hello, i'm nuala mcgovern. this is outside source. president biden calls for gun control after the us suffers another mass shooting in colorado. we can ban assault weapons and high volume magazines. it shouldn't be a partisan issue. it's an american issue. it will save lives. police have charged a gunman who opened fire in a supermarket, with ten counts of murder. a police officer was among the dead. the extent of the devastation from the fire at a rohingya camp in bangladesh becomes clear — at least 15 people died and hundreds are missing. germany heads back into lockdown over easter as a third wave of coronavirus

sweeps through europe. and as the travel rules change we'll look at whether people in the uk are likely — or not — to be going on european summer holidays. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the us — wherejoe biden has urged swift action on gun control after a mass shooting in colorado. ten people were killed — including a police officer — at a supermarket in the city of boulder, 50 kilometers northwest of the state capital denver. this is footage from the scene. police say the alleged gunman — who was led away in handcuffs without a shirt or shoes on — was carrying an assault rifle,

a handgun and a tactical—vest. he's been charged with ten counts of murder and is now in custody. the boulder chief of police gave this update. regarding the suspect, at approximately 2:40pm on monday, march 22, officers were dispatched to king soopers on table mesa drive. officers arrived on the same within minutes and immediately entered the store and engaged the suspect. there was an exchange of gunfire in which the suspect was shot. no other officers were injured. the suspect was taken into custody at 3:28pm. he was transported to the hospital for treatment. now in stable condition. and here's the reaction from the governor of colorado. it's been a painful year. we sit here once again surrounded by seemingly incomprehensible, senseless loss. this is a pain that

we need to sit with. we can't let ourselves ever become numb to the pain, because we simply can't let this be accepted. this shooting comes less than a week after another gunman shot dead eight people at multiple spas in atlanta. and it's reignited calls on washington to tighten gun ownership. there is some movement. earlier this month, the house of representatives passed a bill which will require background checks on all firearms sales and transfers. a second bill also extends the review period for background checks from three to ten days. however, the bills will need significant bipartisan support to progress through the senate. president biden has called for laws to ban assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. and he's urging congress to act. we can ban assault weapons and high—capacity magazines in this country once again. i got that done

when i was a senator. it passed, it was law for the longest time, and brought down these mass killings. we should do it again. we can close loopholes on our background check system including the charleston loophole. that's one of the best tools we have right now to prevent gun violence. the senate should immediately pass, let me say it again, the united states senate... i hope some are listening, should immediately pass the two house passed bills that close loopholes in the background check system. these are bills that received votes from republicans and democrats in the house. this is not, should not be a partisan issue. this is an american issue. it will save lives. let's look at whether he has broader support. a gallup poll in november found that just 57% of americans want stricter gun laws, the lowest number in

favour since 2016, and gun sales hit a new record high in january. jamira burley has lost a brother, a nephew and a cousin to gun violence, and has worked with amnesty international on gun violence and criminaljustice. here's what she says about why things aren't changing. here in america we've come to the conclusion that gun violence is very much uniquely an american problem, that often times politicians use it at a moment to send thoughts and prayers to the victims but don't actually do theirjob and enact legislation that will keep more people safe. i and hundreds of thousands of people in this country have lost loved ones due to gun violence. 30,000 people are killed every single year, hundreds of thousands injured, and yet congress only responds always with thoughts and prayers. it's about time that we take this a little bit more seriously and ensuring that we are protecting the lives of individuals over guns. communities across this country are bearing the burden of that heartbreak and it's disturbing

to see that it's more easy to get a gun in this country than it is to actually cast your vote. 0ur correspondent sophie long has been explaining why tightening us gun laws won't be straight forward. earlier this month there was a bill passed through the house of representatives that will still need to go through the senate and it is notoriously difficult because they will have to get at least some republicans on board and the national rifle association is a very powerful lobbying group in the us although it has been weakened somewhat over the past few years. we wait to see just how much success resident biden has an how much political energy he'll be willing to expend on the issue because this is the first part of his presidency and he's dealing with a country reeling from the devastating impact from the pandemic and we have an immigration crisis unfolding at the border, so many challenges for president biden ahead. , . , many challenges for president biden ahead. , .,, ,,

many challenges for president biden ahead. , ., ahead. yes, as you say that, we were lookin: at ahead. yes, as you say that, we were looking at the — ahead. yes, as you say that, we were looking at the shooting _ ahead. yes, as you say that, we were looking at the shooting in _ ahead. yes, as you say that, we were looking at the shooting in atlanta - looking at the shooting in atlanta last week and now we're looking at this one in colorado, after probably quite a long spell without a mass shooting, probably due to the pandemic. do you think there's an appetite or reaction from the public to try and push something even though it would be difficult to change the laws, whether it's colorado or more widely? yeah of course. colorado or more widely? yeah of course- 50 — colorado or more widely? yeah of course. so many— colorado or more widely? yeah of course. so many american - colorado or more widely? yeah ofj course. so many american people colorado or more widely? yeah of - course. so many american people are very passionate about the issue. they've watched so many people die. you're right to point out that last year, 2020 had the fewest number of these mass killings in more than a decade. but now we've had two in the past week, in atlanta and now in boulder colorado. boulder colorado is a nice outdoors, tight—knit community, mountain bikers and climbers. people were going to their

