welcome to bbc news — i'm lewis vaughn—jones. our top stories: explosions a violent crackdown by troops in myanmar — at least 18 people are killed in protests against the military coup. people are afraid for their lives for some it's not going to stop them from protesting but the messages from them are, where is the world, who is going to help us? and hollywood's golden globes have kicked off, in a virtual ceremony, with early successes for british actors daniel kaluuya and john boyega. and six cases of the brazilian variant of coronavirus are found in the uk. local testing is being stepped up in response. donald trump gives his first speech since leaving

the white house — he says his politicaljourney is �*far from over�* who knows? i may even decide to beat them for a third time, 0k? applause hello, welcome to we start in myanmar where the united nations has peaceful protesters. it's after the bloodiest day of clashes since military leaders seized power four weeks ago. the un human rights office says at least 18 people were killed on sunday and more than 30 wounded. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head has sent this report. and a warning: it contains some graphic images. this was the day myanmar�*s army set out to impose its will on a furious population, whatever the cost —

notjust tier gas, but live rounds, too. all restraint now abandoned. chanting. a month after the coup, public anger and defiance are still burning bright in myanmar... ..fuelled by the rising toll in dead and injured and by the many hundreds dragged from their homes at night. and still, no sight of aung san suu kyi, the woman they voted for overwhelmingly in an election four months ago. they prepared themselves with home—made shields... ..and put up improvised barricades to try to stop the police. it was pitifully inadequate for what they were about to face. explosions. in yangon, the police pushed forward in clouds of tear gas. but they were shooting as well. this was nyi nyi aung

htet naing, an engineer and a protester, struck by a bullet and carried off through the gunshots for treatment. he did not survive. in the southern town of dawei, two terrified women watched as police — commanded by an army officer — advanced on the protesters, calmly shooting directly into the crowd. at one barricade, a man shouts for people not to run. there are three shots. some are clearly hit and then dragged away. these were some of the worst clashes of the day. the ambulances kept up a constant relay to and from the hospitals, which were filled with the injured and the dead. these are scenes from myanmar�*s traumatic past that its people had hoped were behind them. much has changed during this country's 10—year experiment

with democracy, but not the soldiers, who now run it again and who are still willing to kill to stay in power. jonathan head, bbc news. doctor simon adams is the executive director of the global centre for the responsibility to protect — which advises the un security council on mass atrocity crimes — who warned of an escalation and we got his reaction again to what happened. i woke up this morning to heartbreaking messages from people inside myanmar with the reports of what happened and transpired, keep in mind they are hours ahead of us. certainly it's been a day where the un has said 18 are dead. we have sources indicate it may be as high as 26 people who were killed in six

different cities. we've now got over 1,100 people arrested since the coup the coup started. all of this has happened once the military responded to what was a peaceful movement in which these protesters were hoping to restore a democratically elected civilian government. in this escalation, do you fear further scenes like this over the coming days? i absolutely fear it and certainly those messages again from people inside the country, people are afraid for their lives. it's not going to stop them from protesting but the messages from them are, �*where is the world, and the reports of the horrors that are happening on their streets. that is why i think, as i said yesterday, statements of concern are not going to cut it in this situation. there's actually going to have to be concerted international pressure to hold myanmar�*s military accountable. there has to be things like targeted sanctions on the generals, an arms

embargo, no recognition, no diplomatic recognition, and divestment from all of these military control businesses. they have to start feeling the pressure of the international community or they will continue to wage war on their own people. can i ask you about one member of the international community in particular, china, obviously hugely powerful in the region. what role does it have now? china has been the protector of myanmar at the un security council. they protected them from scrutiny in 2017 when the military committed genocide against the rohingya people and has always been an obstacle for any kind of action in the un security council. so that is obviously a big hurdle to get over. the united states has the presidency of the security council starting tomorrow so i think there should be increased pressure there but many of the things ijust spoke about are things that states and regional organisations can do outside of the un security council. and they should absolutely do so.

