this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. turn everything off everything off the un is urged to come up with a strong international response in the wake of the myanmar military coup. there's a blunt message from the president of brazil as criticisms continues over the vaccine roll out programme and the rising death toll in the country. . all of this fussing and whining. _ . all of this fussing and whining, how _ . all of this fussing and whining, how long - . all of this fussing and whining, how long willl . all of this fussing and i whining, how long will we . all of this fussing and - whining, how long will we keep crying? we have to face our problems. china's congress set to unveil new plans to squeeze hong kong's democracy and ensure beijing loyalists are in charge. the war of words intensifies. the duchess of sussex accuses the royal family of spreading falsehoods about her and prince harry.

i don't know how they could expect that after all of this time we would stilljust be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. hello and welcome. we start in myanmar and potentially a very important day. the violence in the country will be discussed at the united nations security council on friday, as international leaders condemn the actions of the military. the british prime minister borisjohnson has said he's horrified by what's happening. and washington has just announced fresh export controls. thursday saw more protests on the streets as our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports. every revolution has its martyrs, and 19—year—old

kyel sin has been made a symbol of this unequal struggle against a powerful and merciless military. she was given a hero's sendoff in her home city of mandalay. one of 38 people, shot dead in a day of violence, when the security forces opened fire on demonstrators here and in other cities. at least eight died here in the yangon suburb. makeshift shrines dotting the road where they fell in a hail of gunfire. but if the intent was to terrorise people off the streets, it failed. people were out again in large numbers today, defending the barricades they have built, to keep the military out, to show that their rule is not accepted. and in what we can only

guess is a de—escalation, the police chased protesters today using paintball guns rather than the assault rifles they have used before to such devastating effect. this is a battle for control of myanmar�*s cities which the military with all its weapons has not yet won, more than a month after its coup. there's been plenty of international outrage, not much action. the people of myanmar are on their own. fighting an army which rarely counts the human cost of its heavy—handed repression. jonathan head, bbc news. for two consecutive days, brazil has been registering record deaths from covid—i9. on wednesday, 1,900 people died in a 24—hour period. on thursday, more than 75,000 new cases were registered.

after the us, brazil is the worst—hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million deaths. and yet the country's presidentjair bolsonaro has been criticising lockdown measures by state governors who are trying to deal with a surge in cases. this is him speaking to a group of farmers. you didn't stay at home, you won't cowards. we have to face our problems. stop all of this fussing and whining. how long are we going to keep crying? we have to face our problems. in stark contrast to the president, sao paulo's governorjoao doria has announced two weeks of "code red" restrictions starting on saturday. we can speak to him now. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— the programme. thanks for havinu the programme. thanks for having me _ the programme. thanks for having me here. _ the programme. thanks for having me here. it's - the programme. thanks for having me here. it's a - the programme. thanks for - having me here. it's a pleasure to be with you.— to be with you. thank you aaain. to be with you. thank you again- the _ to be with you. thank you again. the president, - to be with you. thank you i again. the president, talking about people like you that you are fussing and whining. is he

right? are fussing and whining. is he riuht? , ., are fussing and whining. is he riuht? _, . ., , are fussing and whining. is he riuht? . ., , , right? he is a crazy guy. earlier today _ right? he is a crazy guy. earlier today he - right? he is a crazy guy. | earlier today he attacked governors and mayors who went to go and help their country to end the pandemic. and we said that we had to be strong. that we should stop crying and face the problem. how can we face the problem. how can we face the problem. how can we face the problem when we see people dying every day? the health system in brazil, lewis, is on the verge of collapse. the president's denial has contributed to this. intensive care unit beds are missing. there is no option to counter the pandemic in brazil. he makes it more difficult to end with this pandemic and in fact, it's only getting worse. he