local neighbourhood supermarket on a monday afternoon. 0ne eyewitness had p°pped monday afternoon. 0ne eyewitness had popped into get a packet of chips. you can imagine the devastation in the community now. and one of the victims, eric talley, a 51—year—old police officer, serving his community for many years. people in the community devastated by what happened there and while they can try to come to terms with the agony of another mass shooting, people across the state, colorado, seeing two of the most high—profile mass shootings. people are still stunned there. whenever we see a mass shooting of this kind of course calls for more control of guns but we haven't seen that take place. we're starting to see big differences in the state of the pandemic across europe. some countries are easing restrictions. others are locking down again. germany is one of them. it's in a third wave of infections and has announced its toughest

measures so far. here's the chancellor angela merkel. translation: we are currently seeing very clear exponential growth, - so unfortunately we have to make use of the emergency brake. that's why april first, maundy thursday and april third will be days of rest, with extensive contact restrictions and a ban on gathering from april first to fifth. this means that for five consecutive days the principle applies: we stay at home. and here's the president of germany's association of intensive care doctors on why. we are faced now really with a third wave, the british variant changed everything. we have increasing infection numbers and especially we have increasing numbers of covid patients on the icu. to give you an impression, we have more than 3000 patients on the icu with covid—i9.

the maximum, we had 6000 injanuary but now we are climbing from day—to—day and the r value, i guess you are all familiar with that, is now increasing to1.2, 1.3. there was no other opportunity to prolong these lockdown measures. next, let's hearfrom our correspondentjenny hill at germany's largest vaccination centre in bremen. this country was on the verge of opening up, relaxing. not any more. current restrictions will continue to stay in place. part of the country with high levels infection will actually impose stricter restrictions including potentially localised curfews. and easter, a time which for many germans is very special, has been all but cancelled. all this while growing frustration over the lack of vaccine in this country. you'll recall that last week the german government suspended temporarily the use of the astrazeneca vaccine.

it's now resumed used there are concerns that people now won't want to take it. staff at this centre say it is a good and efficient vaccine and they can't get enough of it. the people we've spoken to here, some of them have had some concerns. they're concerns they can talk about with doctors at the centre. staff here said at the weekend, when they began to use astrazeneca again, just ten people out of 3000 on saturday didn't show up for their appointments. it gives you an idea perhaps of the situation regarding astrazeneca. i must say that when you stand here in this huge hall and you see the empty chairs behind me and you look at the rising case numbers it's very tempting to use the cliche, a race against time. for germany now i think it really is. from germany to france. because paris is in a month—long lockdown. officials are worried about a third wave there. here's the french president. translation: the heart of the battle over the next few weeks and months l

will be vaccination, morning, noon and night. i will be mobilised, the government will be mobilised and all of the nursing staff everywhere in france will be mobilised in this battle. so far, 9% of the french population have received at least one dose. here's our paris correspondent hugh schofield. the message we need to step this up, because macron is mindful of the fact that in the race between vaccinations on the one hand and contagion is on the other, the contagion is our winning. hence the fact that in france we are in lockdown again. lockdown is not the right word because we are being encouraged, told we can leave the home but we mustn't gather inside buildings with friends or contacts and so on. we can leave home if we have this piece of paper showing that we left nearby. originally this document famously was an absolutely ridiculous bureaucratic mess.

two sides of a4 with 15 different options as to why you might be on the street. the government realised that it was a communications blunder and now all you need to show the police is a proof of residence. that's something that had to be changed because it turned out to be a bureaucratic nightmare. while that's going on, other countries in europe are easing their restrictions. denmark has announced its timetable out of lockdown. the prime minister has said: "we can open up more now, in contrast to several other countries, where the third wave of corona is a reality." part of that is what's called a "corona pass" — which would say whether the holder has been vaccinated, previously infected or has tested negative. it'll enable people to do things like go to a hairdresser or restaurant. and i want to show you a graph. this is the number of covid—19 patients in hospital in italy, france and the united kingdom since the start of the year.

you can see it falling in the uk, rising in italy and staying at around 25,000 in france. let's speak to virologist professor lawrence young. what's behind the variation we can see with that graph, and the reports were getting from our correspondence?- were getting from our correspondence? were getting from our corresondence? �*, ., ., ., correspondence? it's all to do with how different _ correspondence? it's all to do with how different countries _ correspondence? it's all to do with how different countries managed l correspondence? it's all to do with l how different countries managed the infection, especially over the christmas and new year period. there was a great relaxation. we experienced it here. in certain countries it looks like the second wave in countries like spain and italy really didn't end and is now being fuelled by the more contagious and deadly so—called uk variant. that's really, as we were hearing in germany, laying the blame at that variant. we want to talk to you a bit further and i want to turn to the uk for a moment because to today

it has been marking a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was announced and the official death toll has risen from 364, 2/120 6000. from 364, to 206,000. a national minute's silence has been held. with the lockdowns have come tough restrictions on socialising, closures of schools, pubs and shops — many of those rules are still in place. a year on, prime minister borisjohnson has praised the "great spirit" shown. he spoke earlier. this was unlike any other struggle in my lifetime, and that our entire population has been engaged. and it's thanks to all of you, therefore, that we can continue on our road map to freedom. one of the major stops on that road map is resuming international travel. it's currently illegal in the uk.

