this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. coronavirus restrictions are stepped up in parts of europe, as a third wave of infections kicks in. in the uk, covid boosterjabs may be available as early as september with the over—70s and front—line health workers first in line. security forces in myanmar are reported to have shot dead at least 20 people protesting against the military coup, after a show of force from the army. these are the latest scenes from my love. "a mob intent on violence". the uk prime minister criticises protesters, who police say threw bricks during a third night of demos in bristol.

lockdown eases in wales — the first uk nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. and one of nature's greatest light shows. we'll be finding out later why there could be more opportunities to spot the northern lights, in the coming years. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. do stay with us for the very latest news and analysis. coronavirus restrictions are being stepped up in parts of europe as a third wave of infections continues to sweep the continent. eu states have seen some of the deadliest outbreaks of the pandemic — and are racing to vaccinate people. the prime minister of poland has warned that the country's hospitals

may not be able to cope with soaring covid cases. the uk kent variant of the virus is now responsible for 80% of all infections there. its government has brought in tighter restrictions affecting shops, supermarkets and churches. tougher measures have also been brought in paris and several other parts of france. residents face more stringent police checks, with people in high—risk areas not allowed to travel more than 10 kilometres from home, with the latest from across europe here's tanya dendrenos. speeding around the national velodrome, the french cycling team is training hard for the olympics, but if you look closely, you will notice the hive of activity in the heart of the stadium and it has nothing to do with cycling. this track doubles as a vaccination centre. translation: well, we're happy to be vaccinated. - i will continue doing the same

things because in any case, we were in lockdown so we know the safety measures while in lockdown and eagerly await the second dose. 400,000 people were vaccinated in frnce on friday as the country continues to battle an increase in cases. 19 areas have been placed in lockdown while close to 5,000 patients are being treated in intensive care. in germany, public health experts have warned case numbers could rise to 100,000 per day. translation: at the moment, i the numbers are rising too fast, and the variants make the situation particularly dangerous. if this continues unchecked, we run the risk that our healthcare system will reach breaking point through the course of april. it's prompted a clampdown on borders. negative tests will be required for airport arrivals from tuesday and from sunday,

along with a negative test, travellers from france go into ten—day quarantine, with the entire country declared high risk. in poland, restrictions are tightening as well. cases are up by 35% from the number reported a week ago. there were more than 35,000 new cases on friday, marking the third record—breaking day in a row. it's been a year since the pandemic began. but with a number of countries adamant new variants are behind the current surge, the fear is the third wave could be the worst yet. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, adam easton, is in warsaw explains how people are reacting to the situation. the response from people here is that this is, this fatigue, obviously, about the new restrictions, there is also concern about the chaotic way that they have been introduced.

when we saw the restrictions being announced on thursday, there were huge crowds at the big hypermarkets for the furniture and the diy shops, because they knew that they were going to be closed injust over a day. so there is a feeling here that we have been here again, we are a bit tired of the fact that these restrictions are coming in. also, we don't know which... where we are, how does it affect, it's complex, so there is a feeling here that they must be brought in, the social acceptance, because the numbers are so high, but is not as clear for people what they should be doing, where they should be going and what they should be avoiding. in the uk, the government is preparing to roll out covid—i9 booster vaccinations as early as september, in order to combat new coronavirus variants.

the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, said he expected there would be eight different vaccines available by the autumn. the first doses will go to the original top four priority groups, which include those aged over 70, health and social care staff, and the clinically extremely vulnerable. simonjones reports. 0n track, the government is confident of offering all adults the first of two doses of a covid vaccine by the end ofjuly, but now it's looking further ahead. the vaccines minister has told the telegraph that the most vulnerable could be given a third dose as early as september. nadhim zahawi says the boosterjabs, if needed, would initially go to people over 70 as well as nhs workers and care home staff. manufacturing in the uk will be stepped up to avoid any issues with the supply chain. the government hopes eight different vaccines will be available by the autumn. one of them could offer protection against three variants in a single dose.