and given the calls you have been making, how optimistic are you that international countries, be that china, or whoever, are actually going to step up here? i have no faith in china. given their track record, given a genocide wasn't enough to stop them from shielding the generals in the myanmar, but certainly i think more pressure could be put on them. as i said, there is a whole bunch of actions that can happen without the un security council but you can't help but be hopeful seeing the absolute determination, seeing ordinary people in the streets all across myanmar determined to stand up for their rights. ijust hope the international community stands up with them for once and stands behind them and beside them. thanks there to dock to simon adams. —— doctor. the golden globes has kicked off hollywood's award season as a mainly virtual ceremony has gotten under way. this year, the event is being broadcast from two smaller venues — in california

and new york — with frontline and essential workers amongst the audience. chloe zhao�*s nomadland, is seen as the favourite for the top prize, but it faces strong competition from courtroom drama the trial of the chicago seven, directed by aaron sorkin. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes is in los angeles. hi peter, so what has been happening?— hi peter, so what has been hauenina? ., , happening? well you have 'ust summed up i happening? well you have 'ust summed up the i happening? well you have 'ust summed up the main �* happening? well you have just summed up the main winners | summed up the main winners there so far but i think most attention in the first hour of the show, in fact the first 30 minutes was the fact that the organisation behind the golden globes, acknowledge the controversy that certainly has been raging, to some extent hearing loss angelus, over the last week. at least in —— a

piece of the los angeles times revealed last week that of all of the voters, there are 87 foreign journalists as part of this organisation that choose the golden globes, none of them are black. that prompted a statement from the hollywood foreign press association last week that they had a plan to address this, but 30 minutes into the show, three of the most senior officials took to the stage to talk about this issue as well. they said they recognise that they had some work to do, but they must have blackjournalists work to do, but they must have black journalists as work to do, but they must have blackjournalists as part of their community and they say creating an environment where diversity is the norm and not the exception. and i think they clearly felt such was the controversy surrounding this that it was something that had to be spoken about. it didn't take very long, properly 30 — 45 seconds, was all the time they were on stage. but it certainly addressed some of the issues people have been talking about and many strongly feel needs to be addressed in the coming months and years. interesting that has dominated the event so far. what about

the event so far. what about the event so far. what about the event itself? this new world of virtual award ceremonies?- world of virtual award ceremonies? ~ , ., ., ceremonies? well, they have had some shaky _ ceremonies? well, they have had some shaky moments _ ceremonies? well, they have had some shaky moments to - ceremonies? well, they have had some shaky moments to be - ceremonies? well, they have had i some shaky moments to be honest and this is an award ceremony that normally takes place in one place on a single stage. the two presenters, amy bowler and tina fey are loss los angeles and new york. they have a split screen going for most of the time —— poehler. the nominees and potential winners are in remote locations around the world and some of those connections have been a little shaky. 0f connections have been a little shaky. of course, we are all used to that and it is almost acceptable these days but it is acceptable these days but it is a bit strange to see it, at least part of a major hollywood award show like this. find least part of a major hollywood award show like this.— least part of a major hollywood award show like this. and as we have had the — award show like this. and as we have had the results _ award show like this. and as we have had the results coming - award show like this. and as we have had the results coming in, | have had the results coming in, what else should we be looking out for? ~ ., ., out for? well, i would look out for the trial— out for? well, i would look out for the trial of _ out for? well, i would look out for the trial of the _ out for? well, i would look out for the trial of the chicago - for the trial of the chicago seven, and that is one of the films that is nominated for best picture in the drama category. we'll get to that much later in the show but it has already won for best

screenplay for aaron sorkin. and i think the fact it has won in that category, which in itself is one of the more distinguished categories, it might give us a clue that that is the way the voters are looking a little bit later on. if you haven't seen this particular film, if you haven't seen this particularfilm, it is if you haven't seen this particular film, it is that in 1967, the democratic convention in chicago when there were disturbances on the streets and a trial that followed involving defendants accused of being involved in those disturbances. 0k, thank you for that, peter. we will have plenty more on the golden globes throughout the next couple of hours as the six cases of a coronavirus variant — which was first detected in brazil — have been found in the uk. there's concern the manaus variant may be more transmissible, and less likely to respond to a vaccine, than the original virus. five out of the six cases are linked to travel from brazil. the national medical director for nhs england, professor stephen powis, says the country is well placed to deal with them.

