this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. within the past hour, a hong kong court finds seven leading pro—democracy campaigners guilty of taking part in an unauthorised protest two years ago. another lockdown as a third wave of coronavirus threatens france — non—essential shops and schools will shut this weekend for four weeks. translation: it's also more dangerous than the situation | in the autumn. this virus is more contagious and is also more dangerous. the world trade organization urges drugs companies to make covid—19 vaccines for the whole world or hand over their know—how to developing countries. that having people vaccinated

in one country and leaving others out will not necessarily solve your problem. the third day of the derek chauvin murder trial features new security camera footage showing the final moments of george floyd's life — and emotional testimony from witnesses. and facebook gives users more powers to organise their news feeds after the social media giant's algorithms were accused of encouraging polarisation. hello and welcome. we have a packed programme for you. let's start with breaking news. a hong kong court has found seven prominent pro—democracy politicians guilty of unauthorised assembly. it's the latest blow

to the city's beleaguered democracy movement. the group were accused of partaking in the unauthorised assembly in august 2019, when the city was embroiled in anti—government protests. they had pleaded not guilty to the charge. barrister and democratic party founder martin lee, and media tycoonjimmy lai, are among those on trial. since their detentions, small groups of supporters have been surrounding the court building. sentencing will be delivered at a later date. with me is our news reporter mark lobel. he has been looking into this for us. tell us more. these are leading figures in the pro—democracy movement? that leading figures in the pro-democracy movement? that is ri . ht. pro-democracy movement? that is riuht. bic pro-democracy movement? that is right- big names — pro-democracy movement? that is right. big names in _ pro-democracy movement? that is right. big names in this _ right. big names in this further crackdown on dissent. many of them described as nonviolent activists, and as you say, some big names. the ones you mention, media tycoon, jimmy lai and margaret ang, a

73—year—old barrister and opposition lawmaker. and martin lee, an 82—year—old barrister who helped write hong kong's miniature constitution. and long hair and other members of the civil human rights front, taking part of these huge rallies in 2019. they say they were nonviolent protests in the name of democracy, but now these 80, 70 —year—olds facing up these 80, 70 —year—olds facing up to five years in jail. we up to five years in “ail. we will find * up to five years in “ail. we will find out h up to five years in 'ail. we will find out what _ up to five years injail. we will find out what the sentence is at a later date. take us back to what they were charged with? ~ . ., , ., with? much of the focus was on a particular _ with? much of the focus was on a particular rally _ with? much of the focus was on a particular rally on _ with? much of the focus was on a particular rally on august - a particular rally on august 18, 2019, where there was a sea of umbrellas under thundery skies. these protests really went on for seven months and involved 1.7 million people, which equates to around one in four hong kong residents. the rules are you need to get

permission from authorities who hold these, but they came up with rules that were notjust on security grounds, but also the pandemic itself restricting those protests. bud the pandemic itself restricting those protests.— the pandemic itself restricting those protests. and it has been controversial? _ those protests. and it has been controversial? it _ those protests. and it has been controversial? it has _ those protests. and it has been controversial? it has been. - those protests. and it has been controversial? it has been. the | controversial? it has been. the british lawyer. _ controversial? it has been. the british lawyer, david _ controversial? it has been. the british lawyer, david perry, - british lawyer, david perry, heard by the hong kong government to prosecute these people, the british government were unhappy about that. stood down. the whole thing fizzled out because 10,000 arrests because of the pandemic, but then there was this huge movement and really, unfortunately, critics say beijing has really shredded the liberties and autonomy that were promised to hong kong during the handover in 1987. mark lobel with the latest on that story. —— 1997. france will go into another four—week lockdown on saturday with schools and non—essential shops once again closing. president emmanuel macron said the country risked losing control if it failed to deal with an accelerating outbreak. he also announced a vaccination programme, promising that by the end of the summer everyone over 18 will be

