this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: an engine on a passenger plane bursts into flames above the us state of colorado — scattering debris on to homes below. passengers describe the heart stopping moment. you could just feel it, like, whom, and you could hear it and you could just, we started shaking. —— boom. gunshots mark the escalation of violence in myanmar. the military faces mounting international condemnation — after reports that two protesters are shot dead. the prominent kremlin critic alexei navalny faces more than two years in a prison camp after losing two court cases in a single day.

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 it's finally bloomed — a rare cactus from the amazon rainforest has flowered for the first time in the uk as thousands watched online. 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. no injuries have been reported. these passengers describe their emotions in those uncertain moments when it first became clear that the plane's engine had begun to fail. the pilot came on with the typical "keep your..." sorry i can't think

of the word. .."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 and he was scared. you hear that, you hear he was terrified in his voice and wanting to know what would happen. you cannot answer those questions because i didn't know. it isjust scary. investigators have now begun to remove debris. from the residential suburb of broomfield, on the outskirts of denver. a number properties were damaged by the falling debris, shocking local residents. we had this bang and we didn't

think much of it and then we heard another big bang and looked out our front window right as the engine rolled into the tree so it landed right straight up and down in the back of my truck, smashed the whole truck in and then fell out the truck and landed, i guess, leaning against the tree right there right now, so... it was pretty, pretty weird to see that happen. marc sallinger is a reporter for 9news network in colorado. he gave us this update from denver airport. i was just speaking with passengers who were on that harrowing flight as it took off from denver on its way to hawaii, where many of them were going for vacation. they say that just a couple of minutes after take—off, they heard a loud bang and they looked out the window and immediately they knew that something was wrong. they saw the engine had — the top of the engine had flown off and there was fire on the engine as well as smoke.

of course, we just saw pictures of the debris on the ground in broomfield — that's where it was flying over at the time when all of this happened. it did land safelyjust here just moments later and now passengers are here at denver international airport and they are on — they are booked onto another flight on to hawaii later this evening. of course, those who do not want to continue — there are some people who i've talked to who are just going home and saying "i am not getting on another plane right now" and i'm not sure you can blame them. after the incident happened, did the captain speak to them over the intercom to explain was going on? i've spoken with several passengers and one thing that they all tell me is how grateful they are to the crew, this united crew that was flowing a boeing 777 on its way to hawaii, for how calm they helped keep everybody that was on board. that they grabbed each other�*s hands, loved one's hands or one woman said that she grabbed a rosary that she flies with and started praying, but they said that over the loudspeaker that

the captain as well as the crew kept trying to keep everybody calm and say that this was under control, even though when you looked out the window, it looked like a very scary situation. and marc, did they think that they were going to crash? some people did. some people did not know if they were going to make it back onto land. and once they did step foot on dry land here at the airport, they were very excited. one person told me that he was trying to send text messages to his family members just to tell them what was going on. he sent them a video — or tried to send them a video in the middle of the air, just in case they did not make it down. and what about the officials? what are they saying where you are? yeah, officials are still investigating this. as we — as you just heard earlier, the broomfield police department — broomfield is a city within, orjust outside the city of denver. the broomfield police department is now investigating a large area of debris with debris falling onto cars, on to neighbourhoods, on to soccer field, everything, and they are continuing to investigate. as far as the ntsb, we have not heard a whole lot from them, other than they are

continuing to investigate. marc sallinger. 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 and has been condemned by world leaders including the eu, us and un secretary general, antonio guterres 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 "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 20—year—old mya thwate thwate khaing. she 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. 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 of un nuclear inspectors if the us doesn't lift sanctions imposed by president trump by sunday.

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. 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 have continued 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, 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 in to avoid his nine—month jail term. shouting, as he was led away, "they will never silence us." "death 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 is having on what people can say. but if you want the thousands marching in protest are causing unwelcome damage. translation: this is no 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. people think of the rambla as a place to express their opinions, but it should be peaceful. because last night nobody remembered why they were protesting. barcelona's mayor has

been appealing for calm, and spain's ruling socialists have condemned the violence and back the security services. but theirjunior 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. a reminder of the headlines: an engine on a united airlines passenger plane bursts into flames above the us state of colorado, scattering debris on to homes below. the military authorities in myanmar are facing mounting international condemnation — after reports that soldiers shot dead two protesters let's stay with that story: tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar has expressed his dismay at the death of protesters. i am outraged, horrified. these were peaceful protesters, young people out on the streets and saying loudly and clearly that they reject the 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 are using against them, is unconscionable and unacceptable. are you in any contact with the generals ruling myanmar? 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 and of course there has been a round of condemnation from throughout the world including from china who issued a very strong from asean and the uk, eu, united states and so forth. even more important at this point is to respond with action and targeted economic sanctions and an arms embargo are very

much in need right now. those sanctions need to tighten, increase and have a collective punch by co—ordinating them, one to the other, to make sure that this is not going to be tolerated by the international community. do you really see china taking part in these kind of sanctions? to be honest, i do not. as we all know, china has always been a protector. they have provided the generals with weapons and trade. but statements coming from china have been unusual in that they call for the release of political prisoners standing down of the military in this coup. that is an unusual public statement so we are hoping that behind—the—scenes china as being very clear with myanmar that they do not want a conflagration over their border, instability over their border. so we hope 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 attack. aung san suu kyi is in detention, are you able to determine where she is, how she is, are you able to speak to her? ., .. ., . , her? communication devices were taken from _ her? communication devices were taken from her. — her? communication devices were taken from her, she _ her? communication devices were taken from her, she cannot - taken from her, she cannot receive any communications, she cannot get any communications out, same with the president but it is also the same with the people write down the line, hundreds of people have already been arrested and are in detention right now. i talk to some of the family members of some of the family members of some of the family members of some of these, they have not heard from their loved ones, police come in in the middle of the night, two or three in the morning, knock on the door and take them away, and i have been speaking to people on the ground who are literally moving day to 99, to a different

location, they are in hiding out of fear over what will happen. they are not simply government and political party leaders, these are community leaders. everyone seems to be a threat to the military, so everyone is vulnerable to being arrested, or as we saw today, being injured or killed. 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. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, gave us this update. 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. 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 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 suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages caused by a severe freeze over the last week.