we expected to see this, we will see lots of minor variants occurring, and some will have some importance. so it's important that we continue to sequence. the good news in the uk is we have a lot of capacity to sequence samples, therefore get the mutations and the genetic code. we have good contact tracing in place, and the third bit of good news is the new vaccines being used for covid can be adapted very rapidly so it is very likely that if we do need to change the vaccine, that can be done in months rather than years, which was the case with more traditional vaccines. to the us where in the past couple of hours donald trump has made his first public appearance since leaving the white house last month. mr trump told a conference of conservative supporters the journey that started four years ago when he became president is �*far from over�*. he also said he wouldn't be starting his own political party. from orlando, florida, our north america correspondent

nick bryant sent this. carnival time in orlando. a trumpian mardi gras. latins for trump! but this also had the feel of a revival meeting, a gathering that suggests that if there is to be a battle for the soul of the republican party, then the former president has the numbers to win. the loser of the 2020 election was greeted like a conquering hero. most people in this crowd still believe he won, and the big question on everyone's lips — will he run again? cheering. who knows? i may even decide to beat them a third time, 0k? cheering. but he hasn't yet declared his candidacy. donald trump has always inspired a near cult—like devotion, and at this conservative conference, they even put a golden idol on display.

we're praising donald trump, in thanksgiving for all he's accomplished for this nation, and with god's blessing, he will continue to accomplish, we praise the lord. most conservatives here are hoping for his second coming. making america great again remains an article of faith. his part in the storming of the us capitol isn't even seen as a sin. people really admire him and respect him, and they want to hearfrom him. isn't what happened on january the sixth, and his part in that, disqualifying? no, i don't believe he played any part in the violence at the capitol, and i don't think any of these people do here. what this appearance has shown is that the storming of the us capitol was not a pivotal event, the moment when the republican party decided to reject donald trump and take a different path. less than two months on, it's almost as if january the sixth never happened. nick bryant, bbc news, florida.

0ur north america reporter david willis has been following trump's address at the political action conference, and says trump again doubled down on claims the democrats had stolen november's election. well, lewis if anyone was in any doubt as to whether or not donald trump is intending to go away quietly, as it were, they have the answer. he has no such intention. he did say he is not planning to form a political party of his own but he would be leading the republican party to victory, he said. and he hinted that he may well be leading it four years from now going into the presidential election in the year 202a. donald trump said that there are a lot of people supported his make america great again message. he called it a movement, in fact. and he said the journey had just begun, that great things lie ahead for that movement.

people have been hoping, lewis, that donald trump may have been looking to put those very controversial claims behind him and move on, if you like. but clearly he does not intend to do so. they'd hoped he would do so because of the division they have caused in this country, and of course that division led to that very violent insurrection at the nation's capitaljust at the start of january. but donald trump is continuing to maintain that this was a rigged election, that was subject to mass voter fraud as he has put it, and has called for a tightening of regulations going into the future. 0ur our thanks to david there. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more from the golden globes as hollywood kicks off with early successes for british actors, daniel kaluuya and john boyega.

first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of - these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united i states, and they should be protected even in the right. to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. - this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the end,

as they say. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the united nations has condemned myanmar�*s military for using lethal force against protesters — 18 people died in the deadliest violence since the coup. and hollywood's golden globes have kicked off, in a virtual ceremony. with early successes for british actors daniel kaluuya and john boyega. let's get some of the day's other news. the syrian army says it's destroyed most of a salvo of missiles fired at the damascus area by israel. it said the missiles were tracked coming from the occupied golan heights. it's israel's policy not to comment on such claims. the israeli military has recently stepped up strikes on what it says are iran—linked targets in syria. it aims to reduce tehran�*s military influence in the country.