will say that _ it's only getting worse. he will say that he is focused on the nation's economy, on the nation's mental health. we have to do save _ nation's mental health. we have to do save lives _ nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before - nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before we - nation's mental health. we have to do save lives before we save l to do save lives before we save the economy. lives at these moments are more important than the economy. if we don't have in people who are alive, how can we consume and have an economy in brazil, president bolsarnaro could have helped resilient since october and he's only started doing it now at this moment and that is incredible. we need more vaccines as chris harris possible to save lives, mainly because of the new variant of the virus and importantly, brazil has to fight, at this moment, to viruses, the coronavirus and the bolsarnaro virus. a sadness for the brazilians.— virus. a sadness for the brazilians. you are talking about a bolsarnaro - brazilians. you are talking about a bolsarnaro virus, | brazilians. you are talking i about a bolsarnaro virus, but brazilians. you are talking - about a bolsarnaro virus, but i knew playing his game, making it political, this is meant to

be political, not a matter —— about health, not a matter of politics. about health, not a matter of olitics. ~ ., �* politics. we don't need policies. _ politics. we don't need policies, we _ politics. we don't need policies, we need - politics. we don't need - policies, we need vaccines, we need help to save lives and save the brazilian people here and as you know, i am the governor of sao paulo, and we created a quarantine plan to open or close the various sectors and at this time we are in the red phase. only essential services that we have opened, and schools, it is a strict measure, but social isolation is necessary at this time. we decided to keep the schools open, respecting the face to face frequency limit of 35% of students to assist students in socially vulnerable situations. we have given them the access for their technology to conduct the classes. i

understand the decisions you have had to make and obviously these political decisions are a matter of compromise and they are what elected leaders are meant to do, but you clearly disagree so strongly with your president, jair bolsarnaro, so will you run against him for president? it will you run against him for president?— president? it is not time to talk about _ president? it is not time to talk about that. _ president? it is not time to talk about that. we - president? it is not time to talk about that. we have i talk about that. we have elections in 2022 and now we have a big problem. we have do save lives. it's not time to discuss elections in brazil, it is time to save and have vaccines and save people. it is not the time to discuss politics and elections. thank ou so politics and elections. thank you so much _ politics and elections. thank you so much for— politics and elections. thank you so much for giving - politics and elections. thank you so much for giving us i politics and elections. thank l you so much for giving us your time in coming on the programme. thank you. time in coming on the rouramme. thank ou. . ~ programme. thank you. thank you very much- — programme. thank you. thank you very much- - _ the duchess of sussex has accused buckingham palace of �*perpetuating falsehoods' about her and prince harry. in a clip from the upcoming interview with oprah winfrey,

meghan markle said, the palace shoultn�*t expect her to be silent. the latest twist comes as queen elizabeth's husband, the duke of edinburgh, recovers from a heart procedure. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports. it was on monday that the duke was transferred from the king edward vii hospital, where he'd spent 13 nights, to st bartholomew's hospital, one of britain's premier centres for cardiac care. he'll have been assessed on tuesday. surgery took place yesterday. according to buckingham palace, the duke of edinburgh yesterday underwent a successful procedure for a pre—existing heart condition at st bartholomew's hospital. his royal highness will remain in hospital for treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days. the only known heart problem the duke has had was ten years ago. doctors found he had a blocked coronary artery. this is a representation of the normal medical response. a stent, or sleeve, is inserted into the artery. it opens it up and permits a normal blood flow to resume. if this procedure has been repeated, surgeons say it's relatively straightforward.

this is actually a minimally invasive procedure, done under local anaesthetic — the patient is awake. we often go either to get access to the heart through the wrist, through the radial artery, or through the groin, the femoral artery. i think in prince philip's case, certainly with older patients, we prefer to try and go through the wrist, because this reduces the risk of complications such as significant bruising or haematomas developing. the queen has remained at windsor. she'll be being kept closely in touch with the duke's condition. at the same time, she'll be pondering the latest twists and turns in the sussex saga. last night, the us broadcaster cbs issued another clip from the duchess of sussex�*s upcoming interview with oprah winfrey. it's not comfortable viewing for the palace. how do you feel about the palace hearing you speak your truth today? i don't know how they could expect that after all of this time we would stilljust be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating

falsehoods about us. and if that comes with risk of losing things, i mean, there's a lot that's been lost already. so, a royal duchess says the palace spread lies about her. former members of the royal household claim she was a bully, which she denies. little wonder the palace is bemused, but constitutional experts say the british monarchy will ride this out. this is the royal family as soap opera. it's not going to damage the monarchy as an institution. the queen is hugely respected and the monarchy as an institution in britain still commands very wide popular support. i don't expect that to be dented one iota by this current kerfuffle. normally, of course, the queen would have had her husband at her side to support her at moments such as this, but notjust now.

