welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: a new martyr for myanmar: crowds pay their respects to mya thwe thwe khaing, who was shot during protests against the military coup. remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake a decade on: new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern leads a memorial service. the red cross warns of a desperate humanitarian situation in ethiopia caused by fighting in the region of tigray. and much more than some fun in the snow: meet the polish community rallying for a good cause.

hello and welcome to bbc news. in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. it comes as britain's foreign secretary dominic raab is to call on the military authorities in myanmar to release the elected leader aung san suu kyi. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanmar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power, and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes of grief which must inflame public fury against the militaryjunta, but remind them, too, of the cost of resisting it.

they had two more martyrs to mourn today, one a teenage boy. both were struck by live rounds fired by the police in the city of mandalay. "we started this because we don't want a military dictatorship," said this woman, "and we'll fight to the end to make sure these lives weren't wasted". the plan now is to escalate this two—week—old protest movement into a nationwide general strike which will cripple the government, but must inevitably hurt ordinary people, too, in an economy already shattered by the covid pandemic. they dream of international intervention to help their cause — this rally is outside the us embassy. still a symbol of hope, but a fading one in a world which won't or can't act against generals who won't listen. jonathan head,

bbc news, bangkok. iran and the un's nuclear watchdog, the iaea, say they have reached a deal which will allow un inspectors to carry on essential monitoring of iran's nuclear work, despite iran's threat to stop snap inspections from tuesday. the move buys time for efforts to try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. bethany bell reports from vienna, where the international atomic energy agency is based. talks in iran to shore up access for un nuclear inspectors have ended with a temporary agreement. the head of the iaea, rafael grossi, flew there this weekend after tehran said it would significantly reduce cooperation with the agency unless the united states lifts sanctions. iran has been gradually breaching the terms of the nuclear deal since former us president donald trump pulled out of the accord in 2018 and imposed

crippling sanctions. in the latest move, tehran is planning to suspend the iaea's additional protocol, which allows the agency to carry out snap inspections. speaking on his return to vienna, mr grossi said the deal he had struck with iran was viable and salvaged the situation, for now. there is less access, let's face it. let's face it, there is less access. but still, we were able to retain the necessary degree of monitoring and verification work for what it is as it's been defined, as you will see, as you read it again, as a temporary technical understanding. he gave few details about the changes, but said this was a solution that would be in place for up to three months. the deal gives more time for diplomatic efforts to try to resolve the stand—off

between iran and the us. under president biden, the us seems keen to return to the 2015 nuclear accord but it says iran must return to compliance first. iran says the us must lift sanctions first. finding a compromise will be difficult, but this agreement with the iaea creates a window of opportunity. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. mike pregent is a former us intelligence officer and a senior fellow at the hudson institute. he joins us from washington. thank you so much. the iaea describes this as a temporary technical understanding. how do you read it? thank you for having me- _ you read it? thank you for having me. i— you read it? thank you for having me. i think, - you read it? thank you for having me. i think, well. you read it? thank you for. having me. i think, well what having me. ithink, well what we know is thejcpoa called for this —— these snap inspections and even when the us was in the

jcpoa, iran refused to allow iaea inspectors access to sites, both declared and undeclared sites, and they continue to deny, to delay and to stop the inspectors from going in. underthe trump administration, we were provided intelligence that the iaea, that is what you heard, listen, we will not be your political tool to go into iran because you say there is intelligence, so unfortunately the iaea, under the trump administration, politicised things because, again, the trump administration took very aggressive positions against iran, including walking out of the deal. , :: ' j~ the deal. they did, in 2018, with president _ the deal. they did, in 2018, with president biden - the deal. they did, in 2018, | with president biden walking back in. ., ., back in. not without preconditions. - back in. not without - preconditions. democrat senators in washington, dc simply do not want the biden administration to rejoin an iran deal that is set to expire in ten years. we are going to see the arms embargo expire, ballistic missiles expire in

