this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. police in colorado are responding to a shooting at a supermarket in boulder. it's not clear how many casualties are involved. several western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. the dispute over covid vaccine supplies continues as the uk is warned the sharp rise in european cases means it will not escape the effects of a third wave. music. celebrating victory over the virus — we report on the successful measures iceland has adopted.

let's start with breaking news from boulder in colorado, where police are responding to reports of an active shooter at a grocery store and what they're describing as multiple casualties. no casualty details have been confirmed so far. video being livestreamed from the scene showed a man being handcuffed and escorted by police with what appeared to be blood on his arm and leg. there is currently a large police and emergency presence at the scene.

ata at a nearby house as well. we expect a press conference in the next few minutes butjust to confirm police have said it is a live shooter incident. and that there are multiple casualties. police surrounded a home on 17th st close to the king's supers grocery store and the two armoured vehicles are parked outside as well. some of these images here are a little too graphic to show you at the moment but you can just see the state of confusion and shock at the moment. the denver post is reporting eyewitnesses on the scene who said that they were inside the king's supers restaurant and grocery store when a gunman entered. the gunman said nothing butjust came in and started shooting.

not spraying bullets with his weapon butjust random shots. the eyewitnesses that the denver post spoke to managed to leave the scene and a skate out from the back of the store. so very much a live police incident and operation, not clear who the police are escorting away from the scene now. but as you can see, the man has been stripped and reports of blood on his hand and his body as well. let's go... joining us now is our north america correspondent david willis. not sure if you been able to see some of the images that we have been broadcasting here or indeed have seen others that have come in from the scene. what is the latest you have? tm, there are some very disturbing pictures and some very disturbing video tape of people on the ground and shots ringing out. now, the latest we

are hearing from the ground and this is unconfirmed is that six people may well have died in the shooting incident near boulder in colorado. that's about 13 miles northwest of the state capital denver. this happened at about 2:30pm in the afternoon. and as i say, we are awaiting a press conference from officials on the ground there which more details are expected to be released. you said there were video showing a middle—aged man shirtless and wearing shorts being led away from the store in handcuffs and it appeared that one of his legs was covered in blood. we don't know if this is an active situation or whether the gunman is in custody presumably that will be revealed in the next few minutes. this comes of course just days after a shooting in atlanta and is bound to focus attention again

here in the us on the calls, the regular calls for tighter gun control laws here. last month, of course, presidentjoe biden issued a statement on the anniversary of the parkland shooting in florida in which some 1a students and three teachers were killed. and president biden basically called for background checks on all gun sales here in the us and a ban on assault weapons. we know the different states have different laws when it comes to concealed weapons, carrying weapons. do you happen to know where colorado fits into that? i to know where colorado fits into that?— into that? i don't, but of course — into that? i don't, but of course they _ into that? i don't, but of course they have - into that? i don't, but of course they have seen . into that? i don't, but of - course they have seen shootings of this kind of mass shootings of this kind of mass shootings of this kind in this state in the past. and i can tell you just to go back to that situation as far as legislation

is concerned that the house of representatives actually recently passed a background check bill that the senate has he has to pick up on. it may require some amendments, some adjustment in order to make it palatable for the senate to pass. because of course there have been attempts over the years to reform the gun—control laws in this country and in many cases, many many cases, those attempts have come to nothing. those attempts have come to nothinu. w , those attempts have come to nothin. .. , .,, those attempts have come to nothinu. , , nothing. exactly as we see these pictures _ nothing. exactly as we see these pictures again - nothing. exactly as we see these pictures again of - nothing. exactly as we see| these pictures again of this middle—aged man in his 40s or 50s being led shirtless away in handcuffs and not clear whether this man may be the alleged shooter or not, but he is limping a little bit as well. how polarised is the issue of gun control now because this was something of course that donald trump and his supporters vehemently opposed any change in the amendments and the right

to be able to bear arms. but is this becoming more of a political debate now with the new administration?- political debate now with the new administration? well, joe biden is clearly _ new administration? well, joe biden is clearly looking - new administration? well, joe biden is clearly looking to - biden is clearly looking to introduce legislation to promote legislation aimed at tightening the gun—control laws here, but how successful he will be, as i've said, is an a tent that has been made many times before in this country and yet we continue to see these sort of incidents. and it is very disconcerting. there is video as well that we have not mentioned of police being repeatedly shot at as they responded to the reports of a gunman on the loose in this grocery store in boulder, colorado today. a lot of very chilling video that may perhaps push the whole debate a little bit forward. we will have to wait and see. we have been here several times before. the wait and see. we have been here several times before.—

several times before. the last shootinu several times before. the last shooting of— several times before. the last shooting of a _ several times before. the last shooting of a national- several times before. the last shooting of a national news i several times before. the last i shooting of a national news was the one as you said in atlanta which was a series of massage parlors as well. and then over the years, certainly since you and i have been covering things like this, there have been so many school shootings but probably at the moment we are on school holidays because of easter break?— on school holidays because of easter break? yes, that's right cominu easter break? yes, that's right coming uo _ easter break? yes, that's right coming up there _ easter break? yes, that's right coming up there and _ easter break? yes, that's right coming up there and of- easter break? yes, that's right coming up there and of course| coming up there and of course you mentioned previous incidents, and of course there will be the columbine massacre that stems to mind and since then we seem to have seen eight regular number of these sort of shootings and very often they are disaffected former employees, they are domestic situations that get out of hand and so on. a lot of them of course are not preplanned intensively in advance and of course that will be the priority for the police and the fbi who are now in attendance i understand as far as working out what happened here and what caused this, what promoted this

latest rampage. because it really is inequitable. just heafina really is inequitable. just hearing in _ really is inequitable. just hearing in fact _ really is inequitable. just hearing in fact that - really is inequitable. just hearing in fact that we i really is inequitable. just hearing in fact that we have got a press cover us as we were expecting imminently. that is now going to happen in about 20 minutes' time. david, i think we will move on until we get any more information either on the ground orfrom any more information either on the ground or from that press conference but thank you very much indeed, david willis. several western countries have announced sanctions targeted at chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the uighurs, a mostly—muslim minority. the sanctions are directed at senior officials in the north—west region of xinjiang accused of responsibility for abuses against uighurs detained in camps there. bbc investigations have gathered first—hand testimony of forced labour and allegations of rape and torture of detainees. the sanctions were announced as a coordinated effort by the european union, the uk, canada and the us. 0ur diplomatic correspondent

james landale has more details. allegations of rape and torture. translation: they did whatever evil their mind could think of, - and they didn't spare any part of my body. the forced sterilisation of women. the so—called re—education centres. the arbitrary detention of more than1 million people. the forced labour camps, the suppression of language and culture. for months, the bbc and others have reported on the abuses meted out on the uighur people in north—west china. western governments have criticised, but only now are they acting against what's some in china wish to hide. by acting with our partners, 30 of us in total, we're sending the clearest message to the chinese government that the international community will not turn a blind eye to such serious and systematic violations of basic human rights.

these are the sorts of camps where the foreign secretary says industrial—scale abuse is taking place, and the four top chinese officials that britain says is responsible will now be subject to travel bans and asset freezes. the state organisation in charge of security and policing in the region is also sanctioned. european ministers meeting in brussels imposed similar measures, as did canada and united states. china retaliated immediately by sanctioning ten european political figures and four organisations. and the country's top diplomat in britain was not impressed. they are trying to impose on china's internal affairs. and the sanction is based on unfounded accusations. you say these are unfounded allegations, but how can you deny the sheer weight of the evidence from survivors, from first—hand reporting, from satellite imagery, from official documentation? so far, the satellite images are not true and the pictures and videos, they are concocted.

what we are doing in xinjiang isjust precautionary measures in anti—terrorism, and that is to safeguard our national interest. in practice, these sanctions are going to affect only a handful of people, but they are significant because it is so unusual for the west to take such collective action against china. what diplomats here want to know is what impact this is all going to have on discussions with china about other issues, like trade or climate change. james landale, bbc news, outside the foreign office. the united kingdom will not escape the effects of a third wave of the pandemic given the sharp rise in cases in parts of the european union. that's the warning from the prime minister, borisjohnson. it comes as the row between the uk and the eu over vaccine supplies intensified with a threat that eu could block doses of vaccines manufactured in the eu

from being exported to the uk. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. france tonight, quiet paris, back in lockdown, the disease double where it was last week. on one side of the channel, the number of cases higher and higher, take—up of the vaccine stubbornly low. but on the other... ..the opposite, the disease falling back and vaccines rising. you can see, sadly, there is a third wave under way. when a wave hits our friends, it, i'm afraid, washes up on our shores as well. and i expect that we will feel those effects in due course. that's why we're getting on with our vaccination programme as fast as we can. monsieur! much quicker here than on the continent, where countries are closing their doors again, but there've been public doubts from politicians about the safety of the jabs and significant shortfalls in the astrazeneca vaccines the eu ordered.

and in the last few days, brussels has dangled the prospect of blocking exports. nothing is off the table. it is entirely legitimate - for the european union to be looking at the different tools that it has at its disposal- or could have at its disposal. getting the vaccine here isn't always smooth or straightforward, but a big majority of the 100 million astrazeneca jabs on order are being made in the uk. a small amount�*s due from a factory in the netherlands, and there are suggestions that could be shared with the eu. 10 million doses are expected from india, five already here and five held up. but there are a0 million of the pfizerjab on order. it's mainly made in belgium, but relies on a component made here. first off, there's no immediate threat to the vaccine programme here. the government's adamant contracts signed months ago will be honoured, and although borisjohnson�*s talked on the phone to eu leaders, there's no desire in downing street to get sucked into a diplomatic

screaming match. but the eu is so far behind, they're likely to keep pushing hard for a way to catch up. but many of its members might resist something as blunt or dramatic as stopping vaccines crossing the channel. i think it would be a very retrograde step. it would, in my view, be counter—productive. i understand the issues with astrazeneca. there's huge tension there between astrazeneca and the european union. they have not fulfilled their contracts. but there is no point in undermining the other companies. while vaccinations break records here, a brand—new centre in middlesbrough can give 1000 injections a day, travel to our neighbours could be limited even further. in this pandemic, vaccines have a high practical and political price. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we speak to the family doctor who was on a ventilator a year ago about the life lessons he's

drawn from the pandemic. music. i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. singing.

streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage i from mir drew gasps . from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines — police in the us state of colorado are responding to a shooting at a supermarket in boulder. it's not clear how many casualties are involved. several western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. while countries across europe are struggling with rising cases of coronavirus, iceland has largely managed to eradicate the virus. it has a handful of cases, most of which have come from people

entering the country. it's become europe's first and only green—zone country, allowing it to open up again with very few restrictions on daily life. 0ur europe correspondent jean mackenzie has been to find out what's behind its success. the storm has passed. hibernation is over. music. celebrations have begun. this feels so amazing. just to let loose a little. see friends, sing a little, why not? with the virus under control, all generations are rediscovering their moments ofjoy. to get here,

iceland acted fast. it began aggressively testing and contact tracing from day one. within months, every arriving passenger was made to quarantine. i will take this sample from your throat and then your nose. now, mandatory tests at the border catch new cases before they enter the country. welcome to the isolation hotel. anyone who tests positive is kept here in total isolation. gylfi has now cared for more patients than the hospitals. what's given iceland the edge? it was the scientists that made up the rules, not the politics. that matters. they know what they are talking about. the politicians, they don't. laughter. well, i think it's important for a politician to realise what's politics and... ..what's reallyjust something that needs to be solved by the use of scientific means. iceland is a

sparsely—populated island. i'm sure a lot of countries look at iceland and think you've had it easy. obviously, it's been very beneficial to iceland that we are small and there are so few of us, and that obviously makes testing, intensive testing and tracing, easier. iceland has been dealt another helping hand. this world—leading genetics company has handed over its laboratories to analyse every single positive case. but after months of keeping the british variant out of the country, they notice a case has slipped through the border. there were two cases diagnosed yesterday, and he is sequencing them now. so, you'll be able to know today if it's the british variant that's spread. that's what you're fearing? yes. the results confirm the british variant has spread, but over the next few days, more than 1000 people are tracked down and tested and the virus is contained. and so, the party continues.

this last week has shown that it is impossible for a country to shut the virus out, but iceland is proving that with the right measures, it can be effectively contained. hi! and life can look like this again. jean mackenzie, bbc news, reykjavik. a year ago, dr michael hare, a gp from colchester, found himself in hospital on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus. he spent almost two months in intensive care. when he left hospital in may, he spoke to our health correpsondent catherine burns about the impact that covid had had on his life. catherine has been back to see him and talked about the changes in his life brought about by the pandemic. you give yourself goals, and my goal was to get home... it was just to get home.

we met dr mike hare last may. he'd achieved his goal, but frail and exhausted, his recovery was just beginning. now the weather's colder, but the smile is steady. it's so lovely to see you both looking so well, you look like a different person than you did ten months ago. how are you feeling? different! i think we were fairly fatalistic when we saw you last, and now we know that we can get over severe illness, this covid can be beaten. before covid, mike's nickname was mr fit, he ran marathons, loved skiing and sailing. this time last year, though, he was put on a ventilator. he was in intensive care for almost two months. i remember nothing, absolutely nothing, until they woke me up seven weeks later, saying i had been unconscious in icu. what were your physical milestones? i was particularly worried that

i wouldn't be able to speak or sing, which is important to me. i wanted to stand as soon as possible, and then as soon as i stood, i wanted to walk and have a shower. having a shower was fantastic! i was looked after then. but for someone who was worried about speaking again, see if you can spot him back doing one of his favourite hobbies — singing in a sea shanty group. i've just had to be patient. there's pressure on us to get better quicker and quicker, and it'sjust everything going on around us, but in truth, nature is in charge, and it takes a while to improve our health. did you always believe that you were going to get well? i didn't let myself think it. every day was taken as a different day. honestly, mike's mental attitude was unbelievable. really, though, his progress has been speedy. it takes longer

for many patients. after covid, mike thought he might retire from his job as a gp, but he changed his mind. i tried to retire in my currentjob. i thought i had retired in my currentjob! but then realised i'd made a recovery, just before september and thought that i wasn't ready to retire, i want to retire on my terms. how do you compare physically the mike who was mr fit? i think i'm probably 70%, but i'm not trying to be that same person, i think it is mentally and emotionally i'm 110—120%. and a recovery programme wasjust what i thought it would be, but half the time. people were saying, it will take him six months, and it took him about three. certainly after i woke up, i had messages from about 1000 people, end it was almost an experience like

attending your own funeral. i think i'm lucky, i'm lucky i've been looked after well, and i'm supported by good genetics and good friends and good family. dr michael hare talking to our health correspondent catherine burns. let's bring you some live pictures now from boulder. reports pictures now from boulder. of an active shooter. it reports of an active shooter. it is not clear if that shooting is still active in the town of boulder, colorado, about 30 miles or so away from denver. these are the latest pictures to come in. people being led out of a grocery store, the king's supers grocery store there. you can see a great deal of consternation and panic, the area swarmed with security officials and police, also some helicopter footage of a

helicopterfootage of a middle—aged man being let out in handcuffs. that situation continues. multiple casualties reported. we expect a press conference in about half an hour. more on bbc news. hello there. many of us started the week dry with some spring sunshine. but things are going to change over the next few days. it is already turning cloudier. it will turn wetter and windier, and briefly for the end of the week, it'll turn quite a bit colder. now, on the satellite picture, you can see a lot of cloud out west. this cloud being brought in our direction by a south—westerly breeze. as that breeze sets in, it is laden with moisture. so, that is going to deliver a lot of cloud through tuesday, especially across western parts of the uk, where the cloud will squeeze out some spots of light rain and drizzle. and we'll see some more persistent rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland later

in the day, where it will also be turning quite windy. breezy elsewhere, the best of any sunshine across north east scotland, central and eastern parts of england, but generally speaking, it will be cloudier than it was on monday. top temperatures for most between 9—13 degrees. now, through tuesday night, this band of cloud and rain will push south—eastwards out of scotland and northern ireland down into england and wales. clearer spells and some showers following on behind. 0ur band of cloud and patchy rain comes courtesy of a weather front, and this weather front is developing something of a wave. you can see this kink on the weather front here. so, instead of clearing through quickly, the front hangs back across england and wales for a time. cloud and patchy rain, which will only slowly slide south—eastwards. brightening up for wales and northern england through the day. northern ireland and scotland will see sunshine and a scattering of heavy showers, perhaps becoming more widespread late in the day. temperatures between 10—13 degrees in most places. now, thursday is a sunshine and showers day. some of the showers will be heavy, possibly thundery, most plentiful across northern and western areas, where we could see them joining together to give a spell of more persistent rain later in the day. again, those temperatures

around 10—13, maybe 1a degrees. but those temperatures are set to fall. this cold front pushing through as we head into friday, and behind it, you can see showers which could well start to turn wintry over high ground because there'll be some much colder air bringing its way in. it's not going to last too long, but friday is going to be a chilly—feeling day. some spells of sunshine, but some showers which could be heavy and wintry over high ground in the north and the west. and those temperatures quite a bit lower, 7—10 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines: police in the us city of boulder in colorado say there's been a shooting incident at a grocery supermarket. details are unclear but video shows several people lying motionless on the ground in, and just outside the store in the table mesa area of the city. sporadic gunshots could also be heard. 0ne one man has been filmed being led away in handcuffs but police activity is still on scene. we expect the press conference and about half an hour time. several western countries have announced sanctions against officials in china — over human rights abuses against the uighur population in xinjiang prvince. the sanctions were announced as part of a coordinated effort by the european union, uk, canada and the us.