more than 324,000 people had their first dose of a covid vaccine in the latest 24—hour period, bringing the total to more than 29 million. over three million people have now had both doses. when nonessential shops reopen in england on april 12 — after months of closures — they will be allowed to stay open until 10:00 at night, six days a week. the government says the extended opening hours will help shoppers return safely to the high street, protectjobs, and reduce pressure on public transport. but any effect on the number of coronavirus cases will need to be closely monitored. simon jones, bbc news. professor calum semple, is a member of the sage advisory group of scientists, but is speaking to us in a personal capacity. 0bviously, built on your professional knowledge, thank you very much. good to meet you —— good to speak to you again. in a sense, the idea of the basic when you have had an inoculation, is quite a well

established one. it had an inoculation, is quite a well established one.— established one. it is. we accept this for influenza _ established one. it is. we accept this for influenza where - established one. it is. we accept this for influenza where we - this for influenza where we typically have significant changes in the actual surface of the virus, each year, the influenza virus vaccination typically contains three orfour vaccination typically contains three or four favours. vaccination typically contains three orfourfavours. we vaccination typically contains three or four favours. we give this to the elderly and children and people in high—risk groups, because particularly in elderly, the immune system tends to become forgetful as people become older, so immunity wanes over time. this new plan to give a boost as has a lot of merit. it will help those that are most likely to lose immunity to see the new variants by because they won't have had the opportunity in the existing vaccination. just have had the opportunity in the existing vaccination.— have had the opportunity in the existing vaccination. just in terms ofthe existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing _ existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing of _ existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing of this _ existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing of this is _ existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing of this is well, - existing vaccination. just in terms of the timing of this is well, or i of the timing of this is well, or presumably is pairing a study went again, we did have chris whitty warning us a few months ago, saying that people should not assume that we won't be back facing quite significant restrictions again because of ongoing concerns about

covid—19 come the end of the year. in a sense, it is kind of preparation for the potential of this at least that risk?- this at least that risk? yes, it makes sense, _ this at least that risk? yes, it makes sense, and _ this at least that risk? yes, it makes sense, and i _ this at least that risk? yes, it makes sense, and i share - this at least that risk? yes, it| makes sense, and i share that concern. we need to get back into the routine of thinking about covid—19 like flu and in that way, having a seasonal vaccination for those most vulnerable and the health care workers and i hope that this would extend their four health and social care work as well. that would make good sense. —— health and social care workers. boosters are widely accepted as being sensible, particularly with new variance and to me, this is not a shocking piece of news, this just makes good common sense. of news, this 'ust makes good common sense. ~ . , , sense. what is, i suppose, interesting, _ sense. what is, i suppose, interesting, is _ sense. what is, i suppose, interesting, is that - sense. what is, i suppose, interesting, is that we - sense. what is, i suppose, interesting, is that we are | sense. what is, i suppose, - interesting, is that we are seeing these reports in newspapers in the uk on saturday, hours and in the days after this big anxiety about the supply of vaccine, we already

have a slowdown of vaccination rates expected in april because of the number of doses that the uk government had hoped to get, there has been problems for example in india and those problems in india have been related to problems of export in the united states and everything is linked together. is there a danger that we are talking about boosters when it many people, they might not get the jabs to the original timetable? they might not get the jabs to the originaltimetable? i they might not get the jabs to the original timetable? i am they might not get the 'abs to the original timetable ?_ originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer— originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer details _ originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer details here, - originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer details here, but - originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer details here, but i - originaltimetable? i am not party to the finer details here, but i am j to the finer details here, but i am aware that for the winter, the uk is looking at having some home built vaccines and increasing our local capacity to make the vaccines and that again, it makes good sense. britain has a great biotech industry and i hope they make think it will rise to the task. just and i hope they make think it will rise to the task.— rise to the task. just finally, you are a paediatric _ rise to the task. just finally, you are a paediatric specialist, - rise to the task. just finally, you are a paediatric specialist, we i rise to the task. just finally, you i are a paediatric specialist, we have not talked a lot about children and get the knack for quite a long time

now. only in our coverage context of which they be acting as a source of infection from the infections they make may pick up from their parents? what do we think is happening because make not so much in terms of that, but the child adaptability to covid—19? the that, but the child adaptability to covid-19? .,, that, but the child adaptability to covid-19? , . ., ., . covid-19? the most recent data which is not published, _ covid-19? the most recent data which is not published, but _ covid-19? the most recent data which is not published, but children, - covid-19? the most recent data which is not published, but children, is - is not published, but children, is not showing any change in severity amongst children, from the new variance, that is really important to stress, so there is nothing to suggest that children are being more severely affected. that is really good news was that we are aware of a long covid—19 issues in some children and we are also better understanding this very rare multi—inflammatory system disorder that teenagers and a slightly older children are experiencing as well. that is one to watch. 0verall, children are experiencing as well. that is one to watch. overall, we are not particularly concerned about the severity of the disease in children. we are also better understand that schools are a source

