hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ghana's president is the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine under covax. it's important that i set the example, that this vaccine is safe. the ivory coast has also begun its roll—out under covax — a global scheme that aims to ensure everyone has access to vaccines. die everyone has access to vaccines. idea is to share d with die idea is to share doses fairly with lower income nations —— the idea. borisjohnson defends the uk's border measures, as the authorities search for a mystery person with the brazilian variant of covid who used an at—home testing kit, but didn't fill out their

registration properly. nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office. and prince phillip has been transferred to a second hospital in london for tests for a heart condition. the 99—year—old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. let's begin with the latest on kovac smack. covax is a global scheme to get coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries — and it's underway. this is the president of ghana, who's become the world's first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. he received the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. and the ambition of the world health organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower income countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries.

covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. the bbc�*s lalla see is in abidjan. today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid—19. so the government has made it a big, big event. it's happening in one of the biggest sports arena of abidjan. the government has also used a lot of communication to fight stigma, or to fight resistance, because people think that this vaccine might cause them harm. so the first persons that got the jobs were members of the government — and they got it right behind me. —— got the jabs. this will be the first centre where health workers, people from the army, and teachers will get the jab — because they're considered at the front line of the combat against the covid—19 pandemic. the authorities are insisting on people to get vaccinated. they believe that it will protect the whole population

against this disease, and that it will help the economy to get back on its feet. lalla sy, bbc news, abidjan. we saw politicians there being first in line forjabs. that's raised questions about leaders jumping the queue. here's what the ghanaian president says about getting it first. it's important that i set the example, that this vaccine is safe, by being the first to have it. the world health organisation's advice is that government leaders should be among the first to be vaccinated. the argument being that many countries are struggling with misinformation — and leaders can set a very high—profile example. not everyone is keen — the german chancellor angela merkel says she doesn't want to get vaccinated on television. but politicians in the ivory coast have done that. marc vincent is the representative there for unicef, the united nations aid agency. it's natural that there

is some initial hesitancy, vaccine hesitancy. i think unicef and the who, and our partners and obviously the government are working very hard to address that hesitancy through a number of different strategies. the first strategy is, of course, making sure it's the health care workers that receive the vaccines so that when they give it to other groups, they are able to reassure the population. unicef and the government is also working very closely on a communications platform and communications campaign to explain the importance of the vaccination process. and then, also, of course, we are working with communities themselves to explain to the religious leaders, community leaders the importance of the vaccination campaign, and why it really is important that everybody gets the vaccine to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. there have been examples of senior public figures getting to the front of the vaccination queue, but not as a way to build trust.

this is a protest in argentina after a minister resigned for allowing government officials and theirfamilies to get jabs early. it's being called the "vip vaccinations scandal". and here's a report in the financial times about the head of canada's largest pension fund. he ignored a travel ban and flew to the uae to get vaccinated. he's also resigned. in the uk, the race is on to locate a person in england that is infected with the brazilian variant of coronavirus. they are one of six people in the uk that genome sequence testing has indentified as having this variant — known as the pi variant. authorities know that there are three cases in parts of scotland — and three in parts of england. rapid surge testing in those areas has begun to see if it is spreading more widely. the challenge is more complicated because one of the people in england used a home—testing kit and did not complete a registration form. so the authorities have no idea who they are, or where they live. all they know is that they did

the test on 12—13 february. what we do know is that all cases are linked to travel into the uk. here's the health secretary, matt hancock. we know that five of these people quarantined at home — as they were legally required to do. we've been in contact with them and their families, and we're grateful to them for understanding the seriousness of the situation. we're putting in place surge testing in south gloucestershire as a precaution, and i urge everyone to remain vigilant. we identified these cases thanks to the uk's advanced sequencing capabilities, we know about them because of the work of nhs test and trace. there are concerns about the brazilian variant. first, it's more contagious — hence the need to urgently contain it. here's the uk vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi. part of the reason i want to locate them quickly is to understand more about them and their movements.

this appeal is the belt and braces to try and make sure we locate them as quickly as possible. because we want to make sure we do, in the same way that we're doing the south african variant, is to rapidly surge test. second — there's concern about a particular mutation of the brazil variant. this mutation has been labelled — e484k. it's also present in the south africa variant — and, to put it simply, it helps the virus avoid antibodies. here's dr susan hopkins from public health england. in particular, there's reports. of a number of individuals that were reinfected with this variant. and therefore, that suggests that having had prior immunity- from the primary infection wasn't enough to reduce infection - and transmission. that could mean problems for the vaccine roll—out. that's because vaccinations work by creating antibodies that fight back against the virus when a person becomes infected.

