vaccine is safe. but under—305 will now be offered an alternative covid jab because of more evidence linking the jab to rare blood clots. the european medicines agency has said any blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect. myanmar�*s ambassador to the uk says his embassy in london has been taken over by the burmes military and he's been locked out. kyaw zwarminn, who opposed february's military takeover in myanmar, says he's been the victim of a kind of coup in the middle of london. indirect talks between washington and tehran have continued in vienna. the state department has said america is prepared to remove sanctions on iran, in order to resume compliance with the 2015 iran nuclear deal. president trump pulled the us out of the agreement in 2018. ever since the first reports suggesting a link between blood

clots and the astrazeneca vaccine, there have been questions about what it means for the uk's vaccine programme and people's confidence in it. our health editor hugh pym explains the potential problems and the effect they've had. lockdown is easing, the vaccination programme is going well. but today there has been a change of course, raising new questions. first, what is the risk with oxford—astrazeneca? it is lower the older you are, as the potential for serious illness with covid is weighed against possible harms from blood clots. some medication, including the contraceptive pill, also has a very small blood clot risk. anyone who has had a firstjab and four days or more after that gets severe headaches, blurred vision or certain other symptoms should contact a medical professional. a committee of europe's regulator, known as prac, drew this conclusion. we know the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine have been established. it prevents covid disease,

it prevents hospitalisation and it prevents mortality. so in that respect prac feels that the overall benefits outweigh the risks. so will it delay the vaccine rollout? today a newjab was delivered for the first time in wales and scotland, made by the us company moderna. it is set to be offered elsewhere in the uk from next week. health officials say even with under 30s given a choice of alternative jabs, they're still on course to offer all adults a first dose by the end ofjuly, so the road map should stay the same, although it does depend on supplies currently promised. of the vaccines currently in use, the government ordered 100 million doses from oxford—astrazeneca, but the rollout will slow down this month because of supply issues. from pfizer—biontech, it was a0 million, and from moderna, 17 million doses,

though only a limited amount will come through this month. two more vaccines are being assessed by the regulator the mhra — novavax, where there are 60 million doses on order, and janssen, 30 million doses. trials are ongoing with other vaccines where the government has made preliminary orders. so will confidence in the oxford—az vaccine be affected? people in younger age groups we spoke to had varying opinions. i am a bit concerned to hear it, because i'm 2a and i've already had my first dose of the astrazeneca vaccine, and i have my second dose booked in for a couple of weeks. it's one of those very rare cases. but it might happen, but it probably won't. the risk is probably... it's probably worth the risk, right? i'm still all for it. i'm going to do a little bitl more research now into it, but i still think at- this point i would get the astrazeneca vaccine. it remains to be seen how people react to today's announcement, so one leading official made the point that the chance of getting a blood clot to having covid—19 was much higher than with the az vaccine. hugh pym, bbc news.

now on bbc news — our world. hadicha is fighting forjustice. her husband, azimjan, has been in prison for ten years for crime he says he didn't commit. now he has one last chance of freedom. but as the court case approaches, coronavirus is spreading.

this is the story of hadicha and azimjan and their fight forjustice. kyrgyzstan, a central asian country which borders china. most of the 6 million population are kyrgyz. but there arejust under1 million uzbeks. one of them is hadicha. for ten years she has campaigned for her husband, azimjan askarov, a human rights activist who is in prison.

hadicha and azimjan have been married for over a0 years, but in 2010 he became caught up in violent clashes between kyrgyz and uzbeks.

azimjan set out to find out. while azimjan was documenting the violence, police visited hadicha.

now azimjan found himself being interrogated by the same local police he had been investigating. he says he was mistreated. shortly after his arrest, he told a localjournalist what happened.

azimjan was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and inciting ethnic hatred. he has always strongly denied the charges and says he was not given a fair trial. hadicha has spent the last ten years campaigning for azimjan�*s release. but despite international pressure and a un human rights committee calling for him to be freed, he remains in prison. hadicha and azimjan are both artists. hadicha and azimjan have four children and ten grandchildren.