but the vaccine roll—out and falling infection rates have raised questions about when that should change. boris johnson says it's too early to say. from next week people face a £5,000 fine for trying to travel without a valid reason. professor lawrence young again — what do you think when you look at where we are in the uk and also i suppose with neighbouring countries, where people might travel? is international travel viable this summer? �* , international travel viable this summer? 3 , international travel viable this summer? 2 , , ., ., summer? it's very questionable at this stage- — summer? it's very questionable at this stage- we _ summer? it's very questionable at this stage. we learned _ summer? it's very questionable at this stage. we learned a _ summer? it's very questionable at this stage. we learned a tough - this stage. we learned a tough lesson last year especially over the summer when we were too relaxed about international travel, and didn't operate strict quarantine with people returning to the country. a lot of infections were imported from spain, italy, france, when people were returning. we can't afford to make that mistake now. even though we have the vaccination

roll—out being so successful there are still too many vulnerable people under 50 who aren't going to be vaccinated and are susceptible to infection and disease. we learned a tough lesson last summer and the government view at the moment is very much about making sure that we don't and up in yet another wave of infection with variants that are more contagious and seem to be partly resistant to vaccination. such an interesting picture i think and i'm sure for you too as this is your life's work, that there may be this island that has a number of people vaccinated, the infection rates are so low, but they can't leave itjust rates are so low, but they can't leave it just yet rates are so low, but they can't leave itjust yet because of what's around them. is that because we are still not sure whether a vaccinated person can transmit coronavirus? there are still many unknowns. we don't even know really how long the protective immunity provided by vaccination blasts. it could be six

months, it could be a year. we don't know. how long the immunity lasts. we don't know to what degree the immunity prevents transmission. where seeing in pudil and south africa that people can be reinfected after they have previously been infected 20 we're seeing in brazil and south africa. they can get sick again from infected again. i can see why the government and all of us need to be that extra bit cautious. we can ease lockdown and keep control over what we are doing in this country with good test, trace and isolate and continued vaccination roll—out but international travel is going to be very challenging.— very challenging. yes, a lot of --eole very challenging. yes, a lot of peeple talking _ very challenging. yes, a lot of people talking about - very challenging. yes, a lot of people talking about it. - very challenging. yes, a lot of people talking about it. thankj very challenging. yes, a lot of - people talking about it. thank you. stay with us on outside source — still to come. source — still to come... we'll turn to bangladesh — where 400 are stilll missing

australia's east coast is continuing to be hit by torrential downpours — with homes, roads and livestock being washed away or cut off from flooding. shaimaa khalil is in windsor near sydney. the waterjust refuses to recede. the riverjust behind me here has been at a very high level, about 12, 13 metres higher. you can see the scale of it. this is the windsor bridge, you can hardly see it. this is a lamp post and it's come up to the top of that. we've been to an evacuation centre in richmond not farfrom here, spoke to one of the residents who lives in windsor who had to evacuate yesterday. he said all roads to his home are blocked and he has no idea what happened to his property but also when he's getting home. we know troops have been deployed for rescue missions. this is a rural area and north west of sydney. residents, about 200 homes

had to be evacuated. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. president biden has called for swift action on gun control, after the latest mass killing in the united states. the flag was flown at half—mast at the white house. let's turn now to bangladesh, and to the recovery following a huge fire at the rohingya refugee camp at cox's bazaar. the un have called it "a massive and devastating disaster." at least 15 people have been killed — more than 400 are missing and 45,000 people that were living in the camp have been displaced. rajini vaityanathan has the latest. each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut.

these smouldering remains are all that's left for thousands of refugees. this cramped and congested camp, now reduced to ash. zubeda begum lost her home in the fire. "my two sons are missing, i'm looking from them everywhere," she said. the massive blaze started in one section of the settlement on monday afternoon, but soon spread. refugees ran for their lives. rohingya muslims who fled a military crackdown in their home myanmar over three years ago, once again on the move. many families have been separated. ngos believe the death toll will rise. this woman has been searching the camp with one of her sons, trying to find her six—year—old mohammad, who's been missing since the fire broke out. "i don't know whether he's dead oralive, iam missing

him a lot," she says. "please, god, help me find my son. ijust want him back." close to a million rohingyas live in the world's largest refugee camp. already in dire poverty, they are once again struggling to survive. thousands are now homeless. aid agencies on the ground say it will take months for the refugees to rebuild their lives. in think the fire is a continued symptom of the larger deterioration within the camps. three years on, this is a protracted refugee crisis. a failure of the international community to find a solution. the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population. with the ongoing military coup in myanmar, they can't go home any time soon. with their temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi.