studies on the current vaccinations suggest that that they will be less effective against variants with the e484k mutation. but — and i need to emphasise this — health authorities are saying this is not a major issue. here's professor stephen powis from nhs england. the new vaccines that are 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 the more traditional vaccines. currently, the uk has a hotel quarantine system in place — that's particularly focused on keeping certain variants out. but these six cases came in before quarantine system was was put in place two weeks ago. the opposition labour party says the government should have done it sooner. i think this shows the real problems with some of the government's delays

in bringing in stronger measures. we cannot afford those kinds of delays. i think it also highlights, though, some continuing weaknesses in the existing system. we know that only i% of travellers are being covered by hotel quarantine — 99% of arriving travellers aren't. so, labour says the government was too slow to act — prime minister borisjohnson sees it differently. we've moved as fast as we could to get that going. we've got one of the toughest border regimes anywhere in the world for stopping people coming into this country who may have variants of concern. and if you look at what we've done in the case of the south african variant, massive effort went in there. and the same is going on now to contain any spread of the brazilian variant. what's not disputed is that the quarantine system is causing huge delays for arrivals. this was the scene last night at heathrow — passengers were stuck in lines at border control for up to seven hours. and there's scrutiny

on keeping these variants out because the government has laid out a plan to ease lockdown restrictions in coming months — but only if the virus data suggests it's increasingly under control. here's our political reporterjessica parker. there are a number of tests that need to be met — and one of those, of course, is around the risk posed by any new variants of concern. i think again, we've seen this frequently with coronavirus, there can be things that come up that cause unexpected outcomes, new questions over what the government's approach might be. and clearly at the moment, they say there tackling this new variant of concern, but until they find this missing person, of course, it'll continue to be a matter of some concern. but there's been some better news in the uk. there is fresh evidence that the uk. there is fresh evidence that the vaccination programme is having dramatic effect on people being admitted to hospital or dying from covid—i9. after a single dose of the

pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine, hospitalisations have dropped by 80% among those over 80. here's fergus walsh with more on that. if you seconds and it's done. more than 20 million of us have rolled up our sleeves, and confidence in covid vaccines is soaring here — with good reason. data are released in the past hour shows that a single dose of the pfizer or oxford astrazeneca vaccine is more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisation among the over—80s, 3—4 weeks after the jab. there's a lot to look forward to. it's very tempting to go, right, we've seen the results, that means the problem's fix. the problem isn't fixed yet, but we definitely have identified a way of fixing the problem, and the early data show us how to do that. hospital admissions are falling fastest among the over—65s, among the first to get immunised,

down by 48% since the start of the year. compare that to a 35% drop among the under—65s, most of whom have yet to have a jab. and deaths among the over—65s are down by 57% in the same period, compared to a 47% decline in younger ages, clear evidence that vaccines offer strong protection. next — the czech republic. it has the highest infection rate per capita in the world, and new lockdown restrictions are now in place. police are carrying out spot checks on the borders of its 76 districts. that's because people are only allowed to leave their disrict for essential purposes and they have to carry a printed declaration stating the reason why. the restrictions will last for at least three weeks. but the government has suggested tougher restrictions still may be needed. and like the rest of the eu — there's also been problems with the vaccine roll—out

in the czech republic. last week, this happened — the country's largest food delivery company had to help deliver doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to doctors surgeries in the capital prague. to help boost supplies, french president emmanuel macron has donated 100,000 doses. but it needs a lot more. so the government has requested a batch of the sputnik vaccine from russia. and they are also considering ordering the sinopharm vaccine from china. but both are yet to be approved by the european medical association — that's the body that approves vaccines for use in the eu — so using them in the czech republic would be going against brussels. and the czech republic won't be alone in doing that. hungary has already approved both the sputnik and sinopharm vaccines for use. and this was prime minister victor orban on sunday, taking the sinopharm vaccine. he claimed that if he waited for the eu to approve the vaccines, 100 hungarians a day would die — accusing brussels of putting eu citizen's lives in danger by not acting decisively. poland has also been in tough with beijing to order the sinopharm vaccine,

and slovakia hasjust ordered two million doses of the sputnik vaccine from russia. joining me now is david herszenhorn — brussels correspondent for politico. how controversial isn't for these countries to go their own way from the eu's broader vaccine policy? well, it is perfectly legal under the eu's framework, each individual country can give emergency authorisation to these vaccines. as you can imagine, it's causing a bit of political stress and there's quite a bit of risk on both sides. if it turns out that countries like hungary, which have now full speed ahead, poland and also slovakia were reporting that they've received 200,000 doses of the chinese made vaccine. if those countries succeed in driving down the infection rates much faster because they've taken these vaccines not yet approved by these vaccines not yet approved by the european medicines agency, you can imagine the tough questions that

