this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson meets ministers and scientific advisers to put the final touches to plans to bring england out of lockdown. a new promise that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly, a month ahead of schedule. its because of the success of the vaccine role out that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everyone wants to see. meanwhile, israel eases its lockdown after almost half the population is vaccinated — but you'll need a special pass to take advantage of all the new freedoms.

a funeral has taken place in myanmar for a young woman who's become a national symbol of resistance to miltary rule — after she was shot during a protest against the coup. a passengerjet engine bursts into flames above the us state of colorado. debris fell onto homes below — but the plane landed safely to the relief of crew and passengers. my daughter was sitting on the window, and i was just like, "don't look! let's close it up and let's just pray." so that is what we did. wejust held hands and said some prayers. and a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant, using a machine to keep hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk

or around the world. every adult in the uk will be offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly under new plans to speed up the roll out. more than 370,000 people had their first dose of one of the approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. that takes the total number of people who've now had their first jab in the uk, to over 17.2 million. the prime minister will set out details of his road map out of lockdown in england tomorrow, as rachel schraer reports. it was only a week ago that borisjohnson was celebrating. he had reached his target of offering a vaccine to the top priority groups in the uk. the next phase is to protect the over—50s and anybody with an eligible underlying health condition by the middle of april. that's two weeks earlier than originally planned. the latest promise is to vaccinate all adults in the uk by the end ofjuly.

the order of priority, once the over—50s are vaccinated, is still being worked on, with the government expected to consider a wider range of health conditions and occupations. what is critical, of course, is that as many people as possible are vaccinated, because the more who are vaccinated, the more individuals are protected and the more society as a whole is protected. so for all those reasons, i encourage everybody to come forward when you get that invite and get yourjab as soon as possible. this new accelerated target comes ahead of the prime minister's unveiling of a roadmap to ease england out of lockdown. details are still being finalised, but the government says more social contacts will be an absolute priority. and after confirmation that care home residents in england will each be allowed one regular visitor from the 8th of march, there is hope that our daily lives may soon be less limited. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker gave me the latest analysis from this morning.

0bviously, overnight we have had this announcement of bringing forward the target for vaccinating all adults across the united kingdom. there might naturally be a question that follows in terms of, what does this mean in terms of trying to lift restrictions over the coming months? and i think it will certainly add a bit of pressure from some parts of the conservative party, conservative backbenchers, which already existed to see those restrictions lifted. but i think what ministers have been reiterating time and time again is that they are looking at the data, they are looking at the impact of the vaccine, notjust in terms of infection rates and severe disease, but also in terms of transmission. and it is something that was put to matt hancock this morning. we have seen early data that there is a reduction in transmission from those who get the jab. but that is early data and there is more work being done, but we are able from today to be

able to announce that we will be offering a vaccine to all those who are over 50 and in the top nine priority groups by the 15th of april, and then to all adults by the end ofjuly. and it is because of the success of the vaccine roll out that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everybody wants to see. so, that is the health secretary matt hancock. he has been one of that inner core of ministers who have been working on the road map, the so—called road map out of restrictions in england. we get to see that, tomorrow. what are we expecting? yes, i think matt hancock will probably be darting off to a meeting. my understanding is that the meeting of senior ministers and senior advisers is happening pretty shortly, where they will look at this road map and it will be put to cabinet tomorrow and the prime minister will be up in the house of commons and give a press conference later

on in the day. in terms of what we know at the moment, the 8th of march is the key date. schools are expected to go back in england. we are not sure exactly how that will work. we will find out more tomorrow. limited care home visits as well can start, and we have been hearing this— idea that they will tweak the rules on when you can meet one other person outside. you will be able to meet them outside potentially for socialising, notjust for exercise. but the schools issue has been central to huge concern about the damage it is doing to children's education not having that face to face learning. keir starmer, the labour leader, was asked about his party's position on this issue this morning. ideally, i would like to see - all schools back open on the 8th of march and all children back| in school on the 8th of march. i've been worried - through the pandemic, a number of people have, - about the impact of being out of school have on particularly vulnerable children _ and the attainment gap is getting bigger. - so ideally, the 8th of march. we will have to see, - obviously, where the data is, where the science is. but that's what we should be working towards. - if that means more testing, if that means nightingale classrooms, i

