this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared before magistrates. 48—year—old wayne couzens is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. a vigil in sarah's memory has been cancelled — the police say the event would breach covid rules. the organisers will now fundraise for women's causes. more pressure on the governor of new york to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct, but andrew cuomo refuses to step down. italy announces new coronavirus restrictions to stop the number of new cases — schools, shops and restaurants will close from monday. and 25 years since the dunblane school shooting in which 16 children and their teacher were killed, we look back at the

legacy it left behind. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. to in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the news. to stay with us for the very latest news. we begin in the uk. a metropolitan police officer charged with the murder of sarah everard has appeared in person at westminster magistrates�* court. 48—year—old wayne couzens is also charged with kidnap. he'll appear again at the old bailey on tuesday. ms everard was last seen walking alone down a main road in clapham in south london on the 3rd of march. there had been plans for a vigil this evening in sarah everard's

memory at clapham common in south london. but that has now been cancelled. as one of the organisers, caitlin prowle, of reclaim these streets, explained. we did try and find multiple ways through with the met and were unsuccessful in doing so and that is a real shame, i think. but you know, it does not end here by any stretch. we are encouraging people, as you said, to light a candle in their doorstep or in their street at 9:30pm to remember sarah everard and her life, but also the lives of so many women we have lost to violence of this kind and we are also as a team working away on some sort of online vigil event to be held this evening that will replace the physical one that we planned originally. the awful context of this is not just the terrible news about sarah everard, her disappearance and her death, but that these kind of incidents, although one could say

proportionately they are rare, they happen and they continue to happen, incidents where women are attacked simply from being in a public space on their own and their vulnerability, potential vulnerability, is exploited. what can we do in terms of behaviour? because there was a debate in this country, older viewers will remember in the uk a0 years ago when there was a serial killer on the loose in the north of england and women were told to stay at home. ithink, i hope, our attitude has changed now that why should a man's behaviour, kind of one individual who has a murderous intent, stop other people living their lives in an ordinary way? but what do we still need to do to make that realistic, to make that possible, to make women feel that they have that safety and control of their own lives, that they can do things like walk alone on the street at night? yes, it is a really interesting question and it is a big question as well. i think what you reference there, the decades that have passed of this

message to women of this is your responsibility, stay at home, stay safe, i actually do not think we have lost that. i think there has been a lot of that on social media in recent days. i think the police even told women specifically in clapham to stay at home while the investigation was ongoing, and obviously i can appreciate the immediate need for safety and that is paramount, but the thing i have been thinking a lot about over the last couple of days is women do not need to be reminded or told to be safe or to be careful. i don't think, certainly not speaking for myself, i do not need that reminder and i don't think anyone does, that is something that is at the forefront of our minds all the time every day. and it is an immediate concern for us at all times and so yes, i agree that i think we need to change the conversation. in terms of where we go from here, i heard on the report before that the government are opening a consultation on this and i would strongly,

strongly encourage people to flood responses into that. that is hugely important and it is a good step to be taken, overdue, i would say. i think more widely we need to stop looking at individual behaviours, both of women and to be honest of men. i think a lot of men in recent days have sort of reached out and said what can i do as an individual to make women feel safer on the streets? and that is a really compassionate way to approach this and i personally appreciate it, but you do not solve an issue as big as this with individual changes and i think there are massive structural issues at play that need to be addressed in terms of criminaljustice, in terms of the charity sector and the funding that it receives to support women in these terrible situations and for me, as a campaigner, that is where i would start. we hope to be hearing from westminster magistrates�* court a little later in this news.

new york�*s governor andrew cuomo says he will not bow to what he calls "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct. us democratic senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand havejoined the list of politicians saying he should go. paul hawkins reports. andrew cuomo, new york governor, but for how much longer? once widely praised for his leadership during the first wave of coronavirus, he�*s now fighting for his political life. i did not do what has been alleged. period. there are often many motivations for making an allegation. seven women have now come forward making allegations against him, including sexual misconduct and assault. politicians who don�*t know a single fact but yet form a conclusion and an opinion are,

in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. the latest of those politicians includes chuck schumer, one of the most senior democrats in congress and the senate majority leader. along with fellow new york senator kirsten gillibrand, they released a statement, saying... but, they add... already, more than 55 democratic legislators in new york have signed a letter calling on him to step down. the city�*s mayor bill de blasio says he should go. so too some democrats in congress, including alexandra occasio—cortez. and as for the white house... the president believes that every woman who has come forward deserves to have her voice heard, should be treated with respect, and should be able to tell her story. there also is an independent

investigation that is ongoing, of course, in the state, with subpoena power overseen by the attorney general, and he certainly supports that moving forward. andrew cuomo says he�*ll wait for the outcome of that investigation before deciding whether to step down. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. i�*m not going to resign. but there�*s also another investigation, a federal one, into claims the state undercounted the true covid death toll in care homes. the pressure for him to go now could be too much. paul hawkins, bbc news. let�*s return to our top story at this hour. a metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard — who went missing while walking home in south london, ten days ago. our reporter greg mckenzie is at westminster magistrates�* court. what happened in there in the last

