this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i martin kroc soul. —— i martin crocs off. hundreds gather in defiance of coronavirus rules to remember sarah everard who was kidnapped in south london. a serving policeman has been charged with her murder. there's widespread criticism of how the vigil was policed after women were forcibly removed from the gathering. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. gunshot eight more anti—coup protesters are killed by security forces in myanmar, with more violence reported in several cities. and in sport, chelsea miss the chance to go third in the premier league after a goalless draw at leeds united.

—— i met martine croxall. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. police in london have been heavily criticised for breaking up an unauthorised vigil for a woman who was kidnapped and murdered. sarah everard's death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. it's all the more sensitive because a serving policeman has been charged with the killing. groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held the memorial, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus rules. the police said the gathering

breached restrictions and images on social media show the police forcibly removing people and pinning a woman to the ground. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said the scenes were unacceptable. helena wilkinson reports. not far from where sarah everard went missing 11 days ago, a visible outpouring of grief. hundreds gathered at the bandstand to remember the 33—year—old. they came and stood in silence and comforted each other and they left flowers for sarah, for her family. i feel really sad for the family so i just want to tell them that in this time where we can't meet each other and hug each other, the community is behind them. ijust wanted to be here to stand in solidarity with all women. it'sjust really upset me, what's happened. the vigil here tonight had been cancelled, police had told people not to turn up

because of the current lockdown, but many still did. tonight, as some tensions escalated, police called on all those to go home, saying that the gathering was not safe. these scenes adding to what has been an already extremely difficult week. it would have been a lot safer if we had the 50 stewards we had trained and ready to go to keep the crowds silent and distanced. we told the met it was going to be worse if we didn't have the organisation that we already had planned which was covid safe. earlier, met police officer pc wayne couzens, believed to be in this police van, was brought before westminster magistrates�* court. the 48—year—old joined the force two years ago. today, he appeared in the dock, charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. he will next appear at the old bailey on tuesday. it's 11 days since sarah everard

disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent, inside a builder's bag and identified through her dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where she was found. 30 miles away, the police officer's house in deal, in kent, is also a focus. and an old garage, in dover, where he used to work is being searched. as the searches continue, tributes were paid in towns and cities up and down the country, reigniting a national conversation about women's safety. it's become a political issue. the government is seeking further views on how to tackle violence against women and girls. certainly the messages i've been having from women have been really powerful and important. the message i'm giving back to government is do something, do something meaningful, or my committee will be holding your feet to the fire over why not.

for sarah everard's family, they are dealing with the unimaginable. they will be wanting answers as to what happened to sarah, who they said was bright and beautiful and a shining example. and our correspondent, simonjones, joins us now. tell us about the reaction there has been to the policing of this gathering in south london. some real concerns being _ gathering in south london. some real concerns being raised _ gathering in south london. some real concerns being raised about _ gathering in south london. some real concerns being raised about the - concerns being raised about the policing tonight. the official vigil was in fact cancelled because the organisers had said they held extensive talks with the metropolitan police but they could not find a way forward but nevertheless hundreds of people gathered in clapham common in south london where sarah everard was last seen before she disappeared. and initially, people were there with flowers and gathered, it was a very sombre mood but it was when the police moved in and up band said where people had been laying flowers to start trying to move the people who were giving speeches that the

crowd started to chanting "shame on your. crowd started to chanting "shame on you" and then we saw some scuffles what people have described as heavy—handed policing and pictures are being circulated on social media. there is a particular image of a woman being held on the ground by two police officers which a lot of people are tweeting out without any comment, they fear that picture says enough and in terms of political reaction that is now starting to come in, we have had the home secretary priti patel here in the uk saying the scenes are concerning and she has asked for a full report from the metropolitan police. we have had the mayor of london sadiq khan saying that the images he also wants to find out exactly what was behind the policing and he is asking to talk to the commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, we have had the leader of the liberal democrats saying he feels that the commissioner cressida dick should resign and she is the first female who has held the top job at the metropolitan police of that criticism will be fairly stinging.

