welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: 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 on to homes below, before pilots safely land the united airlines flight at denver airport. an escalation of violence in myanmar. emergency workers say at least two people have been killed in the city of mandalay. russian opposition leader alexei navalny loses his appeal against a two and a half year prison sentence. unrest on the streets of barcelona, as thousands of people protest for a fifth night against the jailing of a rapper for controversial tweets.

and the 21—year—old brit who has become the youngest woman to row solo across the atlantic. hello and thanks forjoining us. a united airlines passengerjet has scattered debris over a residential area near denver in colorado after one of its engines failed on take—off. the boeing 777 was able to return safely and land at denver airport. no injuries have been reported. these passengers describe their emotions in those uncertain moments when it first became clear that the right—hand engine had begun to fail. the ilot engine had begun to fail. the pilot came — engine had begun to fail. the pilot came on _ engine had begun to fail. tue: pilot came on with engine had begun to fail. tte: pilot came on with the typical keep your sorry i can't think... keep your seatbelt fastened because of turbulence

which is usual when you go over the rockies and then literally not more than a few seconds afterwards you heard a boom! and i was wondering if it was planned because it came so soon after his announcement. obviously something was not right because the plane was vibrating hard and constantly, a severe vibration. my youngest is a ten-year-old _ a severe vibration. my youngest is a ten-year-old and _ a severe vibration. my youngest is a ten-year-old and he - a severe vibration. my youngest is a ten-year-old and he was i is a ten—year—old and he was scared — is a ten—year—old and he was scared you _ is a ten—year—old and he was scared. you hear that, you hear he was — scared. you hear that, you hear he was terrified in his voice and — he was terrified in his voice and wanting to know what would happen — and wanting to know what would happen. you cannot answer those questions — happen. you cannot answer those questions because i didn't know _ questions because i didn't know it _ questions because i didn't know. it isjust scary. marc sallinger is a reporter for 9news network in colorado. he gave us this update from denver airport. i was speaking with passengers who were on that harrowing flight as it took off from denver on its way to hawaii and many of them were going there for vacation. they said a few minutes after takeoff they heard a loud bang and they looked out the window and

immediately knew that something was wrong. they saw that the engine, the top of the engine had blown off and there was fire as well as smoke. we just saw pictures of the debris on the ground and that is where it was flying over at the time where this happened. it landed safely here moments later and passengers now are here at denver international airport, they are booked onto another flight to hawaii later this evening and those who do not wish to continue, there are some people i spoke to were just going home and saying i am not getting on another plane right now and i don't think you could claim them.— could claim them. after the incident happened - could claim them. after the incident happened did - could claim them. after the incident happened did the l incident happened did the captain speak to them over the intercom to explain what was going on? t intercom to explain what was going on?— intercom to explain what was auoin on? ,,~ , ., going on? i spoke with several passengers — going on? i spoke with several passengers and _ going on? i spoke with several passengers and one _ going on? i spoke with several passengers and one thing - going on? i spoke with several passengers and one thing they all tell me is how grateful they are to the crew, the united crew flying the plane on its way to hawaii for how come they help to keep everybody on

board. many passengers i spoke to say they grabbed each other�*s hands. one woman said she grabbed a rosary that she flies with and began to pray. but they said over the loudspeaker that the captain as well as the crew trying to keep everyone calm and say that it was under control but when you looked out the window it did looked out the window it did look scary. did looked out the window it did look scary-— looked out the window it did look sca . , , ~ ., look scary. did they think that they were _ look scary. did they think that they were going _ look scary. did they think that they were going to _ look scary. did they think that they were going to crash? - look scary. did they think that i they were going to crash? some --eole they were going to crash? some people did- _ they were going to crash? some people did. some _ they were going to crash? some people did. some people - they were going to crash? some people did. some people did - they were going to crash? fine people did. some people did not know if they were going to make it back to land and once they did step foot on land here at the airport they were very excited. one person told me he was trying to send text messages to his family members to tell them what was going on. he tried to send them a video from the airjust in case he did not make it down. find from the airjust in case he did not make it down. and what about the officials. _ did not make it down. and what about the officials. what - did not make it down. and what about the officials. what are - about the officials. what are they saying? officials are still investigating. - they saying? officials are still investigating. as - still investigating. as you heard earlier, brumfield police department is now investigating a large area of debris with

debris falling onto cars onto neighbourhoods and soccer field, everything and they continue to investigate. we've not heard a lot from the ntsb other than they continue to investigate. that was mark salinger speaking to me from denver airport. les abend is a former captain and an aviation expert. he joins us from florida. thank you so much forjoining us. what might have caused this engine failure? ah, us. what might have caused this engine failure?— engine failure? a great question- _ engine failure? a great question. this - engine failure? a great question. this whole i engine failure? a great - question. this whole event is testament to a tremendous job by the crew. this is what they are trained to do and the pilots and flight attendants, what could have caused that in answer to your question, it is possible that they lost the fan blade, one of the blades that turns within the jet engine itself, or a turbine blade which is even further in the interior of thejet which is even further in the interior of the jet engine did it is supposed to be designed to not... it is supposed to be contained, it is supposed to be a contained situation that