three years, and the sunset clauses begin to end in ten years. so it is not a time to jump back into thejcpoa. it certainly is not, we should not jump certainly is not, we should not jump back in and meet iran's preconditions that we lift all sanctions and simply rejoin a fatally flawed 2015 iran deal. what is the alternative then? the alternative is those countries that are still in the jcpoa, to include russia, china, the uk, germany and france, hold around responsible for violating the jcpoa. france, hold around responsible for violating thejcpoa. iran cannotjust for violating thejcpoa. iran cannot just cheat on for violating thejcpoa. iran cannotjust cheat on the united states. iran is cheating on those countries and those countries should put sanctions in place, should make demands on tehran. us walked away, around stayed in it. those other countries are still in it and they should demand that iran comply. and they should demand that iran comply-— iran comply. iran and the us have been — iran comply. iran and the us have been on _ iran comply. iran and the us have been on opposite - iran comply. iran and the us have been on opposite sidesj have been on opposite sides since 1979, the atomic revolution, will they ever find a way of coexisting? —— the

inaudible. a way of coexisting? -- the inaudible.— a way of coexisting? -- the inaudible. , ., ., ., ., inaudible. its whole foundation is to resist the _ inaudible. its whole foundation is to resist the united _ inaudible. its whole foundation is to resist the united states, i is to resist the united states, if the regime simply made the job optional, meaning did not have tojoin it job optional, meaning did not have to join it if you job optional, meaning did not have tojoin it if you did not want to, the regime would collapse which is how fragile this is. it has been in place of 42 years and in 42 years they have used this playbook of provocation or concession and they are hoping the playbook works on the vine administration and are seeing the biden street and tested in yemen, tested in iraq and tested in these new, these new rules that have been put in place with the iaea, meaning they cannot have snap inspections of these cleared and undeclared sites.- and undeclared sites. mike pregent. — and undeclared sites. mike pregent, thank _ and undeclared sites. mike pregent, thank you - and undeclared sites. mike pregent, thank you so - and undeclared sites. mike l pregent, thank you so much. thank you for having me. let's get some of the day's other news. in france, the mayor of nice is calling for a weekend lockdown to try and stop the flow of visitors to the mediterranean

city amid a sharp spike in coronavirus infections. new weekly cases in nice are triple the national average in france. the mayor said tourists were still flocking to the area and this needed to be stopped, but without damaging the local economy. the israeli government is advising citizens to avoid all beaches on the mediterranean after much of the shoreline was covered with tar. the pollution has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters to hit israel in years. the cause is still unclear. thousands of volunteers have joined soldiers in efforts to clear the tar. in a change of policy, truck drivers in the uk who return to france will no longer need to have a coronavirus test if they have spent less than 48 hours in britain. france had demanded that drivers must carry a negative test result to reduce the spread of a more infectious coronavirus variant detected in kent. a remembrance ceremony has been held in christchurch to mark left the new zealand city in ruins and killed 185 people.

prime ministerjacinda ardern was amongst those leading the service at the canterbury earthquake national memorial. ms ardern paid tribute to those who died, and those that have lived on with the trauma of that day. the toll could not have been more significant and daily reminders made it harder. a fractured landscape, aftershocks, struggling friends and neighbours, and children with deep and unseen scars. ten years on, there will be people still living their daily lives with the long shadow of that day. today, i want to take the opportunity to say to all those who may still feel overwhelmed, who may still feel uncertain, sad, tired, anxious, you survived an event which, by right, should not occur in anyone's lifetime. i hope you find the space to be kind to yourself, as you've no doubt been

to others who you knew were carrying the same burden. dan 0hs is deputy chief of ambulance operation for stjohn ambulance, and was first responder site commander on that day in 2011. i asked him to reflect on his experiences that day. it still seems very surreal to this day. i mean, one moment, you are at home, as i was, everything is normal and then, you are called to work — and, in my case, when my call came in, i did not realise how bad it was because my particular home was ok. and then an hour later, here i am in the city that i grew up in and amongst collapsed buildings. i it was just — it's something that i think remains very surreal to this day and something that will be etched in my memory and those of my colleagues all of my life. the prime minister talked about continuing trauma for those who survived and for those, like you, who were rescuers.