what response has there been so far than from the much about the police themselves? lip than from the much about the police themselves?— themselves? up until now, no resnonse _ themselves? up until now, no response from _ themselves? up until now, no response from the _ themselves? up until now, no response from the met - themselves? up until now, no response from the met in - themselves? up until now, no i response from the met in terms themselves? up until now, no - response from the met in terms of the policing, they have simply referred me to tweets they have put out earlier in the evening where effectively they were saying hundreds of people had gathered for this demonstration that it was not safe, people were closely packed together and that was not safe in times of covid and of course these demonstrations are not allowed at a time of knock down here in the uk. i think there will be pressure on them to say some more overnight given the responses from the home secretary and the cause for cressida dick to resign from the leader of the lib dems. i think we'll be here for more of them in the coming hours. —— we will hear more from them. the man who has been arrested and charged with the murder of sarah everard is of course one of their own.- of course one of their own. simon for the moment, _ of course one of their own. simon for the moment, thank _ of course one of their own. simon for the moment, thank you - of course one of their own. simon for the moment, thank you very l of course one of their own. simon - for the moment, thank you very much. simonjones. to myanmar where at least eight protesters have been killed by security forces, as demonstrations continue across the country, against last month's military coup. international pressure

is building on the authorities to stop using deadly force against unarmed demonstrators. the worst of the violence on saturday took place in the city of mandalay, where once again, police opened fire on peaceful protestors. jonathan head reports. gunfire the days in myanmar�*s towns and cities are punctuated by protests... gunfire ..by lethal volleys of gunfire from the army and police... ..and by the funerals of those who've been killed. the death toll in this elemental battle between unarmed people and the military regime, whose authority they still refuse to accept, keeps climbing. today was another terrible day in mandalay, where opposition to the military coup runs very high. the police showed up at 10am. by then, the rally was already over. as i said, they were there to kill. they didn't have to kill,

they didn't have to shoot a single shot. people were about to go back. people were about to disperse. but they did anyway. this woman has just lost her husband. he'd volunteered as a neighbourhood guard and joined a protest at a police station near his home in yangon last night, demanding the release of detainees. the police responded by opening fire. after five weeks of this, and around 80 deaths, people have still not given up. every day, they rebuild the barricades that shout their defiance at the soldiers. every day, the soldiers pull them down, firing abuse, and shots, back at the people. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. and in the latest development, the leader of a shadow civilian government in myanmar, who is in hiding, vows resistance to military rule and urges

protesters to continue their fight. translation: this is the darkest moment of the nation. _ the moment when the dawn is close. this is the time for our citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments. when forming our resistance, unity plays a vital role. despite our differences in the past, this is a time when we must grip our hands together to end the dictatorship for good. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a huge car bomb in herat, western afghanistan has killed at least eight people and injured around 50 more. dozens of houses have been destroyed. 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. russian police have arrested dozens of opposition politicians and activists at a meeting taking place in a moscow hotel. police confirmed that they detained almost 200 people. they say the people they rounded up were attending a gathering organised by a banned group to discuss municipal elections. bolivia's former interim president, jeanine anez, has been arrested on charges of sedition and conspiracy. prosecutors accuse ms anez and several former government ministers of taking part in a coup against the left—wing leader, evo morales. ms anez has tweeted that she's been the victim of political persecution and a coup never took place. the number of new coronavirus cases is increasing in many european countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum. this, as many argue the continent isn't vaccinating its population quickly enough. in the last few hours, italy has reported 26,000

new coronavirus cases, and it's not the only european country seeing high numbers of infections. poland's 21,000 new coronavirus cases reported on saturday, is the highest figure since november. germany too has seen a big daily rise, the number there is up by more than 12,500 in the past 2a hours. new coronavirus cases in the netherlands have reached their highest level since mid—january, with nearly 7000 on saturday. it's italy however, where the toughest new restrictions are being applied. mark lowen reports from rome. 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 on 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.

france is also seeing a resurgence of covid cases. in the capital paris, intensive care wards are almost full and the government says it's considering stricter restrictions. but, any move could meet some resistance. 25 theatres across france, are currently being occupied by protesting artists who are demanding that the venues reopen. the protests started ten days ago from the historical 0deon theatre, in paris. it and other art venues have been closed for months due to the pandemic. earlier i spoke with baptiste chevalier duflot, who is among the protesters occupying the 0deon theatre. —— earlier my colleague spoke. -- earlier my colleague spoke. i'm here from — —— earlier my colleague spoke. i“n here from the beginning. so it is been ten days from now, and we are occupying, i mean we are in a way re—occupying these places because we used to be there, we used to work there, we use to show people

theatres, for the arts in fact. and this is what we are doing right now. we are doing a daily performance because it is the function of theatre to open minds and to show music, hearts, and this is what we are doing every day and people are really, really happy to see that. they choose to open the supermarkets, the trains, the national embassies are packed with people. and they choose to let the people. and they choose to let the people not going out, not going to theatres. we know that we can open safely, we did it. we did not have any problem with coronavirus spreading in theatres. we have the

minister of culture —— asked the minister of culture —— asked the minister of culture to show us a plan to reopen. if the vaccination is the solution. we need to know when we will be able to open. the headlines on bbc news... police in london try to break up an unauthorised vigil for sarah everard who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by a policeman. a reminder of our top story... coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. federal investigators in the united states say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing by police of a young black woman, breonna taylor — exactly one year since the 26—year—old was fatally shot in her home by police officers. ms taylor was shot by police when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched drug raid. the officers made use of a so—called

