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 roll 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. 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 24—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 road map 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 dated that there is a reduction in transmission from those who get the job. 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 role 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 him here. 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 schools 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 if it means other measures, let them do that. _ interestingly, a slightly different story, _ interestingly, a slightly different story, there was a report overnight in the _ story, there was a report overnight in the guardian that labour mps have

been told _ in the guardian that labour mps have been told not to talk about brexit for fear _ been told not to talk about brexit for fear that it could alienate some voters _ for fear that it could alienate some voters. that was put to david lammy this morning. he dismissed it as nonsense — this morning. he dismissed it as nonsense and said it was absolutely not true _ not true. the uk government's pledge to offer all adults in the uk with a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly has raised hopes that travel abroad may be allowed in time for the summer holiday season. paul charles — who's the ceo of travel consultancy the pc agency and the co—founder of the save our summer campaign, which is calling for travel to be opened back up — told me things are looking optimistic than they have been. the prime minister now has the opportunity tomorrow to chat this middle way between medical caution and economic necessity. he has a chance to save half a million jobs by saying that it is safe to book, it is not illegal and that you can

get a refund or rebook over the next few weeks should you not be able to travel. but it is certainly a much more positive outlook. he travel. but it is certainly a much more positive outlook.— travel. but it is certainly a much more positive outlook. he is not likel to more positive outlook. he is not likely to say _ more positive outlook. he is not likely to say those _ more positive outlook. he is not likely to say those things - more positive outlook. he is not i likely to say those things tomorrow because we still have a lot of cases, hospitalisations, variants around the world that are causing a lot of concern. so opening up for holidays now or even to get people to book for the summer, is a little bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is callin: bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is calling for— bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is calling for travel— bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is calling for travel to _ bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is calling for travel to be _ bit going ahead of schedule. nobody is calling for travel to be opened - is calling for travel to be opened up is calling for 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, not just in the uk but another part of the world as well. but no, we're looking at 12 weeks or more away. 12 weeks is a long time in the covid—i9 calendar and even 12 weeks ago no one had heard of the kent to strain. so itjust shows how fast one had heard of the kent to strain. so it just shows how fast this one had heard of the kent to strain. so itjust shows how fast this move. in the vaccine is clearly starting to work. we are seeing the evidence

from israel, the prime minister will be outlining more evidence and data that he has tomorrow. but it is the opportunity to say that i can protect jobs, opportunity to say that i can protectjobs, i can save half a millionjobs at risk protectjobs, i can save 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 a very real prospect. he from may onwards. it is a very real --rosect. ., ., prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel. both — prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, both of— prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, both of those _ prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, both of those countries - prospect. he mentioned the uk and israel, both of those countries have j israel, both of those countries have done very well with the vaccine roll—out. whatever the countries haven't done so well, haven't vaccinated that many people. that is one of the problems. it vaccinated that many people. that is one of the problems.— one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel _ one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel is _ one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel is going _ one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel is going to _ one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel is going to open - one of the problems. it is. there is no way travel is going to open up l one of the problems. it is. there is| no way travel is going to open up to everywhere in the world this year. i think many countries will stay close. australia, new zealand, vietnam, till at least the end of the year and possibly well into 2022. this is the year of shortfall in domestic trouble. 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, may be 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-— to do your research before you do book anything. to do your research before you do book an hina. �* i. , ., ., book anything. and when you stand on the issue of vaccine _ book anything. and when you stand on the issue of vaccine passport? - book anything. and when you stand on the issue of vaccine passport? if- the issue of vaccine passport? if you have had the vaccine, the airline can say, show was approved. this is the key to unlocking travel safely and responsibly. if you have had a vaccine, then you would do one of these, you would download one of these apps, digital health apps. they are not manual passport, they are digital. they integrate with your airline app and i think that is the key to unlocking. they will be available from next month and that will mean from may onwards that those who have been vaccinated will be able to use the safely. paul child talking — be able to use the safely. paul child talking to _ be able to use the safely. paul child talking to me _ be able to use the safely. paul child talking to me earlier. —— paul charles. —— paul charles. israel is easing many of its covid