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persuade others. israel's programme are getting covid—i9jabs in arms continues at pace. the country has the highest vaccination rate in the world, more than 49% of people have had at least one dose. it is all part of the national effort to break free from this new normal. shops and restaurants closed, and economy at risk, peoples lives on hold. 0n mac after a steep resurgence in coded infections, the country entered its third lockdown just after christmas. but health officials say progress in their vaccination programme is now starting to make a difference in the number of infections, allowing the country to begin reopening its economy. studies in israel showed that the fighter vaccine is 95.8% effective in preventing hospitalisations and deaths. from today, shops, libraries and tourist attractions are able to reopen, but social distancing and masks will still be required. we social distancing and masks will still be required.— social distancing and masks will still be required. we need to hurry u .

still be required. we need to hurry u- and still be required. we need to hurry up and get — still be required. we need to hurry up and get everyone _ still be required. we need to hurry up and get everyone on _ still be required. we need to hurry up and get everyone on board - still be required. we need to hurry| up and get everyone on board their vaccination — up and get everyone on board their vaccination programme because with all of those _ vaccination programme because with all of those variants rising their heads, — all of those variants rising their heads, we _ all of those variants rising their heads, we could be facing of their setbacks — heads, we could be facing of their setbacks in — heads, we could be facing of their setbacks in the future and we need to hurry— setbacks in the future and we need to hurry up — setbacks in the future and we need to hurry up with community immunity. but in _ to hurry up with community immunity. but in order— to hurry up with community immunity. but in order to be allowed into shops, museums and libraries, israelis will have to download a so—called green badge to carry around as proof of inoculation. announcing the scheme last night, prime minister benjamin netanyahu urged israelis to use it. as israel begins to ease restrictions, it is hoped the country's so far successful vaccination programme of work as a blueprint for other countries hoping to begin their own journeys out of lockdown. in myanmar, the funeral is taking place of a young protester who was shot dead by police

while demonstrating against the military coup. thousands are reported to have turned out on the streets of naypyaidaw to honour the woman, who was killed two days before her 20th birthday. despite an internet blackout, tens of thousands are still managing to organise large—scale protests with reports of another large gathering on the streets of yangon, despite two demonstrators being killed yesterday in the city of mandalay. tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar, has expressed his dismay at the death of the protesters. i'm outraged, horrified. these were peaceful protesters, these were young people who were out on the street 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 are using against them is unconscionable and unacceptable. 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 around the world, including their neighbour china, who issued a very strong statement, relatively speaking for china, but also countries from asia, and the uk, the eu, the united states and so forth. but what's 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 coordinating them one to the other to make it absolutely certain that this is not going to be tolerated by the international community. that was tom andrews. meanwhile, facebook has deleted the main page of the myanmar military.

the company said its decision is in accordance with its policy on prohibiting the incitement of violence. the burmese armed forces have been using facebook to advance claims in support of their overthrow of the civilian government. the facebook ban came as the internet in myanmar was blocked for a seventh night in a row. the duke of edinburgh has spent a fifth night in a london hospital. he was visited yesterday by his son, the prince of wales. prince charles spent around half an hour with his father before returning to his highgrove residence in gloucestershire. prince philip, who's 99, was admitted to hospital on tuesday on the advice of his doctor, after feeling unwell. debris from a united airlines passengerjet, which suffered an engine failurejust after take—off, has landed on a residential area in the us state of colorado. the boeing 777 was flying from denver to honolulu when the accident happened. it was able to return safely

and land, and there have been no reported injuries. mark lobel reports. hear it? yes. mummy! something blew up. a loud bang was heard on board this united airlines flight 328 just after take—off in denver, leaving its 231 passengers heading to hawaii now holding their breath as the pilot makes a distress call. mayday, mayday. we need to return immediately. you could hear the boom, and we started shaking. we were right on the wing, so i looked out and i could see some smoke coming, and ijust knew. my daughter was on the window

and i wasjust like don't look, let's close it up and let'sjust pray. so that's what we did, we held hands and said some prayers. as the boeing 777 circled back for an emergency landing, parts of the plane were raining down on the city of broomfield, landing in the park, on streets, and on people's front lawns. this casing was meant to be keeping the engine free from ice, and literally weighs a tonne. it initially struck this pick—up truck, with its ownerjust metres away. a lot of people said they heard that really loud explosion, which scared a lot of people, then they started seeing basically what they thought was a plane falling from the sky. what it was, was debris. it's hard to determine exactly what it is. i did comb through, i was taking a look at some of the debris, it looks like possibly some exterior pieces of the plane. this whole town is now effectively behind police lines. 0nly residents are permitted to enter. investigators are requesting that

