this is bbc news with the latest headlines. england's biggest football teams — and the sport's governing bodies — will stage a four—day boycott of social media from next friday — to campaign for social media companies to crack down on online abuse. india's prime minister narendra modi says the surge in coronavirus cases has shaken the nation — his comments come as the country hits a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row. a campaign's being launched to encourage younger people to get the covid vaccine when their turn comes. figures show more than half the uk population has now received a first dose of the jab. the indonesian military say that the submarine that that went missing last week has been found split into three pieces and that all on board are dead. a fire sweeps through a hospital treating coronavirus patients in baghdad, killing at least 82 people

according to iraqi officials. more details emerge about the death of an ambulance technician killed when his vehicle was hit by an object. west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play. labour calls for the government to face mps over the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. but the government denies claims that borisjohnson broke the rules. a operation to extinguish one of the largest gorse fires of recent years in northern ireland, is in it's third day — more than 100 firefighters have been trying to put out the flames since friday. england's biggest football teams, and the sport's governing bodies, are staging a four—day boycott of social media from next friday. clubs across the premier league,

english football league, women's super league and women's championship will switch off their facebook, twitter and instagram accounts to emphasise that social media companies must do more to eradicate online hate. helping to lead the boycott is anti—discrimination charity kick it out. i spoke with the organisation's chair — sanjay bhandari. the reason we are doing this, i suppose, is threefold. first to signal our collective anger at the damage that online abuse causes to people who play, watch and love the game. the second is to show unity with those victims and the third is that this is a symbolic gesture, we accept it is a symbolic gesture, but it is a gesture to those with power saying you need to act, you need to do more and create change. those with power in this situation are two sets of people, social media companies and the government. we want both of them to do more.

we have seen some high—profile football stars speaking out about this. tell us more about the damage, from your perception, that online abuse has to those who are getting it. if you're a player it can impact performance, and can impact on mental health and physical health of anyone on the receiving end of this. if you are a keyboard warrior, it might feel like it is an anonymous and victimless crime. it's not. there are real people at the end of this who are receiving torrents of abuse, directly into their eyeballs. i defy anyone to be unaffected by that. one footballer on the receiving end of abuse said if he posts any footage breaching rights, it will get taken down immediately. but things that are offensive get left up. his point is the technology is there for companies to tackle this if they want to. what are your thoughts on that?

that is the feeling we all have in football. these organisations are massive organisations. facebook is the fifth biggest company on the planet, worth three—quarters of a trillion dollars. these are organisations with the resources of a nation state. they make their money out of contextual analytics. they know exactly what we are doing when we are doing it and when to sell us stuff, when we had been looking at something five minutes before on a different website. they have the technology, we want them to point it in the direction of removing hate and notjust selling us stuff. india's prime minister says the surge in coronavirus cases across the country has shaken the nation. narendra modi was speaking after india registered a world record number of new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row. nearly 350,000 infections were reported in the latest daily figures, as well as more than 2,700 deaths.

across the country hospitals are being overwhelmed by the new cases and running out of oxygen to help them breathe. simonjones reports. patients continue to arrive at hospitals struggling to breathe, needing urgent treatment. but the health system is close to collapse. almost 350,000 new cases in the latest daily figures, another record. this man is desperate to find help for his sister in delhi. translation: i've been trying | nonstop for three days from one hospital to another. i've never seen anything so terrible ever in my life. what's needed above all is oxygen. patients are dying because it's running out. but these are the scenes inside many hospitals, pushed to their limits. the world health organization says the situation in india is a devastating reminder of what coronavirus can do and doctors are feeling the strain.

it's been 20 years or so i've been doing this profession and i've never seen this kind of crisis situation. i hope that nobody else sees it, and we never see it again because the kind of numbers are there, the lack of infrastructure we are facing, these supplies and the physical stress, because it is a highly contagious illness, the health care workers are also getting infected. it is acting as a double whammy, as well as having problems from the manpower as well as the supplies. it is a very, very difficult scenario. at this plant in the state of uttah pradesh, hospital staff are among those queueing up, trying to get supplies of oxygen. the government says it is distributing it to some of the hardest—hit areas, using the train and also the plane. the air force has been called in to help. customs duties on imports of medical grade oxygen had been axed to try to boost the availability.