how do you and your colleagues deal with that over the decade? —— how did you and your colleagues deal with that over that decade? we have immensely got support frameworks in place. the best support framework is actually just talking to your colleagues and talking with other people who went through the experience together. however, time definitely helps, and things like today helps. we had a lovely time today. so we gathered at our station before participating in the formal memorial — about 200 of us from all emergency services — and it was a beautiful time to reflect and remember and, indeed, the service today gave us that opportunity as well, and all of that is immensely helpful, and just having people like jacinda acknowledging how difficult it is and the fact that the trauma is ongoing is really freeing as well. did anyone — any of your colleagues think afterwards they wanted to work in a differentjob? we had a number of people

who left the ambulance service directly following the earthquake. and when we did some research on this, preparing for how we could best support our people, a lot of research suggests that that is the case. interestingly, though, we have had a much greater volume of people who have moved into different roles, so people like me who have moved into managerial support —— so people like me who have moved into managerial and support roles, and so reflecting on the people who were there that day ten years ago and those who are working frontline in christchurch now, we have had an 80% staff turnover with staff either leaving the service or going to other roles, and so clearly it does take an impact. stay with us on bbc news. prince charles has

chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos�* sanctuary malacanang — the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world - that the winner of best film was la la land. . the only trouble was it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing - speeches by the team - behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: huge crowds have gathered in myanmar�*s capital to attend the funeral of a young woman killed in protests against the military coup — mya thwe thwe khaing was shot in the head just before her 20th birthday. and, new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, honours the memory of the 185 victims of the christchurch earthquake, ten years on. to the uk now, where on monday, the british prime minister will outline how and when restrictions in england will be relaxed. so here is what we understand maybe announced tomorrow. the first key date is the 8th march. on that date all schools across england will reopen and children will be permitted to play sport when at school. one person can visit a care home resident — they will be able to meet indoors and hold hands — but visitors must wear ppe

and be tested beforehand. 0ne—to—one social meetings outdoors will also be permitted. the next key date is 29th march. from then the rule of six will return for outdoor meetings. alternatively two households will be allowed to meet outside even if they are more than six people in total. and all organised sport can return. non—essential shops and retail are expected to open after that. the united states is on the verge of becoming the first country in the world to register 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus. the infection rate is now slowing, but president biden�*s chief medical adviser is warning the country isn't out of the woods. here's our north america correspondent, lebo diseko. remembering the lives behind the numbers. 500,000 people lost — that's more than the number of americans who died on the battlefields of world war i, world war ii and the vietnam war combined. i'm not going lie.

i thought, "my family ain't going to get sick. ain't nobody going to catch it. none of my loved ones are going to get covid." 0h, was i wrong. i was so wrong. even though i've had family members who caught it, she's the only one that died. out of all my family that caught it, she's the only one that died. lakecia lost her mother, tracey, in april last year. she got covid at the nursing home where she lived in new york. she was just 55. i didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. i didn't get a chance to get to new york, to hold her hand one last time. i didn't get a chance to do any of those things. it was just... it happened so fast. from coast to coast, the grief is felt. thomas dupar died in california, the state where the first us covid death was recorded just over a year ago. his granddaughter, kayti, says he was the life and soul of any party.