will be asked in brussels about what went wrong and why leaders weren't thinking more broadly about the types of vaccines they would allow. but is the eu considering the russian vaccine and the chinese vaccine? is it a case theyjust haven't been approved yet? figs vaccine? is it a case theyjust haven't been approved yet? as of now, haven't been approved yet? as of now. officials _ haven't been approved yet? as of now, officials of _ haven't been approved yet? as of now, officials of told _ haven't been approved yet? as of now, officials of told us _ haven't been approved yet? as of now, officials of told us they - haven't been approved yet? r: rrf now, officials of told us they have not applied, the russian direct investment fund, the manufacturer of the sputnik vaccine, chinese companies can apply, but according to the eu commission officials, that has not yet happened. there are provisions by which they can try to grant emergency approval on their own, because of the number of people who've taken them. but so far i've heard no indication they are ready to pursue that step. but again, a risky bet given the eu's own vaccine programme has been so slow to roll out. i programme has been so slow to roll out. , . r' programme has been so slow to roll out. , ., i. programme has been so slow to roll out. , . out. i must ask you about the czech reublic, out. i must ask you about the czech republic. i'm _ out. i must ask you about the czech republic, i'm sure _ out. i must ask you about the czech republic, i'm sure our _ out. i must ask you about the czech republic, i'm sure our viewers -

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so again, another glitch here where because of the strange design of the clinical trials, and you know this, the vaccine was not initially recommended in the eu for people over the age of 65, and we know from the uk's experience that it is as safe and effective as it is for those under 65. but some leaders went too far out on a limb, like the president of france saying it was because i ineffective and it was just not accurate in terms of what was going on with the astrazeneca vaccine —— because i ineffective. germany is trying to push that out to at least two younger people, the messaging on that was just messed up at the beginning and the vaccine is safe and effective, and it would help if more people excepted it. david, thank you very much for coming on. there's issues elsewhere in europe, as well.

the finnish government has declared a state of emergency to try and quell rising case numbers. the state of emergency opens up new powers for the government — allowing it to shut restaurants close schools and limit travel. here's the prime minister. translation: now i appeal to every citizen, translation: now i appeal to every citizen. let's— translation: now i appeal to every citizen, let's protect _ translation: now i appeal to every citizen, let's protect our _ translation: now i appeal to every citizen, let's protect our own, - translation: now i appeal to every citizen, let's protect our own, our- citizen, let's protect our own, our loved ones, and fellow citizens's health. avoid places and situations where contact may occur. keep a safe distance, take care of hygiene and wear masks. everyone can influence what spring and summer looks like. the duke of edinburgh has been transferred to bart's hospital in london to treat an infection. he's already spent 13 nights at another london hospital. doctors revealed that prince philip, who is 99, will also undergo testing for a pre—existing heart condition. he is expected to remain at bart's, a center of excellence for cardiac care, for the rest of the week. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. king edward vii hospital this morning, an ambulance had been

reversed up to a rear entrance. umbrellas were raised by staff to shield the view of a patient who has been placed into the ambulance. it's believed the patient was the duke of edinburgh. as the ambulance departed, it was assumed he was leaving after 13 nights in the hospital to be taken home to windsor castle. but at 12.30pm, this statement was issued by buckingham palace. the journey across london was a short one. saint bartholomew's — or bart's — is britain's oldest hospital, but it has some of the most modern and extensive facilities for cardiac care. it's a recognised centre of excellence. it's the largest specialist centre for this type of condition in the uk, and one of the largest in europe, and so you can see all

of the subspecialists, whether it's a problem with the heart rhythm, a problem with the blood supply to the heart, or the heart muscle, all under one roof and delivering care at the same time. the duke has suffered heart issues in the past. in 2011, there was an emergency admission to papworth hospital in cambridgeshire. he had suffered chest pains at sandringham. the queen and his immediate family all went to his bedside. a blocked coronary artery was diagnosed. it had been a close call. yet there has been no suggestion until today of any recurrence of any heart problems. for a man approaching his 100th birthday, the duke has seemed in generally good health, yet his hospital stay is now longer than any previous one. it's unclear whether the duke will require any surgical procedure on his heart, such as occurred in 2011. on that occasion, he had a stent inserted to relieve the blocked coronary artery. on this occasion, all the palace will say is that he's comfortable and responding to treatment.