the british foreign secretary says the arrests of 47 prominent opposition figures in hong kong is deeply disturbing. dominc raab says it showed the security law imposed by beijing was being used to eliminate political dissent. those detained had organised and taken part in unofficial primary polls to select opposition candidates ahead of the now— postponed legislative elections. the world trade organisation has a new director general starting work on monday. doctor ngozi 0konjo—iweala, the formerfinance minister of nigeria, is the first women and the first african to take run the organisation. she was chosen after president biden�*s administration removed his predecessor's veto on her selection. embattled new york governor andrew cuomo has asked the state's attorney general and a chiefjudge to appoint an independent investigator to examine allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by

two former aides. cuomo has denied the allegations and in statement, acknowledged that he occasionally attempts to add "levity and banter" while working. "i now understand that my interactions may have been the governor was forced to backtrack after being sharply criticised by democrats for earlier suggesting a formerjudge take charge of the investigation.

a statement by his special counsel, paving the way for the independent examination, promised a thorough review of the allegations in a public report. cuomo was largely praised, and has been seen as a rising star in the democratic party, for his coronavirus pandemic briefings , but he has recently come under fire over reports that his administration under—counted covid deaths in the state's nursing homes. and finally, from golden globes to inflatable dancing balls. let's get more now on tonight's golden globes ceremony. we can now speak to jazz tangcay who's senior artisans editor at variety magazine. she joins us from los angeles. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme-— thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ ., ., programme. thank you for having me. the programme. thank you for having me- the first _ me. the first results are coming in. what do you make of them so far?— them so far? started off with a treat them so far? started off with a great reddish _ them so far? started off with a great reddish representation i great reddish representation with john boyega great reddish representation withjohn boyega and daniel kalu away. going into the big

awards right now. the picture, comedy, drama. so it will be interesting to see what happens. interesting to see what happens-_ interesting to see what hauens. ~ ., ., .«r interesting to see what hauens. ~ . ., .«r ., happens. what do you make of the background _ happens. what do you make of the background coming - happens. what do you make of the background coming into . the background coming into these awards? so controversial and it's not overshadowed the event, it's actually been dealt with head—on during the awards ceremony? with head-on during the awards ceremony?— ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the to ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the tap of _ ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the tap of the — ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the top of the show, _ ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the top of the show, they - ceremony? yes. tina fey and at the top of the show, they have l the top of the show, they have been addressing it throughout. it will be interesting to see where the hfpa will be in a year's time. there has been holding about a lack of diversity and underrepresentation but they haveissued underrepresentation but they have issued statements. the spotlight will really be how many members they've diversified comejanuary, diversified come january, february diversified comejanuary,

february 2022. diversified come january, february 2022.— diversified come january, february 2022. lepers might look forward, _ february 2022. lepers might look forward, we _ february 2022. lepers might look forward, we have - february 2022. lepers might look forward, we have the i february 2022. lepers might| look forward, we have the big awards coming up. what do you think we should be looking out for still. think we should be looking out forstill. —— think we should be looking out for still. —— let's. think we should be looking out forstill. —— let's. element think we should be looking out for still. —— let's. element we need to be looking at director. it has been the first time in a long time they have actually recognised the female directors we have got regina king nominated, it is the first time in a long time that the golden globes have actually recognised females in this category for the longest time. the females in this category for the longest time. the hfpa have actually received _ the longest time. the hfpa have actually received bad _ the longest time. the hfpa have actually received bad press - the longest time. the hfpa have actually received bad press for i actually received bad press for shutting women out, so let's see whether a bread takes the ground, that is for promising young women. current 0scar front runner chloe schaal, who has when —— won a slew of awards, takes it home for nomad land. ~ ., awards, takes it home for nomad land. ~ . , , ., awards, takes it home for nomad land. ~ . ,, ., ., land. we are missing out on the clitz and

land. we are missing out on the glitz and glamour— land. we are missing out on the glitz and glamour on _ land. we are missing out on the glitz and glamour on the - land. we are missing out on the glitz and glamour on the red - glitz and glamour on the red carpet, do these awards ceremonies still work richly? as we saw when daniel one stop the emmy awards did a great so far. i don't know when the —— what the oscars will look like because of it will be interesting to see for the rest of the show because i think these speeches were pre—recorded, indicated that original song which diane warren one for the second time, it has been ten years since she last won. we saw all the reactions from the others who had not one screenplay. ==

