this is bbc news — i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. india's covid crisis deepens. doctors say people are dying on the streets. the head of the who describes the situation as beyond heartbreaking. could help come from the us? president biden agrees to donate millions of vaccine doses from stockpiles. the usjustice department launches an enquiry into the police force that shot breonna taylor to see if its officers routinely behaved unconstitutionally. if violations are found, the justice department will aim to work with the city and police department to arrive at a set of mutually agreeable steps

that they can take to correct and prevent unlawful patterns and practices. 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". hello to all of our viewers around the globe. india's devastating spike in covid infections goes on. the worsening situation in india has been well documented — hospitals running out of beds for patients, and in some cases running out of oxygen. more than 352,000 new cases were reported in the past 2a hours and more than 2,800 deaths. the head of the world health organization says it is beyond heartbreaking. now it is reported the country is also running out of covid vaccines just at the point where

the government was planning to boost the nationwide vaccination program. 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 kumar 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 radit 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. the usjustice department has

ordered an investigation into the louisville police department in kentucky, following the fatal shooting of breonna taylor during a police raid a year ago. the announcement came a week after the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was found guilty of murdering george floyd, whose death sparked the widespread black lives matter protests last year. atticus scott has been fighting forjustice and introduced a law called breonna's law to ban no knock search warrants in the state. and shejoins no knock search warrants in the state. and she joins us no knock search warrants in the state. and shejoins us now. it looks like you have got what she wanted?— she wanted? look, it is a start, definitely - she wanted? look, it is a start, definitely and - she wanted? look, it is a start, definitely and i - she wanted? look, it is a start, definitely and i will say that the hundreds of people across the country who wrote to the attorney—general are the reason we are here today. how

significant _ reason we are here today. how significant a — reason we are here today. how significant a step _ reason we are here today. how significant a step is _ reason we are here today. how significant a step is this - reason we are here today. how significant a step is this for you than? it significant a step is this for you than?— significant a step is this for you than? it is a beginning. notjustice _ you than? it is a beginning. notjustice because - you than? it is a beginning. not justice because justice | notjustice because justice would be breonna taylor being here and think she is not, we still demand that all of the officers involved in her murder are fired, arrested and charged. this is a beginning, a step towards accountability. right, but do you get a sense of momentum? looking at what has happened over the course of the last couple of weeks of course. is there any... are you building up any sense of confidence that actually the right people are listening and the right decisions are being taken? i the right decisions are being taken? ., ., taken? i would say that there are definitely _ taken? i would say that there are definitely some _ taken? i would say that there are definitely some folks - taken? i would say that there | are definitely some folks here at home who are hopeful that thatis at home who are hopeful that that is indeed the case but we know what history has shown us with the department ofjustice investigating into police department so we remain hopeful that it department so we remain hopeful thatitis department so we remain hopeful that it is a thorough and complete investigation. i5 complete investigation. is interesting because aoc was saying off the back of the shaven verdicts that i don't

want this moment to be framed as the system working because it is not working. is there nonetheless a degree to which the system here is working in fact? ., _ , , ., fact? oh no, the system is not working- _ fact? oh no, the system is not working. that _ fact? oh no, the system is not working. that is _ fact? oh no, the system is not working. that is why _ fact? oh no, the system is not working. that is why every - working. that is why every single week we are hearing about somebody�*s child being shot four times in the chest by police or a child with his hands are being murdered by police. this investigation is one of the tools that we need to have two hold police apartments accountable. but it is definitely notjustice, it is definitely notjustice, it is the beginning. i appreciate what you're _ is the beginning. i appreciate what you're saying _ is the beginning. i appreciate what you're saying about - is the beginning. i appreciate i what you're saying about other incidents but with regard to this particular case, the fact that the investigation is getting under way. i think there is probably a very positive response to that step? i would say broadly there is a positive response to that step for sure. . ~ positive response to that step for sure. ., ~ i. , . for sure. thank you very much indeed attica _ for sure. thank you very much indeed attica scott _ for sure. thank you very much indeed attica scott joining - for sure. thank you very much indeed attica scott joining us. indeed attica scottjoining us there on the back of the decision to launch an

investigation into the louisville police department. to myanmar where forces of a national union claims were captured in outpost belonging the myanmar army close to the thailand border. an official from the group says the our opposite a thai village was occupied and burnt down and the group was still checking for deaths and casualties. jonathan had has been there recently actuallyjust had has been there recently actually just the last few weeks. perhaps you can fill is a little bit on what seems to be happening here?— little bit on what seems to be happening here? this is a very isolated post. _ happening here? this is a very isolated post. it— happening here? this is a very isolated post. it was _ happening here? this is a very isolated post. it was very - isolated post. it was very visible to us when we were up there just a few weeks ago. in fact, it has been cut off from mainstream myanmar military supplies for some time and we understand the burmese soldiers there just across the river had been struggling and short of

