main headlines — debris hurtles from the skies above colorado on to homes below after an engine fails on a united airlines flight with 241 people on board. gunfire. an escalation of violence in myanmar — emergency workers say at least two people have been killed in the city of mandalay. president biden has approved a major disaster declaration for texas which will pave the way for more us federal funds to be spent on relief efforts, including assistance for temporary housing, home repairs and low—cost loans, after the state has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages caused by a severe freeze over

the last week. the bbc�*s lebo diseko has been meeting some of the volunteers who have been helping their communities in dallas. after days battling to find power, texans are now struggling to get clean water. 13 million people, that's around half the state, are being told to boil what comes out of their taps. some are even resorting to heating snow to drink. whoo! awesome! but in any crisis, there are helpers like allen. he's bought hundreds of bottles of water for his local community. super important, it really is. this takes the burden off of me having to get out and drive around. so i appreciate this, i really, really do. it's been a gruelling few days for allen, who's dealt with power outages and now has no food at home. i was very cold, and every time i would get out of my car and go back injust to have somewhere to lay down, i had to decide, do i want to be uncomfortable in my car

in the warmth or go into a cold home and lay in a comfortable bed? today, i'm going to do this water, and then after the water, i'm going to check and see what type of food people lost and see what i can do to replace their food. honey, this is more than enough! thank you. it's clear allen's making a huge difference to his community, bringing supplies like water and even electricity generators. but temperatures here are expected to triple in the coming days, and that could bring new problems. melted ice coming through already damaged pipes could cause flooding. that could see precious supply dwindle even further. officials say some areas in the state could completely run out in the coming days. residents are being asked to ration the little utilities they already have. it's been a long, cold week in the us. several states in this country have been brought to their knees by the severe winter storms.

it's too early to definitively link this weather to global warming, but what is clear is that the us needs to be better prepared for a changing climate. lebo diseko, bbc news, dallas, texas. student union leaders in france are urging the government to do more to help their classmates who've been hit hard by the pandemic. with a curfew extended across the entire country, many have lost temporaryjobs. last year, three out of four french university students said sara monetta reports. they are france's future doctors, engineers, teachers, managers, and they're queuing forfood. at this association in the heart of paris, volunteers now distribute 25,000 meals and hygiene kits each week. translation: this is really good. - they have sanitary pads. it's really useful because they're expensive. whenjulien began delivering food parcels at the start of the pandemic, he couldn't imagine these would be the people needing his help the most. translation: it's not

possible that food is l an issue for students. it's not possible that they have to ask themselves, "am i finishing my studies or am i going to eat?" first the lockdown, then the curfew. the tempjobs that students did to support themselves were wiped out. in her tiny studio, irfaq follows classes online all week, a business student from morocco. the worry about making ends meet is always at the back of her mind. translation: ifi had ajob, i wouldn't need food aid, - but right now, us students . are in a situation in which we really need the ngos' help. and it's notjust about money, it's also the loneliness. translation: i was imagining a different student life, - more open and more social. instead, i find myself in this 20—square—metre room - withjust my computer and me, far from my family and friends. j sometimes i regret coming

here, but it's ok. - these initiatives have multiplied across france, with ngos and student groups working hard to help their classmates in need. but that might not be enough. the government should be doing more. a lot of concerns just a few pockets of students. there is a lot of gaps. we see that in our grocery shop. we have more and more students who comes. as the government shows no intention of easing the restrictions, the queue here keeps getting longer. sara monetta, bbc news. senior british ministers are expected to meet tomorrow to finalise details of the full plan for easing lockdown in england, which will be announced by the prime minister on monday. in the first confirmed relaxation of the rules, there's good news for care home residents in england. anna collinson has more.

a moment of relief during a dark yearfor 83—year—old barbara abrams. this is the closest her family have been allowed to get to her while visiting her care home in stockport because of covid restrictions. that lack of physical contact has been really difficult for us. my poor mum. her health, both physically and mentally, has really deteriorated, particularly in the last... since christmas. i think it was, like, the straw that broke the camel's back. but now, a sign of hope. from the 8th of march, care home residents in england will be allowed to pick one person to visit them regularly indoors. with the government preparing to reveal its road map for easing lockdown on monday, this announcement has been called the first step to getting back to where we want to be. there are some rules. it has to be the same visitor every time, holding hands is allowed, but there can be no kissing or hugging. the visitor must be tested before entering the home, and they must wear ppe while inside. it's welcome news for many families, but too late for those who've lost loved

ones during the pandemic. we have tried everything we possibly can, and what you have to remember is people in our services have very complex health care needs. and so, therefore, our primary duty has always been, through all the guidance we get, to keep them safe and to keep our staff safe. from early march, residents in scottish care homes will be allowed two visitors. in northern ireland and wales, the advice varies between individual homes. scientists say a slow and steady approach is needed. there are some families - who haven't seen their loved ones in care homes since march. so i really welcome i that announcement. i would say we still. have to be cautious. let's not forget that the nhs has treated over 100,000 i severely ill patients in the last month, i and we still have almost. 20,000 people in hospital. jill has two siblings and says it's unlikely she'll be the chosen visitor because she lives the furthest away, but she doesn't mind. it's wonderful that one of us will be able to go