something came through because the entire cowling is what you see in those reports. the cow is basically like the trunk of a car or the hood of your car and that is what came apart and ended up in denver.— ended up in denver. telus your best guess _ ended up in denver. telus your best guess as to _ best guess as to what the pilot would have done when he worked out there was something wrong. this is something i trained for as a captain for years before i retired. this is a normal event. it takes a moment to understand what is happening with your air plane and once that happens it appears they first registered an engine failure. remember, the crew was so far out —— up in a triple seven they cannot see what is happening on the engine unless it is reported to them. all they can see is there instrumentation to so the first thing they probably four saw was an engine failure. a catastrophic engine failure. it was obviously a dramatic scene

but catastrophic mean something internally and the engine came apart. they would go right to a checklist, more than likely if they get a fire indication it would be an electronic fire belt that they would gail, they would start a couple of memory items and then they have an electronic checklist to go through and they are very methodical. normally the captain will take over in an emergency situation like that and the copilot will read the checklist on the objective is to get the air plane back on the ground. looking at that flight and its track, it is obvious that crew responded very quickly to the emergency and brought that air plane back around just as quickly as they could and initiated a checklist. that dissent was done safely and appropriately and i cannot say more is a testament to the crew, the flight attendants and the pilots as well. in addition to the air plane itself to you can just see when you look at that video, it is dramatic. they had

to deal with some serious vibration because that powell came off and an engine was no longer aerodynamically helping with the air plane. it was shut down and created a vibration because internal parts of the engine were exposed. they did a tremendousjob to this engine were exposed. they did a tremendous job to this is a popular plane, the triple seven, you have flown it before. seven, you have flown it before-— seven, you have flown it before. after an incident like this does that _ before. after an incident like this does that mean - before. after an incident like this does that mean there i before. after an incident like - this does that mean there needs to be speed for the investigation to work out of this was a one off or if may affect other craft?- this was a one off or if may affect other craft? this is an enaine affect other craft? this is an engine situation. _ affect other craft? this is an engine situation. the - affect other craft? this is an engine situation. the ntsbl affect other craft? this is an i engine situation. the ntsb will do what they normally do. they have a bubbly assembled a go team and are probably en route if not there are already. in essenceit if not there are already. in essence it is an accident, per se, although there were no fatalities, thankfully, on the ground or in the air plane itself. this is all part of a

normal investigation process and whether... i doubt this will lead to an investigation and potential grounding, if thatis and potential grounding, if that is where you are going, of a trip boeing triple seven. it may lead to some service bulletins, what we call airworthiness directives in regards to this particular engine. but the ntsb will find that out. emergency medical workers in myanmar say at least two people have been killed and several others injured, at an anti—coup protest in the city of mandalay. witnesses said police used live ammunition as they tried to disperse the crowd in myanmar�*s second city. it's an escalation in the military�*s response to the daily demonstrations across myanmar. they began when the burmese army seized power on the first of february and detained the elected leader aung san suu kyi. 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. 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 h5—n8 — being passed on. more than a thousand 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 ten million people, residents were forced to flee after floodwaters reached up to 1.8 metres high in some areas. 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 sanctions imposed by president trump by sunday. 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. protests are continuing in spain for a fifth night in support of pablo hasel, a catalan communist rapper. he's been sentenced to two jail terms for glorifying terrorism and slandering the crown and state institutions. police officers have been injured in the clashes with demonstrators. shops and banks were looted and arrests have been made. mark lobel reports. fire and fury on the streets. looting in spain's shops. police stations and banks all under attack. with anger felt since tuesday at the jailing of catalan communist rapper pablo hasel catalan communist rapper pablo hasel, barcelona has been the worst affected, with dozens of people and police officers injured and over a hundred people arrested. translation:

they don't let us express how we feel or what we want. it's no longer about democracy, because we don't have it, and does not getting enough exposure to the rest of the world. we believe that if young people don't protest, who will? on tuesday, the 32—year—old spanish rapper was taken away from here at the university of lleida after barricading himself into a void nine—month jail term. himself into a void nine—month jailterm. shouting, himself into a void nine—month jail term. shouting, as he was led away, they will never silence us can adapt to the fascist state. he was imprisoned for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his music and on twitter. his case has ignited a national debate about free speech, with amnesty international and over 200 spanish celebrities and artists, saying they are afraid of the chilling effect the rapper's jailing of the chilling effect the rapper'sjailing is having on what people can say. but if you want the thousands marching in protest are causing unwelcome damage. translation: this protest are causing unwelcome damage. translation: this is no aood. this

