this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories. police in colorado say there have been multiple fatalities during a shooting at a supermarket in boulder. among the victims is a local police officer — one person is now in custody. the heart of this community go out to the victims of this horrific incident. we know of ten fatalities at the scene including one of our boulder pd officers. 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.

and we speak to the family doctor — on a ventilator a year ago — about the life lessons he's drawn from the pandemic. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let's start with breaking news from boulder in colorado. ten people have been killed including a police officer. i suspect is in custody and is receiving hospital treatment. the hearts of this community go out to the victims of this horrific incident. we know of ten facilities at the scene, including one

of our boulder pd officers by the name of eric talley. at 1430 hrs, the boulder police department began receiving phone calls of shots fired in the area, and a phone call about a possible person with a patrol rifle. officer talley responded and was the first on the scene. he was fatally shot. i also want to commend the heroic actions of the officers responding not only from boulder pd but from across the county and other parts of this region. police officers' actions fell nothing short of being heroic. joining us now is our north america correspondent david willis. details still emerging. what more do you have? ten people

dead, that _ more do you have? ten people dead, that puts _ more do you have? ten people dead, that puts this _ more do you have? ten people dead, that puts this up - more do you have? ten people dead, that puts this up there i dead, that puts this up there as far as victims of mass shootings in the state of colorado is concerned, aurora in 2010, 12 people were killed when somebody opened fire on people in a movie theatre watching a midnight showing of a batman film and an columbine in 1999 two school students opened fire on their fellow pupils, killing 12 of them and two teachers. officials paid tribute to the first man on the scene, eric talley, 51 years old, an 11 year veteran of the border police force. president biden has been in officejust two months, and has seen two mass shootings in the space of a week. 140 mass shootings in the space of a week. ., .. ., ., a week. no indication at the moment _ a week. no indication at the moment as _ a week. no indication at the moment as to _ a week. no indication at the moment as to motive? - a week. no indication at the l moment as to motive? there isn't. moment as to motive? there isn't- they — moment as to motive? there isn't. they are _ moment as to motive? there isn't. they are being - moment as to motive? there isn't. they are being very - isn't. they are being very tight—lipped, i must say, at

the scene. officials are there. there was a man captured on video being led away in handcuffs, put on a stretcher at one point. he was wearing shorts, but no shirt on. he seemed to be bleeding from his leg. they were asked at the news conference if that was the gunman, and they would not be drawn on it. they say that the scene is safe, and there is no longer a threat posed by whoever carried out this attack but motive obviously will be a prime desire for them as they try to piece together the terrible events of this afternoon in colorado. you made the oint afternoon in colorado. you made the point that — afternoon in colorado. you made the point that colorado _ afternoon in colorado. you made the point that colorado has - the point that colorado has this grim history of mass shootings. and this isjust days after the shooting in atlanta, georgia, and i think just recently in colorado, a

very crucial case involving the national rifle association. that's right. they managed to get a judge to overturn a local ordinance in boulder city which would have banned assault weapons. this is whatjoe biden wants to see. he called on the anniversary of the park when shooting in florida, for background checks on all gun sales in the united states and a ban on assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. a short while ago, colorado's democratic senator michael bennet called for a new national conversation about gun violence in this country, the time had come, he said, to take some sort of meaningful action. and senator amy klobuchar, a member of the senatejudiciary member of the senate judiciary committee, tweeted that the committee was due to have a hearing tomorrow on gun

violence. she said, we have to put a stop to this. mike. david, thank you very much. some more of the main 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. our 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. opinion polls suggest voters remain divided. the mayor of washington dc is pushing

for the city to be made the country's 51st state. muriel bowser is testifying before congress in support of a bill for statehood for the democratic stronghold. the president is known to be in favour as well. a bid last year passed in the house but died in the republican— controlled senate. 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. our 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 have 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 big is happening. 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we hear from we hearfrom their we hear from their family doctor about the life lessons he has learned from the pandemic, after spending a long time on a ventilator. 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 colorado say there have been multiple fatalities during a shooting at a supermarket in boulder. amongst the victims is a police officer. one person is now in custody. several western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. 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. our 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. nearly a 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. let's get more on a breaking news from boulder, colorado. sloan dickey is a reporter at denver seven news — he is live at the scene. thank you for talking to us, can you give us more information on what happened in the store? we information on what happened in the store? ~ ., �* ~ ., the store? we don't know too much about — the store? we don't know too much about what _ the store? we don't know too much about what happened . the store? we don't know too - much about what happened inside of the store but we can confirm that earlier, at least ten people have passed away. that was confirmed by a boulder police officer during a press conference and hour ago, and they also confirmed that 51—year—old officer eric talley was one of those people who passed away. the officer who