he was such a character. and, you know, surrounded himself with people constantly. loved being around his friends and family. and then to be alone, i think, that was, like, the opposite of what he would've wanted. and we all would've been there, obviously, if we could have. with america's new president, a new approach to the virus. we now have a national strategy to beat covid—19. it's comprehensive. it's based on science, not politics. it's based on truth, not denial. but lakecia is still angry over the government's mistakes of the past. y'all didn't protect us. i feel like you didn't protect us. you just threw us out there and just let us fend for ourselves. and let everybodyjust wonder what's next, what's this? every day is a change. every day is something different. it's just there was no protection for this. with the roll—out of vaccines, there's growing hope for an early end to the pandemic. but for thousands of americans

like lakecia and her daughter, the pain is still raw as they try to make sense of the world without their loved ones. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. the aircraft maker, boeing, has recommend the suspension of all flights by any of its 777 aircraft powered by the same design of engine that came apart above colorado on saturday. large pieces of debris fell on a residential area of near denver in the incident, after which the pilots were able to make an emergency landing safely. the operator of the flight, united airlines, has already grounded similar aircraft, while japan has banned any with that configuration from its airspace. the federal aviation administration in the us has ordered stepped up inspections as it tries to determine what happened. an investigation is underway after seven people died when a nigerian military aircraft crashed near the capital, abuja. the plane was on a mission to support a rescue operation, as paul hawkins reports.

the remains of the nigerian raf light aircraft. all seven people on board were killed. officials say the pilot reported engine failure and was bringing the plane back to abuja international airport, but it crashed just short of the runway. as it was going down, it struggled to go back to the airport. at the end of the day, just crashed down there. i saw it when the plane explodes. it was a bit slanted and the sound was so sharp and then i've seen smoke was coming out. so we ran, some of us picked bikes, trying to rush to the police. the fire service at the airport were quick enough to respond but, lo and behold, it was — it was not enough. the plane was heading for minna city, some 160 kilometres away. it was due to undertake a surveillance mission supporting a rescue operation. dozens of teachers and students had recently been abducted by gunmen from this school — the latest in a number of kidnappings to hit the north of the country. president muhammadu bahari has said he's deeply saddened

by the crash. an investigation is under way. paul hawkins, bbc news. the international committee of the red cross says the needs of people affected by fighting in the ethiopian region of tigray are "overwhelming" and greater than previously thought. ethiopia's federal government began a military offensive in november, against the tigray region's ruling party in the north. the bbc�*s leila nathoo asked dominik stillhart, from the icrc, about the humanitarian situation on the ground. the humanitarian situation is really very bad. there are overwhelming needs. 0ur teams are reporting that they are constantly taken aback by the needs they are discovering on the ground. the food security situation becomes extremely tense. the people in tigray, they essentially lost a harvest season because of the fighting that's been going on.

there are serious issues with regards to access to medical care. these are some of the issues, and i think we are still not able to have a comprehensive picture. we are still putting the entire picture together. but from what i understand from our teams on the ground, the needs are overwhelming and definitely larger than we would have expected. and you're not being stopped or prohibited from visiting areas that you would otherwise like to go to? yeah, the situation is challenging because in several areas, fighting is still ongoing. you have a variety of fighting forces on the ground. and there is also, very honestly speaking, a capacity issue. we need to still scale up our own capacity to be able, a, to be able to respond in these main urban centres and then also to go

beyond these urban sectors. as the icrc, you would like more access to be able to scale up your operations to play a greater role? there is very clearly a need for a very significant scaling up of the humanitarian response, not just by ourselves, but by the international community, by the humanitarian community. and these are some of the discussions that are now ongoing. there have been positive developments last week in terms of more staff coming in, especially also from un organisations. but more is required. it is really important that we get all the collaboration and cooperation from the government that is now needed to scale up and be able to respond to what the needs are on the ground. the duke of edinburgh, is spending a sixth night in hospital in london. prince philip, who's