nicholas witchell, bbc news. a court in paris has found the former french president, nicolas sarkozy, guilty of corruption. mr sarkozy was president from 2007 to 2012. now he's been sentenced to three years in prison — though two years of the sentence are suspended, and one will be under home arrest. sarkozy was found guilty of bribing a judge with the offer of a promotion in 2014, in exchange for confidential information on an inquiry into his campaign funding. here's our correspondent hugh schofield on the judges verdict. thejudge, in hersumming thejudge, in her summing up, thejudge, in hersumming up, was damning. she said he and his lawyer had colluded with a seniorjudge to pass on secret information with a

promise of promotion for thatjudge to a post in monaco. the defence had said throughout this case that whatever conversations had been had between the two were anecdotal, they were not a matter of conspiracy and, in any case, nothing ever happened. thejudge did not get his in any case, nothing ever happened. the judge did not get his preferred post in monaco, nothing happened which worked in his favour. but the case against him rests in the fact that in orderfor there case against him rests in the fact that in order for there to be a conspiracy, there does not have to be a result, it doesn't have to end with success. there could still be a conspiracy, and thejudge in her summing up was quite damning that they knew perfectly well but they were doing when they were having these judges to micro—conversations, they knew they were trying to subvert and sell influence to a seniorfigure in the subvert and sell influence to a senior figure in the justice system — and therefore they were guilty.

and of course the former president wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for a previous investigation into campaign funding, which led to his phone being tapped. our correspondent lucy williamson been reporting on the background to this case. this case would never have come to trial were _ this case would never have come to trial were it— this case would never have come to trial were it not for another inquiry— trial were it not for another inquiry that was taking place seven years— inquiry that was taking place seven years age — inquiry that was taking place seven years ago. the police had tapped a phone _ years ago. the police had tapped a phone line — years ago. the police had tapped a phone line that then—president sarkozy— phone line that then—president sarkozy used to speak to his lawyer, and they— sarkozy used to speak to his lawyer, and they overheard the two men discussing a plan to bribe the judge in return_ discussing a plan to bribe the judge in return for information about yet another_ in return for information about yet another investigation. his lawyers said today— another investigation. his lawyers said today he'd appealed today's verdict — said today he'd appealed today's verdict. sometimes, she says, it takes_ verdict. sometimes, she says, it takes a _ verdict. sometimes, she says, it takes a long time to get to the truth — there's been a development in the poisoning of prominent kremlin critic alexei navalny. un human rights investigators are calling for an urgent international inquiry into the attack last year — calling the response by the russian authorities inadequate. they also came to this conclusion.

a toxicological test provided unequivocal proof that mr navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the knowledge taught group. —— novichok group. it is our conclusion that russia is responsible for the attempted arbitrary killing of mr navalny. meanwhile alexei navalny has arrived at the penal colony where he is to serve the next 2.5 years of his jail term — after being sentenced for breaking his probation. this is penal colony no two in pokrov — east of moscow. this place is notorious for strict rules and very harsh punishments. maria eismont is a lawyer who has defended many political activists and has regularly visited the site — here's how she describes the pokrov penal colony. well, pokrov is a colony that used to be torturous, but it was before

2019 people used to be beaten there severely, as i've heard from different people. but it's no longer the case. physical pressure has stopped under the current chief of the colony. but however, psychological pressure is widespread. people are deprived of their free widespread. people are deprived of theirfree time as widespread. people are deprived of their free time as much as possible, so that they don't have enough time to write a letter home, the connection between the detainees in the outside world is restricted to written letters, not electronic letters — although in many russian colonies, electronic letters are allowed and it works. every hour we bring you around the world and bring you the biggest stories of the day. in a few minutes we will turn back to myanmar, because for the first time aung san suu kyi, who was ousted in that military coup, was seen all bittencourt via video link. we still

don't know it precisely where she is, i'll update you on all that in a couple minutes' time. hello there. you'll start to notice the difference, but if the cloud lingers, a cool story for many. that's exactly what we've had today, just look along the south coast, highs of 1a celsius and not a cloud in the sky. a different story in north yorkshire in scarborough this afternoon, temperatures really struggled. it stayed cloudy and murky for much of the day. now we can see quite clearly the winners and losers on today's satellite picture — most of the sunshine along the south coast, as well, but that fog and cloud was stubborn throughout the day. and actually we will see more returning and it may well become more widespread as we go through the night tonight. high pressure losing its grip, we have