but from the palace today, on social media, on this, world book day, a photograph of the queen and the duke together at balmoral in 1976 — a reminder of less turbulent times. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the european commission has, for the first time, banned the export of a batch of coronavirus vaccines. italy requested a quarter of a million doses of the astrazeneca jab remain in the country, rather than be sent to australia. astrazeneca hasn't commented. australia says its domestic vaccine production is on track. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, joins us from sydney. australia was due to be receiving this batch of coronavirus vaccine, and now it is not, so what has the reaction been?- is not, so what has the reaction been? the first roll-out _ reaction been? the first roll-out of _ reaction been? the first roll-out of the - reaction been? the first i roll-out of the astrazeneca roll—out of the astrazeneca vaccine in australia started in south australia today and officials were not worried and they seem to see that the

country has already had 300,000 doses of the vaccine and it is now being administered on the roll—out has started and that should see the country through to the end of march where the health minister has said that domestic production is due to star withi million doses per week, so they are hoping that they will be self—sufficient and they said that this latest shipment if it wasn't factored in the coming weeks, you will not make a big dent, if you well, in the roll—out of the vaccine in australia which started last week but i will say that australia seems to have been caught in the crossfire, if you will, between astrazeneca and italy and we are seeing for the first time this newly re—regulation about stopping exports and the manufacturer not providing the doses promised in the eu and now we are seeing the first international vaccine for lamb, if you will. international vaccine for lamb, if you will-—

if you will. just remind us where australia _ if you will. just remind us where australia is - if you will. just remind us where australia is in i if you will. just remind us where australia is in the l where australia is in the roll—out because it seems to be a bit further behind, for example countries in europe like the uk?— example countries in europe like the uk? , ~ , ., ., like the uk? remember australia is in better— like the uk? remember australia is in better position _ like the uk? remember australia is in better position in _ like the uk? remember australia is in better position in the - is in better position in the virus and that was one of the explanations given by italy. the roll—out has started last week and it started with the elderly, with residents of aged care homes and there have been a couple of hiccups with wrong doses being in ministers and a number of doses being thrown away because they were stored incorrectly, but otherwise the pace has been steady and health workers of course, they have also with the start of the roll—out, this is the second week and as i said, this is the first day of the astrazeneca roll—out but when italy said when it stopped, other than the eu regulation it has to be vigorously applied but australia is not on the list of

the vulnerable countries and there is a constant shortage in there is a constant shortage in the eu and in italy and the number of doses, the 250,000 doses was a huge number compared to what is currently being distributed in the eu. thanks. and staying in australasia, new zealand has lifted tsunami evacuation orders covering large swathes of its coastline saying "the largest waves have now passed". it followed tremors, the largest of which had a magnitude of 8.1, centred on the kermadec islands. they're around nine hundred kilometres from new zealand's north—eastern coastline. the tsunami warning triggered evacuations in parts of new zealand, with tens of thousands of people told to move to higher ground. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. the selling of rainforest land on facebook — a bbc investigations forces brazils supreme court to take action

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as they say. this is bbc news, our main headline this hour: as the crackdown on protestors continues in myanmar the country's sacked ambassador to the un calls for immediate international action against the military leaders as china opens the annual people's congress in beijing, there's a new threat to the remaining independence of hong kong. according to state media, beijing willaim to, what it says "improve" hong kong's electoral system. president xijinping was given this reception as he arrived at the great hall of the people on thursday. it's reported beijing wants to tighten it's political control over hong kong and put what it describes as �*patriots�* in charge. it's potentially the biggest blow to the city's democracy since its handoverfrom british rule in 1997.

