gavin lee in l brussels.ecial coverage from az30pm on bbc one and here on the bbc news channel. more details coming through from myanmar. we arejust hearing details coming through from myanmar. we are just hearing the ruling military have taken over in a coup, and they have in their words terminated 2a ministers, deputy ministers from their posts. that announcement coming on state television. this is as world leaders are condemning the military coup in myanmar, where the army declared a year—long state of emergency. the country's political leader aung san suu kyi has been arrested, three months after her party won a landslide in elections was that the army claims they were rigged. jonathan head reports. the burmese people woke up this morning to see a tv announcer telling them the armed forces had seized power. this mp was one of dozens of politicalfigures rounded up in the hours before dawn. by daybreak, roads in the capital were being blocked by soldiers and armoured vehicles. somewhere here, the burmese le

gavin lee, bbc news, belgium.es offered during the pandemic have been "repeatedly skewed towards men" — that's the finding of a group of cross—party mps. the committee chair, caroline nokes, said the government had "repeatedly failed to consider" caring inequalities faced by women. the report recommends reforms including making it easierfor staff to get flexible working. alex forsyth has more. well, i've got the brunt of everything, really — trying to earn a living and to home—school my son. i'd found a job that was perfect for me and my family, and then it was just taken away from me by this pandemic. a lot of companies are looking i for new people, but the problem is that they're not very flexible. for each of these women, the pandemic�*s come with a particular cost — jobs lost, childcare struggles, businesses paused. now a group of mps is warning many women have been hard—hit by the economic of this virus and the risk is, it makes inequality worse. take sharon. she recently set up an ethical clothing business f

a spokesman told reporters this morning "only the pope is infallible." this morning gavin lee is in brussels are they? it he this mornin: is, and are the ? , , time he is, and are they? it is the first time commission _ he is, and are they? it is the first time commission officials - he is, and are they? it is the first time commission officials have i time commission officials have commented publicly and about what went wrong last week, this intense row with astrazeneca in which the company could not keep to its vaccine contract and suspicion in brussels it was a sure thing the eu from its belgium plan and sticking vaccine to the uk and it had to be rated to double check that. and ultimately set about an announcement of control on friday to stop exports and at one point putting in this measure that would see a border with ireland with checks in place. we heard from the commission spokesperson to date speaking for one hour, essentially more a justification saying it was a mistake and only the pope is infallible, he said, an important thing is wejustified infallible, he said, an important thi

our correspondent, gavin lee, is at a supermarket in brussels.th supplying fresh food. they have said in a statement to us that it is simply far too complex trying to get the system to work and morrisons in gibraltar have empty shelves with meat and dairy, starting to get the supply up and running now. the managers of this shop have been advised not to bother with calle and when they try and get to the brew to the belgian port, they have of british lorries facing similar issues. if the food starts to rot and they lose out, the british government says they are aware of the problems and have set up hotlines for advice on very complex export issues, but the companies are all telling us it is simply too much. these are more than teething problems. and, his report is one of the most watched on the global bbc website. a mission to mars is due to orbit the red planet later today. the hope spacecraft still has one of the most dangerous parts of its journey ahead — when it needs to brake forjust the right amount of time to avoid crashing into mars, or mis

our europe correspondent, gavin lee is in brussels for us...hat does that mean? they have very different implications. it was a joint statement from michael gove and the vice president of the eu and in addition to the virtual meeting that lasted a0 minutes last night, the deputy prime minister of northern ireland and the first minister, ultimately the history of this after last week's trouble and catastrophe admitted by the eu intending to trigger article 15 of the northern ireland protocol suspending its usual application meaning there could be a border between ireland and other island with vaccine checks happening there, they have stopped that but a letter yesterday morning published by michael gove sent to the eu said after that problem we have seen threats to eu and northern irish ports, staff were suspended from work since tuesday, they are off work at the moment, those checks are not in place on certain foodstuffs and we need some resolution here. there is a grace period of certain supermarket products, meats and medicines, we need to con

gavin lee reports. in five weeks. they've been overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork needed to bring the products through customs in france, resulting in this. digestive biscuits are missing, popcorn is missing, walker's shortbread is missing, oat cakes are missing. various cheese and milk in the fridge. the fridges are empty, and we're even down to the last scone. there are two lorry loads of goods worth tens of thousands of pounds waiting in the uk. since britain left the eu, all this produce now need separate customs codes, so it's clear for travel, covering everything from cakes to crisps and meat to marmalade. it means hundreds of forms. the store manager says they are struggling to account for everything. our main delivery is still unconfirmed. so... but if that doesn't come, it looks like we may have to close for a longer period of time until we can enjoy guarantee supplies, basically. you can't have a supermarket running with no stock on the shelves. the british government says it has long warn