food. part of the reason we have got fighting going on in that state is that the national union, all of the ethnic army have been most supportive of the opposition, sheltering thousands and many key leaders of the sabine opposition who escaped the military�*s attempts to detain them. the fighting has escalated in the last few weeks. in the eyes of the karen insurgents. they are taking back roots and territory they say was wrongly, basically taken from them during a very long truce with the military. from the military�*s point of view, it seems they are trying to secure their supply lines and maintain their presence there. all of this mean sporadic fighting involving quite heavy elements, mortar, artillery. the military has been using ground attack aircraft and drones to keep an eye on them. it has had a really bad effect on civilians. the reason we know so much about this particular post was that it was so easy to see from

the thailand side and we have seen very clearly videos of the same post we saw a few weeks ago now in flames. we assume the burmese soldiers there have overrun, been killed or captured. it is a small microcosm, very visible from thailand of much more widespread fighting that has continued in every state. and continued in every state. and clearly preoccupying the clearly preoccu pying the authorities clearly preoccupying the authorities in the process. in terms of the protest, if i can put it that way. what is the state of affairs in myanmar at the moment?— state of affairs in myanmar at the moment? well, the protest tends to be _ the moment? well, the protest tends to be of _ the moment? well, the protest tends to be of a _ the moment? well, the protest tends to be of a much - the moment? well, the protest tends to be of a much smaller. tends to be of a much smaller scale, much more agile and a farce to disappear. the sheer brutality of the military response has forced people to adjust, no longer trying to confront the military on barricades or large—scale rallies because people get detained and brutally tortured in detention. some have died in custody and the military opens fire every time they appear. it hasn't gone. we keep seeing even though the internet and

connectivity to the country is very restricted, we see constant reminders that people are defiant and want to show their defiance. in particular, thatis their defiance. in particular, that is around the summit of asean leaders on monday to remind them that in their view, the national unity government made up of the mps elected in last november's election should be the legitimate government and not the militaryjoint. the leader went to that asean meeting very controversially to exchange views and to discuss some way forward to see if they could find a way out of this terrible conflict.— terrible conflict. indeed, thank you _ terrible conflict. indeed, thank you very _ terrible conflict. indeed, thank you very much - terrible conflict. indeed, - thank you very much indeed, jonathan. coming up with just a moment. by coming up with just a moment. by the lunar light is looking a bit larger—than—life. we will explain. —— why. 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 seven 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 — i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. india's covid crisis deepens. doctors say people are dying on the streets. the head of the who describes the situation as beyond heartbreaking. president biden agrees to donate millions of vaccine doses from stockpiles. i have been speaking with an infectious disease doctor and i askedif infectious disease doctor and i asked if the astrazeneca vaccine had regulatory approval yet in the united states and given that it has not, cannot be off to another country? the phase three clinical trial data from astrazeneca was very, very positive as far as the high

efficacy and the safety data but we all know that shortly thereafter there were reports, much like what the us has just experienced with thejohnson & johnson vaccine, around blood clots. these clots are very rare but it was important to spend some time looking at this data to make sure that although they are rare, that they are not deadly to a point where they should not be put into the general public. the risks and benefits are positive. but it is not being used in the us so there will be plenty of people thinking, 0k, theirview is they are not using it so we will ship it on to people who will use it. i think the consideration here is that the us had procured much more product from pfizer and moderna with the phase three clinical trials being positive. they been in the community and been received well. it is not so much that they don't have a good product but that the us already has enough of the pfizer vaccine

and moderna to be able to meet its vaccines needs. that sense of dare i say, america first and charity begins at home and all of that. there is an easing off now of the sense that yes we can start to share this a bit. yes, i think there has been a lot of positive pressure, as there should be. we are not an island here in the us and any threat anywhere in the world affects us all. if you are going to be considered the world's greatest superpower than it takes leadership and charity. i was very encouraged to see that they had approved these doses and they will have to meet quality standard approvals before they are shipped. it also seen that there are shipments of ppe and oxygenation machines and other raw material for india to be

able to make their own. this is the kind of leadership we need this time. i am glad you brought up the raw materials. people are wondering what kind of raw materials go into making a vaccine. it is a whole range of different products that are needed and a vast majority of which, if not, a proportion of which are actually manufactured in the united states. if they are not providing them it is going to be a struggle. absolutely and this was important, very important for it to be a package deal. notjust money being sent, notjust the vaccines themselves but the ability to create a sustainable situation for india to meet this absolute crisis that they are seeing right now. and so we know that outside of the novelty of things that we have seen within the last year around mrna for example, vaccines are otherwise made up of very many of the same tried and true ingredients, many of which are made here in the us so the ability to provide those and offset some of the pressure