our correspondent in beijing stephen mcdonell, what is the threat to hong kong? what is the threat to hong kona ? , , ., what is the threat to hong konu? ,, ., ;;:: :: :: kong? every year some 3000 delegates — kong? every year some 3000 delegates come _ kong? every year some 3000 delegates come to _ kong? every year some 3000 delegates come to beijing i kong? every year some 3000 delegates come to beijing to l delegates come to beijing to essentially rubber—stamp new laws, new arrangements which have already been approved by the communist party, the senior leadership at the national people's congress, but it is interesting because at the congress we get to see what the new measures are and the congress is already under way and there are lots of things. people will be watching for example that they have set a gdp target of over 6% this year and people will look at the renewable energy plan and the new five year plan. a lot of economic figures to be released in the coming hours but what is

set to dominate the changes to the way in which hong kong's mini parliament is elected. people who follow hong kong politics closely will know that it's already rigged there anyway. you know, it's so hard for the pro—democracy camp to make inroads. and it always guarantees that the pro—beijing camp will control the body. but in recent times. the pro—democracy candidates have done so well that it seems to be worrying the chinese government and also the local hong kong government essentially installed by beijing that they are changing the electoral system to make them even more difficult for anyone who is not in the pro—camp to do well and, as i say, it's already heavily

skewed in favour of the pro—beijing camp and so by making even further changes are lot of people will give up on that. as an option if you are within that pro—democracy camp. i mean why even stand if it is impossible for you to have any decent representation in the legislative council. potentially even more bad news for pro—democracy supporters in hong kong and while you were talking we were showing live thing from inside the hall. and this is very stage—managed but, xijiiping, has he been increasing his control over this event further? i increasing his control over this event further?- increasing his control over this event further? i think for ears this event further? i think for years now — this event further? i think for years now it's _ this event further? i think for years now it's been _ this event further? i think for years now it's been not i this event further? i think for years now it's been not in i years now it's been not in question that xijiiping years now it's been not in question that xi jiiping is under threat not at all from the communist party and is a powerfulfigure and there

the communist party and is a powerful figure and there is a cult of personality around him, the likes of which we have not seen, so the idea of him being under threat in any way from the party, it is nonexistent. so essentially what he gets is what happens, for example, the number two figure, in the party, he used to be quite a reasonably powerful position, much diminished under the leadership of xi jiiping. nevertheless, this is the person who delivers the government work report according to tradition. thanks, ste - hen. brazil's supreme federal court has ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the amazon rainforest on facebook. it follows a bbc investigation, which revealed plots as large as 1,000 football pitches listed in the platform's marketplace classified ads. bbc brasil�*sjoao

fellet sent this report from sao paulo. the indigenous community says invasions here are getting worse and worse. with a little help from the government, they are forced to patrol the territory themselves, trying to catch and get the rain forest cleared for cattle pasture. deforestation in brazil is at a ten year high and communities like these sake the president bolts are a government has weakened environmental protections. last week, our investigation revealed just how bad the situation in brazil has become with land grabbers now using facebook to illegally sell the protective rainforest they have invaded without fear of reprisals. this woman has

been working with the indigenous community to fight deforestation for more than 30 years. and says the supreme federal decision and says that it gives us. federal decision and says that it gives us— it gives us. they are very helful it gives us. they are very helpful so _ it gives us. they are very helpful so are _ it gives us. they are very helpful so are we, - it gives us. they are very helpful so are we, buy i it gives us. they are veryj helpful so are we, buy us it gives us. they are very i helpful so are we, buy us and indigenous communities we have talked to and other organisations are celebrating and saying finally someone has come and exposed what is going on. t, come and exposed what is going on, c, c, , , come and exposed what is going on, a, a, , , , come and exposed what is going on. a, a, , , , a, on. land grabbing is the main driver of deforestation - on. land grabbing is the main driver of deforestation in - on. land grabbing is the main driver of deforestation in the l driver of deforestation in the amazon and campaigners have said that the government is not doing enough to stop the growing number of invasions into protected areas like indigenous reserves. in this decision by the supreme court but pressure on the brazilian president to do something about [and invaders. maybe regarding