debris is left alone. america's national transportation safety board has opened an investigation into what they are calling an "engine event." for all those who were onboard and on the ground below, it's certainly an event none of them will ever be likely to forget. mark lobel, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how to ease england's lockdown — ahead of tomorrow's announcement of a road map out of the current restrictions. a funeral has taken place in myanmar for a young woman who's become a national symbol of resistance to miltary rule, after she was shot during a protest against the coup. there's a new pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly —

a month ahead of schedule. as we've been hearing, the uk prime minister borisjohnson is due to announce plans tomorrow about his �*roadmap' out of lockdown in england. it comes as the government says it has the vaccine supplies to provide all adults in the uk with a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly, raising hopes forforeign holidays. paul charles is the ceo of travel consultancy, the pc agency. he's also the co—found of the save our summer campaign which is calling for travel to be opened back up and for the government to reassure uk holidaymakers that it is safe to book for summer. do you think it is safe? i think it is certainly a much more positive outlook than where we have been in the last few weeks and the prime minister now have the opportunity tomorrow to chat this middle way

between medical caution and economic necessity. he had a chance to save half a million jobs necessity. he had a chance to save half a millionjobs by necessity. he had a chance to save half a million jobs by saying necessity. he had a chance to save half a millionjobs by saying it is safe to book, it is not illegal and that you can get a refund or read book over the next few weeks should you not be able to travel. but it is certainly a much more positive outlook. he certainly a much more positive outlook. , ., ~' , certainly a much more positive outlook. , ., ~ , ., outlook. he is not likely to say that tomorrow, _ outlook. he is not likely to say that tomorrow, is _ outlook. he is not likely to say that tomorrow, is it? - outlook. he is not likely to say that tomorrow, is it? we - outlook. he is not likely to say that tomorrow, is it? we still. outlook. he is not likely to say - that tomorrow, is it? we still have a lot of cases, hospitalisations, variants around the world that are causing a lot of concern. so opening up causing a lot of concern. so opening up for holidays now or even to get people to book for the summer is a little bitjust going ahead of schedule?— little bitjust going ahead of schedule? ., , , ., schedule? nobody is calling for travel to be _ schedule? nobody is calling for travel to be opened _ schedule? nobody is calling for travelto be opened up- schedule? nobody is calling for travel to be opened up now, i travel to be opened up now, absolutely. it is not the right moment. the figures are coming down, they are more positive, certainly. luckily, we are seeing fewer deaths and infections. in the uk but in

other parts of the world as well. we are looking at 12 weeks or more away and i2 are looking at 12 weeks or more away and 12 weeks is a long time in the covid—i9 calendar. 12 weeks ago nobody had heard of the kent strain, so itjust shows how fast nobody had heard of the kent strain, so it just shows how fast this nobody had heard of the kent strain, so itjust shows how fast this move. the vaccine is clearly starting to work. we have seen the evidence from israel. the prime minister will be outlining more data tomorrow but it is an opportunity to say, i can protectjobs, i can save at least half a millionjobs protectjobs, i can save at least half a million jobs at risk now by indicating that actually he will look at opening up the travel sector, domestically and overseas, from may onwards. it is sector, domestically and overseas, from may onwards.— from may onwards. it is a very real --rosect. from may onwards. it is a very real prosoect- he _ from may onwards. it is a very real prospect. he mentioned _ from may onwards. it is a very real prospect. he mentioned the - from may onwards. it is a very real prospect. he mentioned the uk . from may onwards. it is a very real| prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, both countries that have done very well without vaccine roll—outs. lots of other countries having done so well, haven't vaccinated that many people, that is one of the problem. it vaccinated that many people, that is one of the problem.— one of the problem. it is. it's a aood one of the problem. it is. it's a good point _ one of the problem. it is. it's a good point there _ one of the problem. it is. it's a good point there is _ one of the problem. it is. it's a good point there is no - one of the problem. it is. it's a good point there is no way - one of the problem. it is. it's a i good point there is no way travel will open up to everywhere in the world this year. many countries will