but critics say it is too little, too late. earlier this year, the government thought it had beaten the virus — with cases falling, vaccines were being exported. the health minister said india was in the endgame of the pandemic. but the emergence of new variants, as well as mass gatherings has completely changed the picture. the us is promising additional support for india, to tackle what it's calling an horrific outbreak. with record numbers of new cases and deaths, there will be many tough days ahead. simon jones, bbc news. devinda gupta is our correspondent in delhi and earlier she gave us this update on the measures being take to improve oxygen supplies. right now, it is justlike a drop in an ocean. the need far outweighs what is being done currently. the city where i am, delhi, which has reported over 300 deaths for the third straight day. it needs at least i33% more oxygen than the normal days.

even by establishing the transport corridors simon talked about, by airlifting or running special oxygen trains from neighbouring states, to bring oxygen here to delhi, experts say only 12%—15% of demand will be met, which will leave a high shortfall. i was speaking to a doctor in a city hospital who said they are fast running out of oxygen and will be stopping admissions of pressure patients and critical patients because they are stretched for resources. a lockdown announced in delhi a week back has been extended just this morning, so it gives time for public health workers to ramp up the resources and try to break the cycle. we also heard india'a prime minister talking about the need to ramp up the vaccination drive. he says it is one sure shot immunity against the mass spread we're seeing. as other cities are grappling with similar situations, india has reached out for global aid.

the united states is one of the countries offering help. we saw singapore and hong kong yesterday sending in additional supplies to india. in fact india's neighbour, pakistan, where tensions have been historically high with that neighbour, they have offered support in these times and says they can send additional ventilators. the time is quite limited. we are talking notjust about tens but hundreds of thousands of cases emerging in different parts of the country. here, a new campaign has been launched to encourage younger people to take up the covid vaccine when their turn comes. it follows research which suggested under—50s were more likely to be hesitant to take the vaccine. more than half of the uk population has now received a first dose, while more than 12 million have had two doses. three days of mourning has been declared in iraq following a fire in which at least 82 people have died, and over 100 injured and many missing in a hospital in the capital baghdad. the fire — reportedly caused by an exploding oxygen tank —

tore through an intensive care ward with patients on ventilators, unable to move. in the past few minutes the iraqi prime minister has suspended the health minister over the fire. 0ur middle—east correspondent in beirut, lina sinjab gave us the latest. it's really horrific news. as you said, the prime minister has called for three days of mourning and called for an investigation into this negligence, as he describes it. this hospital was dedicated for covid—i9 cases. imagine this situation with lots of people trying to recover on ventilators. the fire broke and they were out of breath. many accounts came in to say people were running out, jumping out of windows, trying to escape from the fire, the smoke. sadly at least 27 are confirmed dead with dozens of others injured because of this.

there were many ambulances rushing into the hospital. iraq has known there were at least i million coronavirus cases and lots of death as well. it is a really bad situation in iraq at the moment. on top of that, to have a fire where people had nowhere to escape, to take some breath, to be able to survive. the indonesian military have confirmed that they have found the submarine that went missing last wednesday, and that all 53 crew on board are dead. 0fficials leading the search said the vessel was found broken into three parts on the sea bed. yesterday the navy said the sub had sunk in the bali sea and that they'd discovered debris including personal items, such as prayer mats. 0xygen supplies were believed to have run out in the early hours of saturday morning. presidentjoko widodo has sent his condolences to the families of the crew members who were on board. an ambulance technician has died after an object struck his vehicle's

windscreen as it was responding to an emergency call. colleagues at west midlands ambulance service have been paying tribute tojeremy daw, who had recently returned to his job after retiring, in order to help with the coronavirus pandemic. he was one of life's good people. you know, he was a public servant that did his nearly 30 years in the ambulance service. he was a mentor, a friend, colleague, a father. he was doting husband. things like this shouldn't happen to anybody, but for people that provided that public service, we're devastated. and this hurts. it really, really hurts at this moment in time. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of another 14—year—old boy in east london yesterday. police were called yesterday after reports of the attack, but were unable to save faares matou. police are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.

