this is bbc news — i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. india's covid prices deepens. doctors say people are dying on the streets. the head of the who describes the situation is beyond heartbreaking. could help come from the us? president biden promises to donate millions of vaccine doses from stock files. here in the uk, borisjohnson denies saying he'd rather see body pileup than another lockdown.— body pileup than another lockdown. ., , ., ., lockdown. no, but again, i think the _ lockdown. no, but again, i think the important - think the important thing that people want us to get on and do as a government is to make sure the lockdowns work.

british—iranian nazanin zaghari ratclife's given a new one year prison sentence in tehran — her husband says he fears his wife is facing an "open—ended detention". the worsening situation in india has been well documented — hospitals running out of beds for patients, and in some cases running out of oxygen. now it's reported that the county is also running out of covid vaccines just as the government was planning to boost the nationwide vaccination programme. more than 352,000 new cases were reported in the past 2a hours and more than 2,800 deaths. the indian government says there is no need to panic, as our correspondent devina gupti reports.

a haunting warning — as these funeral pyres burn through the night in the western indian city of nakpur, they indicate how the country is failing to save precious lives. for the fifth straight day, india saw a record high of over 2,800 deaths. a worsening scenario as hospitals and covid hotspots face acute shortage of beds, oxygen supply and medicine. this public hospital in india's capital, delhi, is simply unable to cope. romilla came with her mother, who is on oxygen support and needs immediate aid. but, like many others, they are forced to wait for hours outside. since morning, we are calling people, trying

for oxygen and everything, but nobody�*s responding. and i don't think these have enough. i don't know, since my mother is ill and i have been panicked since so long. the ambulance driver who drove them here feels helpless. translation: we've been waiting since 11am in the morning. - they're not taking the patient. look how seriously ill she is. even though the government is opening new covid facilities to admit patients and transporting additional oxygen supply to the city, they cannot meet the unprecedented rush in the hospitals. for now, countries like the uk and the us have come to india's aid with essential medical supplies and oxygen kits, but much more is needed. and until then, for thousands in the city, the endless nightmare continues during the day. on sunday, this hospital in north delhi, as its oxygen stock dwindled.

families like that of this man were told to organise oxygen on their own. he managed to refill the cylinder by paying 900 times the regular cost. for him, it's a small price to keep his father alive and breathing in the icu. translation: | got 10 | litres of oxygen cylinder, but how will it help? it won't last for more than one hour. where do we go? which government should we go to? who will give us oxygen? my father is in the hospital right now. as he rushes to search for another oxygen refill, throughout the day, countless others are running out of time in india's capital. devina gupta, for bbc news, delhi. so many different issues to deal with. the us has announced that it will immediately provide raw materials for indian vaccine manufacturers. president biden held a telephone call with india's prime minister narendra modi, pledging steadfast support — and said the us would provide a range

of emergency assistance, including oxygen—related supplies and therapeutics. soon after his conversation, the indian pm tweeted: but the white house hasn't been impressed with narendra modi ordering twitter to remove posts critical of its handling of the virus. asked about it a press briefing earlier, white house spokeswoman, jen psaki, said the move wasn't aligned with the us view of freedom of speech. the indian government ordered twitter and facebook and instagram to block social media hosts criticising the handling of the covid response there. any white house comment? itrefoil any white house comment? well that certainly _ any white house comment? well that certainly wouldn't be aligned with our view of

freedom of speech around the world — freedom of speech around the world. ., ., world. the move to get the astrazeneca _ world. the move to get the astrazeneca vaccine - world. the move to get the astrazeneca vaccine to - astrazeneca vaccine to countries has been driven by congressman raja krishnamoorthi who is a member of the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. he's in his constituency in shaumberg illinois. thank you for your time. you must be pleased but where should the vaccines go? thank ou for should the vaccines go? thank you for noting _ should the vaccines go? thank you for noting this _ should the vaccines go? thank you for noting this small - you for noting this small victory. i have been arguing for some time that we need to release our unutilised stock pile of astrazeneca vaccines to the rest of the world. how the biden administration plans to allocated, not sure. we are awaiting details but the fact that they are willing to do so is a big deal because up till now, they have not indicated that was the part they were headed in. we're looking

