very warm welcome to bbc news. my very warm welcome to bbc news. my name is mike embley, with the latest headlines of use in the latest headlines of use in the uk and around the world. american and european authorities because the rollout of thejohnson authorities because the rollout of the johnson & johnson jab. it of thejohnson &johnson jab. it is the latest covid of the johnson & johnson jab. it is the latest covid vaccine linked to blood clots. there was a fatal suiting of a black man on sunday in minneapolis —— shooting, causing protests. president biden sets the withdrawal of us forces from afghanistan for september at the latest. exactly 20 years since 9/11.

japan faces criticisms for plans to release into the sea contaminated water from the fukushima power plant. hello to you. johnson &johnson has delayed the rollout of its covid vaccine in europe. regulators in the united states had already called for a pause because of safety concerns. expedia who have had the vaccine in the us have developed rare and severe blood clots. it has so far been given to almost 7 million americans. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh has the story. an abundance of caution was cited by us health officials as the reason why they paused the use of the single—shotjohnson &johnson covid jab. the vaccine, which in europe

is branded as janssen, was approved in the us in late february. since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain, out of 6.8 million doses. so, less than one case per million people immunised. all were women under 50, one of them died and one is critically ill. i think this is an unusual occurrence of a serious adverse event that you want to make sure before you go forward, you investigate it thoroughly. and that's exactly what they're doing. they're pausing, so that they can look at it more carefully. similar very rare clots have occurred with the 0xford—astrazeneca jab and scientists are investigating whether this type of vaccine technology could be implicated. both of these vaccines used a disabled common cold virus called adenovirus to smuggle the gene from the coronavirus spike protein into the vaccine, into your arm. so, they both work in broadly the same way and that raises the possibility that something about this type of vaccine

could be the explanation for this kind of very rare side effect. 30 million doses of thej&j janssen vaccine are on order for the uk, although it is yet to be approved. it's hoped the delay in the rollout won't slow the vaccination drive here. the biggest concern is globally. the plan was to immunise1 billion people worldwide with the vaccine this year. if that's disrupted, it will slow efforts to finally bring the pandemic under control. fergus walsh, bbc news. i spoke to a doctor to of a children's hospital and asked him what he makes of these developments. it him what he makes of these developments.— him what he makes of these developments. it is probably related to — developments. it is probably related to the _ developments. it is probably related to the vaccine - developments. it is probably related to the vaccine but. developments. it is probably related to the vaccine but it| related to the vaccine but it is a rare condition. it is not

simply blood clots, it is surreal thrombosis, a severe, life—threatening condition, unfortunately, it looks like —— cerebral thrombosis, fortunately it looks like a rare condition. i think it is very important that regulators are aware of cases. and once they get their arms around the real numbers and percentages. and it is also important to talk to british and european regulators to talk to overseas regulators, because it may be a common pathway, although rare for the adenovirus virus vaccines. astrazeneca, jansen and the russian vaccine. i think having a few days to get

around it is warranted. now we have a new world with this very aggressive anti—vaccine landscape. that makes it more problematic. you sound like from what you are saying, you do expect the numbers to go up? i think it is a possibility. remember, if we could go from six to 12 cases, but that is going to be a pretty uncommon number. the rates, looking at europe, it may be one in 100,000, may be one in 250,000, one in1 million, i do not think it will get much higher than that. we have to be careful about the messaging, because you know, the us is in a different position. if tomorrow the us never authorised the astrazeneca—0xford vaccine and shelved the j&j astrazeneca—0xford vaccine and shelved thej&j vaccine, it may not have much of an impact on the us programme because there are other options. they have procured so much of the two

mnra vaccines in abundance and there is the novavax particle vaccine. the problem is this, when you look at ace sub—saharan africa for latin american countries, they are all pretty much adenovirus vector vaccines, and if someone signals a problem or sounds an alarm, that could have really devastating effects on the ability of african and latin american countries to fight this pandemic. so it is so important, how we operate, how we proceed, and how we not only think about the safety of the american people but think about the world at this point. demonstrators have filled the streets for the third st note of protest as authorities declared the situation and unlawful assembly. declared the situation and unlawfulassembly. here declared the situation and unlawful assembly. here are the latest pictures from around minneapolis. three marles away. the white policewoman who shot the 20—year—old black man on