today, hadicha is making the 14—hour journey to the capital, bishkek, where the supreme court will make a final ruling on azimjan�*s case.

but right from the start, they find justice is hard to come by.

the court postpones the verdict and rules that hadicha has to pay $1,600 to the family of the policeman who was killed. if she doesn't, half of her house will be confiscated. hadicha's monthly pension is $60.

every few weeks, hadicha makes the long journey to prison 19, where azimjan is being held.

but this time, they hit a problem. the coronavirus is now spreading across kyrgyzstan, which puts an end to prison visits. once a month, hadicha and azimjan talk on the phone.

despite the pandemic, the court pushes ahead with the final hearing in may. the court upholds azimjan�*s life sentence. it's the end of hadicha's hopes for justice. hadicha continues to wait and work on new parcels for azimjan.

today she's baking traditional uzbek food for azimjan. with coronavirus spreading rapidly through kyrgyzstan, amnesty international and human rights watch step up their calls for azimjan to be released on health grounds. he is 69 and considered to be at risk.

the kyrgyz government told the bbc:

azimjan was buried in uzbekistan on the muslim festival of eid al—fitr. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit. —— al—adha. his family believed holding the ceremony on a holy day was a good sign for his spirit.

hello there. it was a cold, frosty start on wednesday with some early sunshine but the cloud arrived as we went through the day and we closed out wednesday with quite a lot of cloud around, acting like a blanket through the night, so temperatures not falling quite as far. and in actual fact, the wind direction changing for thursday to more of a westerly, and that's going to drive something a little less cold across the country with the darker blues, the colder air, just being pushed out of the way — for one day at least. also got some rain arriving with this area of low pressure, the wettest and windiest of the weather always going to be the far north—west for thursday. so, quite a lot of rain around, the wind strengthening here. and thicker cloud along west—facing coasts of wales and south—west england will always bring the risk of the odd spot or two of light rain. sheltered eastern areas, the very best in terms of drier, brighter weather. but not that much in

the way of sunshine. a breezy day, the strongest of the winds always going to be where the heaviest of the rain is. 6—8 degrees generally under the rain, but we will see temperatures widely into double digits, slightly less cold for thursday afternoon. now, our weatherfront continues to push its way steadily south, that's where we'll see the cloud across england and wales, so temperatures to start off on friday holding up above freezing, but behind the cold front, the wind direction changing once again and those temperatures falling away. we will see a frost returning in sheltered, rural areas, and, yes, with that northerly wind continuing to drive in more wintry showers across the far north of scotland. the frontal system sinks its way into central and southern england and wales, here we mightjust see double figures but behind it, drier, coldersunny spells and scattered wintry showers are set to continue. now, as the cold front eases away and we move into saturday, this little fellow causing one or two problems with the potential across southern england, maybe as far north as east anglia, seeing some rain. still subject to question, there, so you'll need to keep watching the forecast. further north and west, it's a case of sunny spells

and scattered wintry showers once again. it's going to be a cold day, whether you're in the sunshine and wintry showers, or whether you're under the cloud and rain. and that theme is set to continue for sunday as well. no signs of any significant warmth arriving over the next few days to come. take care.

welcome to bbc news, my name is mike embley. our top stories: regulators say the benefits of the astrazeneca covid vaccine outweigh the small risk of blood clots, but the uk will offer alternative jabs to young adults. myanmar�*s ambassador to london is locked out of his embassy, apparently because of his opposition to the military coup. indirect talks between washington and tehran continue in vienna. the us says it's prepared to remove sanctions, as both sides try to salvage the iran nuclear deal. president biden�*s administation says it's restoring almost a quarter of a million dollars of aid to the palestinains, which was slashed during donald trump's presidency. 0rdinary palestinians, not just refugees, 0rdinary palestinians, notjust refugees, often feel helplessly

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