land invaders. maybe regarding himself as an ally. but it is notjust himself as an ally. but it is not just the himself as an ally. but it is notjust the president's administration which has come under pressure. there have been widespread costs here for fate spoke itself to do more. the dru: spoke itself to do more. the drug dealer _ spoke itself to do more. the drug dealer posts _ spoke itself to do more. ire drug dealer posts an ad spoke itself to do more. ire: drug dealer posts an ad on facebook to sell narcotics. would facebook accept that? the revelations you have made clearly shows that facebook accepts that it is advertising and publicising criminal activity. and publicising criminal activi . and publicising criminal activity-— and publicising criminal activi . activity. facebook said it was willin: activity. facebook said it was willing to _ activity. facebook said it was willing to work _ activity. facebook said it was willing to work with - activity. facebook said it was willing to work with local - willing to work with local authorities but would not take any independent action of its own and the social media giant has been true to its word. when we checked online today, facebook still had not taken down the illegal advert we reported to them which is selling [and inside the reserve. protected areas of the amazon rainforest remain available to buyers around the

world at the click of a button. let's take you to the southern california desert now, where emergency services are at the scene of a rail crash. around thirty carriages of a freight train have derailed according to the san bernadino county fire service. it's happened in the mojave desert around 180 miles north of los angeles. despite these pretty dramatic images — there've been no injuries. specialists in hazardous materials have been involved in a clean—up operation as the cargo's thought to include flammable liquid. it's not yet known what caused it. street artist banksy has confirmed that he painted an artwork that appeared earlier this week on the wall of reading jail here in the uk. it's a prisoner escaping on a rope

made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter... an apparent reference to former inmate, oscarwilde. the author's poem �*the ballad of reading gaol�* made a colder start to the day for many of us because behind a weather front, many of us because behind a weatherfront, we many of us because behind a weather front, we have many of us because behind a weatherfront, we have colder air. and the origin of the air which gave a weak weather front through thursday and into the start of thursday night, a keen breeze coming down the north sea coast, so temperatures hovering around freezing, eastern areas and just under a cloud, close to freezing in rural areas as well as further north. so a crisp start and a better chance of dry, bright and sunny weather through the day ahead and there are wintry

showers following the weather front giving how cold it is and they will continue through today pester eastern areas, but temperatures are down between seven or eight and lower than they have been for the last couple of days but with the sunshine and lighter winds hopefully that will compensate. during the coming night into saturday, we can see we keep the clearer skies and it is widely frosty and quite a sharp frost in many areas and the towns and cities are low out in the suburbs and that is because we keep the high pressure with the light winds and clearer skies so temperatures at this time with the lengthy nights will drop away but some of the atlantic influence might come in from the west later in the weekend but the saturday, subtle changes in wind direction from the north and west and a brisk wind on friday and saturday, but breaking it up and saturday, but breaking it up and some mist and fog in the mornings through the weekend because of that light wind, it will be slow to clear, and once

it does, hopefully for some sunshine and the potential for rain across the north west of scotland during the day, the start of the atlantic influence, if you like and the temperatures were lived while elsewhere the light wind, the mist and fog will be with us on sunday morning. by the end of monday into tuesday we will really start to see the effect of the atlantic and we could have quite a deep area of low pressure rattling in through tuesday and potentially again on wednesday, so looking unsettled as we go in the new week but still in the week in chile, frosty, foggy nights. fine days. goodbye.

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the headlines. the us has imposed new sanctions on myanmar as the crackdown by the military against anti—coup protestors continues. a un security council meeting is scheduled for friday with the the un's special rapporteur on human rights suggesting they should impose an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on the militaryjunta. the vaccine roll out in brazil has come in for sharp criticism by several state governors who are also at odds with the president over lockdown measures which they want to impose and he does not. there's been a surge in cases across the country and tweo days of record death tolls china's annual parliamentary session has begun amid reports that it plans to change the way elections are conducted in hong kong. it's being seen as the latest attempt to squeeze out the pro—democrarcy opposition.

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