more now on the situation in india there have been offers of support from the west including us. i'm joined now by navtej sarna, former indian ambassador to the us and a former high commissioner of india to the uk. thank you very much forjoining us. what does india need? well, you know, there is a lot of need for a lot of things. at the moment, india is approaching suppliers for oxygen generators, medicines, equipment for oxygen generation and so on. but specifically from the us, i think there is a broader request. and that is to allow the export of equipment and components needed for vaccine production, as well as the other

materials that are needed. now, this has been blocked under the defence production act. and india, which is actually the world's largest vaccine producer, cannot be producing vaccines at a ramped up the pace for its own needs, as well as for the needs of the rest of the world. because, as you know, we have already exported 66 million doses to 95 countries. so there is a need to let these raw materials come. there is a need for the astrazeneca doses, about 70 million, i believe, which are lying in the united states and are lying in the united states and are not expected to be used. these could be sent across. and there is a need to make an exemption at the wto, allowing the production of generic vaccines. in other words, an exception to intellectual property rights. and this is an issue which is pending, which has been put forward by india, south africa and several other countries. so, these are the asks from the united states.

it is a critical situation which needs swift action to make sure that the country does have the supplies of oxygen and other medication that is needed. how long might it take to resolve those bureaucratic issues that you are talking about? weill. resolve those bureaucratic issues that you are talking about? well, as far as the oxygen — that you are talking about? well, as far as the oxygen generators - that you are talking about? well, as far as the oxygen generators and . far as the oxygen generators and others are concerned, the movement is already taking place. some oxygen containers from singapore came in yesterday, some things are expected from germany, i believe, things are afoot in france possibly. the uk and the uae. you see, there are logistical difficulties. you cannot carry oxygen just like that. i mean, it has to be liquefied. liquefied oxygen comes largely by ship, which has its own time constraints. so it's not easy. and probably the

easiest thing at the moment is to get in generators and get in small plants which can actually be producing oxygen for the hospitals. there is a need for medicines and, above all, there is a need for the vaccine raw materials. so, it can't happen overnight. but i think things have started. happen overnight. but i think things have started-— happen overnight. but i think things have started. here, our government minister liz— have started. here, our government minister liz truss, _ have started. here, our government minister liz truss, the _ minister liz truss, the international trade secretary, has been talking about what support the uk government could give to india. she describes the situation as terrible. she says they are looking at what can be done in areas like oxygen, and are putting together a package to try to help the indian government. what, specifically, would you ask of the uk, and? i think at the moment, a movement, actually, experts would be able to give them lists. i am sure the high

commission has already put in the lists there. so i would not like to second guess the specific things they have asked for. i think these are pretty obvious in terms of the needs for ramping up the immediate supply of oxygen in whichever way we can. and i believe the high commission has already put out a detailed list.— detailed list. you mentioned the fact that india _ detailed list. you mentioned the fact that india has _ detailed list. you mentioned the fact that india has exported - detailed list. you mentioned the| fact that india has exported huge numbers of doses of the vaccine, 66 million doses, to 95 countries. now that india is in the situation it is in, and you were talking about the difficulties of getting astrazeneca doses across united states, do you foresee a potential situation where india might say that it doesn't want to export doses currently and would actually keep supports for itself? welcome at the moment, india is not exporting, because we have to do now divert them to domestic need. so there is a temporary halt to that

process, and there is also considerable domestic criticism of having exported those doses. but i think they were done with the idea that, you know, this is a global pandemic. this is not one country's problem alone. and therefore, there is an expectation, not a reciprocity expectation, but there is an expectation, but there is an expectation that countries will come together and see where the need is greatest. because, frankly, there is no place in the situation which is too far away. what today is happening in india could very easily happening in india could very easily happen in some other country. so, i think there is an expectation that there should be a more generous, a more open—hearted and more statesman—like approach to removing the barricades to exports of essential materials.- the barricades to exports of essential materials. navte' sarna, former indian * essential materials. navtej sarna, former indian ambassador - essential materials. navtej sarna, former indian ambassador to - essential materials. navtej sarna, former indian ambassador to the i former indian ambassador to the united states, thank you forjoining us.

an operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires in recent years in northern ireland is continuing into a third day.more than 100 firefighters have been trying to put out the flames in the mourne mountains since friday. 0ur correspondent, catherine morrison, sent this report. halfway up slieve donard, the ground is still alight. flames fanned by a steady easterly wind spread quickly across a tinder—dry mountain. a ring of fire encircling the mountain could be seen from up to 20 miles away — a sight usually associated with the california mountainside, not county down. at one point, the fire came close to some properties. there was a great change in the wind and we seen it develop really quickly and we came down into the forest here, the ymca centre and one property just coming down in the road. we just knocked their doors. we just wanted to prepare them and get them ready, just in case. thankfully, with wind dying down in the middle of the night, it took a change of direction and we did not have to evacuate. this is a designated special

area of conservation. hundreds of hectares have been burnt, and there are fears for the flora and fauna and the wildlife who live here. it's still unclear if the fire was started accidentally or deliberately. for those fighting it, conditions are challenging. we are either travelling for one hour or one and a half hours up in that ppe, carrying equipment. you cannot get water to the scene of the fire so effectively, we are taking beaters up there to work with that. we're working small pumps out of rivers and areas where we can find small pockets of water, and sprayers and backpack sprayers to address some of that, but predominantly it's a physical, hard, big job there. members of the public were asked to stay away from the mournes — a warning most seems to have heeded. but the fire is not out yet. catherine morrison, bbc news, mourne mountains. assistant chief officer aiden jennings from the northern ireland fire and resuce service gave this update earlier this morning.

we ta ke we take personnel off the mountain overnight, during hours of darkness. we are back in there this morning with significant resources. the fire is still burning in areas, and we are optimistic that today we will be able to finish up. we are going to get some eyes on to the high parts, undertakes a hour and an hour and a half to get up there. it is quite a journey up with ppe and equipment. yesterday was very challenging. a difficult day friday, a very challenging day yesterday. we are working in difficult terrain, we are climbing those heights of 700 or 800 metres. the fire is burning in very inaccessible areas. the firefighters, as we heard earlier, are carrying significant equipment and ppe up there, because there is no access to water supplies. even getting water, refreshments and relief crews up there, getting the turnaround time is right, getting cruise off the mountain so they are

properly rested and hydrated, creates challenges. then there is theissue creates challenges. then there is the issue of the actual work being done, and in some places you are facing claim heights of three or four metres, which makes it very hard to get in close to beat them down. the international trade secretary liz truss has denied claims that borisjohnson broke the rules over refurbishing his downing street flat. it follows allegations made by the prime—minister's former chief advisor. dominic cummings claimed mrjohnson considered what he called "possibly illegal" plans to have party donors fund the work. downing street says borisjohnson paid for it himself, and that nothing improper took place.this report from iain watson contains flashing images from the start. out, but not down. boris johnson's closest advisor left downing street in november, but now dominic cummings has not only denied that he leaked some of the prime minister's text messages, he has also opened a pandora's box of accusations against his former boss. the most serious is that the funding

of last year's renovation of the downing street flat where the prime minister lives with his fiancee, carrie symonds, was not above board amid to reports that cost was spiralling out of control. in a blog, dominic cummings says: the government says the prime minister is paying for the works himself and that no codes of conduct nor electoral law were broken. the electoral commission is looking into whether there were any undeclared donations. number 10 says all donations that needed to be reported have been, but labour is accusing the government of not playing fair. they want to know if any conservative donor was initially involved in the funding and are calling for more transparency and an inquiry. publish the details, have the full inquiry. if there is nothing to see here, whether it is the refurb of number 10, whether it is the dodgy contracts, whether the privileged access, if there is nothing to see, publish everything, have a full inquiry because,

you know, sunlight is the best disinfectant. but a former adviser on standards in government thinks that more information, rather than a new inquiry, is what is needed. we've probably got enough inquiries going on. it's actual concrete, hard evidence which demonstrate where things have gone wrong that is critical now, and cummings might be able tojust provide some of that. and dominic cummings has a means of communicating what he knows. next month, he will be able to give evidence publicly to a joint committee of mps on the government's handling of the pandemic. the prime minister's former advisor clearly believes that the best form of defence is attack. he is now questioning borisjohnson�*s competence and his integrity, and dominic cummings says he is happy to have every e—mail that he has sent and received during his time here at number 10 published. dominic cummings is showing no signs of getting back in his box, and that could be bad news