damage. translation: this is no good- this can't — damage. translation: this is no good. this can't continue. - good. this can't continue. everything is destroyed, everything is burned. helicopters are up every night. we are a bit fed up with it, to be honest. we are a bit fed up with it, to be honest-— we are a bit fed up with it, to be honest. people think of the rambler as — be honest. people think of the rambler as a _ be honest. people think of the rambler as a place _ be honest. people think of the rambler as a place to - be honest. people think of the rambler as a place to express | rambler as a place to express their— rambler as a place to express their opinions, but it should be peaceful. —— rambla. because last night— be peaceful. —— rambla. because last night nobody remembered why they were protesting. barcelona's matter has been appealing for calm, and spain's ruling socialists have condemned the violence and back to the security services. but a junior coalition partner has refused to condemn the violence, inflaming tensions here. all the while, it is the protesters who say it is they who are under attack. this is bbc news. the 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. an escalation of violence in myanmar. emergency workers say at least

two people have been killed in the city of mandalay. tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar, has expressed his dismay at the death of protesters. i'm outraged, horrified. these were peaceful protesters, young people who were out on the streets, saying very loudly and very clearly that they reject this coup, along with millions of their fellow countrymen and women. these protests have been very peaceful and to escalate the tactics that the military and the police were using against them is unconscionable and unacceptable. are you in any kind of contact with the generals who are ruling myanmar? no. we are in no contact whatsoever. so how do you get this message across? you said how abhorrent you found things. are they listening to you? we are doing everything we can to make it as clear as we can that the international community is very serious about this.

of course there has been a round of condemnation from throughout the world, including their neighbour, china, who issued a very strong statement, relatively speaking to china, but also countries from asean but the eu, uk, the us and so on but what is even more important at this point is to respond with action and targeted economic sanctions and an arms embargo are very, very much in need right now. and those sanctions need to tighten, increase and have a collective punch by co—ordinating them one to the other, to make absolutely certain that this is not going to be tolerated by the international community. do you really see china taking part in those kind of sanctions? well, no, i don't, to be perfectly honest with you. china, as you know, as we all know, has been a protector of the generals and of the security council, they have provided the generals with their weapons and trade but the statement coming from china have been unusual in that they have been calling for the release of political prisoners, the standing down of the military and this coup. that's an unusual public statement and so we hoping behind the scenes, china

is being very clear with myanmar that they do not want a of instability over the border so we're hoping that the voices of the people that they listen to, from china to major businesses that they seek to do business with, that they will be listening to them and looking at the actions of the international community and refraining from this kind of outrageous, outrageous attack. aung san suu kyi is in detention. are you able to establish where she is, how she is? are you able to speak to her? no, communication devices were taken from her so she cannot receive any communications and she cannot get any communications out. it is the same

with the president. but also the same with people right down the line. hundreds and hundreds of people have already been arrested and are in detention right now. i've talked to some of the family members of some of these who have not heard from their loved ones. police come in in the middle of the night at 2am, 3am and knock on the door and take them away and i've moving day to day, night to night, different locations. they are in hiding just out of fear of what is going to happen. these are not political leaders, these are community leaders so everyone seems to be a threat to the military and everyone is vulnerable to being arrested or, as we saw today, being injured or killed. the british prime minister has pledged that all uk adults will be offered their first coronavirus jab by the end ofjuly, rather than september. borisjohnson says the mid—summer target would allow vulnerable people to be protected "sooner" and would help to further ease lockdown rules.

more than 17 million people have been given a jab since the uk's covid vaccine rollout began in december 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 vi! 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 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. a 21—year—old british woman has become the youngest australia has officially begun its covid—i9 vaccination programme. the country's first recipient has left the prime minister in stitches.- recipient has left the prime minister in stitches. give them the the for _ minister in stitches. give them the the for vaccine, _ minister in stitches. give them the the for vaccine, the - minister in stitches. give them the the for vaccine, the the i the the for vaccine, the the vaccine. 84—year—old jane is the first person in australia to receive the pfizer—biontech jab at a sydney medical centre. the prime minister, scott morrison, you can see him on the left, encouraged her to make the sign for vaccine, when she accidentally made a rude gesture instead, to his hilarity. up to 4 million australians are expected to receive the jab voluntarily by march. a 21—year—old british woman has become the youngest female to row solo across the atlantic ocean. jasmine harrison from north yorkshire in the north

of england, slept and rowed in two—hour rotations, to complete the crossing in 70 days. sophia tran—thomson reports. welcome to antigua! horn sounds. this was the moment jasmine harrison broke records. applause. the 21—year—old is the youngest female to row solo across the atlantic ocean. and for that matter, the youngest female to row solo across any ocean. welcome to antigua, jasmine! applause. when she stepped off the boat, she wasn't going to let her sea legs get in the way of celebrating. you did it in a time of 70 days, three hours and 48 minutes! cheering. 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. a rare cactus that has attracted interest from around the world has started to learn here in the uk. there it is, the moonflower, which can normally only be found in the amazon rainforest. typically flowers at sunset, and is all gone by sunrise. this cactus, which has been specially grown at the cambridge university botanic gardens, started to flower at 3pm on saturday afternoon, and as you can see,

we have speeded up the footage, the team believes it is the first time it has flowered in the uk. lucky they caught on tape. stay with us. 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 the 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 further 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.

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 twenty 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