spoke to us was visibly shaken whilst you are speaking to us. the turn of this scene today has turned from chaotic to sombre and quite. behind me, there are only a few police vehicles and emergency vehicles left here right now. this parking lot behind me is where the king soopers store that was shot up was in this parking lot here, and was filled with maybe 100 police cars at about 3—4 pm this afternoon, there is now only a dozen left so things are still tense, but it has calmed down and it is quite sombre, outside of the grocery store rather shooting took place. so there is some information emerging that eric talley had been 11 years on the force, but still no real indication as to why this happened or what the motive might have been. colorado is no stranger to these tragic shootings. we had these tragic shootings. we had the aurora theatre shooting,

then of course the columbine shooting maybe 20 years ago. so these shootings are common in colorado, and this is another one to add to that tragic list of shootings here in colorado. just recently i think a ruling on the carrying of assault rifles in boulder itself. that is a ruling _ rifles in boulder itself. that is a ruling that _ rifles in boulder itself. that is a ruling that i _ rifles in boulder itself. that is a ruling that i don't - rifles in boulder itself. that is a ruling that i don't knowj is a ruling that i don't know too much about at this moment but that is a debate going on here in this country about assault weapons. we don't know the details of what led to the shooting here today, but that's certainly going to be a debate moving forward here in colorado and across the country. it is probably — and across the country. it is probably obvious _ and across the country. it is probably obvious but - and across the country. it is probably obvious but we should make it clear, we saw the video earlier of a middle—aged man being taken away in handcuffs, with no shirt, with shorts on, limping with a wound to his leg apparently. the police say this is not in anyway an active shooter situation any more and there is no continuing threat to the public. there is no

continuing threat, the police have made that clear. they have not confirmed whether that person you mentioned was the person you mentioned was the person who is the suspect. the? person who is the suspect. they said that they _ person who is the suspect. they said that they will _ person who is the suspect. tie: said that they will release more information sometime this evening or tomorrow. the governor in the state of colorado and the president of the us has been briefed on the situation. the governor is sending his thoughts and prayers to the victims and theirfamilies. prayers to the victims and their families.— 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 had had on his life. you give yourself goals, and my goal was to get home... 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, what, ten months ago when we met. how are you feeling? different! laughter 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 over seven weeks later, saying that i'd been on colchester 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, five minutes later, i wanted to walk and have a shower. having a shower was fantastic! i was looked after then. # oh, yes, i wish i was a cabin boy on board a...# _ 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. # sands gone away aboard a man—of—war...# - i've just had to be patient. there's pressure on us to get better quicker and quicker and quicker. if it's not the job, it's just 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. morning! after covid, mike thought that he might retire from his job as a gp, but he changed his mind. i tried to retire in my currentjob. i thought i'd retired in my currentjob! but then realised i'd made a recoveryjust before september and thought that i wasn't ready to retire. i want to retire on my terms. how do you compare physically now to 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's made up for mentally and emotionally, i'm110—120%. and the recovery programme wasjust what i thought it would be, but half the time. people were saying it'll take him six months, and it took him about three. certainly after i woke up, i had messages from about 1000 people, and it was almost an experience whereby perhaps you attended your own funeral. i think i'm lucky.

i think 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. a reminder of our top story. ten people have been killed, including a police officer, in boulder, colorado, when a gunman fired multiple shots at shoppers in a local supermarket. people said they had to dive for cover or run to safety as the shooting started. aerial footage showed a man — his leg pouring with blood — being taken away in handcuffs by the police. at a press conference, the boulder police chief maris herold said a suspect was in custody and was receiving hospital treatment. last month, president biden said he would be recommending tougher legislation to ensure background checks on anyone wishing to purchase a firearm. he is interested in trying

again for a he is interested in trying againfora ban he is interested in trying again for a ban on assault weapons. the police officer who died is 51—year—old eric talley who had been on the force 11 years. that's it for now. thank you for watching. 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. our 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.

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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, eric talley — who was the first responder on the scene. one man is in custody — police describe him as a person of interest — and they say there is no continuing threat to the public. 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. now on bbc news...