forward to getting the vaccines to people where we can save lives. �* , , ., ., lives. so it's been a real frustration _ lives. so it's been a real frustration from - lives. so it's been a real frustration from your . frustration from your perspective to see the way the biden administration has been so. �* . , ., ., so. the biden administration has taken a lot _ so. the biden administration has taken a lot of very - has taken a lot of very good steps to provide additional resources to countries hard—hit and of course, the vaccination effort here in the united states is going very well. however, when you see the fire, the covid fire raging in a place like india or argentina or brazilfor that place like india or argentina or brazil for that matter, it's up or brazil for that matter, it's up to us to go and douse out the flames because if you don't, that fire will reach our shores. in india alone, there are more than 700 variants coursing through the country and it only takes one of those variants to overpower our vaccines and then we are all in soup at that point. the trouble with the vaccine _ soup at that point. the trouble with the vaccine from - soup at that point. the trouble with the vaccine from a - soup at that point. the trouble with the vaccine from a us - with the vaccine from a us perspective is it still hasn't got the approval of the

regulators. can you foresee how it's going to be shipped out to india for example, or argentina, whichever country before that happens?- before that happens? well, actually. — before that happens? well, actually, the _ before that happens? well, actually, the biden - actually, the biden administration is that they want to conduct some kind of brief safety review before shipping it out. i personally believe that we need to are on the side of expediting these ship months, especially to countries such as india and others that have already conducted a safety review of this vaccine. as you know, the astrazeneca vaccine is safe and effective. we need to get it into people's arms right away, to really stem the crisis. [30 to really stem the crisis. do ou to really stem the crisis. do you think — to really stem the crisis. do you think that there is a turning point in the us, to a degree. we are talking about the astrazeneca vaccine which doesn't have approval in any case. but there is a readiness perhaps now within the administration to say, we are

doing pretty well on vaccines, we can now afford to ease up a little bit and show a bit more willingness to help other countries.— willingness to help other countries. ~ ., ., , countries. i think so. not only is it morally right and - countries. i think so. not only is it morally right and right. is it morally right and right to do from the standpoint of compassion and love and shared humanity. it is in our best interests as a country because what we've discovered very quickly is that unfortunately, the covid—i9 virus knows no borders so wherever it lurks in any part of the globe, if it travels, it will reach the us and we will be back at square one if we don't deal with it everywhere in the world. you make that — everywhere in the world. you make that point _ everywhere in the world. you make that point that - everywhere in the world. you make that point that it is a self—interested perspective. it's going to affect americans as it affects everyone else. does it worry you at all that when you talk about making

available the raw materials needed to create vaccines, and this is a hugely complex arena, isn't it, in terms of different product, that so many of them are concentrated in relatively few countries. the us and certain parts of western europe. certain parts of western emma-— certain parts of western euroe. ., , ., , europe. that is a very good oint. europe. that is a very good point- the _ europe. that is a very good point. the concentration i europe. that is a very good point. the concentration of| point. the concentration of these vaccine raw materials i thought about 30 countries, roughly speaking. and some of the most rare of the materials are fewer than that. so we have to be concerned about the vaccine supply chain. i personally think the fact that the united states, india, australia and japan as part of the quadrilateral initiative, designated india is spending up i designated india is spending up i billion doses of vaccine to provide to africa and southeast asia, is an indication that we are starting to think more

globally about where we want to source vaccines and to make sure that countries will be able to receive their vaccines from different places in case of supply disruptions. by the way, that goes for a lot of materials, notjust vaccines as we unfortunately learned during this covid pandemic.— this covid pandemic. thanks very much — this covid pandemic. thanks very much indeed _ this covid pandemic. thanks very much indeed for- this covid pandemic. thanks very much indeed forjoining us. the usjustice department has called for an investigation into the louisville, kentucky police department after the shooting of breonna taylor. this comes just after police officer derek chauvin was convicted for killing george floyd, sparking black lives matters process dusty. the attorney general says investigation will look into whether police acted unconstitutionally. today, the justice department _ unconstitutionally. today, the justice department is - unconstitutionally. today, the