this moist southeasterly feed coming in, not a fog forming as well. into western scotland and northwest england, we might see temperatures dipping below freezing, but in towns city centres, perhaps temperatures will hover above freezing. but it will hover above freezing. but it will be a great start with fog lingering for much of the morning. slowly lifting back towards north sea coasts perhaps by the afternoon, and allowing some sunshine, again northwest england, across wales in southern england, and improving story into the afternoon. again highs of 1a celsius possible, but not where the cloud and fog lingers. moving out of tuesday and wednesday, this weather front could enhance the risk of showers developing across southwest england in the parts of south wales, and maybe pass the south wales, and maybe pass the south midlands as well through the day. if we managed to dodge into the southeast corner, sometimes will develop. in as we go through the day on wednesday, we will start to see a

contrast with the feel of the weather. so 10—15 c across england and wales, but for the north, despite some sunshine, cold air masses are taking over and the temperatures are likely to struggle, 5-7 c. that's temperatures are likely to struggle, 5—7 c. that's because we have a new area of high—pressure in from iceland, and the wind direction changes somewhat to a northeasterly flow. this high pressure will stay with us towards the end of this week. it will keep things relatively quiet, but noticeably cooler for all of us with temperatures struggling to get into double figures — just a maximum of eight celsius. take care.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. ghana's president is the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine under covax. it's important that i set the example for this vaccine. the ivory coast has also started its innoculation drive using vaccines under the same un—backed global scheme — set up to share doses fairly with lower income nations. myanmar security forces step up their crackdown on anti—coup protests — as demonstrations enter their second month. we'll look at the migrant crisis in spain's canary islands —

which has seen a tenfold increase in arrivals from north africa since 2019. and prince phillip is transferred to another hospital in london for tests for a heart condition — the 99 year old duke has been in hospitalfor 13 days. here is an update on the condition of the puke of edinboro, he's been transported to the hospital in london to treat an infection. he already spent 30 nights at another hospital and doctors have revealed he will undergo testing for a pre—existing heart condition. that is bringing daniel sanford who is outside the hospital. what more can you tell us? he was transferred here about six hours ago in a london ambulance. a normal public ambulance that anyone else would use. he spent

two weeks in a small private hospital but suddenly today he was brought here to this big public nhs hospital with a very large specialist cardiovascular unit and that the to be the reason he was moved here because now the buckingham palace statement is not just talking about an infection, it also talking about testing and observation for an ongoing heart condition. ten years ago up philip had to have had a stent put into an artery in his heart. that stepping that opens up a blocked artery. there is speculation that maybe he will need to have some similar treatment here again. it is a hospital that is able to perform that kind of treatment and has the facilities to do that even on people as elderly as prince philip who is 99. notioo until as elderly as prince philip who is 99. not100 untiljune. are as elderly as prince philip who is 99. not 100 untiljune. are there pilots or the doctors offering us any guidance for how long he may be treated for? ~ any guidance for how long he may be treated for?— treated for? mel. while they are sa int treated for? mel. while they are sa in: a

treated for? mel. while they are saying a state — treated for? mel. while they are saying a state he _ treated for? mel. while they are saying a state he will— treated for? mel. while they are saying a state he will be - treated for? mel. while they are saying a state he will be here . treated for? mel. while they are saying a state he will be here at| saying a state he will be here at least until the end of the week. so it's pretty open—ended but people should not expect this to be a brief stay. they should not expect them to be heading back to windsor castle anytime soon. he will be here at least until the end of this week. so clearly stated a cause for concern. they continued to say that he is responding well to treatment. to me and my leader has been seen since the first time since they came in the military coup a month ago. she appeared in court in the capital via video link — and two other charges were laid against her. we heard from her lawyer. we lawyer don't have any access to the court to look at the screen on the side of the court, to look at her face, daw aung san suu kyi's face because the judge said we are not permitted because we didn't have at that time power

of attorney from her. but we can hearfrom outside." the hearing was held behind closed doors at this court room in the capital. journalists have limited access. and her lawyer who you just heard from was forced to listen to the hearing from a small room next door. a second lawyer did see her on—screen. and a third laywer told reuters that �*she looks healthy�*. we don't know where aung san suu kyi is being held. what we do know is that she's now facing two more charges for breaking covid—19 restrictions and for causing �*fear and alarm'. she's already charged with illegally importing walkie talkies and allegedly violating myanmar�*s natural disaster law. we're told the ousted president win myint — a key ally of ms suu kyi — had also been charged with incitement. here's south east asia correspondent jonathan head in bangkok.

it's a clearly political process and is pretty farcical to charge a head of state or former head of state as she was at the time for having walkie—talkies used by her security staff in her home. they somehow were unregistered and it was the responsibility of the government that she made. the other charges are pretty trivial. one breaking covid—19 crowd control regulations during the election campaign last november. a lot of crowds are out on the street. adding this other one about a statement inciting unrest which we are guessing is the statement that was published right after she was detained at the time of the crew and she had a prepared statement simply urging people in myanmar not to accept the coup and to resist and that is now there are a whole range of laws under myanmar�*s criminal code that can be used to criminalise public statements and this is one of them.