joining me now is bhanu bhatnagar — from save the children in london. he has spent time working at the camp in cox's bazar. thanks forjoining us. perhaps when you see these pictures and you hear about what has happened there, can you describe to our viewers what these people may be going through? sure, thank you. i spent some time in cox's bazar last year and i can tell you it's extremely cramped. it's nearly ten times more dense than new york city. people live in really close quarters. it's not clear yet how the fire started. people cook in their makeshift shelters made out of bamboo. they use gas and firewood. this isn't the first time a fire has broken out in the camp and sadly it probably won't be the last. in your report a contributed mention that this is a failure of the international community to find a solution. we are talking about one nearly1 million

stateless people, nearly half of them children, and they're still living there. 50 them children, and they're still living there-— them children, and they're still living there. them children, and they're still livin: there. ., ., living there. so what would you call for? you mentioned _ living there. so what would you call for? you mentioned something - living there. so what would you call for? you mentioned something like this has happened previously. is there some sort of model that save there some sort of model that save the children would advocate? 50. the children would advocate? so, look, a lot _ the children would advocate? so, look. a lot of— the children would advocate? if, look, a lot of work the children would advocate? 55, look, a lot of work has been done over the last three years by save the children and other aid agencies, the children and other aid agencies, the un and the bank addition government have come to ensure that thousands of rohingya don't die of preventative causes but it's not enough. their lives are very restricted, they don't have freedom of movement, children lack formal education and there needs to be better fire preparedness. education and there needs to be betterfire preparedness. some better fire preparedness. some refugees betterfire preparedness. some refugees we've spoken to said they were trapped inside, trapped and unable to reach safety due to fencing that now encloses the camps. in some instances they had to cut an opening through the barbed wire fence to survive. this is an issue

that i think will be scrutinised over the coming days. for now, it's essential that survivors get the help they need. many will have lost all their belongings for a second time over, the first time being when they fled for their lives from myanmar. they fled for their lives from myanmar-— they fled for their lives from m anmar. �* , ., ~ ., myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 --eole myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 people who _ myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 people who are _ myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 people who are missing, - myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 people who are missing, is - myanmar. briefly, do we know, those 400 people who are missing, is there any word? 400 people who are missing, is there an word? ~' 400 people who are missing, is there an word? ~ ., , any word? look, i think it would be wron: of any word? look, i think it would be wrong of me _ any word? look, i think it would be wrong of me to _ any word? look, i think it would be wrong of me to speculate. - any word? look, i think it would be wrong of me to speculate. we - any word? look, i think it would be| wrong of me to speculate. we know there are 15 dead and a number missing and it is possible many of them ran to family and friends and are sheltering but a final death toll is unknown at this point. thank ou so toll is unknown at this point. thank you so much _ toll is unknown at this point. thank you so much for— toll is unknown at this point. thank you so much forjoining _ toll is unknown at this point. thank you so much forjoining us. - a painting by the graffiti artist banksy has been sold for $23 million, with the proceeds going to britain's public health service. the work — entitled game changer — shows a young boy playing with a superhero nurse toy. thanks for watching. stay with us on

the bbc. good evening. the weather has kept us on our toes today. we anticipated a fairly cloudy story right across the country. that's how we started, that's not necessarily how we finished it for some. take a look at london this afternoon with temperatures peaking just shy of 14 celsius. we did start out very cloudy right across the country, but the breaks then started to develop across lincolnshire down towards the bristol channel into the west country. even some sunny breaks as well to the northeast of scotland. thicker cloud further north and west, the winds are increasing. there is some rain arriving and this whether front continues to push its way south and through the night tonight. it does mean during the early hours of wednesday morning, it will be pushing its way across the pennines and down through wales.

behind it, some clearer skies and temperatures here are likely to fall away despite a few scattered showers. perhaps low single figures here. but where we keep that weak weather front, it'll be a rather cloudy and slightly milder start to wednesday morning. but a dull one for many as that weather front continues to push its way down into the southeast corner. behind it, quite a clearance. some lovely sunshine coming through. and then a frontal system will bring some sharper showers once again across western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the day. highest values perhaps 13 celsius. thursday, sunny spells and scattered showers are set to continue. it looks as though most of the showers will be out to the west — with some sunshine again will come some warmth. but the real change will continue to arrive during thursday into friday. we're going to see this next front through and that's going to introduce a cooler air mass right across the country. the blue tones push their way steady south and east. noticeable different feel to the weather for friday. it's going to be a blustery day. sunny spells, scattered showers. some of those showers heavy with

hail, with snow to higher ground. factor in a blustery strong wind gust in excess of 30—40 mph in the far northwest. that going to make it feel cool. temperatures will struggle for many to climb into double figures. but it's not going to last long as we push into the beacon — we're going to see an area of high pressure building perhaps on saturday before this next front arrives in on sunday. so basically saturday looks likely to be the best day of the weekend. largely fine and dry before more wet and windy weather return in the northwest for sunday.

