welcome to bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: 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. 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 six cases of the brazilian variant of coronavirus are found in the uk. local testing is being stepped up in response. hollywood's golden globes are underway, in a virtual ceremony with early successes for british actors daniel kaluuya, john boyega and emma corrin.

we start in myanmar where the united nations has condemned the use of lethal force against 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 injured. 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 — not just tear 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. kingsley abbott is a

human rights lawyer. he's in whangarei, new zealand. thanks very much for coming on the programme. my thanks very much for coming on the programme.— the programme. my pleasure. those scenes _ the programme. my pleasure. those scenes quite _ the programme. my pleasure. those scenes quite difficult i the programme. my pleasure. those scenes quite difficult to j those scenes quite difficult to watch there, what do you make of them? figs watch there, what do you make ofthem? �* , watch there, what do you make ofthem? ~ , of them? as you reported, we saw the security _ of them? as you reported, we saw the security forces - of them? as you reported, we saw the security forces using i saw the security forces using lethal force against peaceful protesters, and notjust in a single location but in several places around the country which tends to suggest a centralised policy to use lethal force rather than just one or two isolated incidents, and under international law, the situation is clear live ammunition should never be used to disperse protesters and lethal force may only be used to predict life or prevent serious injury. what we are witnessing our extrajudicial killings for which there has to be accountability and by accountability i mean not the individual perpetrators, those link the trigger in those images, and both higher up the chain of command who may have

given orders, and the independent investigative mechanism for myanmar is monitoring the situation very closely and gathering evidence for future use. flan closely and gathering evidence for future use.— for future use. can either take ou to a for future use. can either take you to a specific _ for future use. can either take you to a specific case - for future use. can either take you to a specific case on - for future use. can either take you to a specific case on the i you to a specific case on the legal structures within myanmar. that the case of the de facto elected leader, what do you make of that? she is facing trumped up charges, and from what we know, she has been charged with illegally importing walkie—talkies and some additional charges recently under the disaster management law. she and all others who have been arbitrarily detained should be released immediately and unconditionally. of course we

know, but everybody has universal, fundamental human rights that frankly don't get simply turned on or off, so she has the right to be free from arbitrary arrest and detention, which is why she needs to be freed immediately without conditions. do you think what we are watching here is the end of this experiment with democracy and end to the rule of law, or can something be salvaged still with, i don't know, international pressure? we hope it is not and certainly the myanmar people hope it is not, and a lot of what needs to be done as well known. the question is, whether there is the political courage to do at. and what we have seen is the most powerful dynamics of change are inside the country and the people themselves, so first of all their needs to be real engagement with the myanmar people on the ground including the influential figures in the protest in the civil disobedience movement to

ask them, how can we protect you, what do you need? and externally, there needs to be a strong co—ordinated political response, from china, japan, states should really place or possibilities on the table including consideration of a global embargo, targeted sanctions against perpetrators and their assets, and there needs to be the united nation's security council overseeing the. , ., ., the. very good to have your expertise. _ the. very good to have your expertise, thank _ the. very good to have your expertise, thank you - the. very good to have your expertise, thank you for - expertise, thank you for talking to us. let's ta ke let's take you live now to hong kong, significant developments happening there. is the outside of a court room, we know 47 pro—democracy activists have been charged with subversion, this is under the territory's controversial security law, new security law which has been introduced and has been widely criticised internationally.

these pro—democracy activists were accused of organising informal polls to elect opposition candidates at the elections which had been postponed themselves, actually, and we are seeing, there were dawn raids but we know that 47 activists are due to appear in court throughout the day and hong kong, it hasjust gone iipm there and international criticism has been quite strong there, dominic rob condemned there, dominic rob condemned the move as deeply disturbing and this is widely seen as another step to eliminate political opposition in hong kong. if there is any movement there of course we will come back to events there in hong kong. 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 �*farfrom 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, ok? 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.

featuring heavily in trump's speech was criticism of the democrats and joe biden�*s presidency, but trump also levelled direct attacks at republican lawmakers who voted in favour of his impeachment. he listed them each by name and urged voters to remove them from office. the democrats don't have grandstand is like mitt romney, little ben sass, richard belcher, bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, pat toomey. and in the house, tom rice, south carolina. adam kinsinger. dan newhouse, anthony gonzalez, that's another beauty. fred upton, jamie herrera butler. peter meyer, john carrico, david validator, and of course the