vaccinated. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. paris today is a tale of two cities — a sense of freedom in the streets, in hospitals, a sense of deja vu. with more than 5,000 patients in intensive care, france is already above normal saturation level. in this small paris unit today, all nine life support beds were full. translation: the thing that worries us a lot is that - protective measures are not being respected. when the weather's good, we see people walking by the seine, all cramped together, orshopping in the market without any protection. and we know that in these kinds of situations, the government has trouble enforcing the restrictions. 79—year—old madeleine arrived here after refusing the astrazeneca jab. she didn't trust it with all her underlying conditions, she told me. but while waiting for the pfizer one, she caught covid. has it changed her mind

about the astrazeneca vaccine? non, non. "no," she said. it's here in the capital's life support units that pressure on president macron has been sharpest. some doctors have warned of an impending health disaster, saying they could soon be forced to choose which patients live and which die. the rules. from saturday, everyone will have to stay local and schools will close for up to a month. translation: we did everything we could to take these _ decisions as late as possible and only when they became strictly necessary. that time is now. but i would also like to tell you this evening that, thanks to the vaccine, we can see the way out of the crisis. with transfers from the worst—hit areas already begun, doctors have been calling for a third national like paris, they say, aren't

clear or powerful enough. but these are the rules now being rolled out across france. we don't understand them any more. we're like, are we being quarantined or not? we don't really understand, so we're going out without really knowing. but, yeah, what i think isjust, like, maybe it would be better to go home, but on another side, i want to be out. after weeks of criticism over his strategy, president macron is facing a nation divided, between those who say they can't face another lockdown and those who can't face another wave. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. and in around 25 minutes in our business coverage i will be speaking to a leading economist in paris on what he believes the impact of this lockdown will be on the french economy.

the jury in the trial of derek chauvin has been shown new footage of george floyd, including police body camera video in the moments just before his death. the former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, one of manslaughter. our north america correspondent, lebo diseko, has this report. and just a warning — you may find some of it distressing. let me see your other hand! police body camp footage shows george floyd's arrest from every possible angle. video from each of the officers involved played relentlessly in court. witnesses still traumatised by the events of that day, like this local resident who pleaded with mr floyd to comply with officer as. ~ ., floyd to comply with officer as, ~ ., , ., ., floyd to comply with officer as, ~ ., , ., floyd to comply with officer as. ~ . , ., ., as. what stood out to you about what mr floyd —

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and the grief and anguish that they still carry. trauma, it really front of the jury, who will decide this case. —— relived in front of the jury. lebo diseko, bbc news, minneapolis. let's get some of the day's other news. china has again rejected attempts to sanction the military leaders of myanmar at an emergency meeting of the un security council. its envoy said the move would only aggravate tensions. activists say more than 500 people have been killed by the security forces in the two months since the coup. taiwan has asked the us to ensure the safety of its people living there after a spike in violence against asians during the pandemic. it's urged overseas taiwanese to be vigilant. president biden has promised measures to tackle hate crimes in the wake of the increased violence. a number of spanish regions, including the balearic islands, say they might take legal action against spain's stricter face mask laws. under the new laws, masks have to be worn in all outdoor spaces, including beaches

and swimming pools. tourism bosses fear this will put people off booking holidays in spain. and president biden has put forward a $2 trillion infrastructure plan which he hopes will create millions ofjobs. he said the package would be unlike anything the us had seen since it built the highways and invested in the space race. republicans are expected to oppose the programme. again, that is a story we will unpack further in our business coverage. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: four—time world champions germany stunned by defeat to international minnows. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work

quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs, and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians| wished it had never been built. the eiffel towers's- birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. - this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

a hong kong court has found seven leading pro—democracy campaigners guilty of taking part in an unauthorised protest two years ago. and france is plunged into lockdown again as a third coronavirus wave hits the country with nonessential shops and schools shutting for four weeks. facebook has announced it's giving users more options over the organisation of their news feed. they can now choose between having the news feed ordered either chronologically or algorithmically. users can also now control people who comment on their posts by differing between the �*public�* and their �*friends�*. meanwhile, donald trump's daughter—in—law, lara trump, has hit out at facebook after the company removed an interview with the former president from her page. in a message from facebook, the company warned mrs trump that anything posted "in the voice of president trump"