justice department is opening unconstitutionally. today, the i justice department is opening a civil investigation into the louisville jefferson civil investigation into the louisvillejefferson county louisville jefferson county metro louisvillejefferson county metro government and the louisville metro police department. to determine whether lm pd engages in a pattern of practice of violations of the constitution of federal law. today's announcement is based on an extensive review of publicly available information about lm pd conducted and thejustice department's civil rights division. the investigation will assess whether lm pd engages in a pattern or practice of using unreasonable force, including with respect to people involved in peaceful expressive activities. borisjohnson has denied saying that he would rather �*let the bodies pile high in their thousands' than agree to another covid lockdown. the remarks were alleged to have been made last autumn, during a heated discussion in downing street. people familiar with the conversations who've spoken to the bbc say the prime minister did make the comments.

mrjohnson said the reports were "total rubbish". our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. are you ready? politics is notjust a game, but a constant back—and—forth over the most serious of decisions. boris johnson's alleged, in the autumn, to have made the most serious of remarks, suggesting around the time of the second lockdown that the bodies of those dying of coronavirus could just pile up. did he? no, but, again, ithink the important thing, i think, people want us to get on and do as a government is to make sure that the lockdowns work. yet back in early autumn, it was tense. ministers and advisers divided over whether to lock down again as coronavirus rose. after arguments, borisjohnson did agree to reintroduce restrictions. you must stay at home,

you may only leave home for specific reasons. but several sources, familiar with private conversations at the time, say the prime minister did then suggest he would let bodies pile high in their thousands rather than repeat the process again. at the time, dominic cummings was by borisjohnson�*s side. now the prime minister's former chief adviser is very firmly out of government and very firmly on the warpath. there's a list of dangerous claims stacking up at downing street's door, notjust about the prime minister's attitude during the pandemic but about how contracts were awarded, what promises he made, and how and who paid for an expensive makeover of the downing street flat where he lives above the shop. theresa may gave a rare glimpse of the flat in her last week in office, but the pink sofas and beige carpets were moved out when borisjohnson and his fiancee moved in. it's claimed tory donors initially picked up the tab

for tens of thousands of pounds of renovation. if so, that should've been declared, and that hasn't happened yet. and the most senior civil servant in the country wasn't willing to shed much light on it for mps this afternoon. i asked you whether you were aware whether or not any private donations had been used to refurbish the flat. i mean, that's a straightforward yes or no, really. so, as i said, the prime minister's asked me to conduct a review into how this has been done and asked that i share the details of those conclusions with the committee. after months of claims, downing street now says the prime minister paid out of his own pocket, but we don't know when or where he got the money. for the opposition, sparks flying in downing street are a political gift. we've got lots of investigations going on, but we haven't got anything that's looking at the pattern of behaviour. and day after day, there

are new allegations of sleaze, of favours, of privileged access. we need a full investigation to get to the bottom of that, and, most importantly, because we need to change the rules. borisjohnson�*s sometimes been proud of pushing political convention. downing street is adamant that, in all senses, regulations were followed. but with a long list of claims against him, it isn't yet clear if he was always following the rules. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why some say this is not cricket. if the ipl going to go on, and shorted at a time of such suffering or is it a welcome distraction from the doom and gloom. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls

for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they have taken the capital that they have been fighting for for so long. it was 7 o'clock in _ the morning when power began to pass from the minority- to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. - this is bbc news,

the latest headlines: india's covid crisis deepens further. doctors say people are dying on the streets. the of the world health organization has described the situation is beyond heart raking. president biden agrees to share some of the us vaccine stockpile. millions of doses are to be donated. the star—studded indian premier league is the world's biggest and richest cricket tournament. it's being held in venues — including delhi — without fans and players in biobubbles. but there's fierce debate over whether it's inappropriate given india's unprecedented covid crisis. fans have defended the ipl on social media saying it's a welcome distraction from doom and gloom. i'm joined now by gideon haigh — the cricket columnist for the australian newspaper in melbourne. thank you forjoining us. you are probably watching every ball, as you have to do, but there are some players even who have decided that this perhaps is not the right thing to do.