saturday resigned from the police force, as has the police chief of brooklyn centre, the town where it actually happened eight we will stay with these pictures of what happened on the streets, and go live to our correspondent, peter bowes. peter, there is so much anger and distress in the minneapolis area? , �* , and distress in the minneapolis area? , ~ , , ., and distress in the minneapolis area? , a ., ., area? yes. as you say, for a third night — area? yes. as you say, for a third night in _ area? yes. as you say, for a third night in a _ area? yes. as you say, for a third night in a row- area? yes. as you say, for a third night in a row we're - third night in a row we're seeing this expression of frustration by the people who are once again on the streets, frustrated at what has happened over last few days. even though within the last few hours we have had the resignation of the police officer involved, who was responsible for the shooting death of dante right, and the police chief of the area. —— daunte wright. as well as the mayor is saying hopefully that brings come to the streets. that hasn't happened. we are seeing classes once again between the police and protesters. —— clashes. and

now this gathering has been declared and unlawful assembly. there is a curfew in place which will no doubt continue in minneapolis up until and beyond the end of the derek chauvin trial. and what police in this area are doing now is using a bullhorn, telling people on the street if they do not go home immediately, and they were saying this within the last 30 minutes, that they would be arrested. there have been some scuffles and some people have been arrested and taken away. but a number of people seem determined to stay out on the streets and make their point. peter, as you have been saying, there is so much tension in the area already because just three miles away in minneapolis, the derek chauvin murder trial over the death of george floyd. and we have seen the start of the defence case?— we have seen the start of the defence case? yes. the trial is movin: defence case? yes. the trial is moving into — defence case? yes. the trial is moving into its _ defence case? yes. the trial is moving into its final _ defence case? yes. the trial is moving into its final stage. - defence case? yes. the trial is moving into its final stage. i i moving into its final stage. i think we may have lost peter

there. i do not know if you can still hear me, peter. we will try to get back to you but i think at the moment we will move on from brooklyn centre. presidentjoe biden has urged that mr putin to ease tensions on the ukrainian border. —— vladimir putin. aleem maqbool reports. it's the biggest russian troop movement in seven years. over recent weeks, mobile phone footage started to emerge of military vehicles heading towards the ukrainian border. now the russian defence ministry is proudly releasing footage of military aircraft and boats heading that way, too. a few days ago, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, made a dramatic visit

to the front lines, where his country because my —— where his country's army has been fighting with rebels. it was an appeal to the world to help. others are now seeing the need others are now seeing the need for urgency. antony blinken met a ukrainian delegation to discuss the issue, with the promise the us will increase its military presence in the region. nato has called the russian build—up of troops unjustified and unacceptable and want moscow to withdraw them. ~ ., , ., _ them. we are seriously concerned _ them. we are seriously concerned by _ them. we are seriously concerned by ongoing l concerned by ongoing developments, and nato is monitoring the situation very closely. in the recent weeks, russia has moved thousands of combat ready troops to ukraine's borders. the largest massing of russian troops since the illegal annexation of crimea in 2014.- the illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 crimea in 2014. more than 13.000 people _ crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 people have - crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 people have been| crimea in 2014. more than - 13,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 2014. but