warmonger, the person who loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney, how about that? the good news is, in her state, she has been censured and in her state, her poll numbers have dropped faster than any human being i have ever seen. so hopefully they will get rid of her with the next election. get rid of them all. let's speak now to political scientist and analyst larry he's the director of the university of virginia's center for politics, and he leads sabato's crystal ball, which analyses political trends and elections in the united states. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— thank you so much for coming on the programme._ so, i the programme. certainly. so, we 'ust the programme. certainly. so, we just listened _ the programme. certainly. so, we just listened to _ the programme. certainly. so, we just listened to donald - we just listened to donald trump list that long list there of republicans, what do you make about him doing that? well, there are 17 republicans

who voted either in the house or the senate to impeach him or convict him, and i'll guarantee you, he will get his revenge on all 17 of them. some of them went for re—election but he will find another way to get his revenge stopping the good news for republicans in this speech is, he's not gonna form another party and he had seriously talked about that with confidants. that would have destroyed republican hopes for many officers. the bad news for many officers. the bad news for the republicans is, it's perfectly obvious after tonight that donald trump is going to be missing in their business every hour of every day all the way to 2024, if not longer. after the storming of the capital, we were promised this reckoning, this existential crisis within the republican party, does it follow trouble go back to more traditional republican values? if these last couple of days is anything to go by, that decision has already been made and it is

donald trump all the way. that is absolutely _ donald trump all the way. that is absolutely correct, _ donald trump all the way. that is absolutely correct, i'd - is absolutely correct, i'd never believe they would turn away from him. some surveys have shown over 80% of republicans are sticking with donald trump despite january six. keep in mind, though, he's lost enormous ground with independence, with younger voters and others. so he can get a nomination, but winning a general election is going to be much tougher and he has never won the popular vote anyway. that's interesting, because given the events of january the sixth, the storming of the capital, opinion polls and our straw polls from our correspondence on the ground they are saying, not actually a big factor for people at the conference listening to him speak. how big a factor is at the more centrist conservatives and republicans nonaffiliated voters in the us? it’s and republicans nonaffiliated voters in the us?— voters in the us? it's a very big factor- _ voters in the us? it's a very big factor. the _ voters in the us? it's a very big factor. the united - voters in the us? it's a very| big factor. the united states has never had an insurrection like this. it never had an

insurrection encouraged by an incumbent president. this is something people will not forget and there is a legal action to come. trump is being investigated in new york, and washington, dc, and george after he pressed for additional votes to be found for him. he's got a lot of investigation going on. as taxes. so a lot is going to happen between now and 2024 that we can't imagine right now. 2024 that we can't imagine right "ow-— 2024 that we can't imagine riaht now. ., ., ., right now. 0k, we have to leave it there but _ right now. 0k, we have to leave it there but thank _ right now. 0k, we have to leave it there but thank you _ right now. 0k, we have to leave it there but thank you so - right now. 0k, we have to leave it there but thank you so much i it there but thank you so much for coming on, great to hear from you. for coming on, great to hear from vom— the golden globes has kicked off hollywood's award season with a mainly virtual ceremony. the event is underway and being broadcast from two smaller venues — in california and new york — where frontline and essential workers have been invited to be in the audience. soul has claimed the best animated picture title as well as best score in a motion picture.

emma corrin was named best television actress in a drama series for her performance in the crown. while co—starjosh o'connor picked up the gong in the actor category. the crown also picking up best television series drama accolade. rosamund pike has been named best actress in a motion picture musical/comedy. and schitt�*s creek won best musical/comedy series. our north america correspondent, peter bowes is in los angeles. bring us up—to—date. bring us up-to-date. youjust bring us up-to-date. you 'ust listed the fi bring us up-to-date. you 'ust listed the main i listed the main winners and of course the crown is the main one. it has not quite swept the board but done pretty well, winning best drama series on television and yes, charles and diana and the actresses and actor to play them in the series both winning for their respective roles, and if you don't watch the crown, the series focuses on the

relationship between charles and diana, and right up until the point that they break up. it has been controversial, at least through the eyes of some people, because of the fictitious aspect of certain parts of the storyline was a bit is interesting when harry last week who now of course lives in california, was defending the crown, that it is based in part of —— on the fictitious storyline. he of course has a relationship now with netflix that produces the crown so it all comes together, but as far as winning the awards, very, very good night for the crown was to buy think it reflects in part its popularity in this country. oftentimes people, americans, will watch shows on tv here because they are about the royal family. because they are about the royalfamily. they because they are about the royal family. they often tell me it is because there is no royal family here.