anti—coup rallies in myanmar have now entered their second month. and they've taken a violent turn. this was yangon earlier. security forces used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds. this is also yangon. as you can see demonstraters are using makeshift items like bamboo poles, sofas and even tree branches as shelter. this footage was shown on local tv. residents are throwing water out of their windows as tear gas filled the street. the idea being that the water will douse the effect of the tear gas. there were peaceful rallies too. here are children joining a rally in mandalay. we've seen teaches, nurses, doctors, engineers, monks and students join marches too. aye min tan is a pulitzer prize—winning burmese american journalist who was at today's protests in yangon. this is what she saw.

they were almost militant and you have young people out with shields and with what look like body armour although that is not generally commercially available so it's probably from things like airsoft or meant for air soft guns and things like that. and people had trucked in trucks full of sand so people could build barricades and throughout the day you really saw protesters and police standing off and police were firing tear gas and then having protesters retreat essentially into residential areas and into buildings where residents were encouraging protesters to come and hide and then coming back out to when the police would go back out again and having that back and forth throughout the day. we've told you before the military had threatened to step up its crackdown on protests. that happened on sunday. the pictures are distressing. this was yangon. police used live ammunition and tear gas on crowds.

protesters used barricades to block them. it was the bloodiest day since the coup on february first. we're told 18 people were killed across myanmar. and at least 30 people were injured. these pictures came into the newsroom today. this is a funeral for a protester who is believed to have died when police opened fire at a rally. this is in the south—eastern town of cake—ma—ra. vigils have also taken place. nyein chan aye is at one in yangon protesters and public gather and pay their tribute right here where this young man was shot dead in the chest on sunday cut down. flowers are left and candles were lit in a makeshift memorial for 23—year—old student. he was killed simply because he demanded an end of military rule. he was not alone.

the security forces killed more than a dozen protesters over the weekend cut down across the country. hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in daily street protests since the military seized power and declared a state of emergency. and since its crackdown, the mood has shifted. here's aye min tan again. i think people did not quite say they were scared and i talked to a number of them today but clearly considering the fact that everyone is now wearing helmets and everyone was wearing shoes they can run in whereas people might have been out with cute outfits to take selfies and not everyone is definitely prepared for violence however, it's still quite defiant. in between the bouts with police people were still singing nationalist songs. at least 21 people have been killed since the protests began. here's tin— tar —sway the former editor of bbc burmese on why protesters aren't backing down.

we have seen what it was like living under the military rule and parents that lived through that period and their grandparents lived through that period and they themselves suffer a great deal. in like education, for example, they had to catch up after the country opened up in 2010, effectively in 2015 when there civilian government came into power. so they know that they did it this time they are going to spend their life like how their parents had spent their life and under so many restrictions. the us denounced the military coup and the crackdown. and in the past half an hour it repeated that message. we remain alarmed by the burmese security forces�* violence against peaceful protesters. the killings represent an escalation of the ongoing crackdown on pro—democracy protesters since the february 1st coup. we are preparing the additional

actions to impose further costs on those responsible for this latest outbreak of violence and the recent coup. we expect to have more to share on that and the coming days. the uk government has just announced its cutting its aid budget to yemen by more than 50 %. it says the pandemic has created a �*difficult financial context�*. the united nations was trying to raise nearly four billion dollars to help prevent a devastating famine. but wealthy countries have pledged less than half that. that announcement comes as the consequences of the six year civil war continue to be felt — it�*s left one in five schools unusable — and that means an entire generation of children risks missing an education. our international correspondent orla guerin has been to the remains of one bombed out school near the front line — hundreds of children come there for lessons every day. she met ahmed, nine years old and blind since birth. he steps in to take classes

when the teachers can�*t. it�*s a hard road for little feet. but in the early morning on the outskirts of tyres, they flock here across the rubble. this is their prize equipment, stored nearby under lock and key. time for morning assembly. leading the drill the top student. their primary school was the pride of the district, until 2016. when it was occupied by rebels and became a battleground. it has been reclaimed, such as it is. but some days, pupils sit and wait for teachers, the government has not paid many of them in years.

so, in this class, there is a substitute. he fills in, he is nine years old. and has been blind from birth. this is his dream job for the future. in the meantime, he has got a wish list.

what is that noise? front line or not, classes continue here, down below. and over here its arabic language. teachers tell us the war has already taught the children to be resilient. they say their pupils rarely missed a day. now, more than ever, they are hungry for education. schools out and this is the journey home for act and his sister who is also blind. a friend leads the way.