lockdown restrictions from today. nearly half of the country's population has received at least one dose of the vaccine. gyms, hotels and tourist attractions are re—opening, but entry will only be allowed to those with a green pass, which shows they've either had the jab or the virus. nickjohnson reports beer to persuade some. pizza to persuade others. israel's programme to get covid jabs 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, an economy at risk, peoples lives on hold. after a steep resurgence in covid 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 pfizer 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 do need to hurry up and get everyone on board the vaccination programme because with all of those variants rising their heads, we could be facing other setbacks in the future and we need 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 to honour the woman, who was killed two days before her 20th birthday. despite an internet blackout, tens of thousands of people 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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. breaking news. coming into us from brentwood in essex. a further targeted area will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the potential spread of covid—i9 variant that we are hearing that in essex in the cm 13 postcode in brentwood, essex. because a single case of covid—19 variant first identified in south africa has been found there. so there will be additional search testing made available there, extra testing introduced in addition to existing extensive testing and in combination with current lockdown rules. that

all coming to us about an area of brentwood which is going to have some search testing because of another south african variant case has been found there. 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 feel 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 sitting 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. a plane crash in nigeria. a military aircraft had crashed short of a

runway in the nigerian capital. in a tweet, the minister of aviation said the plane had reported engine failure on the way to minna, and it is not clear if there has been any casualties. that is a military aircraft that has crashed just short of the runway in the nigerian capital. we will bring you more details on that as they come into us through the day. 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. broadcasterjo whiley says she is living "a nightmare" after being offered a covid vaccine before her sister, who has a learning disability and diabetes. her sister frances has since tested positive for coronavirus after there was an outbreak in her care home. the bbc radio 2 presenter said she would give up her vaccine

for her sister "in a heartbeat". it's been the worst week of our lives, without a shadow of a doubt. 2a hours ago, we were talking palliative care and yesterday she rallied round and we are seeing her oxygen levels rise. so at the moment we have got hope. it is quite difficult to predict how she will react to things like physically and emotionally. and that is the same with anyone with a learning disability. so going into hospital, the easiest thing that happens with everybody when you have got covid—19, you are given oxygen. they couldn't do that with frances, because shejust couldn't tolerate it. she was petrified. she just would not allow anyone to put anything near herface. she has an incredible superhuman strength, you can't physically make her lay down. you can't do anything. and that is why her oxygen levels plummeted, that is why she ended up fighting for her life, because you couldn't do the most basic, simple thing that you would do to try and get somebody through covid. and we were at our wits end.

i was there at four o'clock in the morning just saying, "how can we get oxygen into her?" and the medical professionals who were doing an amazing job just aren't equipped, because it is all so new. they don't know how people with a learning disability are going to react in the situation, which is why it makes such sense to just get them vaccinated as quickly as you possibly can to take away that problem, take away the burden on the nhs. just stop these people coming into hospital who are absolutely petrified, they can't communicate they are terrified, they don't know what is going on. they have no comprehension of what covid is and what is happening to them, and they are there, bewildered, in a hospital. just don't put them through that. stop everybody having to go through that horrible experience. just keep them safe and protect these people, because they are so precious, they are so vulnerable and we should have looked after them a long time ago. the health secretary matt hancock says the government has followed this is the chief executive of the learning disability charity mencap. thank you so much indeed for being

with us. what does thejo wiley storytellers about the level of vaccinations or people with learning disabilities in this country? we vaccinations or people with learning disabilities in this country?- disabilities in this country? we are so appreciative _ disabilities in this country? we are so appreciative that _ disabilities in this country? we are so appreciative that in _ disabilities in this country? we are so appreciative that in amongst. disabilities in this country? we are| so appreciative that in amongst the difficult time that the family are having just now with francis being in hospital that she has been so willing to share her story and important issue. there is a general lack of understanding, sadly, about learning disability, notjust in the general population, but in wider society. and i think what this story is highlighting is that even before we had heard the words coronavirus, people with learning disabilities suffered huge health inequalities in this country, with 1200 approximately people with a learning disability dying unavoidably every year when access to good quality health care would have saved them. so what covid—19 is done is shown a really bright light on this most important and most pressing issue.