after months of relative calm, things have escalated of late. in ukraine, it is reported troops are being killed with increasing regularity. but. troops are being killed with increasing regularity. but, why now? it's _ increasing regularity. but, why now? it's interesting... manyl now? it's interesting... many believe this _ now? it's interesting... many believe this is _ now? it's interesting... many believe this is about - now? it's interesting... many believe this is about vladimirj believe this is about vladimir putin reacting to tougher language from washington and attempting to assert dominance of the bite in administration. i being putin believes the west is not willing to step up despite tough language or bring weight in front of russia. is trying to the hollowness of the west in position, as he sees it. does he have a point, to an extent? i— it. does he have a point, to an extent? i think _ it. does he have a point, to an extent? i think he _ it. does he have a point, to an extent? i think he does - it. does he have a point, to an extent? i think he does to - it. does he have a point, to an extent? i think he does to a i extent? i think he does to a degree- _ extent? i think he does to a degree- i — extent? i think he does to a degree. i think— extent? i think he does to a degree. i think it _ extent? i think he does to a degree. i think it is - extent? i think he does to a degree. i think it is fair - extent? i think he does to a degree. i think it is fair to i degree. i think it is fair to say no—one in the west wants to engage in a military conflict with russia about ukraine. no—one is going to go to war over that, from the west. for its art over that, from the west. for its part of _ over that, from the west. for its part of the _ over that, from the west. for its part of the government of vladimir putin says there is nothing wrong with moving

troops and it has in fact been responding to aggression from the west. translation: , ., translation: in response to the military activities _ translation: in response to the military activities that _ military activities that threaten russia, we have taken appropriate measures as part of control measures and exercises during the winter training period, a sudden check of the combat readiness of the troops in the western and southern districts was carried out. for ears, districts was carried out. for years, ukraine _ districts was carried out. for years, ukraine has - districts was carried out. for years, ukraine has been pushing tojoin nato, to the years, ukraine has been pushing to join nato, to the annoyance of the kremlin. that even if it happens, there are no guarantees, it would take years. there is this nagging fearfor fear for some that with this troop build—up, president didn't make me doing more than just posturing. aleem maqbool there. president baden is saying he will withdraw withdraw all us forces from afghanistan by september 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks which started the conflict in afghanistan. beasley, the trumpet administration had

agreed to a complete military exit by many in negotiations with the taliban last year. here is in lyse doucet. for many, many months now, ever since the united states under president trump really started focusing on the withdrawal of its last knew thousand us troops, afghans and foreigners alike said we have got to avoid the mistakes of history. in other words, there was an echo of the soviet troop withdrawal in of the soviet troop withdrawal in 1989 of the soviet troop withdrawal in 1989 which sadly paved the way to the collapse of the government in kabul and a civil war which then pave the way to the taliban. so, while so many were seeing we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, this is really a legacy that if you stan wants to ensure it doesn't happen again —— saying we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. this is really a

legacy that afghanistan wants to enjoy doesn't have again —— ensure it does not happen again. so, many parties are seeing the fear a civil war and had hoped against hope there would be some conditions attached to the troop withdrawal. but the senior us administration official was adamant the conditions based approach of the last 20 years has not worked. it is time for america to close the book on this 20—year award. in lyse doucet for us there to stay with us on bbc news, if you can. still to come: lockdown legends and a fu fighter coal

for —— foo fighter. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. shouting. quite quietly but quicker and quicker, she seemed tojust slide away under the surface and disappear.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: us and european authorities pause the rollout of thejohnson &johnson jab as it becomes the second covid vaccine linked to blood clots. another night of protest in minneapolis, calling for an end to police violence in the wake of another fatal shooting of a black man on sunday. turkey is now third in the world for new cases of new cases of coronavirus, 55,000 a day. restrictions have now been tightened for the fasting month of ramadan, which began on monday and the doctors union has told the bbc the damage is already done. another life hanging in the balance. turkey is gripped by a brutal

third wave of covid—19. this is the intensive care unit in marmara university hospital, one of the biggest in istanbul. we found doctor ali exhausted and scared. it as cases soared last month, president erdogan appeared unconcerned. no social distancing for his supporters in ankara. "i greet you at this meeting where snowfall kills all germs," he said. ajoke, but look inside.