"no—knock" arrest warrant that did not require them to announce themselves. ms taylor's death helped spark black lives matter protests in louisville and across the country over the excessive use of force used by officers. larry madowo is in louisville for us. we canjoin him now. very. so, what has happened since the death of breonna taylor a year ago today is the city of who felt set out in a civil officer with the family, they paid the family told me and i was and what hasn't happened is there still have been no criminal charges especially charges against any of the officers who were there. one officer who was charged was for wanton endangerment which was a shooting into the neighbour's holmes, two of the officers were fired for not charged and the family feels they still want justice. two people who have been fighting for them from the beginning, lanita baker is the family pot psychogenic,

and benjamin crump probably america plaza most famous civil rights lawyer, i've been fighting for them from the beginning, lanita baker is the family pot psychogenic, and patron crump probably america plaza most famous civil rights lawyer, i fencing them here. —— america's. it is the controversial no knock warrants, kentucky hasn't banned it, only the city of louisville. is this ever going to happen? well, it's in the house right now in our hopes are that the legislators in frankfurt hear our cries and that they ban no—knock warrants and the whole thing is notjust to protect us, the everyday civilians. it's also to protect police officers. it's a proven fact that no—knock warrants are inherently dangerous to everyone involved. they have no business being in our policing. attorney crump, you have said the settlements $27 million for the floyd family, $12 million for the breonna family, but those who don't put in place the required reforms. what are the reforms necessary? well, the good thing, lanita baker led reform efforts here in louisville with the legal team for breonna taylor, and it wasjust precedent—setting. it talked about having incentives for police to live in the neighbourhoods that they patrol so hopefully they won't shoot first and ask

questions later because they know who their neighbours are. number two, it talked about having social workers be hired so that when they get those calls that deal with non—criminal matters, that you can have somebody actually come and try to de—escalate the situation versus making it a life or death situation. and then also, the citizens review that they are working on. it's just stuff that other cities can use to themselves and in fact, it's just stuff that other cities can use to model themselves and in fact, the george floyd act in minneapolis mirrored a lot of the things that they did in breonna taylor, and i believe george floyd and breonna taylor will be forever linked because they both were killed by the police in 2020 at the height of the covid pandemic where everything had shut down in america except implicit bias and police brutality,

and that's why when we say his name, george floyd, we also will be saying her name, breonna taylor, for the rest of history. after the summer of protests and black lives matter, do you think something has changed in america, lanita? it hasn't changed yet, but i don't think the protests are going to end until we have the change that we deserve. so, i do think the protests are working. i'm going to tell those out here in the streets to keep it up. we can't wait until we have another victim to resume protests, so we have to keep them going and that's what we've been doing here in louisville, kentucky. they were notjust over the summer, they've been out here through snow, rain, everything, so keep it up. and finally... sir, are you going to say something? no, i'll wait till your question. for african—americans who see these victims all the time in the news every few days — there's another case all the time — do you feel there's an exhaustion that comes with it? certainly, i think there's a measure of post—traumatic stress — we call it racial battle fatigue — that a lot of the social

scientists are starting to term it. but i do believe we will win this war. i say to our brothers and sisters over in the uk that we are so sure that we will win this war, that we have no doubt in our heart, because based on our ancestors, what they overcame. black people in america overcame slavery. we overcame being three fifths of a human being at the founding of this country. we overcame the reconstruction, we overcame the dred scott decision by the supreme court. they said there were no rights that a black person has that a white person was bound to respect. we overcame jim crow. we overcame his much wiser son, jim croer, and based on all of that there, based on the precedents of black people in america, i know that we will overcome, so that's why we continue to say breonna taylor's life matters, george floyd's life matters and black lives matter.