that india is facing trying to manage this would be of great benefit. the european commission has begun action against the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca over delivery shortfalls of the vaccine. the spokesman said the company had not come up with a reliable strategy to ensure the timely delivery of doses. astrazeneca said it would strongly defend itself in court. the italian prime minister has presented a coronavirus recovery plan worth nearly $300 billion to the italian parliament. the money will be used on project including infrastructure, green energy and sustainable development as well as internet services. most of that spending will come from european union grants and loans. a prosecutor in moscow has ordered the suspension of all activity by the political offices of alexei navalny. teams linked to the

jailed opposition leader have to cease working around the country while the court decides whether to ban them for good as extremists. germany said the move was incompatible with the principles of the rule of law. 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. her husband said he was bitterly disappointed at the court's decision, as our correspondent 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, in fact, i want 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, herability 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 1—year travel ban is to follow the 1—year sentence. so, without a solution, they're now looking at another two years apart. caroline hawley, bbc news. concern has been developed over the past few years about rugby players who go on to suffer permanent brain damage. dozens of former elite players have joined a study looking into the early warning signs of dementia. some foot walls will

also be monitored as part of research by the alzheimer's society. 0ur health editor reports. rugby is a contact sport and this isjust a rugby is a contact sport and this is just a training session. the amateur team preparing to start playing for real as lockdown eases. there are strict protocols to deal with concussion and head injury but in previous decades there was less awareness of the risk. and alzheimer's monitor the brain health of retired top—level players. ben kay will take part, he was part of england's world cup winning team in 2003. $5 of england's world cup winning team in 2003.— of england's world cup winning team in 2003. as someone who will undoubtedly _ team in 2003. as someone who will undoubtedly suffer - team in 2003. as someone who will undoubtedly suffer mild - will undoubtedly suffer mild head trauma while i was playing rugby, if i can be part of a process to examine how that may affect notjust process to examine how that may affect not just sportspeople but anyone who has suffered head trauma in their life at some point, then absolutely i want to throw my way behind it. 50 retired elite players aged

between a0 and 59 will be added to an existing study with people from the wider population in that age group. they will have scans and other tests every two years. the condition of the rugby players will be assessed against the rest of the group. the former welsh international shane williams is already part of the study. his brain scans were shown on the bbc wales documentary last year on rugby and concussion.— and concussion. there was alwa s and concussion. there was always a — and concussion. there was always a fear _ and concussion. there was always a fear of _ and concussion. there was always a fear of what - and concussion. there was | always a fear of what would they find on the scans? but i am so glad i did it and so glad i took part in the study because if i can help people moving forward then i have done something right. fit, moving forward then i have done something right.— something right. a few former footballers _ something right. a few former footballers including _ something right. a few former footballers including alan - footballers including alan shearer will be included in the new study. dawn are still�*s fatherjeff died with dementia, heading a football was listed as a cause. she says authorities should have started research must sooner. this authorities should have started research must sooner.- research must sooner. this is irreparable — research must sooner. this is irreparable dame _ research must sooner. this is irreparable dame that - research must sooner. this is irreparable dame that rain .

irreparable dame that rain damage and footballers are dying because of it and for far too long, certainly, we feel certainly the father that make the family of my father, that it was being swept under the carpet. it was being swept under the caret. ~ ., _ . , carpet. world rugby which runs the global— carpet. world rugby which runs the global game _ carpet. world rugby which runs the global game says - carpet. world rugby which runs the global game says it - the global game says it continually reviewed evidence to make sure the best possible player outcomes. the football association said a new concussion substitute policy came from doctors working in the game. but players of both sports believe a lot more ground needs to be covered to give them more understanding of the risk. one of the many firsts at this year's 0scars ceremony was youn yuh—jong, who became the first south korean actress to win an oscar for her role of the grandmother in the korean—american drama minari. she beat a stellar list of nominations, that included 0livia colman, amanda seyfried, maria bakalova, and glenn close. when she spoke to us on bbc world earlier, 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 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. congratulations to her on her 0scar—winning. i have some great pictures to show you here of the first super moon of the year, of 2021. a super moon is a full moon that occurs when the moon's orbit is closest to worth so it actually does appear much larger than life. this is how it looked in istanbul on monday evening over the cities tower at dusk. was seen all over the place. let's show you a couple of those shots. this is venezuela and earlier the moon was also seen in australia, these shots were taken at sydney's on beach. according to nasa, the super moon this month is said to be at peak illumination on tuesday so if you have not caught it yet there is still time. and

that is bbc news. thank you for watching. 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, wales, into the midlands. 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: doctors in india report people are dying on the streets outside hospitals in the capital delhi, as the country records more than 3,000 as the country records more than 300,000 new covid—i9 infections for the fifth consecutive day. the head of the world health 0rgansation says the situation is "beyond heartbreaking" us says its supply of the astrazeneca vaccine will be shared with other countries. they say up to 60 million doses will be available. there has been growing this is the country was hoarding vaccines to the detriment of global efforts. there's been growing criticism the country was hoarding vaccines to the detriment of global efforts. the british iranian academic is being sent back to jail in iran for 12 months charged with spreading propaganda against iran. she had just completed a five year sentence on spying charges in march.