and we are urging thejcvi and the government and whoever it makes the decision to remove this arbitrary definition of severe and profound learning disability, because people who fall into that category are in group six for the vaccination. we're just asking them to include all people with a learning disability as being a priority for the vaccination. the data and the evidence is there to suggest that they are up to six times more to die if they contract covid—19 and then in addition all the issues thatjoe has raced so passionately there about how traumatic it can be for someone with a learning this ability. someone with a learning this abili . ~ , ., someone with a learning this abili . ~ ability. when you say the categorisation _ ability. when you say the categorisation is - ability. when you say the l categorisation is arbitrary, ability. when you say the i categorisation is arbitrary, i suppose a government and the authorities and the nhs will say that they have to draw a line somewhere in order to draw up a list of who is priority and who isn't. £31 of who is priority and who isn't. of course they do and we do understand how difficult it must be to make

these decisions. but if i can just share with you some of the data that we have shared with the committee and the government ministers. the public health england data, not mencap data, says people with a learning disability are up to six times more likely to die and if you are 18 to 3a years old you are up to 30 times more likely to die. there is a report that 134% increase in the number of reported deaths during the number of reported deaths during the pandemic or people with a learning disability. and the learning disability. and the learning disability. and the learning disability mortality review has shown that 80% of deaths were related to covid—19, compared to 45% of the general population. so all of this evidence is available and we just don't understand why the definition cannot be all people. the virus is not deciding whether you are profound or severe or mild or moderate. indeed, gps don't even use those definitions and that is by we think they are arbitrary. they don't

mean anything, no one has been able to say what a severe or profound learning disability is. what is happening now, today, is a family is anxious, people with a learning disability are scared and gps are already so overburdened are being left to make a decision not about whether someone is mild, moderate, severe or profound. it makes no sense to us and that is why we will not stop campaigning. ichief not stop campaigning. chief executive — not stop campaigning. chief executive of _ not stop campaigning. chief executive of mencap, - not stop campaigning. chief executive of mencap, the i not stop campaigning. chief executive of mencap, the learning disability charity. thank you for being with us. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. there is certainly plenty of bright and sunny weather around. it is not like it everywhere. we are expecting further rain across parts of south

west england, wales and northern england. it has been a stubborn weather front. england. it has been a stubborn weatherfront. it has been moving in from the south. it has brought a lot of rainfall to places like southern wales in the last 2a hours. we have seen over 100 millimetres of rain. river levels are pretty high. flood warnings in force from the met office. you can see it as a discrete area of heavy rain. some parts of south—western england, but more especially the hills of wales and some of that mine will slip into part of north—western england and the pennines. the vast majority of us have a dry day, by the odd shower in western part of scotland. a mild day in the south—east and it is going to stay mild and clear for east anglia and the southeast overnight. temperatures will be around eight or 9 degrees, whereas in scotland and northern ireland, clear skies and just a cold enough for a touch of grass frost, for example, in belfast. that weather front is stubborn. the rain becomes a little bit more widespread across a little bit more widespread across a small central swathes of england

through the course of monday, but then by the time we get to the afternoon, that rain should mostly fizzle out, leaving a legacy of cloud. pressure in the north—west, still mild tomorrow in the south—east of the country. it is tuesday. big low pressure in the atlantic. stronger winds and heavy rain sweeping into western part of the uk. ireland, northern ireland, scotland, heavy rain and coastal gales are expected. some rain nudging into the western fringes of wales. central and eastern england, a dry day. some sometime in places like east anglia and the extreme south—east. around 15 degrees expected on tuesday in london. the air is coming in from the south in the middle part of the week. you can see this plume of milder air stretching almost from the canaries, coming from portugal, spain, france and spreading all the way into scandinavia. not everybody is going to get milder weather. the milder weather will affect most of the country. you could nudge up to 18 degrees at one point. in the

north—west of the uk, it is always going to to be more unsettled.

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. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets in myanmar, a day after security forces fired at a crowd killing two people in the city of mandalay. a passengerjet engine has burst into flames above the us state of colorado. debris fell onto homes below, but the plane landed safely.