reactions from the others who had not one screenplay. -- won. just on the _ had not one screenplay. -- won. just on the films _ had not one screenplay. -- won. just on the films themselves, i just on the films themselves, is there any kind of thing we can take away from it? it is interesting when we come to award ceremonies through the ages, they tend to throw up certain themes depending on what's happening in the world around. is there anything like that you can pick up from this year? that you can pick up from this ear? ., , year? right now, soul is the only animated _ year? right now, soul is the only animated feature - year? right now, soul is the only animated feature and l year? right now, soul is the i only animated feature and has just one original score that has won. there is a front runner to win drama so maybe the protest aspect of it, it focuses on the protest of the democratic national convention 1968 which if we look at january six 2021 and what happened at the capital with the insurrection. i happened at the capital with the insurrection.— happened at the capital with the insurrection. i am so sorry

to have to _ the insurrection. i am so sorry to have to interrupt _ the insurrection. i am so sorry to have to interrupt you, - the insurrection. i am so sorry to have to interrupt you, it - the insurrection. i am so sorry to have to interrupt you, it is l to have to interrupt you, it is the nature of live tv, live events in general, but we're out of time. thank you for coming on the programme. that does make it, you are watching bbc news, goodbye. —— that's it. hello there. we've got a quiet few days of weather coming up, some sunshine to come, some frosty mornings, a bit of fog around as well, but there's a tendency for the weather to turn a bit cloudier over the next few days and certainly a lot cooler by the end of the week as well. right now, we're seeing some low cloud. some mist and fog patches move in across east anglia. they will continue to spread westwards over the next few hours, into the midlands, central and eastern parts of wales. could be a few fog patches elsewhere. where we keep the clear skies, though, it's going to be cold with some frost, temperatures getting down to about —3 celsius in the very coldest spots, so could be a grey start for quite a few of you but there will be some cloud in scotland probably keeping the worst of the fog

at bay here. that cloud will thin and break, with some spells of sunshine coming through later on. and actually, northern ireland should have a decent day too. it's probably across parts of east anglia, the midlands, central and eastern areas of wales where the low cloud and fog is most likely to linger. and where that happens, well, temperatures might only reach 7 degrees. maybe that's even a bit generous. but for most of the uk, i think we'll see some sunshine and temperatures pushing on into double figures. for tuesday, same area of high pressure still involved in the weather forecast, but we do have a little trough moving up from the south—west. i think for many, it will be a rather grey start to the day on tuesday, with some mist and fog patches, some low cloud as well. there will be some sunshine to come through, particularly across scotland and into north—west england, western parts of wales probably doing quite well as well, but later in the afternoon, we'll start to see that trough thicken the cloud up across the southwest, threatening some patches of rain. that rain could become a little bit more extensive as we head towards wednesday. that is across parts of southern wales and across southern counties of england. could see a little bit of rain just about anywhere. and around some of these

eastern coasts, i reckon it's probably going to be quite grey, with the threat of a few patches of drizzle coming in from the north sea from time to time. best of any sunshine more likely across northwestern areas. again, where it stays rather cloudy and grey, it'll be cool — 5—6 degrees celsius in the south, still relatively mild. that is until thursday and friday, when this area of high—pressure starts to build in. we send northerly winds southwards down the north sea, and that ultimately will bring much cooler weather to all parts of the uk. so towards the end of the week, quite a bit of cloud on thursday, temperatures around 6—8 celsius. friday, probably a little bit brighter, a little bit more sunshine.

this is bbc news,

the headlines: a violent crackdown by troops in myanmar where 18 people, at least, have been killed in protests against the military. the united nations has condemned the use of lethal force against protesters since the mightiest day of clashes since literary leaders seize power four weeks ago. hollywood's golden globes have kicked off, in a virtual ceremony, with early successes for british actors daniel kaluuya who won best supporting actor injudas and the black messiah and john boyega for the small axe series of tv movies. and donald trump has given his first speech since leaving the white house. he told a conference of conservative supporters in florida that the journey began four years ago when he became president was farfrom over. but he when he became president was far from over. but he also rejected reports that he would be forming a new political party. now on bbc news, it's the week in parliament.