stay closed. australia and new zealand, well into 2022 possibly. this will be a year of shortfall in domestic trouble. but you won't be able to go to every country. i think the government is likely to do deals and create travel corridors with countries like greece, turkey, portugal, made in spain, italy. so there will be some options for this summer and it will be very important to do your research before you do book anything. find to do your research before you do book anything-— book anything. and where do you stand on the _ book anything. and where do you stand on the issue _ book anything. and where do you stand on the issue of _ book anything. and where do you stand on the issue of vaccine - stand on the issue of vaccine passports? if you had the vaccine, then the airline can say, show us then the airline can say, show us the proof. it then the airline can say, show us the roof. , then the airline can say, show us the proof-— the proof. it is the key to unlocking _ the proof. it is the key to unlocking travel - the proof. it is the key to unlocking travel safely i the proof. it is the key to l unlocking travel safely and responsibly. if you have had a vaccine, then you would actually download one of these apps, digital health apps. they are not manual passports, they are digital, they integrate with your airline app. and i think that is the key to unlock it. they will be available from next month and that will mean from may onwards that those who had been vaccinated will be able to use fee

safely. vaccinated will be able to use fee safel . , ., ., vaccinated will be able to use fee safel. , ., ., ,. ., safely. does that not discriminate arainst safely. does that not discriminate against those _ safely. does that not discriminate against those who _ safely. does that not discriminate against those who have _ safely. does that not discriminate against those who have decided l safely. does that not discriminate l against those who have decided for whatever reason they don't want the vaccine are those who haven't had the vaccine because maybe they are too young? the vaccine because maybe they are too ouna ? ., ., the vaccine because maybe they are too ouna ? . ., , too young? some have said that it is discriminatory. _ too young? some have said that it is discriminatory, but _ too young? some have said that it is discriminatory, but i _ too young? some have said that it is discriminatory, but i think— too young? some have said that it is discriminatory, but i think the - too young? some have said that it is discriminatory, but i think the key i discriminatory, but i think the key to unlocking this balance between that medical caution and the economic need is to have a mix of testing, digital health apps, from those countries that may have variants, possibly south america. you will need a mix of that and the government will have to be very fleet of foot to do that. but it has to unlock. it has to start enabling travel to take place. 0therwise, travel to take place. otherwise, there will be tens of thousands of job losses. there will be tens of thousands of “0b losses. ,., ., ., ., ,, there will be tens of thousands of job losses-— job losses. good to talk to you. thank you _ job losses. good to talk to you. thank you for— job losses. good to talk to you. thank you for being _ job losses. good to talk to you. thank you for being with - job losses. good to talk to you. thank you for being with us. i thank you for being with us. children needing a heart transplant have — for the first time — benefited from a pioneering british technique. the research means waiting times for life—saving operations could be cut for young patients right around the world. a machine is used to revive

the hearts of donors, keeping them beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. the process has been used for adults for some time — but is now available for children. bbc news has been given access to the team behind the breakthrough — anna collinson has the story. carefree and healthy, butjust a year ago, one of these sisters had a failing heart and was put on an urgent transplant list. i was very fatigued, so the more i did in a day, the more short of breath and tired, and the less i could do. freya was warned she may have to wait up to two years. luckily, two hospitals in england had just started a new programme to increase hearts that are available for children. give a nice wave! she had her operation just eight weeks later. after ten days, she was allowed to go home.

within months, the 14—year—old could start doing the things she loved most. i am ecstatic that i gotjust such an amazing gift of a heart. it is upsetting to know that someone also died. sometimes i can't help but think about it. a donor's family must be consented before surgery, as this training simulation shows. until a year ago, almost all paediatric heart transplants came from patients who had suffered brain death. their heart may beat, but they will never wake up. life support is withdrawn, and the heart is stopped and retrieved. but this new programme uses hearts which have been allowed to cease beating on their own, after life support is withdrawn. as soon as this happens, the heart begins to deteriorate. by using this machine, demonstrated here using red dye, they can effectively restart it and repair the damage. so once we have got it circulating,

you can have the heart sitting with a connector at the top to the aorta. these tubes move blood through the heart, which keeps it healthy for up to 12 hours, giving surgeons much more time to carry out checks, and even transport it to other locations. the royal papworth hospital is a pioneer of this so—called "donation after cardiac death" procedure. this organ care system is now used by adult cardiac transplant centres across the uk. 12 months ago, the team here in cambridge joined forces with great 0rmond street hospital to extend their world—leading service to children. despite the pressures of the pandemic, they have treated six patients in 2020. in other words, we doubled the amount of heart transplantation and we reduced the waiting time period. we had to do exactly the same thing for the paediatric recipients.