the venue packed to the rafters for a congress of hisjustice and development party. attendees had to have a negative test. but doctors called it a congress of all the covid variants in turkey. and here at the funeral of an islamic scholar, turkey's health minister, fahrettin koca, of all people, ignoring his own advice. he later apologised, saying everyone knows the pandemic spreads much faster in crowds. it spread fivefold after the government eased restrictions on march 1st. watch the red zones seep across this map produced by an independent data analyst. the turkish doctors union tells us it was like giving people an appointment

to get the virus. they say the government has blood on its hands. even sometimes we lose young people. it is a very big sadness for us. and then we cannot, how we say, prevent our fears. it could be prevented by government and then it was not prevented. for this reason we call this situation a social murder. poor neighbourhoods are especially hard—hit, like tarlabasi, in istanbul, where many live hand to mouth. no pandemic payments here providing an income. from her windowsill, zehra tells us she has covid. this is her social safety net, food delivered by neighbours. doctors are calling for support for the poor to stay home and for all workplaces to close.

that's not happening, but there are more restrictions on the horizon for the coming weeks, including a ban on indoor gatherings and an earlier start to the nightly curfew. but will this be enough to halt the alarming surge in cases? 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. japan is facing intense criticism from its neighbours over plans to release more than a million tons of contaminated water from the stricken fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. courtney bembridge reports. it has been more than a decade since disaster struck at fukushima. during the nuclear meltdown more than 1 fukushima. during the nuclear meltdown more than1 million tons was used to call the reactors, stored in tanks ever since butjapan isjust since but japan is just approved since butjapan isjust approved a plan to slowly release it into the ocean. it says the water will be treated and deleted the radiation levels are below those that for drinking water but it has not

stopped protest like this in fukushima. translation: ,, . ., . , ., , translation: such a decision is completely _ translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! - translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! i - translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! i do i completely irresponsible! i do not think people with common sense would do such a thing. the country's fishing and tourism industries have also argued against it. this person runs a in a wacky city, the only one still standing in the area and he is worried this will drive tourists away for good. translation: i good. translation: ., ., translation: i will have to live with that _ translation: i will have to live with that for _ translation: i will have to live with that for the - translation: i will have to live with that for the rest - translation: i will have to live with that for the rest of| live with that for the rest of my life. tourists will not say explicitly they not travelling here because of the release of the nuclear waste water but i think people naturally will not come here. china says the decision — come here. china says the decision is _ come here. china says the decision is extremely - irresponsible. translation: despite doubts opposition from home and - translation: despite doubts i opposition from home and abroad and without sufficient consultation with neighbouring countries, the japanese site has unilaterally decided. south

korea has _ has unilaterally decided. south korea has also _ has unilaterally decided. south korea has also expressed - korea has also expressed concern. the projects were in seoul this week but the un watchdog has backed the plan. when you discharge the water in a controlled _ when you discharge the water in a controlled way, _ when you discharge the water in a controlled way, there - when you discharge the water in a controlled way, there is - when you discharge the water in a controlled way, there is no - a controlled way, there is no harm. — a controlled way, there is no harm, inactivity— a controlled way, there is no harm, inactivity either- a controlled way, there is no harm, inactivity either in - a controlled way, there is noj harm, inactivity either in fish or the — harm, inactivity either in fish or the sediment— harm, inactivity either in fish or the sediment or— harm, inactivity either in fish or the sediment or the - harm, inactivity either in fishl or the sediment or the water. the _ or the sediment or the water. the process— or the sediment or the water. the process is— or the sediment or the water. the process is expected - or the sediment or the water. the process is expected to i or the sediment or the water. l the process is expected to take decades to complete. as difficult as lockdown may have been, for some it's been an opportunity to flex their creative muscles. now, if you're a legendary rock star like sir mickjagger, you're only going to express yourself in one way — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. he was once an exile on main street. now, he is a legend in lockdown. sir mick dhakar, stuck at home like the rest of us, decided to turn his experience into song — — mick

jagger, easy sneezing, a tell about them calls, tick—tock videos and too much television, and a transatlantic coproduction made with another rock god of a younger vintage. mickjagger said it is a song: des's response: is accepting quite a busy period for the rolling stones lead singer. last year the band launched its first store in london's carnaby street. # you have to pay peter if you pay paul... now a rocker celebrating a hopeful return to