of infection for the wider community, but they are not driving it in the same way as children amplifying it, perse, it is it in the same way as children amplifying it, per se, it is the school as a whole, with the staff is one of the children and the parents coming to the school, much as any other place of work. there is a lot better understanding there. some aood news better understanding there. some good news in _ better understanding there. some good news in there. _ better understanding there. some good news in there. you - better understanding there. some good news in there. you very - better understanding there. some good news in there. you very much for your time, good news in there. you very much foryourtime, professor good news in there. you very much for your time, professor temple. security forces in myanmar are reported to have shot dead at least 20 people demonstrating against the military coup. these pictures are from yangon, the largest city, but it's thought the death toll across several cities may be much higher. demonstrations have continued in defiance of a warning that protesters would be shot. it comes as thousands of military personnel have been taking part in huge display of force in the capital naypitaw to mark armed forces day. as nick marsh reports. this was the myanmar military doing

what it knows best, as they can country descended into crisis, the army put on a display of strength and superiority. isolated from its citizens in the country's baron z. armed forces day marks a resistance against japanese occupation during the second world war, but it is also a chance for the generals to roll out their best hardware and indulge in a spot of nationalism, even with much of the country in open rebellion against them. the co—leader repeated most of his usual claims. but his opponents are corrupt, that the november election, which was one so convincing —— so convincingly by and fancied she was fortunate. and perhaps most astonishingly that it was the protesters themselves who are to blame for the violence. not the well armed troops who stood before him.

to set violent acts that affect and security in order to make demands are in force. some russian officers are in force. some russian officers are also in the present. they face a barrage of such a presence from the west and mostly finance from the regional neighbours. the picture of order and stability in the capital was being tried up on state television, but anyone watching at home knew it bore little resemblance to the daily chaos of the neighbourhoods up and down the country. soldiers were killing the civilians they were supposed to protect. already in yangon, security forces have opened fire on protesters who defied this chilling warning on state media. traffic back to the youth who owned the future, you should learn the dust from the tragedy of early death that you could be shot in the head and back. convince and prevent your friends before doing something wrong. it

said that most countries have an army, but some armies have a country. in my own mother, its emotion that continues to have teleconferences. —— in myanmar. here's our correspondent laura bicker, who has been monitoring events in myanmar from bangkok, in neighbouring thailand. we have demonstrations throughout myanmar, throughout the night and into the day, and within the last few moments, we have heard from the american embassy in my life who claim that the american cultural centre in yangon was hit by gunfire. no one there was injured, they say, but we are also getting reports of a number of rising casualties. i have to say, it is very difficult for the bbc to confirm these reports but local reporters within my and my said at least 60 people have now died within myanmar within the last day during demonstrations. as you can see from some

of the footage, you can see that a lot of these demonstrations are within neighbourhood to neighbourhood, they barricade themselves against the army, they use whatever they have come in many cases, it is a slingshot. the army then opened fire. in one incident overnight in yangon, we heard that protesters gathered outside a police station and a number of security officers came out and opened fire in the crowd. there are a number of people, a number of reports, says a new, ——certianly, we are getting enough people having been hit by rubber bullets, including children. the reports coming out of myanmar today are quite distressing in many places and it is clear that whatever the general has to say, people are not listening. they have defied the notice on state television in the early hours of the morning, which warned them that if they went out into the streets, they would be shot in the head and the back. they are continuing to go out into the streets, despite that warning from the army.