at the same time for both population to reduce the mortality in the waiting list, and this is what we achieved. 0nce retrieved, the hearts are delivered to great 0rmond street hospital for transplantation. children normally have to wait around 2.5 times longer than adults for a new heart. it is a terrible time of waiting, not being able to go to school, and constantly fearing you will get worse and not make it to your transplantation. but for many of our transplant patients now they are so sick that they have to wait in a hospital for their transplant, sometimes for six months, perhaps even over a year. not only is it reducing wait times, but it is transplanting to patients who might not otherwise get an organ. freya's family will never forget what they have been through, or the people and the machine that saved her life. it will always be there in the back of our minds, but you know, she has got a lovely, healthy heart and her future is bright.

a rare cactus that's attracted interest from around the world has bloomed 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 botanic garden, started to flower at 3pm on saturday 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. alex summers is the horticulturalist who grew the plant. he says that while the flower�*s started to fade away, they're hopeful they can get it to grow again in the future. so, with these changes now, we are expecting the flower to continue to flop. so the structure above my head is at about a 90 degrees angle now and that will continue to become limp. and if we were successful with our pollination last night, we will expect the flower, the structure at the very base

of the flower, to start to swell to form a fruit. if we weren't successful, then the flower will simply drop off. but we have the benefit that this should flower now for us in the coming years, so now we understand the process, we will be able to work on getting pollen from other clones in germany so that we can try and produce seed and share that with other botanic gardens. it's something that has stumped scientists for decades — the search for extraterrestrial life. but now a uk—based business is hoping it might be able to discover if there's anybody out there. it's hoping to raise a million pounds to build a 100—metre long telescope. richard westcott reports. on a disused airfield north of cambridge, next to the bunkers that decades ago used to house lots of the country's nuclear bombs, they are launching a project that could one day answer one of life's great questions. are we alone in the universe?

this concrete bunker behind me is where the staff had to come if the base came under attack. you can see the slits where they put their guns out. today there is something very different going on behind this blast proof door. it is the headquarters of the east anglian astrophysical research organisation, the charity that is trying to raise £1 million to build a giant telescope to listen out for signs of extraterrestrial life. if you can imagine this whole area is two football pitches side by side, so signals come down from space, they hit this mirror, they are reflected across the other side of the site to this parabolic reflector, which concentrates the signal back into this feedhorn here. at the back of the feedhorn is a small building. just to give you an idea of scale, that's about the size of a small garden shed. our research is quite refreshing. we are going to be looking

for activities in space such as interplanetary mining, asteroid mining, we are going to be looking for spacecraft propulsion systems. really, advanced civilisations going about their everyday lives. the charity is run by everyone from academics and engineers to volunteers like 12—year—old alex. she is spending her school holidays looking for shooting stars over france. as you can see, there is one just about to disappear. that white in the very centre is an actual meteor. how would you feel about the idea of being involved with a project that one day hears something out there? it would be breathtaking to know that we have found something that no—one else in history has ever found ever before, and if i was included in that, that would be amazing. this i970s computer readout might not look much but it contains the strongest candidate we have ever had for an alien radio signal.

there is a 72—second section that is so unique the astronomer wrote "wow" next to it. it was heard by a telescope just like the one this team wants to build. they have a possible site in cornwall. the uk space agency is interested, and they hope it could be eavesdropping on intelligent life in under five years. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. there is definitely sunshine in the forecast but it is pretty soggy in wales at the moment. we have had an awful lot of rainfall in the last 2a hours. 0ver100 awful lot of rainfall in the last 2a hours. over 100 millimetres of awful lot of rainfall in the last 2a hours. 0ver100 millimetres of rain in one or two spot in the south of wales and flood warnings in force from the environment agency as river levels are high. it is not raining as heavy today but still somewhat persistent in the south—west, wales,

may be northern england later. dry and mild in the southeast this afternoon. cool and dry withjust some showers there in scotland and northern ireland. he was a forecast for tonight. that weather front is really stubborn. if anything, the rain may return and be heavierfor a time, at least across this portion of the uk. the south—east, dry and mild. scotland and northern ireland will be colder overnight, frost on the way for places like belfast. in belfast on monday it will be sunny but wet and windy for belfast on tuesday. hello this is bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines: borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how to ease england's lockdown ahead of tomorrow's announcement of a roadmap out of restrictions. there's a new pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine

by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule.