welcome to bbc news — my name is mike embley. our top stories... police in colorado say there have been multiple fatalities during a shooting at a supermarket in boulder amongst the victims is a police officer. there was a loss of life, we have multiple people who were killed in this incident. i am sorry to have to report that one of them was a boiulder police officer. several western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. a huge fire sweeps through a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh — destroying thousands of homes. 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. let's start with breaking news from colorado. there's been a shooting claiming multiple lives as the police put it, at a supermarket in boulder. there is currently a large police and emergency presence at the scene. here's the police statement from a press conference a short while ago. we had a very tragic incident today at king sooper. there is loss of life and multiple people killed in this incident. and i'm sorry to have to report that one of them was a boulder police officer. i can share with the public today this evening that there

is no ongoing public threat, that we do have a person of interest in custody. that person was injured during the incident and is being treated for the injuries. this eyewitness was in the grocery store when she heard shooting. we were at the checkout, and shots started going off, and so i heard this... the first one crossed me, and the second one, i knew for sure, there was a shot, and i said, nlcholas, get down, and we stopped, and we started listening, and then there was just repetitive shots, and then there was a brief, like, pause, and then that ended with "run", and he said, "no, don't move", and i said "run!" and then he started running, and then he started towards us. and we just kept going.

and there was somebody waiting on the road, and i started to run towards him. and nicholas pulled me away, and said we had to go, and we just ran, behind the building is on the end over here. an eyewitness who was inside the grocery store when the shooting started. joining us now is our north america correspondent david willis. there was that video of police being repeatedly shot at as they responded to reports of shooting at the grocery store. we should make it clear there is no active threat to the public as the police put it any more. . , , public as the police put it any more. ., , , more. that is right. they say they have — more. that is right. they say they have somebody - more. that is right. they say they have somebody in - more. that is right. they say i they have somebody in custody. they are talking about multiple victims from this incident, including, as you said, a policeman. cbs, are affiliate in the united states is

reporting at least six people are thought to have died in this incident in boiulder colorado, at a grocery store shortly after 2:30pm. it is actually quite close to the university of colorado campus. and they suspect, it has been mentioned, is in custody. they have no details at the moment of a possible motive for this attack, although they are hoping to release additional details later in the evening. they say they are keeping those to themselves for now, until next of kin have been informed. always a question about gun laws in colorado and the united states generally. there was a court case involving gun laws in colorado just very recently. there was indeed. that was a case in which a judge overturned an ordinance seeking to ban assault weapons in boiulder colorado, and that was championed by the nra, that

court goose —— my case, which is an extremely powerful lobby group in the united states despite their recent difficulties with allegations of corruption within their ranks and so on. but you mentionjoe biden. a short while ago, the white house released a statement that he was being briefed on the shooting and his press secretary said he would be kept appraised of any further developments. last month, on the anniversary of the park wins shooting in florida, in which 17 people died, joe biden called for gun reform. he called for gun reform. he called for gun reform. he called for tougher background checks on gun sales, and a ban on assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. a short while ago, colorado's democratic senator michael bennett called for a new national conversation about gun violence and for congress to take what he called "meaningful action" in this regard, and

another us senator, amy, jah, who is a member of the senate judiciary committee that the committee has a hearing on gun safety scheduled for tomorrow. she went on to say we must put a stop to this. —— amy klobuchar. a stop to this. -- amy klobuchar.— a stop to this. -- amy klobuchar. ~ , ., . ., , klobuchar. we should clarify that there — klobuchar. we should clarify that there are _ klobuchar. we should clarify that there are not _ klobuchar. we should clarify that there are not more - klobuchar. we should clarify l that there are not more details on how many people were killed or injured because police are still trying to trace and notify next of kin. that is their priority.— notify next of kin. that is their riori . , ., their priority. absolutely, and their priority. absolutely, and they don't _ their priority. absolutely, and they don't speculate - their priority. absolutely, and they don't speculate on - their priority. absolutely, and they don't speculate on a - they don't speculate on a motive because they don't want to add to the distress. they are being very careful about this. they don't want to give out any details that could later be contradicted, although they have promised to release more details as the evening goes on. colorado has been a scene of a number of mass shootings, of course, over the years, aurora, the cinema shooting back in 2012, when a man walk to the front of a

crowded movie theatre and opened fire on people watching a midnight screening of the batman film, 12 people were killed in that incident. and we'll remember the 1999 attack at the columbine high school involving two former students. they killed a teacher and 12 of their fellow students. so, they killed a teacher and 12 of theirfellow students. so, that is a state with a rather grim history as far as gun violence is concerned.— history as far as gun violence is concerned. david, thank you very much _ is concerned. david, thank you very much for— is concerned. david, thank you very much for that. _ is concerned. david, thank you very much for that. more - is concerned. david, thank you very much for that. more on i very much for that. more on that too, of course. first, the international news. 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 than a 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 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 the 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. xinjiang's affairs are totally 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. let's get some of the day's other news. the united states government says it will ask the authorities in mexico and guatemala to find ways of reducing the flow of migrants and asylum seekers reaching its southern border. the us press secretary, jen psaki, said there was special concern about the growing number of unaccompanied

children arriving. israeli voters go to the polls on tuesday for the fourth time in two years. this parliamentary election will decide whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu will remain in power. neither mr netanyahu nor his rivals were able to form a stable coalition after three previous elections. 0pinion polls suggest that voters remain divided. 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. when you see the chancellor of germany live on tv at three in the morning, you know something is up. in the last few minutes chancellor angela merkel has announced that germany is to enter a strict five day shutdown over easter and nationwide lockdown restrictions will be extended to april 18th.

talks between leaders of germany's 16 federal states and the chancellor lasted until the early hours of the morning following a lengthy interruption. health officials have warned a "third wave" of infections has exceeded the level at which authorities say intensive care units will be overburdened. almost all shops will be shut during the five days, and religious services will be moved online over easter. social contacts will be limited to 5 people from two households. more on that to come, very likely. this also to come. celebrating victory over the virus. we report on the successful measures iceland has adopted against the virus over 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... one the latest headlines... main story dominating. police in colorado say there have been multiple fatalites during a shooting at a supermarket in boulder. amongst the victims is a police officer. one person is now in custody.

let's have more on our breaking story, the shooting at a supermarket in boulder, colorado. sloan dickey is a reporter at denver seven news — he is at the scene and a short time ago told me what he knew. we have been here for a few hours and you can actually see behind me the police are still on the scene here. this is quite a tragic event. police have not confirmed the number of deaths at the scene. we have heard from some that it is multiple and up to maybe six. that has not been confirmed by police but denver7 has sent that number out. we heard from a press conference earlier that there were multiple police agencies on this case. there have been multiple cities here in boulder and take a look, we are here in boulder. this is downtown boulder in the middle of colorado. people were at this chain getting their shots for covid—19. they were there shopping, they were there getting their groceries completed. and this is the scene now. six hours later. tragedy here in boulder. that's what we know so far. i guess we should be clear that

police are not confirming that they have said a local police officer was killed but they have not confirmed numbers as they are still tracing notify families. this is still under investigation and yes they do confirm that one police officer was killed in the incident and they have not confirmed yet the name of the suspect who allegedly walked into this king soopers grocery store and shot several individuals but we are still waiting to hear back on that. they did safe in the next few hours we should learn some more details about who this person was that walked into the store and just the number of people who passed away. we have seen some video of what appeared to be a middle—aged man being led away in handcuffs, he was shirtless and wearing shorts. he seemed to have perhaps a wound on his leg. police have not confirmed whether he is a suspect they're talking about butjust calling

him a person of interest. to be clear this is no longer an active shooter situation. yes, no longer an active shooter situation. there was another incident in downtown boulder where police were messaging people to stay in place and they said that was not related and this situation being active has ended. now you mentioned that the individual who was brought out in handcuffs, police officers have not confirmed that that is a suspect as you mentioned and that if the person of interest. they have not released that person's name or given us any information as to whether that is the suspect in the situation. thousands of rohingya refugees living in a migrant camp in bangladesh have been forced to flee after a fire broke out. the blaze spread rapidly, destroying hundreds of shelters in the cox's bazaar camps — home to more than a million refugees who have fled myanmar since 2017. 0ur south—east asia editor anbarasan ethirajain reports. a raging inferno in one of the world's largest refugee camps in south—eastern bangladesh. the bamboo huts of the rohingya

refugees were no match for the intense blaze. black smoke billowed over burning shanties, triggering panic among its residents. it was the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years. translation: today, - i lost my shelter, my money, my relief, my clothes, everything i lost, really. this man is from the camp, which was partly destroyed by the fires. he has taken refuge at an emergency shelter. thousands like him from the camp have become homeless, and the real damage has yet to be ascertained. emergency services battled for seven hours to control the fire. translation: since we reached here, we've been trying - to douse the fire. there are numerous cylinders for cooking gas, and we are trying to overcome that problem to fight the fire. the cause of the blaze

is still not known. nearly1 million rohingya muslims live in cramped conditions in the camps in cox's bazaar district. the vast majority fled myanmar in 2017 from a military—led crackdown in which many homes and villages were torched. these people, the rohingya refugees, they have already gone through extremelyl traumatising events over the last couple of years. and they're obviouslyl living under very, very challenging conditions, so you can imagine - that, you know... they're already dealing with a lot of stress. - and that is certainly going tom - this event is certainly- going to further affect them. with the sunset, a sense of gloom amongst the rohingya. despite the smouldering ash, the residents tried to collect their remaining possessions. even before they can recover from the trauma of the violence in myanmar, yet another tragedy has struck the rohingya.

anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. 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. 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. we are going back to know boulder colorado. that is bring you up—to—date with what officials have been saying. ten deadin officials have been saying. ten dead in the shooting in a grocery store in boulder, colorado, including a local police officer. ten people dead. police have been tracing and notifying victims' families. there has been some delay in getting a total of her money killed or wounded. the suspect has been injured but

detained. please have a person of interest in custody and it is not an active shooter situation any more. that's it for now. 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 digging 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 colorado have confirmed 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in boulder — among the victims is a local police officer — who was the first responder on the scene. one person is in custody. several western countries have announced sanctions against officials in china — over human rights abuses against the uighur population in xinshang prvince. the sanctions were announced as part of a coordinated effort by the european union, uk, canada and the us. the british prime minister says the uk — should be "under no illusion" that it will be hit with the third wave of coronavirus sweeping parts of europe before too long — the warning came as the eu prepares to consider imposing a ban on exports of the oxford vaccine to the uk.

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