is not currently allowed on facebook or instagram and would be subject to removal. in response, mrs trump criticised facebook for its "orwellian" decision to take down her post and condemned what she sees as a growing trend of "censorship" on social media platforms. i'm joined by evan greer, deputy director of fight for the future — a non—profit that campaigns for digital and privacy rights and challenges internet censorship. good morning and thank you for being on the programme. what do you make of its latest changes? what do you make of its latest chances? , , , ., ., changes? users should have control of— changes? users should have control of the _ changes? users should have control of the algorithms - changes? users should have | control of the algorithms that dictate what they see on the internet but this does not solve the fundamental problem which is that facebook surveillance capitalist business model of harvesting our data is fundamentally incompatible with basic human

rights and democracy so we need thoughtful policies that address tech monopoly power and everything that comes along with it rather than listen to what goes up and down and what the algorithm options are, we need policies in place to protect people.- need policies in place to protect people. what kind of olicies protect people. what kind of policies are _ protect people. what kind of policies are you _ protect people. what kind of policies are you calling - protect people. what kind of policies are you calling for? l policies are you calling for? the first thing we need is strong federal data privacy legislation. they have been going back and forth for years but have failed to put even the most basic protections in place for us citizens and residents's data and this is at the core of the of the high—tech companies. we need to protect neutrality and defend section 230 which enables competition among online platforms. without it, facebook and google could be the only ones standing because

they have the deepest pockets and the most lobbyists. we need tools to hold these companies accountable and ensure we have alternatives so people can have alternatives so people can have a choice of where to go on the internet. ~ ., ., , .. a choice of where to go on the internet-— a choice of where to go on the internet. ~ ., ., i. ., ~ ., internet. what do you make of lara trump's _ internet. what do you make of lara trump's complaint? - internet. what do you make of. lara trump's complaint? there's a lot of people — lara trump's complaint? there's a lot of people who _ lara trump's complaint? there's a lot of people who have - lara trump's complaint? there's a lot of people who have a - lara trump's complaint? there's a lot of people who have a lot. a lot of people who have a lot less power than lara trump who have been impacted. when we focus on high—profile people and these specific incidents of moderation we are missing the point which is there is a small number of companies with too much power and they have gained that power by harvesting our data, often without our knowledge and consent and the only way we will take that power away from them and put it in the hands of ordinary people and social movements fighting forjustice and for equality and for freedom forjustice and for equality and forfreedom and forjustice and for equality and for freedom and basic human rights around the world is by

cutting off that data, putting policies in place to protect human rights and make sure the internet is a force for good in the world rather than one for exploitation, greed and exploitation.— exploitation, greed and ex - loitation. , , exploitation. very interesting to hear your _ exploitation. very interesting to hear your views. _ exploitation. very interesting to hear your views. thank - exploitation. very interesting| to hear your views. thank you for being on the programme. let us know what you think of this ljy us know what you think of this by going onto our twitter account. the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has hit a new monthly high, with over 60,000 people dying from the disease in march. the surge has pushed the health service to the point of collapse and seen support for presidentjair bolsonaro plummet. tim neilson reports. the run so many to mourn, burials take place under cover of darkness. coronavirus claimed another life in brazil, one of thousands a day, during this worsening crisis. so why is this happening? in

this worsening crisis. so why is this happening? in addition to the implementation, - is this happening? in addition to the implementation, the l to the implementation, the variant of concern, countrywide in brazil, it is contributing to the increase in thefts. yet president — to the increase in thefts. yet president jair _ to the increase in thefts. yet president jair bolsonaro does not presidentjair bolsonaro does not think staying at home is the answer. a dramatic changing of the guard in the military, including his defence chief, causing commanders to quit but in if this confrontation at the president, a former military man himself, is not standing down. translation: i man himself, is not standing down. translation: i appealto all authorities _ down. translation: i appealto all authorities in _ down. translation: i appealto all authorities in brazil— down. translation: i appealto all authorities in brazil to - all authorities in brazil to review this policy and allow the people to go to work. railing behind him, his supporters took to rio's beachfront with a warning shot to critters, reminding them of the history of the 57th anniversary of the coup that

unseated a left—wing president ushering in 20 years of military rule. translation: with all this communism, the left wanted to dominate and prohibit the president from governing. but prohibit the president from governing-— prohibit the president from clovernin. �* , governing. but under president jair bolsonaro's _ governing. but under president jair bolsonaro's watch, - governing. but under president jair bolsonaro's watch, some . jair bolsonaro's watch, some hospital departments have run out of room to treat patients. on the streets of sao paulo, charities are struggling to provide enough food for those in need, with donations drying up, as the lines get longer after financial aid up, as the lines get longer afterfinancial aid for up, as the lines get longer after financial aid for the most vulnerable was cut in january. translation: there are even families _ january. translation: there are even families on _ january. translation: there are even families on the _ january. translation: there are even families on the street - even families on the street now. it is a different scenario.— now. it is a different scenario. perhaps the government - scenario. perhaps the government is - scenario. perhaps the i government is beginning scenario. perhaps the - government is beginning to notice. handouts will begin again next week. but there is little else to indicate this alarming loss of life and soon. — — finish soon. tim neilson, bbc news. the new director—general of the world trade organization

has urged pharmaceutical companies to manufacture enough covid vaccine for everyone in the world or voluntarily hand over the technology behind their medicines to developing countries. dr ngozi 0konjo—iweala, has been speaking to our economics editor faisal islam. you can't have a situation in which, um, you know, ten countries have administered 70% of vaccine doses in the world, and there are countries that don't have — have not seen one single dose. so, i think that the kind of vaccine inequity we're seeing is definitely not acceptable. that's what happened with hiv/aids, where we had to wait ten years for people to get access to life—saving drugs. it happened with h1n1 vaccines, where rich countries brought up the vaccines and poor countries had none. so, you can understand why100 members today are saying that they need the waiver.

it's pretty clear in your organisations, that the wealthier countries that have the vaccines and have the vaccine know—how, they don't want to share it. they want us to do better on export prohibitions. we want them to do better on vaccine manufacturing and transfer of know—how. so, the world is experiencing this supply scarcity everywhere now, because there wasn't adequate investment in that. so, i think that everyone is beginning to see that having people vaccinated in one country, and leaving others out, will not necessarily solve your problem. you talked of a third way. is a possible model here what has happened with the astrazeneca vaccine developed in the united kingdom, where you've seen the licensing with a developing country, india, and they're making hundreds of millions of doses at cost price? is that the sort of initiative that you think could serve as a model for the rest of the world? increasing production,

precisely in the way you said, the serum institute has this transfer of knowledge from astrazeneca, is able to produce up to 1 billion doses. it's the largest manufacturing capacity in the world. so, if we had more of that, that kind of voluntary licensing and transfer, faster, we could save many more people. let's have the same kind of arrangement that astrazeneca has with the serum institute. novavax, j&j, and all the others should follow suit. why don't we just hand over patents to the world's poorest countries so that they can copy them? so even though under normal times we would say, yes, this is — it's valid to have people want a return on their investment. i think during public times of pandemics, we have to modify this somewhat to give greater access. either we manufacture in volumes that will serve everybody, if you are the one that has the patent, or have a situation

in which you are willing to transfer the know—how. and in fact, if they did it on a voluntary basis, this would not even arise. so, how do we encourage more of that, now that people are dying? and then we can have a framework agreement for dealing with outbreaks in the future. the new director—general of the world trade organization, doctor ngozi 0konjo—iweala, speaking to faisal islam there. time for all the sport now. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is the latest from the bbc sports centre. we start with news of a shock defeat for germany as they lost a world cup qualifier for the first time in 20 years. they were beaten 2—1 at home by north macedonia. the visitors took the lead in first—half stoppage time with a goal from their veteran forward goran pandev — his 37th international goal in 117 games for his country. ilkay gundogan equalised for germany with a penalty early in the second half, and it seemed as though they won go on to win. but five minutes from time, eljif elmas scored the goal

which sealed a famous victory for north macedonia — they're now second in groupj, ahead of germany on goal difference. england made it three wins out of three from their qualifying campaign. they beat poland 2—1 at wembley thanks to goals from harry kane and harry maguire. england manager gareth southgate was delighted with the wind. you're looking for the reaction to see how they respond. it would be easy to fall into those moments and john and it was an important factor of a staying end of the game as poland ended up with a bit of momentum and then critical intervention in the other box to set up harry for what was a brilliant volley. i was pleased to see his reaction and that was important that the whole team showed that sort of response. elsewhere, spain beat kosovo 3—1 to re—gain top spot

in group b. italy won 2—0 in lithuania to maintain their perfect start in group c. world champions france beat bosnia—herzegovina to go four points clear at the top of group d. denmark thrashed austria to make it three wins out of three in group f. and armenia are the leaders of groupj after beating romania 3—2. on to tennis and a shock defeat for naomi osaka in the quarter—finals of the miami open. she was beaten in straight sets by maria sakkari. the result brought an end to osaka's 23—match winning streak. sakkari raced through the first set 6—0 in just 21 minutes. and from 4—1 down in the second set, she reeled off five games in a row to take the match and seal her place in the semi—finals. meanwhile, in the men's singles, jannik sinner is through to the semi—finals after a straight sets victory over alexander bublik from kazakhstan. the number 21 seed from italy won 7—6, 6—4 to reach the last four of a masters series for the first time

in his career. all of the business stories are up all of the business stories are up next. see you in a moment. hello there. despite there being more cloud around across southern britain on wednesday, we still manage to make highs of 2a celsius in the sunny spells across the far south—east. for today, though, it is cooler and fresher for most areas, that is away from the south—west and south wales. here we have the warmth just holding on for one more day, but this area of high pressure with its chillier air starts to topple in from the north—west. that breeze will be noticeable across the north sea coast, feeding in quite a bit of cloud here. elsewhere, though, we should see the clouds breaking up probably the best of the sunshine, again, will be across this south—west corner. we change the wind direction, though, that north—easterly, like i mentioned, cool down the east coast.

it will be a different feeling wind from the warm southerlies which we've had over the last few days. so temperatures struggling to get above 7—9 celsius across the north sea coast. 16—20 celsius, though, in the south—west — that's where we will have the last of the warmth. but that warmth ebbs away through thursday night, and into friday morning. the cold air is with most of us, and we will actually see some frost, particularly for the far north of england and in toward scotland. low single digits for the rest of england and wales. our area of high pressure though really builds in, for friday. so there will be a lot of dry and settled weather, but it is chillier air blowing down on a north or north—easterly wind, and again, that north—easterly wind will feed in more cloud to northern and eastern parts of the uk. so it's staying rather chilly and grey here. with more shelter to the south and the west, this is where we will see the best of the sunshine. so, temperatures into the afternoon could reach 12 or 13 celsius, 9 or 10 celsius closer to the east. these temperatures actually closer to the seasonal average. through friday night, though, it's going to be a colder one for most with the widespread frost, particularly central, northern and western areas. now, as we move into the easter weekend, although high pressure

will bring a lot of dry and settled weather, it will feel cold, and then as we head on into easter monday, we will see a real arctic blast which will bring some wintry showers to our shores as well. so our area of high pressure dominates for saturday and sunday, then allows this low—pressure to sweep down from the north through sunday into easter monday. and that will open the floodgates to the arctic, a much colder blast of air than what we will have for the start of the weekend. and like i mentioned, that will be feeding in some snow showers, mainly to northern and western coasts on monday. but temperatures will still reach the low teens celsius with the sunshine on saturday and sunday.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. the long road to recovery — president biden pledges $2 trillion for america's crumbling infrastructure, and higher corporate taxes to pay for it. it's not a plan that tinkers around the edges. it's a once in a generation investment in america. bowing to the pressure — president macron orders a national lockdown as france battles a third waveof the pandemic. why have e—commerce when you can have quick commerce? we look at the rise of the 10—minute grocery delivery. plus — inside china's rust belt — the coal and steel towns left behind by the country's

hi—tech economic boom.