here in the uk, borisjohnson is launching the conservative party campaign for may's local elections in england — it's being streamed online as part of the party's spring forum. let's take a listen. the conservative party members, dear colleagues and friends. good morning. i am very pleased to be able to address you here at our online spring forum, which is ourfirst major, national gathering as a party this year. in just a few days' time, i am finally going to be able to go to the barbers, but, more important than that, i'm going to be able to go down the street and cautiously but irreversibly, i'm going to drink a pint of beer in the pub. and as things stand, i can see absolutely nothing in the data to dissuade me from continuing along our road to freedom, unlocking our economy and getting back to the life that we love and, of course, there are plenty of risks

and we have got to be honest about the difficulties ahead but we are in a different world from last spring. that change is the result of one giant development. the fastest roll—out of a vaccine this country has ever seen and, my friends, you know my reputation for tact and diplomacy and i will make no comparisons with any other country but when you go out campaigning in the giant electoral test on may 6th in england, scotland and wales, for councils and mayors and police and crime commissioners, for parliamentarians, i hope, my fellow conservatives, you will not hesitate to make this basic point about the incredible scientific breakthrough that we have just seen. yes, government played a pretty big role of the vaccine task force. the bottling plants that we help to set up, the scientists we funded.

i renew my thanks and admiration for the incredible work of our nhs, our gps, our nurses, our health care they are heroes, heroes, heroes. to say nothing of local council staff, volunteers and the army and so many thousands of others. but in the end, none of this would have been possible without the innovative genius and commercial might and you know what i'm going to say... the might of the private sector. the free market economy because at the heart of this vaccine roll—out, there is a huge and unmissable lesson about the need for private risk—taking, capitalist energy. never forget that labour, not only voted to stay in the european medicines agency. oh, yes they did! that would have had incalculable consequences for our vaccine roll—out. but they actually stood for election on a kind of weird plan — part mao, part islington — — a manifesto they haven't yet

repudiated to destroy the whole commercial basis of the british pharmaceutical industry. and that shows the fundamental difference between us. we are a one—nation conservative government and we continue, in spite of the pandemic, to deliver on the promises we made it that great selection of 2019. we have recruited more than 6,000 of the 20,000 police. we are building the a0 new hospitals. we are recruiting the 50,000 more nurses, 10,600 now in the nhs this year, as opposed to last year and we are engaged in the biggest infrastructural revolution for a century from gigabit broadband — we have gone from 7% when i was elected as leader of this party to 50% this year. reversing some of the beeching cuts to our railways among many other projects. giving people, communities, the hope, opportunity and convenience that comes from thousands and thousands of new,

clean, green, british—made buses and we are making some of the key changes that we will need for when our economy bounces back later this year. i am absolutely sure that it is going to bounce back strongly. we are going to need the lifetime skills guaranteed. the lifetime skills guaranteed. a fully funded course for adults to get the skills and qualifications they need and you need to move to the right newjob. we are backing the government's 95% mortgage scheme, so that we can begin to transform generation rent to generation buy. and as conservatives, we are doing all of this while remaining prudent public finances. ——with public finances. of course, it's true, we are putting record sums into health and education. we have just done the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war. but we are also setting out our plans in that budget of rishi's,

to bring debt down again. it's by holding taxes down and spending wisely, which is the signature of conservative local government up and down the land. by the way, also by harnessing the advantages of our new regulatory freedom, it's by doing these things that we will turbo—charge the innovation that i have seen happening right now across the uk. in scotland, i have talked to the amazing scottish scientists at the plant in livingston, where they will soon be making a new variant—busting vaccine. in northern ireland, i saw an incredible new company that can make a 3d model of your organs using an mri scanner or a ct scan. so that a surgeon knows exactly what to do. and of course, in wales i have seen the great wrexham plant, wockhardt, where the ranks of tiny vaccine bottles are being filled and sent out in great battalions, wave after unstoppable wave, to fight and defeat the armies of disease.

in scientific efforts, in the nhs, in the work of the armed forces and government at all levels, i see the whole of the united kingdom working together. it seems incredible that on may the 6th, we face opponents, who would literally try to smash up these partnerships and destroy the formula for british success. we face a labour party that has done nothing more during the pandemic then weave like a bunch of wobbly weather—vanes, backing the government one week and bashing us the next. they are spending most of their time wondering which public statues to tear down or whether herewood the wake should now

be known as herewood the woke. so, let's not be put off our stride. let's remember that across the country, it is conservatives — conservative councils and councillors, that develop better value for money and let's take a great one—nation message to the people of a strong and dynamic conservative government that fosters a vast and creative private sector and jab byjab, job byjob, we will be on the road to national recovery. see you on the campaign trail, i hope even in person, and have a great easter. borisjohnson launching the conservative party's campaign for the english local elections in may. you may recall that an bbc news we had kits, launching a's campaigns is that we will launch the campaigns and bring them to you hit on the bbc news channel from the coming weeks. borisjohnson has described as "disgraceful" attacks on the police in bristol on friday night. ten people were arrested in the english city after officers took action to clear the third mass protest in the city in a week.