in and hold her hand, and that will make a whole difference to us as a whole family. anna collinson, bbc news. a rare cactus that has attracted interest from around the world has started to bloom in the uk. the moonflower can only be found in the amazon rainforest, and typically flowers at sunset and is finished by sunrise. but this cactus, grown at the cambridge university botanic garden, started to flower at 3pm on saturday afternoon, as you can see in this footage we have speeded up. let's speak to the man who grew it, horticulturalist alex summers. he is the glasshouse supervisor at the cambridge university botanic garden, where he joins us from now. is that in full bloom, i'm not quite sure? i5 is that in full bloom, i'm not quite sure?— is that in full bloom, i'm not i quite sure?_ five quite sure? is full bloom. five ears, quite sure? is full bloom. five years. has— quite sure? is full bloom. five years. has it _ quite sure? is full bloom. five years, has it been _ quite sure? is full bloom. five years, has it been worth - quite sure? is full bloom. five years, has it been worth the i years, has it been worth the wait? it

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cultivation is really rare so that means we here at cambridge university botanic garden have been really fortunate to have the first flowering example of this in the uk.— the first flowering example of this in the uk. and thousands have tuned — this in the uk. and thousands have tuned in _ this in the uk. and thousands have tuned in from _ this in the uk. and thousands have tuned in from all- this in the uk. and thousands have tuned in from all around| have tuned in from all around the world to watch the webcam and see it bloom. how confident were you that it would do so given it has taken so long? we have is so _ given it has taken so long? - have is so excited about that actually and it's so nice after actually and it's so nice after a difficult year, for everybody, it is so nice to have a real positive story to share a people. we were confident we would get its bloom one day, but we have waited five years on and we had a flower butting in november but you can never be sure when that flower bud is going to go to full term and produce a flower. so many issues can arise in the interim. so it is so nice today to actually finally see it open.- finally see it open. and briefly will _ finally see it open. and briefly will it _ finally see it open. and briefly will it flower - finally see it open. and l briefly will it flower again finally see it open. and - briefly will it flower again or is this it was meant they will

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after taking up rowing just two years ago, jasmine completed the 4800—kilometre journey from the canary islands to antigua in her appropriately named boat, rudderly mad. i loved it. there's nothing like actually. getting away from everything, from social media, from bad news, from literally- everything. so i'd ring my friends up| and they'd just say, "oh, we're in another lockdown for, like, three weeks," _ and i'm, "uh, i don't know, i don't care."| she makes it sound easy, but jasmine battled 20—foot waves, was circled by sharks, narrowly avoided a collision with a tanker and at one point even capsized. now, after relying on peanut butter—fuelled energy for weeks, she says she's looking forward to a decent meal before thinking about her next challenge. sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. many congratulations. hard work but all that effort paying off the air at the end. that is it

for me for now. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @samanthatvnews. more detail on online. hello there. the very mild south—westerly winds which we've had during the start of this weekend have also brought a lot of rainfall across some western parts of england, wales, northern ireland and western scotland. we have seen some local flooding in places, river levels running very high. and as a consequence from all the recent rain, the number of flood warnings has increased. but the good news is for part two of the weekend, it looks a bit drier across the board. we should see quite a bit of sunshine around. it's going to stay mild, but there will still be some rain around but not as much as what we had on saturday. now, the rain will be courtesy of this weather front, which will start out across more southern and eastern parts of england. low pressure to the north—west of the uk will bring fairly breezy conditions to northern ireland and scotland, where we'll start off for sunday with a few showers here. cloudier skies with outbreaks of mainly light and patchy rain across the south east

will slowly work their way westwards. so, by the time we push on into the afternoon, parts of north and west midlands, into wales and the south west could see some heavier rain, but not as heavy as what we had on saturday. and it'll be brighter into the afternoon across the south east, where it'll be very mild, but even mild futher north and west, too. now, through sunday night, that weather front persists across much of england and wales. that's going to bring cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of it could pep up to be heavy again across wales and the south west, so we'll have to just watch that. across the south east, it'll be drier, and drier across the north west. a bit cooler here, but much milder for england and wales to start monday morning. we still have that weather front lingering across parts of england and wales, but through the day, it'll start to push northwards and eastwards and begin to fizzle out. so conditions will improve here. one or two showers across the north west of scotland, but otherwise a good deal of bright and sunny weather around. a little bit cooler, you'll notice, across the north and the west, but very mild

again across the midlands and the south and east. now, as we head on into tuesday, we see a new area of low pressure push in off the atlantic. that's going to bring renewed weatherfronts with more rain, stronger winds here as well. but it'll also be drawing up some extremely mild air off the near continent around the middle part of the week, certainly for england and wales. and that really will be noticeable around the middle part of the week. i showed you 17—18 degrees possible in the south east. some rain in the north and the west, and then there's signs of it by the end of the week, high—pressure building in which will turn things drier and brighter for all of us.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a united airlines jet has scattered debris over homes and motorists in colorado after one of its engines failed on take—off. the boeing 777, with 231 passengers and ten crew on board, was able to return safely and land at denver airport. security forces in myanmar have opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay. at least two people were killed and more than 20 were injured. it's the most serious escalation so far in the military�*s response to protests against the coup in the country. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been found guilty of defaming a second world war veteran in his second court appearance of the day. he's already been sentenced to more than two years in prison. mr navalny had called the case a smear campaign. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk.

i'm stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long—running