he calls him his car. a stumble does not stop him. study and determination. still to come: in hong kong, protesters are warned they risk breaching the controversial security law, as 47 activists appear on subversion charges. here is our economics editor. they week�*s project will be hysteric in terms of the numbers. the chancellor hopes to make it hysteric in terms

of policy, both the support the rescue from crisis but also to create and long—term foundations of a post—pandemic, post—brexit green recovery. support forjobs, wages, and the economy will continue as you can see why. during the extraordinary economic hits for the pandemic, unemployment could go up but rather modesty, but if you add in the number of people supported by that government�*s furlough scheme and the number of people supported by the self—employment scheme you get this picture. and this is why support will be extended also for business cash flow. because not to do so risks a rather rapid rise in official unemployment. the budget that also have to look beyond the immediate rescue to the future recovery of an economy that has undergone a type of heart attack, the current lockdown has hit the economy hard but less hard than last

year. they will be a rebound perhaps edited later than expected but that rebound is not a recovery, and the uk has lost more grounds to cover than most. the recovery will have to respect —— a change of a greener future and the chancellor will use their vaccine roll—out as a blueprint for this recovery, government spending and supporting partnership between scientists and companies fast tracking regulations that uk is a test in bed for a new science. the point is to balance, tax, and spend. that is not going to happen immediately but the chancellor promises to be honest with the public about the state of the challenge. i waited story comes from west africa. ghana�*s president is the first person to be vaccinated under the covax initiative — a global scheme that aims to ensure everyone has access to vaccines.

let�*s go to hong kong now, where hundreds of people gathered outside the court where 47 pro—democracy activists are facing charges of "conspiracy to commit subversion". it�*s the biggest protests in months, against china�*s controversial national security law imposed on hong kong last year. britain has accused china, of using the law to stifle dissent. our correspondent danny vincent reports from hong kong. protesters in hong kong saluting pro—democracy activists in myanmar. but they came to show solidarity with 47 activists here who are facing charges for breaking the draconian national security law. the police warned the hundreds of supporters outside the court that of supporters outside the court that they too could be in violation of the sweeping new law — which has all but silenced the street protests movement. yet still they came.

translation: i'm a person who loves freedom, and i clearly _ know what i should do to secure our freedom. so i must come out. hong kong activists say the pro—democracy camp is facing an unparalleled crackdown. past and present political activists say they are victims of political persecution. the government says it�*s returning law in order to hong kong. this man is a lifelong activist. he is facing charges relating to the 2019 movement. he�*s prepared to serve time in prison. his generation of activists hoped hong kong might help to change china. today, he feels this city is becoming increasingly like the mainland. i asked him if the protest movement had failed. it�*s sad that hong kong has become just like what happened inside china. and the young people are caught in that environment,

and we, you know, in a way, are part of it. but still, we have already had years of fighting. but they are still young. more than half a million hong kong residents voted in in the unofficial primary election — which led to the arrest of 47 activists that participated. millions took to the streets in 2019 in opposition to greater control from beijing. today�*s scenes, much smaller, represent a new desire for hung congress to protest in public. translation: participating in the very simple step - of a primary election, with me being charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, shows of the hong kong government has brought the chinese government�*s standards to suppress the opposition camp in hong kong. activists like lee must face several charges for his role in the protest movement. he must fight his battle in court.

he fears he�*s living on borrowed time. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. a bbc reporter has been detained by the military in ethiopia. girmay gebru works for the bbc tigrinya service in the northern tigray region. he was detained in the regional capital — we don�*t know why. ethiopia�*s government has been fighting rebel forces in tigray since november. eyewitnesses have told us girmay and four other man were taken from a cafe by soldiers in military uniform. we�*ve received reports that he�*s being held in a military camp. severaljournalists have been detained recently, including two translators from the afp news agency and the financial times. an officialfrom ethiopia�*s ruling party recently warned that measures would be taken against those from, in his words, "misleading international media".

india�*s prime minister —narendra modi — has had his coronavirus vaccination — at the start of the second phase of india�*s mass vaccination campaign. from today, people over 60 — and those over 45 with co—morbidities — are being given access to vaccines. narendra modi tweeted a picture of himself, being injected with the indian—made covaxin, and urged everyone eligible, to do the same. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from a vaccine facility in mumbai. all of the people in this room have received a dose of a vaccine against covid—19. they are being kept her under observation for around half an hour until they are around to go home. it is india�*s second phase of vaccination, people above the age of 60 and those 45 and over with comorbidities are being given access to a vaccine jab. i haven�*t been able to go out since march last year and i�*m hoping the vaccine will change that.