hello, i'm nuala mcgovern. this is outside source. president biden calls for gun control after the us mass shooting in colorado. we could ban assault weapons and high—capacity magazines, it should not be a bipartisan issue, this is an american issue. it will save lives. police have charged a gunman who opened fire in a supermarket with ten counts of murder. a police officer was among the dead. the extent of the devastation from the fire at a rohingya camp in bangladesh becomes clear — at least 15 people died, hundreds are missing. the polls close shortly in israel's election — the fourth in two years — prime minister benjamin netanyahu is

upbeat about repeating the process. go and vote. vote, vote, vote, vote, vote. this is a festival of democracy. and we'll hear about an exciting discovery by scientists in switzerland involving sub—atomic particles that could change how we view the universe. the polls are about to close in the general election in israel. voters are choosing whether to return the prime minister benjamin netanyahu to power. it's the fourth general election in just two years. the previous three occasions saw support for parties for and against mr netanyahu split so evenly that each time, when a government was formed, it collapsed soon afterwards.

mr netanyahu cast his vote tuesday morning at a high school. he's been in power continuously since 2009. showing no signs of being ready to jack it all in though. speaking to reporters he was full of enthusiasm about the election process. vote. vote, vote, vote, vote, vote. this is a festival of democracy, as well as a happy country. as well as a country where people are smiling. this is his main challenger. yair lapid leads the yesh atid party — he's a former tv presenter and former finance minister. mr lapid describes himself as a centrist — he's seen as having an uphill battle to defeat mr netanyahu. stepping up to the microphones, mr lapid struck a much more combative tone than his rival. translation: this is the moment of truth. | it eventually all comes down to two options — a large yesh atid or a government of darkness, racism and homophobia,

which will not work for the real people that keep this country alive. you may remember this man too — benny gantz was the main challenger at the last election, but support for his blue and white party took a bit of a knock after he went into coalition with mr netanyahu. so he's no longer expected to be the main force on the opposition benches. some of the voters speaking today meanwhile weren't exactly excited about having to go through the whole process again. it is tiring, exhausting, despairing. translation: it is the fourth time . voting and it's a bit frustrating. i i also don't believe it will help much. but we will make our efforts and god will make the rest. it is going to be exactly like the last four. - it is not optimistic, _ but we are supposed to do it, so we are doing it.

measures were in place to make this election covid—safe. there were drive—in polling stations so that pepole who have tested positive for coronavirus could still cast their vote. ballot boxes were wheeled around hospitals too so that people seriously ill with covid could also vote. the pandemic could affect this election in other ways too of course. not least because of vaccines. israel leads the world, as you can see from this chart, in the speed and reach of its vaccination drive. almost 60% of israelis have now received at least one dose. mr netanyahu may need that boost to his popularity, given that he's been getting a lot of negative headlines from something else. he's due to stand trial in two weeks' time in a long running corruption case, accused of receiving gifts and granting favours to powerful businessmen. allegations he denies. tom bateman is outside

a bar in tel aviv. good a bar in tel aviv. to have you with us. what do you good to have you with us. what do you think i will viewers should know about this moment? i you think i will viewers should know about this moment?— about this moment? i think you touched on _ about this moment? i think you touched on something - about this moment? i think you touched on something really i touched on something really significant there which was about israel's extremely speedy vaccine roll—out. you talked about the numbers of people that have been vaccinated, just look at this, there are very few countries in the world at the moment that are experiencing scenes like this. people are out and that has been a central feature to mr netanyahu's campaign, he has wanted to take credit personally for the way in which those vaccines were procured from pfizer and to add to his image as the person who can make israelis safe, but the fascinating thing about all of that, and despite a year last year where the pandemic itself was seen to be very badly handled, issues were botched by mr netanyahu around all of it, which was quite damaging to him, despite the entire year with highs and lows around the pandemic, really at the

polls have just not been budging. the country remains deeply divided over mr netanyahu's leadership. there has been a growing sense over the last ten years of his premiership and certainly the polls carried out before polling day at work suggesting yet another dead heat. having said that, today we are seeing turnout dip quite a bit compared to those last three years which might affect the way some smaller parties perform and could affect in the end of the way the two blocks perform. itruiith affect in the end of the way the two blocks perform-— blocks perform. with this, i suppose. — blocks perform. with this, i suppose. i'm _ blocks perform. with this, i suppose, i'm just _ blocks perform. with this, i i suppose, i'm just wondering, blocks perform. with this, i - suppose, i'mjust wondering, is there a way, if mature that you know who does come through, double always had to be a coalition to get those seats if necessary. —— if mr netanyahu does come through. he seats if necessary. -- if mr netanyahu does come through. he has a riuuht-win netanyahu does come through. he has a right-wing and _ netanyahu does come through. he has a right-wing and religious _ netanyahu does come through. he has a right-wing and religious bloc- netanyahu does come through. he has a right-wing and religious bloc of- a right—wing and religious bloc of political parties that are his natural coalition allies. they will remain with him. the big question is