it has been a strange and eerie feeling watching the ipl season because the grounds are empty but there is a pretense that nothing is going on outside that there is no reason for the tournament to be taking place under these circumstances did a it has been referred to only cursorily. over the last few days finally commentators and players have begun to acknowledge the awfulness of theissue acknowledge the awfulness of the issue and some players have begun to feel both insecure about their place in the tournament on the right fullness of continuing under these circumstances. it fullness of continuing under these circumstances. it does feel as if _ these circumstances. it does feel as if the _ these circumstances. it does feel as if the broadcasters i feel as if the broadcasters have been pressured into recognition of what is going on in the country by some of those players. when someone is big players. when someone is big player says i can't do this at the moment, this must call into question whether it can continue.— question whether it can continue. ., .,

continue. the other thing about the bcci which _ continue. the other thing about the bcci which runs _ the bcci which runs the ipl is that it has close links to the bjp. two senior officials, president and secretary are related —— related by blood ties to some of the senior figures in the bjp and it has almost become a bit of an arm of the indian government. so in some respect it has had to move in alignment with the government which has been slow to realise the scale of the disaster. to realise the scale of the disaster-— to realise the scale of the disaster. , ., ., , disaster. there is another side to this, obviously. _ disaster. there is another side to this, obviously. india - disaster. there is another side to this, obviously. india is - disaster. there is another side to this, obviously. india is a i to this, obviously. india is a cricket loving nation and probably extremely welcome distraction for many people at a difficult time. if you cut off something like is itjust adds to that oppression of what is going on in the country, possibly. it is going on in the country, possibly-— is going on in the country, ossibl. ., ~ ,, , possibly. it also keeps people at home and _ possibly. it also keeps people at home and they _ possibly. it also keeps people at home and they are - possibly. it also keeps people at home and they are being . at home and they are being encouraged to do that. the argument in favour of the ipl continuing is mainly that it would make no difference for it to cease at this point. there would still be a pandemic in

india there would just be no cricket to distract us from it. at the same time, however, there is i think a growing disquiet about the resources being ploughed into the ipl to keep the show on the road and the fact that, essentially, this is a financial decision because the ipl provides about 60% of indian sporting revenue, about 30% of global cricket revenue. if it does not go ahead then it leaves a big hole in cricket's exchequer. it ahead then it leaves a big hole in cricket's exchequer.- in cricket's exchequer. it does look like it — in cricket's exchequer. it does look like it will _ in cricket's exchequer. it does look like it will carry - in cricket's exchequer. it does look like it will carry on - in cricket's exchequer. it does look like it will carry on for . look like it will carry on for the time being. thank you for talking with us. the british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been sentenced to a further 12 months in prison in tehran on charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. last month she completed a 5—year sentence for spying — a charge she vehemently denied. caroline hawley reports. nazanin�*s baby girl is now almost seven and gabriella has only celebrated one birthday, herfirst, with both her parents there.

she's now watching her daughter grow up over the phone. there she is! there she is. neither parent can bear to break the news of the latest sentence to her. we haven't told her yet and, infact, iwant to check with nazanin — does she want me to tell her, does she want to tell her? i suspect she'll want to protect her for as long as we can. but how can richard protect nazanin? he says she and other dual nationals are being used as bargaining chips over a long—standing military debt iran wants britain to repay, and that her fate may also now be tied to negotiations with iran over its nuclear activities. what do you want the government to do now? there clearly is both the need to get nazanin home and the others home as quickly as possible, and to make it clear that this is... you can't do diplomacy this way. that is going to need discussions with all of the western world. it's more than five years since she was arrested at tehran airport, on her way home to the uk.

since then, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been through solitary confinement, two trials, and now two sentences. i think it's wrong that she's there in the first place and we'll be working very hard to secure her release from iran, her ability to return to herfamily here in the uk, just as we work for all our dual—national cases in iran. and the government will not stop, we will redouble our effort. this used to be a favourite spot for nazanin — they used to come here together as a family. but richard says a one—year travel ban is to follow the one—year sentence. so, without a solution, they're now looking at another two years apart. caroline hawley, bbc news. one of the many firsts at this year's oscars ceremony was youn yuh—jong, who became the first south korean actress