tim allman reports. for the third time in less than a week, police clashed with protesters on the streets of bristol. the demonstration had been largely peaceful, butjust after 10:00pm, officers told people to disperse and then they moved in. wearing helmets and carrying shields, they moved forward trying to force protesters to leave. there appear to be minor scuffles with some officers using batons as they confronted the demonstrators. police say projectiles, including eggs and glass bottles, were thrown at them and lasers were shone in their faces. officers are trained in the tactics that they will use. we need to provide them with protection — with the helmets and shields and the protective clothing that they wear, but when they are attacked with bottles being thrown, eggs being thrown, a bicycle pedal being thrown, paint being thrown, police horses coming under attack — we need to respond effectively and robustly to that threat. all this happening close to bridewell police station.

the scene of sunday's first kill the bill demonstration. this was described as the worst violence the city had seen in many, many years. last night, that anger was felt once more with protesters insisting their freedom to demonstrators being taken away but avon and somerset police said they would not tolerate violent disorder. you have been watching bbc news. time for the weather with darren. hello there. there is some warmer weather on the way for a while next week, but the weekend started really quite chilly out there with some sunshine, but this is what's coming our way. the cloud and rain streaming in from the atlantic replacing those earlier wintry showers that we had first thing this morning. so whilst there's still some sunshine around its going be slowly

fading, the cloud increases from the west, we see a few more showers coming into the south—west of england and wales. a bit of patchy rain for northern ireland and into western parts of scotland with the hazy sunshine lasting for longer across the eastern side of the uk. after that cold start, temperatures are no great shakes this afternoon and just making double figures for many parts of the country. as it turns more cloudy the winds pick up as well and it's going to be windy overnight, rain pushing down across many areas. not much towards the south and south—east of england and the rain will turn more showery, i think, in scotland. but because it's windy overnight, because there's more cloud around, it will be much, much milder tonight than it was last night. but we start with cloud, we've got some rain around on sunday, it'll be a windy start as well. that rain moves away from much of wales, the midlands, continues to affect the far north of england, northern ireland and the rain pushes northwards into scotland. it does become drier across most of england and wales, still quite cloudy, a bit of sunshine from time to time but it is going to be a windy day everywhere, some strong to gale force gusts. but the winds from the south—west

so those temperatures are going to be rising. still a few degrees higher than today, actually, so peaking at around 16 or so across some eastern part of england. but that rain is setting in in the north and the north west of scotland in particular on that weather front there, a lot of rain for the beginning of the new week. away from here though, it does become drier as we're closer to an area of high pressure. still quite breezy, i think, for a while on monday, the winds do gradually ease down. the thicker cloud across the north bringing rain into scotland, some heavy rain in the north—west of scotland. for england and wales in particular, though, it will become sunnier through the day and warmer as well. even for northern ireland, the north east of scotland, temperatures will be rising but we're looking at 20 or 21 through lincolnshire, cambridgeshire and towards east anglia in general. those temperatures continue to rise on tuesday, 23, possibly 2a degrees as the winds become lighter but the heat doesn't last. northerly winds mean it will be cooler by the time we get to the easter weekend. goodbye.

hello. i'm shaun ley.

welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents, who file their stories for audiences back home, dateline: london. this week: borisjohnson boasts of vaccine success. his government says two jabs will be followed by a covid booster in the autumn — as europeans struggle with too many infections and too few doses of vaccine. a rare mis—step by angela merkel — have germans, and others, had enough of lockdown? and the evergreen trafficjam that risked withering global trade. with me this weekend... ashis ray, from india, is approaching 45 years as a foreign correspondent, as well as serving at the crease as a cricket commentator. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germany's welt. with me here, clive myrie, who reports internationally for the bbc as well as presenting the news back home. "the reason we have the vaccine success", prime minister boris johnson is reported to have told his mps this week, "is because of capitalism, because of greed."

whether he was joking or saying what he thinks in an unguarded