over some of the other parties, some are former allies that have moved away, in particular one former netanyahu ally turned rival who split from a party and set up another party of the right—wing. some have become a loud who party and rejected themselves as being the parties he will ditch mr national who —— mr netanyahu and me one. this there is another hung parliament, it gives him the opportunity to try to buy off some of the mps of those at rival parties. you might see those kind of attempt take place if there is another tie. it will take a lot for those parties that are opposed to the current prime minister to form a coalition, there are a lot of hoops tojump through, form a coalition, there are a lot of hoops to jump through, it would it be a very difficult thing to do, it is not impossible, but i think at the moment we are looking at something like similar results from the last election which means a dead

heat where mr netanyahu has the upper hand. heat where mr netanyahu has the upper hand-— upper hand. fascinating, and fascinating — upper hand. fascinating, and fascinating to _ upper hand. fascinating, and fascinating to see _ upper hand. fascinating, and fascinating to see all- upper hand. fascinating, and fascinating to see all those . upper hand. fascinating, and - fascinating to see all those people behind you when we come from a totally different environment here when it comes to the pandemic. thank you so much, we will be speaking to tom later. i want to bring you some pictures it now from the main opposition party, yesh atid. that they are gathering and i suppose waiting for some of that counting, or indeed exit polls, coming up a little later. now, let's turn our focus again to the pandemic again and to astrazeneca. yesterday, the results from america's trial of the vaccine were released, confirming again that it is both safe and effective. the us study found that the vaccine was 79% effective at stopping any symptoms of covid—19. and it was 100% effective at preventing serious illness. but in a rare move, the us national institute of allergy and infectious diseases said it was concerned that some of the trial data published

in the press release might be "outdated". in response, astrazeneca said it will publish more data in the next 48 hours to ease those concerns. here's presidentjoe biden's chief medical advisor, dr anthony fauci, speaking to good morning america. it is unfortunate that this happened, this is really what you call an unforced error, because the fact is, this is very likely a very good vaccine and this kind of thing does, as you say, do nothing but really cast some doubt about the vaccines and maybe contribute to the hesitancy. it was not necessary. if you look at it, the data really are quite good, but when they put it into the press release, it was not completely accurate, so we have to keep essentially trying as hard as we can to get people to understand that there are safeguards in place. for more on the data issue and what it means for astrazeneca, here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh.

this is a surprising and unfortunate row and it emerged out of the blue when an independent team of scientists, overlooking the trial results in the us, issued a statement expressing concern that astrazeneca may have included outdated information which gave an incomplete picture about the jab's effectiveness. that is a real scientific rebuke. astrazeneca has said the interim analysis included results up to mid—february and more up—to—date data would be released within 48 hours, which it says are consistent with the findings released yesterday. so why does this matter? well, clinical trials are the bedrock of medicine and it is vital that scientists and the public can be confident in the results. and rows like this risk increasing vaccine hesitancy. this jab already has an image problem on continental europe and in some ways, the study has been overtaken by events. more people are receiving the jab

in the uk every hour than got it on this trial and the real data has confirmed that the vaccine is safe, highly effective and is saving lives. now, let's turn to russia. while it's been sending millions of doses of its sputnik v vaccine around the world, its own roll—out has been sluggish. just 5.7 doses have been adminsitered per 100 people in russia. that's less than half as many as the eu and much less than the uk. well, president vladimir putin has said he wants to improve the domestic roll—out and today he received his first vaccine dose. we know he received one of the russian vaccines, but the kremlin won't confirm which one, and he received it behind closed doors. from russia to india. in recent weeks it has seen a surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus

with more than 46,000 cases in the last 24 hours, the most since november. the vast majority of the cases have been in maharastra state, which is india's most industrialised and includes the commercial hub of mumbai. delhi is also being hit hard. here's one doctor working on the covid ward at one hospital there. at hospitals, we were very happy between november to the middle ofjanuary, that we have control, completely control of coronavirus and all the health capacities were happy that health care system was very much relaxed and the burden was reduced so low that we were about to close the covid facilities because we were thinking that we had control of the virus. but after the middle ofjanuary, we have seen again an upsurge in which we have seen the cases rising again and with time but now we are seeing in the last few days and in the last 72 hours,

every day we are seeing more than 40,000 new cases in india. let's turn to brazil now. these are all countries are very much affected. it has the second most deaths from the virus behind the united states and is struggling to bring its outbreak under control. it's just experienced its worst week of the pandemic so far. according to the world health organization, brazil recorded 15,600 deaths last week that accounts for 25% of all covid deaths worldwide last week. and the hospitals in most of the country are at breaking point. this graph shows the intensive care bed capacity across the country. as you can see across the country, at least 70 % of beds are full — in some areas it's closer to 100%. on tuesday, this man, marcelo queiroga was sworn in as the country's new health minister, making him the fourth to hold the position since the pandemic began. camilla mota from bbc mundo