to win an oscar for her role of the grandmother in the the korean—american drama minari. she beat a stellar list of nominations, that included olivia colman, amanda seyfried, maria bakalova, and glenn close. youn yuh—jong shared her memories of her own grandmother. have a listen. during the korean war, you know, wartime makes... you're not human any more because everything is not normal. after we got back from — we went down to the south part of korea as a refugee, then came back home. and then, the whole city was destroyed. then there was a shortage of everything — rice and rationing everything, and water and everything. and my great—grandmother was trying to reuse the water — to me, i was nine or eight, and i thought she was very dirty, she used the water

again and again. i felt so sorry for her, and she always said she wasn't hungry, she always skipped lunch. i thought she was not hungry. when i became 60 years old, then i realised she was sacrificing food for us. before we go, we've got some incredible pictures of the first supermoon of 2021. a supermoon refers to a full moon that occurs when the moon's orbit is closest to earth — making it appear larger than life. this is how it appeared in istanbul on monday evening, over the city's galata tower at dusk. it was also seen in many other places around the world. these pictures come from venezuela. and earlier the supermoon was also seen in australia — these shots were taken at sydney's bondi beach.

according to nasa this month's supermoon is set to be at peak illumination on april 27 — or tuesday — so if you haven't caught itjust yet, there's still time. hello again. this month has been a really dry month, particularly across parts of england and wales, where we've just recorded five millimetres of rainfall so far. and that's left the ground completely dried out, desiccated and cracked in places. but there are changes on the way. on monday, we started to see low pressure move in across scotland, and that brought some thicker cloud and finally some rain. and looking at the rainfall amounts that we're expecting through the rest of this week, we'll get around 5—10 millimetres of rain. in the grand scheme of things, that's not a huge amount, but it's easily doubling what we've seen for many so far this month. so the rain, i'm sure, is going to be pretty welcome for the farmers and growers, although you probably want even more than we're going to get.

so, there's our area of low pressure moving its way in, and as we go through the next few hours, the rain will continue to push its way southwards, always quite showery in nature, across northern ireland, northern parts of england as well. but with the cloudy skies across these northern areas, it doesn't get that cold. in the south, still cold enough, though, for some pockets of frost. it's here where we'll have the clear skies to start the day, and for some it will be a nice sunrise as well. through the day, our centre of low pressure is going to start to wobble back inland and dive in a diagonal south—westwards towards wales, and that will bring outbreaks of rain across northern england, still some showers around for northern ireland and scotland as well, but it is an area of low pressure where the amount of rain that we see from place to place is going to vary quite a lot. now, on into wednesday, our low pressure continues its journey southwards, so again we'll see some rain moving into wales, parts of the midlands, southern areas of england this time with a few showers following. but on wednesday, we'll also start to get a really quite brisk and cold east—to—north—easterly wind blowing in off the chilly north sea, and that means around some of our eastern coasts, temperatures may well struggle to get into double figures in places.

even further west, it's not going to be exactly warm for the time of year. now, looking at the weather charts as we end the week, our area of low pressure moves back out into europe, but in its place, the winds tend to become pretty light. we've got cold air back with us, so again we're likely to see some night—time frosts. there will be loads of showers around, particularly on friday. and because there's not going to be that much wind around, there'll be nothing really to blow those showers along, so some of them could end up being pretty slow—moving in nature. and it's not going to be a particularly warm end to the week, but at least there's going to be a bit of rain.

while you are this is bbc news,

the headlines: doctors in india reported heapie _ doctors in india reported people are dying on the streets outside — people are dying on the streets outside hospitals in the capital— outside hospitals in the capital delhi is the country records _ capital delhi is the country records more than 300,000 new novamack— records more than 300,000 new novamack infections for the fifth — novamack infections for the fifth consecutive day. -- novamack. _ fifth consecutive day. -- novamack. the - fifth consecutive day. -- novamack. the head - fifth consecutive day. » novamack. the head of the world health organization says the situation is beyond heartbreaking. —— covid—i9. the us says that it will share vaccines with other countries. there's been growing criticism the country was hoarding vaccines to the detriment of global efforts. and here in the uk, borisjohnson has denied saying he would rather see bodies piled high in order another lockdown. the prime minister faced fierce criticism of reports he made the comments in a heated debate over whether to reintroduce the restrictions last autumn. those are the headlines.