for his former boss. iain watson, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, who gave us this update. downing street saying, well, no rules were broken, codes were followed, the prime minister paid himself. but the question then, as dominic cummings alleges, did the prime minister discuss or want to have some plan for tory donors to pay for it, and did he actually get help with that? remember, liz truss was saying that the costs, she was saying, are being covered. so the question was repeatedly put to her by andrew marr, this is liz truss, the question is did borisjohnson get help from a donor to pay for this. my understanding is the costs have been covered by the prime minister, and everything is being fully declared, in line with the rules. did a tory party donor lend him the money beforehand? as i said, he is covering the costs, and it's being complied with fully...

did a donor provide the money beforehand? andrew... i am spending my time in intense trade negotiations, getting a good deal for the united kingdom. i'm not spending my time thinking about the downing street flat refurbishment. that question was put again, you can see she had a careful formulation and did not deny. labour are saying they believe there needs to be investigations, transparency, not just about this but about many questions. they say ministers�* interests, that has not been published the register of that. it had not been published since the middle of last year. one is due, or overdue, some would say. also the question of the government's contracts in the covid crisis, the vip list, where they say people were bumped up the list for huge contracts worth large amounts of money, and the issue of the cost of the refurbishment. labour's adaptive leader, angela rayner, says these are all questions that they want answered and an inquiry on.

well, they should do. not just because the - labour party demands it, because the public deserve it. it's taxpayer's money, i at a time of a pandemic where 3 million self—employed are without support, _ and many of our businesses - are worried about what they are going to be able to do over| the next couple of months, and what support they'll get, - they demand it and they deserve it. the government have to answer to why they have given out billions _ of pounds of money to their cronies and theirfriends, _ and they won't even declare it through the current rules. - publish the members interests i of ministers interests and publish who is on that vip list, i tell us about where you're getting this money from, boris, to do up your flat. | labour have termed this "tory sleaze", they know that was damaging 20 years ago. the government says that in this case the rules have been followed. but the questions are still there and being asked.

from learning a new language, to baking the perfect loaf of banana bread — many of us have spent lockdown tackling projects we'd normally struggle to find the time for. ralph goodson is a case in point. after years of putting it off, he finally got around to restoring a piece of family history — his father's 1930s motorbike. he's been telling hannah meredith about the task. ralph goodson was given his dad's douglas's rudge special motorbike more than a0 years ago. it had been his father's of pride and joy since he bought it in 1937. he got married in191i1 to my mum, he put a sidecar on the motorbike and it became the main family vehicle right up until the �*50s, when i was born. by then, i was the third child. i think dad realised that he couldn't cram another kid into the sidecar.

so ralph's dad bought a car, and the rudge was no more. he took it apart and put every single nut and bolt in boxes, and there they stayed for decades. until lockdown hit. we have moved house about five times, and every time the boxes have moved with us. and it has become a bit of a standing joke — when are you going to start this restoration? of course, lockdown came along and that has given me the time and the wherewithal to start restoring my dad's motorbike. not a mechanic, but definitely perfectionist. ralph has been guided by rudge enthusiasts, while his dad watches on. i've got his picture on the wall up there as well, looking down on me. it is a shame i didn't manage to do it while he was still alive, i think he would be amazed that i've finally got around to doing it.

it is fair to say it has been a labour of love during lockdown. whilst there is a little more to go, ralph has high hopes for the future of his dad's beloved bike. i reckon i'm probably more than halfway now. it would be nice if in the summer i canjump on it and ride down to matlock bath. and i think that when i do that, i'm sure my dad's spirit will be riding with me. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. they will be very little change in the weather throughout the rest of the daylight. there is an outside chance we will see a sharp shower over the highlands of scotland but for most of us there is plenty more sunshine to come. it is cooler notably near the east coast with more cloud so in a few localities it is really quite grey but there is an abundance of sunshine, light winds in the north. still that brisk wind of tempering

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