joins me from sao paolo. good to have you back with us. give our viewers a sense ofjust how difficult the situation is right now, that intensive care bed situation it seems so precarious. yes, for almost a month now, brazil has been breaking consistently records of a new cases and deaths by a covid—19. as you pointed out, the health care system has a pretty much collapsed all over the country. there is no epicentre of the disease right now. actually, multiple factors explain the surge. there is the new variant, which is more transmissible and it has been circulating all over the country. the vaccination roll—out, which has been very slow. the population has also been disregarding social distancing recommendations and of course, the federal government

rhetorics, which then downplay the pandemic since the beginning and failing to convey a clear message to the population on what they need to do at this moment and mayors and governors have taken additional measures over the past few days to try to control the situation, but experts have been pointing out that it is not enough that we actually need more strict measures to control the virus, partial lockdowns are not enough. they highlight the situation is so bad right now that the virus is so bad right now that the virus is it so it spread throughout the country, that it takes longer for these measures to play out, so it takes longer for us to see it reflect on statistics. so every day accounts. ., reflect on statistics. so every day accounts. . , accounts. the health minister, marcelo queiroga, _ accounts. the health minister, marcelo queiroga, who - accounts. the health minister, marcelo queiroga, who i - accounts. the health minister, marcelo queiroga, who i was l accounts. the health minister, i marcelo queiroga, who i wasjust marcelo queiroga, who i was just mentioning who has just been sworn in, the fourth so far, could he make a difference? do we know what his thinking is? would he be of the same mindset as bolsonaro? it

thinking is? would he be of the same mindset as bolsonaro?— mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is — mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is going — mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is going to _ mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is going to change - mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is going to change with - mindset as bolsonaro? it seems that not much is going to change with thej not much is going to change with the new health minister. who took office just today and he has already said he is not here to propose new things, but to implement what the federal government says, that bolsonaro has the final word, and it has been said, experts have been saying, that bolsonaro decided to sack his last health minister, an army general, in order to protect himself, because the opposition in congress is starting to put together to investigate the diet situation we are in as bolsonaro actually, this has been seen as a move for him to protect himself. —— the dire situation.

one more coronavirus update for you — this timejapan. it's emerged from 10 weeks of virus restrictions just in time for the peak of the annual cherry blossom viewing season. these pictures are from the capitol tokyo and as you can see crowds of people are making the most of the season. something beautiful to look at. stay with us on outside source. still to come... we'll turn to switzerland, where an exciting discovery by scientists could change how we view the universe and everything in it. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has won a vote of no confidence. it follows a report which accused her of misleading a parliamentary committee looking into her handling of sexual harassment allegations made against her predecessor, alex salmond. here's sarah smith. cleared by an independent enquiry yesterday, today nicola sturgeon has been found to have misled a holyrood committee and faced a vote of no confidence. no first minister who truly wanted to live up to the ideals of this parliament should feel able to continue in post, after having beenjudged

guilty of misleading it. how can parliament have confidence in the words of a first minister whose words have been found to be false? if you think you can bully me out of office, you are mistaken and you misjudge me. if you want to remove me as first minister, do it in an election. she comfortably won the vote, but the report from this holyrood committee may be an ongoing problem. the report finds that the two women who made complaints against alex salmond were badly failed by the seriously flawed way the scottish government investigated the claims. but the msps on the committee could not agree on nicola sturgeon's role. they split among party political lines. both: i will tell the truth, the whole truth and - nothing but the truth. nicola sturgeon and alex salmond gave conflicting evidence to the committee. she firmly denied his claim that she offered to intervene in the harassment investigation. the report says her evidence is an inaccurate account of what happened and that she has

misled the committee. it also says it was inappropriate for her to continue meeting mr salmond during the investigation and that it is hard to believe nicola sturgeon did not know of concerns of inappropriate behaviour on the part of alex salmond prior to november 2017. nicola sturgeon will remain as first minister for another six weeks at least. on may the 6th, it is up to the voters to decide if she should remain in office. with an election so close, it is unlikely this row is over yet. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... president biden has called for swift action on gun control, after the latest mass killing in the united states. the flag was flown at half—mast at the white house. australia's political culture is back in the spotlight after videos emerged of staff

members performing sex acts in parliamentary buildings. one of the videos, which were leaked to local media by a former government staff member, showed a man performing a sex act on a female collague's desk. first, here's the reaction from australian prime miniser scott morrison. i'm shocked and i'm disgusted. it is shameful. it is just absolutely shameful. i was completely stunned, as i have been on more than one occasion over the course of this last month. all of this has been shocking, it has been disgraceful. this isn't the first allegation about the mistreatment of women in parliament. in recent weeks, scott morrisson and his ruling party have been criticised over their response to the rape allegation of young staff member in parliament, specifically how the prime minister said his wife had told him to imagine it was his daughter. and he was emotional as he addressed that.