me it is because there is no royalfamily here. a me it is because there is no royal family here. a very successful night for this show. away from the winners, peter, the controversy coming into the golden globes was confronted head—on during the ceremony. yes, and this was a controversy surrounding who actually votes for the golden globes. the hollywood foreign press association, there are 87 voting members, a very small number if you compare this show with other awards ceremonies like the oscars where there are thousands of voters. and over the decades that they have been taking place, they have been controversial for many, taking place, they have been controversialfor many, many controversial for many, many reasons, controversialfor many, many reasons, but this year, the fact that there were no lack journalists among the voting pool of 87 is highlighted a few days ago by the los angeles times. it almost was the elephant in the room, and of course it is a socially distant room, not like the normal ceremony, no celebrities in

there, some first responders in there, some first responders in there, but it was the elephant in the room but they tackled it, three senior officials in the hollywood foreign press association talking about how they recognised that they have work to do themselves, that they must have, as they said, blackjournalists in their community, creating an environment where diversity is the norm and not the exception. clearly still a lot of work to do in the coming years and they are getting criticism for addressing this now of course diversity has been a huge issue for many years now in hollywood.— for many years now in hollywood. for many years now in holl ood. ~ , ., hollywood. we will let you get back to watching _ hollywood. we will let you get back to watching the _ hollywood. we will let you get back to watching the awards . back to watching the awards unfold, thank you for that. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more from the golden globes ceremony — including 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:

a violent crackdown by troops in myanmar — at least 18 people are killed in protests against the military coup. 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's 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. more now from the golden globes — let's speak to entertainment journalist and awards commentator kj matthews. she joins us from los angeles. you have a tough job, you have a toughjob, you have to carry on watching the awards and speak to me at the same time. we have already carried —— covered the crown winning, what else has caught your eye? you know what was really interesting, in a lot of the speeches tonight, heard a lot about diversity and inclusion. i heard it from daniel levy, heard it from mark ruffalo, and surprisingly, jane fonda received the cecil b demille award and she named all of the shows and the films that she thought should have received some sort of nomination but

didn't, and many of them were highly, cast members with a lot of black cast members, that didn't even get acknowledgement was up she was kind of alluding to the fact that of course it needs to be much more diverse in the future. interestingly enough, two black presenters from the show this is us, they said we are so happy to be black at there was, but they said oh, i am sorry, we're happy to be back. it was tongue they didn't have any lack voters in the hollywood foreign press awards. it would have been nice to have some black actors mention it without joking about it, that would have been nice, but that it would foreign press association going forward had knows they have to do a much betterjob in changing the fact they don't have any black members. find have any black members. and what about — have any black members. and what about the _ have any black members. and what about the winners so far that we have heard from? because you heard from john tonight, it was like the british awards. —— john boyega.

a lot of the brits come and sweep our awards shows and we love them, we really do, but you had daniel kaluuya, you had the crown winners was up also had sorkin winning —— aaron sorkin winning. he was to do things in terms of storytelling in hollywood and it was nice for him to talk about that aspect of it. but so far, nothing really unexpected happening, everything has been going on without a hitch so far. only 2.5 hours in and we have another hour left before it ends. ., it ends. you noted no great hitches. what _ it ends. you noted no great hitches. what about, - it ends. you noted no great hitches. what about, whatl it ends. you noted no great| hitches. what about, what is it ends. you noted no great. hitches. what about, what is it like for you to watch it? it is a very different experience this year. a very different experience this year-— this year. yes, it is a different _ this year. yes, it is a | different experience, this year. yes, it is a _ different experience, remember, ever since the emmy awards last summer, that was really the first major award show to do this all virtually. so once they did it, we were used to it. we were saying ok, we can

go another year and have the oscars, the grammys, everything else from home. look, we have all been our —— in our pyjamas for a year, during this pandemic, doing zoom at meetings and so i think every thing is going great so far. i can't wait to see what they are going to do with the oscars in april. in two sentences, because _ april. in two sentences, i because we are right at the end, what should we look for? let's end, what should we look for? let's see who is going to win best picture. they always say the odds on favourite for the end so i can't wait to see who is going to nab that award. great to have you on. we will let you get back to watching, hopefully you didn't miss too much. a giver on the programme. allen thank you. we will have plenty more coverage of the golden globes over the next few hours so you won't miss anything when it comes to the winners and the losers are to, of course. that does make it from me from this hour. —— that's it from meedeez

allah. you can get more on the news app you can get me on social media. i'm @lvaughanjones. 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 trip in myanmar has left at least 18 people dead and 30 injured and protest against the military. the united nations condemned the use of lethal force against peaceful protesters after the bloodiest day of clashes since military seized power four weeks ago. the golden globes have kicked off in a virtual ceremony. donald trump has given his first speech since leaving the white house stopping trump told a conference of conservative supporters and florida that the journey began four years ago when he became president was farfrom over but when he became president was far from over but also rejected reports that he would