this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories... ten people including a police officer have killed at a mass shooting in boulder, colorado. we now have ten fatalities at the scene. including one of our own boulder pd officers. several western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. and 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.

a huge fire sweeps through a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh — destroying thousands of shelters. we start with breaking news from colorado: ten people have been killed, including a police officer, in the city of boulder, when a gunman fired multiple shots at shoppers in a local supermarket. at a news conference, the boulder police chief said a suspect was in custody and was 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. the boulder police chief. our north american correspondent david willis told me more about what has been confirmed so far. ten people dead in this incident, that puts this up there, as far as victims of mass shootings in the state of colorado is concerned. at

aurora in 2012, i2 colorado is concerned. at aurora in 2012, 12 people were killed when somebody opened fire on people in a movie theatre watching a midnight showing of a batman film, and in columbine in 1999, two school students opened fire on their fellow pupils, school students opened fire on theirfellow pupils, killing 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 of course has now been in office just two months, of course has now been in officejust two months, and he has seen two mass shootings in the space of a week. he the space of a week. no indication _ the space of a week. no indication as _ the space of a week. no indication as to - the space of a week. no indication as to motive, david? there isn't. they are being very tight—lipped, i must say, at the scene. officials are there. there was a man who was captured on video being led away in handcuffs. he was put

on a stretcher at one point. he was wearing shorts, but no shirt on, and he seemed to be bleeding from his leg. now, they were asked at a news conference if that is 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 the motive, obviously, will be a prime desire, for them, as they try to piece together the terrible events of this afternoon in colorado. events of this afternoon in comrade-— events of this afternoon in colorado. ., ., ,., colorado. you made the point that colorado _ colorado. you made the point that colorado has _ colorado. you made the point that colorado has this - colorado. you made the point that colorado has this grim i that colorado has this grim history of mass shootings, and this is just days after the shooting in atlanta, georgia, and the president last month at and the president last month at a memorialfor victims of and the president last month at a memorial for victims of the park and shooting in florida three years ago. just recently in colorado, a crucial case involving the national rifle association?— involving the national rifle association? ., �* , , association? that's right. they mana . ed association? that's right. they managed to — association? that's right. they managed to get _ association? that's right. they

managed to get a _ association? that's right. they managed to get a judge - association? that's right. they managed to get a judge to - managed to get a judge to overturn a local ordinance in boulder city which basically would have banned assault weapons. this is whatjoe biden wants to see. you mentioned the anniversary of department shooting in florida. he called, on that day, 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 bennett called for more, as he put it a new national conversation about gun violence in this country. time had, he said, to take some sort of meaningful action. said, to take some sort of meaningfulaction. senatoramy klobuchar, a member of the senatejudiciary committee, senate judiciary committee, tweeted senatejudiciary 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. ~ , ., , mike. david willis for us,

there. 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. 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. 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 german leader 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 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... celebrating victory over the virus — we report on the successful measures iceland has adopted

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from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc world news — the main story this hour... ten people have been killed including a police officer in boulder, colorado. the gunman opened fire on shoppers at a local supermarket. 0ne opened fire on shoppers at a local supermarket. one person is now in custody. sloan dickey is a reporter at denver7 news. 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 an 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 tone of this scene today has turned from intense to sombre and quiet. 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 where the 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 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 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. save the children says that children caught up in the yemen conflict are dying in their thousands because of food shortages. but efforts to end the world's largest humanitarian crisis may be one step closer as houthis there cautiously welcome a saudi—backed peace proposal aimed at ending nearly six years of war. the proposal includes reopening vital air and sea links, a comprehensive ceasefire

under un supervision, and the start of political negotiations. mark lobel reports. the key port of houdada, under houthi control, but they complain that yemen's saudi backed government is stopping vital oil tankers from entering. now american pressure on the saudi backed government to end the war may be working. saudi arabia's foreign minister is proposing a un supervised ceasefire and... translation: depositing taxes and customs revenue for ships l carrying oil derivatives i to the port of houdada, in the joint account _ of the central bank of yemen in houdada, in accordance - with the stockholm agreement on houdada, the reopening i of sanaa international airport, to a number of direct regionali and international destinations. with both sides launching attacks on one another, it is a vicious cycle which yemenis are desperate to end. translation: after six years of a blockade and war, - everyone is destroyed.

so hopefully this is a good omen as we approach - the month of ramadan. as the houthis advance on the government's last remaining stronghold, they appear open to dialogue. translation: if the - humanitarian steps are taken, as well as the reopening of sana'a airport, - the unconditional— reopening of houdada port, then that indicates - a serious desire to have a dialogue on military. and political operations. peace is crucial to alleviate yemen's humanitarian crisis, which aid agencies say is the world's largest. 2a million people are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance, 12 million of those are children. 2.3 million children under the age of five in yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition. only half of the country's 5000

or so health facilities are fully operational and humanitarian response is critically underfunded. as of 2020... only 0nly1.9 only 1.9 billion of the $3.1; billion required was received. we want to also avoid this catastrophic malnutrition that we are expecting is coming. aid we are expecting is coming. aid aaencies we are expecting is coming. aid agencies including save the children say the world should be outraged, but international aid is being cut, as so many children are dying from preventable causes, in this war—torn country, still awaiting an end to its civil war. mark lobel, bbc news. 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. while countries across europe are struggling with rising cases of coronavirus — iceland has largely managed to eradicate it. 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. and before we go, here are some great images out of california. many of us have picked up new hobbies during lockdown. this goat is no exception. with a little help from his owners, he's learned to ride the waves on this

inflatable surf board. at least, most of the time. and you can get in touch with me and most 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.

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, 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 the human rights abuses against the uighur population in xinjiang province. the sanctions are part of a coordinated effort by the european union, uk, canada and the us. germany is extending its current lockdown for another three weeks and asking people to stay at home for five days over easter. shops will remain closed and many religious events will be cancelled. chancellor merkel made the announcement after negotiations with 16 regional authorities that went into the early hours.