i spoke to our europe correspondent, gavin lee, and he explained where both sides were in the talks atterfrom the dup, and ultimately, the potted history of this, after last week's trouble with the catastrophe, which is admitted by the eu that it intended to trigger article 15 of the northern ireland protocol, basically suspending its usual application and meaning there could be a border between ireland and northern ireland, with the vaccine checks happening there. they stopped that, but a letter yesterday morning, published by michael gove, sent to the eu, said, actually, after that problem, they have seen threats to northern ireland, eu staff at the ports, those staff something suspended from work, since tuesday, they are still off work for the moment, so those checks are not in place on certain food stuffs. and we need some resolution here. there is a grace period for certain products, supermarket products, chilled meats, parcels, medicines, things like that, pets, we need to continue this scenario up until the end of 2022, so there is a a0 minute meeting, the end result was this wi

issue is affecting stores in gibraltar, france and belgium, which is where our europe correspondent gavin leeis is the one place where you can .et this is the one place where you can get custard — this is the one place where you can get custard creams in belgium if you are british. — get custard creams in belgium if you are british. it is a pretty store that— are british. it is a pretty store that serves british nationals who want _ that serves british nationals who want a _ that serves british nationals who want a taste of home. unlike many supermarkets in europe, they are really _ supermarkets in europe, they are really struggling. with all of the forms— really struggling. with all of the forms of— really struggling. with all of the forms of post breaks and bureaucracy, they have not had a delivery — bureaucracy, they have not had a delivery in — bureaucracy, they have not had a delivery in weeks. we spent a day here trying — delivery in weeks. we spent a day here trying to understand the problems they have been having. stonemanor, on the outskirts of brussels, hasn't had a single delivery

capacity to deliver more than one million per week if they get the supply on lee constraint now is manufactured supply. governor gavin newsom took a tour of a vaccine fight in alameda county friday, and he announced a new plan starting march 1st, he says california plans to reserve 10% of vaccine doses for teachers, school staff and childcare providers. beginning with the bass line of 75,000 doses, every single week that will be made available in set aside for those educators and child care workers. and the goal there is to help california schools re open for in person learning and get students back into classrooms by april, 15th president biden says his aim is to deliver 600 million vaccine doses by the end of july. andre alright jana katsuyama reported first life and that china thank you. california has set a new record for single day vaccinations, the governor said about 246,000 coronavirus vaccines were administered across the state yesterday. it's still full. are short of the goal of four million vaccines weekly or more than 570,000 shots per day. the state has administered around 6.9 million vaccine doses to da

capacity to deliver more than one million per week if they get the supply on lee constraint now is manufactured supply. governor gavin newsom took a tour of the vaccine fight in alameda county friday, and he announced a new plan starting march 1st. he says california plans to reserve 10% of vaccine doses for teachers, school staff and childcare providers. beginning with the bass line of 75,000 doses every single week that will be made available in set aside for those educators and child care workers the goal to help schools reopen for in person learning and get students back in classes by april, 15th. today president biden said his aim now is to deliver 600 million vaccine shots by the end of july, and one new vaccine candidate by johnson and johnson is expected to come up for discussion by the fda next friday. reporting live. jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. a warning for people looking to adopt a pet coming up the scam targeting a dog rescue group in san francisco. keeping an eye on the weather for you. we have some showers gonna roll across the bay quickly. well time that out for you get into the weekend coming

lee gotten more blue at the time. gray davis one he got 5th 47% of the vote you won by 5. gavin newsom got 62% of the vote. he won by 24% you have to do a lot to change that this week of berkeley. i gs polls show newsome's approval sunk to 46% , but a public policy institute poll shows a rosier picture 52% of likely voters approving of his performance with helen predictable. the coronavirus has made everything speed back, says he's intrigued to see this process play out, especially in the state. as blue is california. what could they do? what. what changes? what arguments? could they make that may help this how will covid matter? and how will it play into this race? speed backs research shows recall efforts once on the ballot are successful in removing elected officials across all levels of government about 60% of the time, but he also qualifies his numbers with this. recall anything could happen essentially. so that is always there regularly. ktvu fox two news. the state's second snowpack survey was taken today in the sierra, a team from the california department of water resource is measured snow depth a

lee gotten more blue at the time. gray davis one he got 5th 47% of the vote you won by 5. gavin newsom got 62% of the vote. he won by 24% you have to do a lot to change that this week of berkeley. i gs polls show newsome's approval sunk to 46% the lowest ever in their survey, but a public policy institute pf his performance with helen predictable. the coronavirus has made everything speed back, says he is intrigued to see this process play out, especially in the state. as blue is california. what could they do? what. what changes? what arguments? could they make that may help this how will covid matter? and how will it play into this race? speed backs research shows recall efforts once on the ballot are successful in removing elected officials across all levels of government about 60% of the time, but he also qualifies his numbers with this. recall anything could happen essentially. so that is always there regularly. ktvu fox two news, all right. the state's second snowpack survey was taken today up in the sierra, a team there at the phillips station off of highway 50. and today while they measured a snow