and pac is back in the news this week because yesterday it was announced that the family of george floyd settled for 20 something dollars with the city of minneapolis and the case for the officer who knelt on his neck on the jury question has began. and a year after breonna taylor, the family is trying to bring that case back in the news and there is a local law that has been put in, a local build to try to get the attorney of the united states to get this case reinvestigate. how has breonna taylor's death been marked on this the anniversary?— the anniversary? they held a rally today where _ the anniversary? they held a rally today where there _ the anniversary? they held a rally today where there were _ the anniversary? they held a rally| today where there were emotional speeches, giver of every churches speeches, giver of every churches speech is calling for accountability for the police that shot her. there were 32 shots that night, only one shot from kenneth walker breonna taylor plus a boyfriend who told us nothing will ever bring her back and they feel an injustice happen here

that has not been addressed and the interesting thing is they were looking for the suspect who did not live there. it was a drugs investigation that they do not find that has come up she was 26, and emergency medical technician dreams of becoming a nurse and the people remembering her here today say her debts should never be in vain. lam; debts should never be in vain. larry from the moment, _ debts should never be in vain. larry from the moment, thank— debts should never be in vain. larry from the moment, thank you very much. life from louisville. sport now and there are four matches in the men's english premier league. leaders manchester city beat fulham 3—0. burnley beat everton 2—1, crystal palace beat west brom 1—0. chelsea manager thomas tuchel�*s unbeaten run with the club is now up to 12 games, but they missed the chance to go third in the table after a goalless draw at leeds united. we had enough chances to score. we had enough chances to go 1—0 ahead, which would have helped

us a lot, of course. but it was ok game. sometimes it's like this when it's hard to score. it's... it's not your wish, but you get what you wish for, so we have to keep on working hard, be more clinical, play with more precise in the opponents box. it's been a day of mixed fortunes for mercedes, as testing continues ahead of the new formula 1 season. valtteri bottas topped the time sheets in the afternoon session. but it's been a tough day for his team mate and world champion lewis hamilton. the morning session had to be stopped after he spun off. the afternoon was no better for the briton, only aston martin's sebastian vettel was slower. the new season starts on the 26th of march. the america's cup is poised

at three all between holders team new zealand and luna rosa. the italian challengers dominated saturday's opening race in auckland but the new zealanders won the second race of the day by a margin of a minute and 41 seconds to pull level. the first to seven wins. the international olympic committee says it's not a "super world "government" that can resolve political issues in china. there have been growing calls for a boycott of the 2022 winter olympic games in beijing. activists have raised concerns over tibetan and uighur claims of human rights violations — an issue the ioc says it's taking "very seriously". the ioc has been criticised for awarding the winter olympics to china given its human rights record. it says a boycott has no logic and would only punish athletes.

you can contact me on social media. you can contact me on social media. you are watching bbc news. we will be taking a look at the papers. coming up after half past 11. hum the tune, you know by now. now, tomasz schafernaker has the weather. the weather on sunday morning isn't looking too bad for some of us, bright, even sunny skies on the way but it's not going to last. clouds expected to increase and rain is in the forecast. quite early in the morning it will already start to rain across some western areas of the uk. and as one weather system pulls away, a bit of a gap through the early hours and then the weather

front pushing in on sunday. the forecast through the early hours shows the clear skies across most of the uk. some scattered showers. the wind is light and by early on sunday morning, temperatures close to freezing in some of the northern towns and cities. in the south, it is closer to 4 degrees for example in plymouth and cardiff. here is the sunny morning across many parts of the uk but cloud quickly increasing from the west, so rain in belfast and rain in the northern parts and the lake district. rain reaching birmingham sometime in the afternoon. not the extreme south—east of england or the north or east of scotland. in aberdeen, it might stay sunny through the day. southern england and east anglia, you will get rain later on sunday. the forecast into monday shows high pressure building very close to the uk. weather fronts are approaching us

which will be brushing the far north—west. i think that high pressure is going to eventually win. monday morning, fine and bright and sunny weather, cloud increasing in the north west. sky is a bit hazy in the morning and afternoon for places like belfast and glasgow but sunshine in norwich and london. temperatures, 13, light went, it shouldn't feel bad at all. later wind. tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure pushing itself over the uk but a weather front around the edge, so at times it may be cloudy. on balance the high pressure will win and the weather will be settled. here is the outlook for the week ahead. mostly settled weather across the majority of the uk. temperatures rising but then it looks like it's going to turn colder again towards the end of the week.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow

morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. hundreds gather in defiance of coronavirus rules to remember sarah everard, who was kidnapped in south london. a serving policeman has been charged with her murder. some women speaking at the event were dragged off by police, to cries of "shame on you" from the crowd. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. gunshot. eight more anti—coup protesters are killed by security forces in myanmar, with more violence reported in several cities. former formula 1 commentator murray walker has died. he was 97. walker was appointed an 0be in 1996 for his services to broadcasting and motor racing.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.