99, was admitted last tuesday for a period of observation and rest, after feeling unwell at windsor castle. the exact reason for his admission hasn't been disclosed, however, his stay isn't related to coronavirus. much of europe is still recovering from recent severe weather. many countries across the continent were deluged in a blanket of snow. what happens when tons of the white stuff fall from the sky? well, some people make snowmen. but in eastern poland they were making lots of snowmen and all for a good cause. tim allman explains. across the fields of korycin, an army gathers its forces but not just any army, mind you, an army of snowmen, proud and true. dozens upon dozens of them, in fact. a lot of carrots, a lot of cold and more than a few scarves. and this is an army that knows exactly what its mission is. translation: a thousand snowmen for bartek. - we have to do something crazy to draw your attention to this little boy

who has a heart defect, and needs surgery urgently. we are running out of time. the surgery is planned for april and we still need a lot of money. funds are being raised to try and send a local boy abroad. he desperately needs an operation but poland does not have the right kind of surgeon. the whole community, young and old, is doing its best to help. "i was making a snowman by myself," said this boy, "it is not very big, it is not finished yet but it is for bartek from my heart." time is of the essence, if the two—year—old child is to get his lifesaving operation. soon enough these snowmen will melt away and disappear. the commitment these people are showing never will. tim allman, bbc news. more on all our stories on our

website, including continuing coverage of events in myanmar. i amjames coverage of events in myanmar. i am james reynolds, coverage of events in myanmar. i amjames reynolds, do coverage of events in myanmar. i am james reynolds, do stay with us. hello there. it's felt very mild over the weekend, almost springlike. and in fact, the temperatures are going to rise even more as we move through this new week, particularly tuesday and wednesday. this is the temperature anomaly map. you can see the temperatures well above the seasonal average, especially for parts of england and wales. but with this very mild air will come a lot of moisture, and it's going to pour down, in fact, across many western areas for tuesday and wednesday. some parts of western scotland, perhaps north—west england could see over 100 mm of rain, with a risk of localised flooding. eastern areas of the uk will actually be drier than average. for the start of the new week, though, it looks mainly dry with plenty of sunshine, but we still have some rain around thanks to this weather front which will be affecting northern and western parts of england, eastern wales, to start the day.

it will transfer towards the eastern side of england and tend to fizzle out, leaving a legacy of cloud here, with other areas brightening up. so, quite a fine afternoon for many. plenty of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland and mild, 10 to maybe 1a degrees. that front clears away. underneath clear skies, it will turn a little bit cooler, in fact, but then this next area of low pressure will move in to bring wet and windy weather to northern and western areas. and those temperatures will range from around 2 or 3 across eastern areas, 7 or 8 in the west. now, this area of low pressure is here to stick around, i think, for much of tuesday and wednesday, and expecting to bring some very wet weather with this weather front, which will become almost stationary across the north and west of the country. lots of isobars on the charts, so it will be windy as well. dragging this air up, though, from the subtropical regions, which is why it's going to be extremely mild. so we start off dry. central, southern and eastern areas, it'll stay dry through the day, but lots of rain across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north—west england, the north and west of wales, and gales up the irish sea coasts

and in towards western scotland. despite the wet and windy weather here, it's going to be mild. double figure values for all, but we could see 1a or 15 across the south and the east given some brightness. it'll stay very wet and windy across the north and the west on wednesday, extremely mild across the south east, 17 or 18 celsius. and then there's signs of it calming down a little bit as we end the week and head—on into the weekend, as high pressure builds in. so, for this upcoming week, it's going to be very mild for a time, but wet and windy across northern and western areas, with the risk of localised flooding, and then signs of it drying up for many of us by the end of the week.

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the headlines: huge crowds have gathered in myanmar�*s capital to attend the funeral of a young woman killed in protests against the military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing was shot in the head just before her 20th birthday. two other protesters were killed in mandalay on saturday when the security forces opened fire. mapping the way out of lockdown: on monday, the british prime minister borisjohnson —— later on monday, the british prime minister borisjohnson will outline how and when restrictions in england will be relaxed as coronavirus cases continue to fall. it's believed schools will reopen on the 8th of march. and remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake: new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern leads a memorial service in the city devastated ten years ago. 185 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured, the community spending the past decade rebuilding. now on bbc news,

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