lee ktvu fox juniors. all right, gregg. thank you. the california legislature today approved $600 payments for about 5.7 million people and governor gavinm has said he will sign the legislation into law. people with low to moderate incomes will be eligible to get the money that includes people who claim the california earned income tax credit on their tax returns. and in general people making $30,000 or less per year immigrant. who pay taxes using an individual taxpayer i d number and make $75,000 a year or less after deductions would also get the money and people who receive assistance from state programs benefiting low income families and people who are blind and disabled are also eligible. now to the latest on the coronavirus. today we topped 500,000 deaths. that's more than the entire population of oakland, kansas city. or sacramento. on average. we're averaging about 1.6 million shots a day. that's about 100,000 maura than the goals set by president biden last month. i knew israeli study also shows the vaccines could work even better than anticipated. the study found that the fizer vaccine was 85% effective after just one dose and

gavin newsom continues to gain steam. yesterday we told you about a new poll that shows the public is split over his leadership today, our political reporter greg leeg expert on recalls about what those numbers can tell us. watching this happen is fascinating for anyone who's really into politics. like many california voters, joshua speed ax interest in the recall effort of governor gavin newsom is growing. unlike many, the oakland resident can recount specific details of nearly every recall effort in history. the third recall in california history on the state level against the state assembly. men eat grant. san francisco in 1914 1915. he that was a rerun speed back road, his master's thesis on recalls, and it continues to study them running a nonpartisan blogging writing op eds. about the topic as the recall newsome organizer's keep pushing speed back, believes they're well on track to qualify. california has arguably the lowest threshold for major figure governor anywhere in the country as 12% of voter turnout in the last election. that equates to about 1.5 million valid signatures before the march 17th deadline to force a special election organ

gavin newsom continues to gain steam. yesterday we told you about a poll that shows the public is split when it comes to his leadership, and today ktvu political reporter greg leetalk to a leading expert on recalls about what the numbers can tell us. watching this happen is fascinating for anyone who's really into politics. like many california voters, joshua speed acts interest in the recall effort of governor gavin newsom is growing. unlike many, the oakland resident can recount specific details of nearly every recall effort in history. the third recall in california history on the state level against the state assembly. men eat grant. san francisco in 1914 1915. he that was a rerun speed back road, his master's thesis on recalls, and it continues to study them running a nonpartisan blogging writing op eds. about the topic as the recall newsome organizer's keep pushing speed back, believes they're well on track to qualify. california has arguably the lowest threshold for major figure governor anywhere in the country as 12% of voter turnout in the last election. that equates to about 1.5 million valid signatures before the march 17th deadline to force a specia

gavin newsom administration, including his response to the covid-19 pandemic and vaccine roll out a study by uc berkeley polled 10,000 californians. it reports 48% now disapprove of the governor on lee 22% given praise for vaccine distribution. newsome's that the head of the democrat party, which runs caliph, or so they really responsible for, you know, for the failures of california. the governor's also facing a momentum gaining recall campaign, the associated press reporting. the effort is only a few 100,000 signatures short to call for a vote. 36% of those surveyed in the new polls say they are willing to vote to recall newsome. we hope that it doesn't qualify in should qualify. i can tell you that democrats throughout the state of california. in here in san francisco, for sure will be campaigning hard against the recall chairman of the democratic party in san francisco. dave campus, says the frustrations californians face could be blamed on the trump administration. not on newsome's. the governor's administration also coming to his defense by offering this statement, saying, quote voters recognize that this is an incredibly challenging, intensely complicated and critically impor

gavin newsom administration, including his response to the covid-19 pandemic and vaccine, roll out a study by uc berkeley polled 10,000 californians. it reports 48% now disapprove of the governor on lee2. give him praise for vaccine distribution. newsome's that the head of the democrat party, which runs california, so they're really responsible for the failures of california. the governor's also facing a momentum gaining recall campaign, the associated press reporting. the effort is only a few 100,000 signatures short to call for a vote. 36% of those surveyed in the new polls say they are willing to vote to recall newsome. we hope that it doesn't qualify in should qualify. i can tell you that democrats throughout the state of california, in here in san francisco, for sure will be campaigning hard against the recall. chairman of the democratic party in san francisco. dave campo's says the frustrations californians face could be blamed on the trump administration. not on newsome's. the governor's administration also coming to his defense by offering this statement, saying, quote voters recognize that this is an incredibly challenging, intensely complicated and critically important mome

gavin newsom says our state needs to do more to reach outto people living in the hardest head minority communities when it comes to preventing the spread of covid-19. ktvu political reporter, greg leedoctors who are at the frontier of that fight. the most obvious reflection of canary in the coal mine of inequity in our society is health as covid-19 vaccine distribution accelerates in california and nationwide equity remains a concern. so the numbers show that african americans and latinos are getting vaccinated at a lower rate. relative to their their being in the population to california state population, dr oliver brooks's cheer the state's panel that determines who gets the vaccine. and when the department of public health recently began releasing data related to the race and ethnicity of vaccine recipients, the latest numbers show they are 32.7% white. 16% latino 13% asian 2.9% black and 0.3% native american ages, the biggest factor that is driving deaths from coronavirus infection, but even in those older age populations were seeing a really big gap in who's actually getting vaccinated. dr kirsten bivens domingo was a ucsf epidemiologist and health equity researcher. i brought