hour? ,., ., what happened in there in the last hour? , ., ., ., what happened in there in the last hour? ., , , f~ , ., ., hour? good morning, yes, 48-year-old couzens has — hour? good morning, yes, 48-year-old couzens has appeared _ hour? good morning, yes, 48-year-old couzens has appeared here _ hour? good morning, yes, 48-year-old couzens has appeared here at - couzens has appeared here at westminster magistrates�* court charged with the kidnap and murder of 33—year—old sarah everard, who disappeared ten days ago when walking home in south london. 48—year—old wayne couzens appeared only to confirm his name, age, and date of birth. he will be appearing at the old bailey next tuesday. there has not been a plea entered today, thejudge there has not been a plea entered today, the judge said there has not been a plea entered today, thejudge said it there has not been a plea entered today, the judge said it was too soon for the defendant to enter a plea today. as for the victim, we know sarah�*s body was discovered on wednesday in woodland near ashford in kent and herfamily wednesday in woodland near ashford in kent and her family are said wednesday in woodland near ashford in kent and herfamily are said to be devastated at that discovery. thanks very much.

shops, schools and restaurants will close across much of italy from monday after the prime minister confirmed the country was now experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections. cases have been rising steadily with more than 25,000 new infections now reported each day. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports. it�*s just over a year since italy imposed the world�*s first national lockdown of the pandemic. now, the first country in the west to be overwhelmed by covid is in a third wave. with cases rising for the past six weeks, exceeding 25,000 a day, italy is closing its doors again. from monday, schools, shops and restaurants will shut in more than half the country. for three days over easter they will close nationwide. the new prime minister, mario draghi, said urgent action was needed. translation: i am aware that today's l restrictions will have consequences l in the education of your children, on the economy and on everyone�*s mental health but they are necessary to avoid a worsening of the situation that would require even stricter measures.

it�*s a bleak situation in some other parts of europe, too. poland has seen its second highest daily number of cases since november and germany is reporting a rapid rise among schoolchildren, with new variants to blame. the speed of vaccination programmes in most of the eu remains sluggish. italy has administered just over 6 millionjabs, about a quarter of the doses of the uk, with similar populations. austria�*s chancellor said vaccines were not being fairly distributed among the member states, with signs that some countries were striking side deals with manufacturers. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has accused the uk of "perverse nationalism" for trying to get its own trade deal with the us. he said the eu, uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain

to northern ireland. what the eu wants to do is resolve these issues through negotiation. to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are and try to accommodate their concerns. that�*s what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we have had enough of that on brexit. simon coveney speaking to the bbc a little earlier. a huge car bomb in herat, in western afghanistan, has killed at least eight people. the powerful blast also injured around 50 more, and destroyed more than a dozen houses. the united nations has condemned what it called an alarming increase in attacks deliberately targeting civilians, despite peace talks taking place between the taliban and the afghan government. no group has claimed it carried out the latest attack. now to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history — 27 million dollars, to the family of george floyd.

he�*s the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle the civil case for damages. seperately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here�*s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. dr rashawn ray is a fellow at the brookings institution. he has done extensive research into police reform. he believes that us taxpayer money shouldn�*t be used to settle wrongful death lawsuits like that of george floyd. there is no amount of money that can bring back a loved one. we heard that from

george floyd�*s brother. i also think that the attorney, benjamin crump, made a good point about policy, that policy is the next step that needs to change to ensure what we saw happen last year is something that can never happen again. this $27 million is pretty much coming from taxpayer dollars in minneapolis and part of what needs to change is that we need to shift taxpayers being responsible for these civil payouts to police department insurance policies and even police officer liability insurance. from 2015 through 2019, across the us, over $2 billion was paid out for civil settlements for police misconduct. this is something that simply has to change. there is a lack of accountability and, due to qualified immunity, which mind you the george floyd justice in policing act which was passed again by the house of representatives will actually address, will lead to more accountability on behalf of police departments and police officers. what it will lead to as police

chiefs being able to look at a person like derek chauvin and say, "you have cost our city and our department millions of dollars." it would lead to a level of accountability and lead to us being able to get these bad apples out of law enforcement that rot the entire tree. the headlines on bbc news: a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared before magistrates. 48—year—old wayne couzens is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. a vigil in sarah�*s memory has been cancelled — the police say the event would breach covid rules. the organisers will now fundraise for women�*s causes. more pressure on the governor of new york to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct, but andrew cuomo refuses to step down.