well earlier i spoke tojohn seidlitz from irving in texas, who, along with his family, was without heat and electricity earlier this week and still without running water. i asked him to descibe how things have been the past week. it's been difficult. otherfamilies have had it harder than us, our power went out late sunday night, early morning, and we didn't get full power restored how did you get heat? actually, we have a ditch behind our house, we have a fireplace. and i have two sons, three sons, but the older two, we went in the back behind the dates, and we didn't have a sore, we used a shovel to chop wood and outward and basically

reduce the wood we gather to heat our fireplace to get coffee, and to warm up food for at least the first three days of the week. was that enough? not towards the end. we actually left and drove to oklahoma on wednesday, and stayed across the border, the grid was a lot better, we were in a hotel with power, and my other daughter, she is on a really restricted diet and we had no food for her, and even though there was ice on the road, we drove 90 minutes to oklahoma and called our neighbours who were able to bring back some of our neighbours' milk and water, and stuff like that. the walmart, everything like that, there is no bottled water at the stores, and a lot of folks don't have water. in the city hopefully on monday. did you feel abandoned? i didn't think about it. i was angry when i had heard some of the things that had happened with

politicians, but we were so busyjust trying, just trying to keep the kids fed and warm, and i think i felt scared at some point, and right now ifeel very grateful, we have power, i had never been grateful for all that electricity before but it was more scared. what sort of conversations did you have? i was angry against... i heard about how in 2011 there was an ice storm and i remember that because my son peter had just been born, and nothing has been done since that first time, and this was totally unnecessary, and when i heard an 11—year—old boy had frozen to death in his mobile home, ijust felt very sad and angry, and we were driving on dangerous roads, i was very sad and i'm so grateful we got through this, and we got through it right now, but there was no reason

for all of this to happen. a rare cactus that's attracted interest from around the world has begun to bloom in the uk. the moonflower originates from the amazon rainforest, and typically flowers at sunset — and is finished by sunrise. but this cactus, grown at the cambridge university afternoon, as you can see in this footage we have speeded up. the team believes it's the first the time it has flowered in the uk. the specimen arrived in cambridge in 2015. thousands of people have viewed a webcam that's been trained on the plant for almost two weeks. horticulturalist alex summers from cambridge university botanic garden grew the moonflower. he says thousands of people around the world tuned in to a live stream to watch the bloom. it's definitely been worth the wait, it came earlier than expected, we thought it would open at 9pm, but we were rudely awakened at about 3pm saturday when it started to open, and then we have had a most

fantastic evening watching it come into full bloom, pollinating it, and recording as much as we can about it. is one of those examples of one of the many extremely rare plants we hold here at the botanic gardens, but i think from all the plants that we do hold, there are not many that have there are not many that have the same sort of bizarre ecology, and to be quite honest, there are not many that are so poorly known, to actually flower in cultivation is very rare and that means that we here at cambridge university have been really fortunate to have the first flowering example of this in the uk. it's so nice after a difficult year, for everybody, it's so nice to have a story, a real positive story to share with people, and we were confident we would get it to bloom one day, but we have waited five years, and we had a flower bud in november but you can never sure whether that flower will go to full—term and

actually produce a flower, so many issues can arise in the interim, so it's so nice today to actually finally see it open. a 21 year old british woman has become the youngest female to row solo across the atlantic ocean. jasmine harrison — a swimming teacherfrom north yorkshire in the north of england — set off on her 3,000—milejourney from la gomera in the canary islands in december. she slept and rowed in two—hour rotations, to complete the crossing in 70 days — describing the experience as "amazing" and "everything i wanted it to be" after arriving safely in the caribbean. australia has officially begun it's covid—19 vaccination programme, but the country's first recipient has left the prime minister in stitches. 84—year—old jane malysiak is the first person in australia to receive the pfizer—biontech jab at a sydney medical centre. prime minster scott morrision encouraged her to make the sign "v for vaccine" when she accidentally made a rude gesture instead. up to four million australians are expected to receive the jab voluntarily by march.

she is number one. do stay with bbc news. 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. 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: an engine on a united airlines plane burst into flames showering large chunks of debris onto homes and drivers in the us state of colorado. despite the fire, pilots on the boeing 777 which had 241 people on board managed to land safely at denver airport. the military authorities in myanmar are facing mounting international condemnation — after reports that soldiers shot dead two protesters in the city of mandalay. another 20 demonstrators were injured. it's the worst violence yet during more than two weeks of protests against a military coup. protesters in barcelona have clashed with riot police and smashed up shops in a fifth night of protests over the jailing of the catalan rapper, pablo hasel. police fired tear gas at demonstrators during the disturbances. hasel was convcited of glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy in his lyrics.