criticise me, if you like, for speaking about my daughters. but they are the centre of my life. my wife is the centre of my life. my mother, my widowed mother, is the centre of my life. they may debate me every day on this issue. they have motivated me my entire life. they have taught me the values and the faith that sustains me every single day in this job, which is why i am here. i owe them everything. and to them, i say to you girls, i will not let you down. next, lets hearfrom phil mercer in sydney. the federal government, under mr morrison, is promising that these sorts of problems of abuse in parliament will be acknowledged and they will be addressed. there is a review into the workplace

culture in parliament house, but that whistle—blower who revealed those lewd videos in the last 24 hours said that amongst some of his colleagues in federal parliament, they had displayed behaviour that was morally bankrupt. and here's australian independent mp zali steggall on what she thinks should happen next. am i surprised? sadly, probably not and itjust speaks more about the leadership that is needed in this place and the clean up that is needed in this place in terms of the workplace culture, the people employed, the terms on which they're employed. there needs to be clearly a full review of what are the acceptable conducts and standards of conduct in this place. the governmentjust deflects, constantly delays addressing these issues. clearly there is a problem and it

has to be addressed. now, some potentially earth—shattering news. scientists working at the large hadron collider at cern in switzerland have made a breakthrough discovery about how a certain subatomic particle behaves and it could change our understanding of how the universe works. this report from our science correspondent pallab ghosh. the large hadron collider was built to discover brand—new particles and transform our understanding of the physics. by crashing the particles together harder than they have been smashed before, the researchers there may have done just that. they have observed subatomic particles behaving in a way that cannot be explained by the current theory of physics. the scientists may have made one of the biggest discoveries in physics. we were literally shaking. we were shaking like a leaf the first time we looked at these results, because if it does turn out

to be real, it could really have profound consequences for physics in general. the team have been creating a particle called a beauty quark. it exists for only a fragment of a second and then decays into two other particles, which it should do in equal numbers, but it doesn't. possibly because a mystery force is interrupting the process. physicists can explain the world around us through the reaction of four fundamental forces — electricity, gravity and two nuclear forces — but in recent times, these forces have not been able to explain a few things such as the movement of galaxies or indeed why the universe exists at all. but this new finding is creating a lot of excitement, because it contains hints that there might be a fifth force of nature that is completely new to science. if there is a fifth force, it could answer a lot of questions currently baffling astronomers. there are these big questions

in physics that we do not have the answers to and the hope would be, as the lhc continues to make discoveries, maybe we could shed some light on those big questions of physics. these very early results are not definitive yet. more data is needed, but they are generating a lot of excitement about the prospect of a giant leap forward in our understanding of the universe. pallab ghosh, bbc news. just before we go, a quick reminder of our top story. polls are closing in the next few minutes in israel's general election. you can see benjamin netanyahu there and he was waiting a little bit earlier. will he be returned as a prime minister to power, that is the question. each time a government was formed, it collapsed, but we will

wait and see exactly what happens this time. to stay with us on the bbc, we will continue to follow it, thanks for watching. hello and welcome to bbc news. a year ago the prime minister told us to stay at home and announced the first uk lockdown. today already there has been a minutes silence at mid day to remember the people who have died, but on this, the national day of reflection, we are also just a few minutes away from eight o'clock, when people have been asked to come together to light a candle or light a torch or shine their phones up into the sky as a beacon of remembrance for those who have died. our helicopter is over at central london at the moment, as you can see. it hasjust london at the moment, as you can see. it has just passed over the london eye, and we are expecting in

a few minutes' time for many more lights to shine up, to remember not just to those who have died from the pandemic, but those who have died from natural causes as well. l away at north now to falkirk, the largest park, the equestrian statues. those already lit, as you can see, but we are expecting much more light to happen injust a are expecting much more light to happen in just a few minutes' time. this is the titanic museum in belfast. i also want to take you to winchester cathedral. many churches and cathedrals today commemorated the number of deaths at midday, but the number of deaths at midday, but the choir here at winchester cathedral singing just in the lead up cathedral singing just in the lead up now to the eight o'clock moment when people are urged to take part

in this beacon of remembrance. choir sings winchester cathedral to downing street, lights on there, the prime minister has given a press conference to date with professor chris whitty to mark the first anniversary of the national lockdown. not clear whether he and his fiancee will come out at eight o'clock as well, one would think so. just a minute or two away now from that eight o'clock moment. this is

the tower at blackpool. as you can see, illuminated as always, but the idea today is to try and bring more light into what is very dark anniversary indeed. and anniversary of the 126,000 people plus who have died from covid, 4.3 million cases in the past year, but the good news now, and this also part of the beacon of light to shine a light, the 28 million people, 42% of the population, who have been vaccinated so far. as i say, marie curie, the charity organise this national day of reflection, the idea for everyone to come together to reflect their loss and support those who have been bereaved and notjust for the pandemic. since the lockdown began in 2020, hundreds of thousands of

people have died. too many lives cut short, millions bereaved. those who have died from covid, it is thought lost ten years of their lives. here we are at a downing street, a lit candle outside of that famous black door, which we think will be replicated right around the uk. let's just because and just look at some of our camera positions around the country. —— let's pause.