hopefully we will be back to normal like we were before. the people who want to get the vaccine have to come here and register themselves before they can get one. we�*ve seen a steady stream of people walking in here but over the past one and a half months there has been hesitancy to take the vaccine in india. trying to address that, the prime minister was among the first people to get his shot today. he urges all eligible citizens to come and get their vaccines. until now 1a million have been administered in india but that pace is too slow given india wants to achieve its target of 300 million by august. that is around a quarter of its population. hoping to speed up the inoculation drive, private hospitals have been brought in who are allowed to administer the vaccine and are also allowed to charge a fee of around $3.

the duke of sussex has said he felt history was "repeating itself" — in the months before he and his wife decided to step back from the royal family. in excerpts from an interview with oprah winfrey — to be broadcast on us television — prince harry says he can�*t imagine what his mother went through alone, when when she gave up her royal role in the 1990s. here�*s our royal correspondent daniella relph. were you silent, - or were you silenced? no answer to that yet from meghan, but this was just the trailer ahead of next weekend�*s broadcast of the much—anticipated interview. "almost unsurvivable" sounds i like there was a breaking point. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. from prince harry, the talk is of his mother and protecting his wife. i can�*t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago, because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us, but at least we had each other. yeah.

oprah winfrey has become a friend and neighbour of the couple since being invited to their wedding. her interview style isn�*t aggressive, but she will have encouraged them to open up and reveal what went wrong behind palace walls. and that is the concern of the royal family. how critical have harry and meghan been? you've said some pretty shocking things here. i daniela relph, bbc news. we will wait a few days before we get to see the full interview of harry and megan speaking to oprah. the focus of our, the roll—out of the vaccination programme. it began in west africa because the president of ghana had a injection of the astrazeneca vaccine. the first one to be received that had been provided by the global kovacs programme which who is organising. the is that it gives countries whether wealthy or low income

countries proper access to their vaccine and that roll—out has begun in ghana and the ivory coast. thank you for watching. hello there. get some sunshine with some light winds at this time of year, you�*ll start to notice the difference. but if the cloud lingers, a cool story for many. that�*s exactly what we�*ve had today — just look along the south coast, highs of 1a celsius and not a cloud in the sky in hampshire. different story in north yorkshire, in scarborough this afternoon, temperatures really struggled. it stayed cloudy and murky for much of the day. now we can see quite clearly the winners and losers on today�*s satellite picture — most of the sunshine the further north and west, along the south coast, as well, but that fog and cloud was stubborn throughout the day. and actually, we�*ll see more returning, and it may well become more widespread as we go through the night tonight. the high pressure losing its grip,

we have this moist southeasterly feed driving in cloud off the north sea. a lot a fog forming, as well. into western scotland and northwest england, we might see temperatures just dipping below freezing, but in towns and city centres, perhaps temperatures will hover a couple of degrees above freezing. but it will be a grey start with some of that fog lingering for much of the morning. slowly lifting back towards north sea coasts perhaps by the afternoon, and allowing for some sunshine — again northwest england, across wales and southern england, an improving story into the afternoon. again, highs of 1a celsius quite possible, but not where the cloud and fog lingers. as we move out of tuesday and wednesday, this weather front could enhance the risk of showers developing across southwest england into parts of south wales, and maybe parts of the south midlands as well through the day. now, if we manage to dodge then into the southeast corner, sunshine will develop.

and as we go through the day on wednesday, we will start to see a contrast with the feel of the weather. so 10—15 celsius across england and wales, but further north, despite some sunshine, a cold air mass is taking over and the temperatures are likely to struggle, 5—7 celsius. that�*s because we�*ve got a new area of high—pressure in from iceland, and the wind direction is changing somewhat to a northeasterly flow. this high pressure will stay with us towards the end of this week. it will keep things relatively quiet, but noticeably cooler for all of us, with temperatures struggling to get into double figures — just a maximum of eight celsius. take care.

you�*re watching bbc news with me tim willcox. the headlines at 8pm... new data shows how the uk�*s vaccination programme is dramatically cutting hospital admissions for people with covid. the problem isn�*t fixed yet, but we definitely have identified a way of fixing the problem, and the early data shows how to do that. the hunt for the person carrying the new brazilian variant of covid continues. the prime minister defends the government�*s policy on protecting borders. in the next 15 minutes, we�*ll speak to leading scientists about both vaccine efficacy and the brazilian variant. tonight�*s other headline stories: the duke of edinburgh is transferred to a leading london cardiac hospital for tests for a heart condition.