today marks 25 years since 16 children and their teacher were killed in the dunblane school shooting. it led to an almost total ban on the private ownership of handguns in the uk, and over the years, families of those who died have been supporting other communities across the world affected by gun violence. particularly by gun violence. that violence whether are particularly that violence whether are children. —— where the victims are children. —— where the victims are children. connor gillies reports. newsreel: reports are coming in that one person is dead and several- people have been injured after a shooting incident at dunblane primary school. 25 years ago, a peaceful town changed forever. this has been a long, dark week, full of tears. the deadliest firearms atrocity this country has ever seen — 16 children and their teacher shot dead in their school. among them, emma crozier, just five years old. the anniversaries are going to be difficult for my parents, when we look back at the 25th anniversary, it�*s that we never forget the loved ones

that we lost and we do take this as an opportunity to remember them, but for me, the most important part is that we take this as an opportunity to make sure this never happens again. after dunblane, tight gun control laws were established here, but in the us, mass murder is still a devastating routine. the croziers went to florida three years ago to meet others whose children had died at the hands of gun violence. those conversations continue today. all we can hope to offer is just that, that onus to keep going. you know, it wasn�*t a straight change here in the uk, it took over a year of work for my parents and the other campaigners from dunblane to get the changes that were needed. anything that you can bring from what we�*ve done and the changes that we�*ve made, please take it. two years ago, our beautiful son joachim was shot and killed. taking that inspiration isjoachim�*s parents. their son�*s murder in the us has galvanised them

with big—name supporters. so let's all get together and defeat gun violence before gun _ violence defeats us. listening to jack, they say, motivates them. knowing that this is possible, in other latitudes, in other nations, i have to bring that knowledge here and i�*m receiving that energy from jack every time i speak to him. the prime minister said the tragedy shocked the world and remains raw. he says his thoughts are with dunblane. sentiments echoed by scotland�*s first minister, who paid tribute to the 17 lives lost in the most horrific circumstances 25 years ago today. connor gilles, bbc news. at least three people have been shot dead by the security forces in myanmar, as protests continue across the country against last month�*s military coup. two men were killed in front of a police station in thaketa township in yangon, while a woman was shot dead in mandalay.

images posted online show several severely injured people, including a buddhist monk. let�*s speak tojonathan head, the bbc�*s south east asia correspondent. what more do we know about the circumstances in which these people died? we circumstances in which these people died? ~ ., ., ., ., ., circumstances in which these people died? ., ., ., ., ., ., died? we now have a total of eight three overnight, _ died? we now have a total of eight three overnight, in _ died? we now have a total of eight three overnight, in different - died? we now have a total of eight three overnight, in different partsl three overnight, in different parts of yangon, five in with a lot of people seriously injured and you could argue the circumstances are the same at night time, obviously a lot more chaotic. big rallies today in mandalay, it is a stronghold of anti—coup feeling, they had a general strike. they were going most of the day and then towards the end of the day and then towards the end of the day and then towards the end of the protest, suddenly you heard of the protest, suddenly you heard of this whiplash of high velocity bullets being fired into the crowd and they are still basically assessing how many people have died and how many may well die later because of the severity of their

injuries. essentially, the pattern is that wherever there is a confrontation with security forces, without really anyone, at some point the security forces will fire directly into the crowds using battlefield weapons. these are absolutely lethal. that was the patent last night, in one case the residents had gone down to the police station to ask them to release three people they had detained and the police just opened fire on them. another man was manning a barricade at night as a volunteer night guard because the army and the police are going into these neighbourhoods and terrorising these neighbourhoods and terrorising the population, so they are trying to keep them out so people can have some kind of sleep. again, someone opened fire from the security forces aside, killed this man. mandalay was aside, killed this man. mandalay was a massacre. we have seen in mandalay, there are reports of people being killed in another town today. you never know where it will be. there a protester in multiple cities almost every day and in those cities almost every day and in those cities the police and army who work

together on this either decide they will use tear gas or rubber bullets or they decide they will shoot in the crowd and kill a few people. there is no particular obvious objective to it except to terrorise people and one presumes the strategy is the hope that the sight of these dreadful, dreadful injuries of people hit by these bullets will eventually put them off but it has not yet. people are very angry and that anger is nationwide. it has the hallmarks of a civil war, but it is not really a civil war because only one side is armed.— not really a civil war because only one side is armed. thank you very much. if you�*re in the uk and you�*ve got an old petrol or diesel car, would you be prepared to swap it for a bike or take the bus instead? a scheme�*s begun in coventry where people can hand their vehicles over to be recycled in exchange for credit to spend on more sustainable modes of transport. our business correspondent katy austin has the details. it�*s the end of the road for this car. it was sent here deliberately

by its former owner. but why? let�*s reverse a few days. we met mohamed, who owned that 15—year—old diesel for four years. after the lockdown has kicked in, mainly working from home five days a week so i�*m not using the car as much. he decided tojoin a trial in coventry. owners of cars over ten years old can give them up and get cash for other forms of travel. they were offering £3000 worth of credits, which you can use to travel by bus, train, uber, taxi. authorities in the west midlands are behind this scheme, using