reality, we are heading back to paradise, some satisfaction, it seems! residents in south florida and the bahamas got an unexpected visitor in the night sky — a meteor burning its way into the atmosphere. a streaking trail of light could be seen by eyewitnesses and various security cameras across the sunshine state as the lump of rock burned up and disintegrated. local meteorologists say it must have exploded near florida's atlantic coast. dancing can be liberating of self—expression, sometimes an embarrassing spectacle but try doing it deep underwater! that is what these spanish free diver did in an especially choreographed performance in northern italy. is entitled

tango, involving 120 separate dives, none any error assistance. the idea from the director is to transport the viewer in a mesmerising, dreamlike world. taking you back to live pictures from minneapolis and brooklyn centre, some of minneapolis, and a third straight night that protesters have taken to the streets, leaving authorities to declare it an unlawful assembly. earlier, the white policewoman who fatally shot 20—year—old daunte wright resigned from the fourth, as did the police chief of brooklyn centre, the town would happen. tension is very high in the area because it is just a few miles from the court room where the george floyd murder trial continues, the former minneapolis police

officer derek chauvin charged with killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck. witnesses are being called, beginning the defence case. thank you for watching. hello. april so far has been colder and drier than average, and the weather for now is in no mood to change that pattern. so, plenty of dry weather continuing for the next few days, but of course the thing which has got most of us talking is just how chilly it feels. there's more of that to come as well and more of those frosty nights. it is high pressure. whenever you see this, you think, "well, it's dry." however, as we saw on tuesday, there were showers around. and there will still be a few in the day ahead, though most will stay dry after what is another widespread frost to start the day, another hard frost in parts of scotland — down to —6, for example, in the north—east. one or two mist and fog patches. they will clear and we're left with quite bit of sunshine. just some areas of patchy cloud

around and, you canjust see it here, one or two showers developing, more especially towards the western side of the uk. now, the winds for the most part are light, but look at the arrows here pushing in towards that north sea coast of scotland and down the eastern side of england, coming in from the sea, which is quite chilly at this time of year, and that's why these temperatures are just showing seven, eight or nine celsius. so with the onset of that north—easterly breeze, eastern areas will actually be colder, whereas we're 13 in cardiff and plymouth and 13 probably towards western parts of northern ireland. any showers that have popped up will fade away as we get on into the evening. we have another largely clear and cold night to come into thursday morning, and again one or two mist and fog patches around. and there will be another widespread frost, although we're not expecting it to be quite as hard as it's been over recent nights. how's thursday shaping up? most dry with sunny spells, but on that north—easterly breeze, we will bring in a few showers to parts of eastern england, into the southeast, perhaps the east midlands as well. if anything, that breeze

will be a touch fresher, too. for the most part, though, elsewhere, the winds are light. there is warmth in the sunshine if you get some of that. you certainly feel it as temperatures, away from the chilly east, will be close to the average for the time of year. big picture going friday into the weekend, there are weather fronts trying to move in from the atlantic towards northern ireland and scotland, initially perhaps just bringing a bit more cloud. but deeper on into the weekend, more especially on sunday, there is a chance that, here, we could see a bit of rain, whereas elsewhere it stays dry.

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the headlines: the roll—out of the johnson &johnson covid vaccine in europe has been put on hold — after us regulators called for a pause in the jab's use while blood clots are investigated. six women have developed clots out of seven million people who've had the jab. one has died. a third night of protests under way in minneapolis. the woman who fatally shot a black man has resigned from the force as has resigned from the force as has the local police chief. daunte wright died during a struggle with officers after a traffic stop. president biden has urged russian president vladimir putin to ease tensions on the ukrainian border and suggested they hold their first summit. this comes as tensions rise over russia's military build—up next to ukraine. moscow says the troop deployment is a response to what it calls nato's threatening moves.

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