remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake a decade on: new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern leads a memorial service. the red cross warns of a desperate humanitarian situation in ethiopia caused by fighting in the region of tigray. and much more than some fun in the snow: meet the polish community rallying for a good cause. hello and welcome to bbc news. in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. it comes as britain's foreign secretary dominic raab is to call on the military authorities in myanmar to release the elected leader aung san suu kyi. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanmar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power, and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes of grief

remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake a decade on — new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardernds a memorial service. afghan president, ashraf ghani sits down with the bbc�*s lyse doucet — saying tough decisions lay ahead with peace talks stalled with the taliban. it is the time that the taliban and their supporters show the same will in seeking peace. and, much more than some fun in the snow, meet the polish community rallying for a good cause. hello and welcome. borisjohnson will outline his plans for easing lockdown in enngland later this afternoon when he addresses mps in the houses of parliament. after that he will update the nation with one of the first tasks will be to declare that schools will reopen in two weeks time. visitors must wear ppe and be tested beforehand. one—to—one social meetings outdoors will also be allowed. and the next key date is than the 29th of march. from then, the rule of six will return our door meetings. alternatively, two households will be allowed to meet outside even if they are more than six people in total. and all organised sport can return

and, remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake — new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern memorial service in the city devastated ten years ago. 185 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured, the community spending the past decade rebuilding. let us bring you news in a crash involving a military aircraft in nigeria. authorities have launched an investigation into why it came down near the airport killing all seven people on board. the nigerian reported that it had been flying to conduct surveillance on those. the military aircraft _ surveillance on those. the military aircraft initially i military aircraft initially took off from this airport on the capital macro — abuja, near the city of minna, about 160 commerce from here. it developed a technical problem on the way you decide to return. when it returned, crashed. witnesses say they heard a loud sound and then the aircraft went into flame and disintegrated. all seven military personnel on board have died according to the authorities. we have died according to the authorities.— have died according to the aut

and, remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake — new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern a memorial service in the city devastated a decade ago. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya tway tway khine died on friday. here's our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanamar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power. and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes of grief which must inflame public fury against the militaryjunta, but remind them, too, of the cost of resisting it. they had two more martyrs to mourn today. one, a teenage boy. both were struck by live rounds

and remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake: new zealand prime minister jacinda ardernds a memorial service in the city devastated ten years ago. 185 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured, the community spending the past decade rebuilding. now on bbc news, click. this week — military training in vr. cardboard computers. and, you coming round to the clubhouse? it's time to find out what everyone�*s talking about. hey, welcome to click. hope you're doing 0k. lara, how are you this week? good, thanks! just about managing to stay entertained. i keep going through phases of what i'm actually doing. this week, it's been all about live radio. do you know, me too! i'm listening to more and more live radio these days. i feel like ijust need to hear a live human voice coming through the speaker, rather than just a song playlist. i feel like i need the company. do you stick to just uk stations or have you gone further afield? funnily enough, i used to use tunein to listen to antarctic radio when it was a thing. it was cool and it was folky. really? yeah. there's

prime minister, jacinda ardern, has given an update on the situation, confirming the cases are of thehrough a hotel quarantine facility in new zealand, with a rigorous process underway to determine how it was transmitted, the pm saying no stone will be left unturned. meanwhile ms ardern was able to reveal hopeful news on the vaccine. ican i can now add and confirm that the first batch of the fires occur overnight dean vaccine arrived in new zealand this morning. approximately 60,000 doses or 30,000 horses landed in auckland at night 50 4am this morning on singapore airlines flight. it is more than enough doses to vaccinate our front—line force over the coming weeks. we have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure shipment of the vaccine was received as quickly and smoothly as possible. particularly in light of the last period of time, it is good news that was here earlier than previously printing it. —— predict that. i've been speaking to doctor suzie wiles who is a microbiologist at the university of auckland. for us, we are living at a low level one which is basically life as

iran's —— remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake: new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern a memorial service in the city devastated a decade ago. mapping the way out of england's lockdown, details on plans to ease measures as coronavirus cases fall. and much more than fun in the snow, meet the polish community rallying for a good cause. hello and welcome. in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanmar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power... all chant. ..and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes of grief which must inflame public fury against the militaryjunta, but remind them, too, of the cost of resisting it. they had two more marty

and remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake: new zealand prime minister jacinda ardernds a memorial service in the city devastated ten years ago. 185 people lost their lives and thousands more were injured, the community spending the past decade rebuilding. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. this is the programme that brings together leading commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who film and report for audience back home from the dateline london. this week, how patient will people be as the number of covid patients declines? peaceful but persistent in myanmar, but what will make the generals listen? and the not—so—splendid isolation of north korea. the dateline panel this week — we're hoping to bejoined shortly by the italian journalist and documentary film—maker annalisa piras. jef mcallister is already with us. he's a former white house diplomatic correspondent and ex—london bureau chief for time magazine. he is also a lawyer, so i will be minding my ps and os. and with me in the studio, celia hatton, the bbc�*s asia—pacific

prime minister, jacinda ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the newicrobiologist at the university of auckland. for us, we are living at a low level one which is basically life as normal but no tourists, essentially. and in order to stay that way we need to stop community these three cases and having a three—day lockdowns is to stop any potential transmission while we try and identify who else may be involved and where these cases have come from. and is this a system that will carry on now? this aim of zero covid, the lockdown, the amazing testing and tracing system that the country has there. this is just carry on? it is certainly going to be for the foreseeable future. we have vaccines coming into the country this week but only a small number and that will be for our border workers. so until we get supplies later in the year for the rest of the country this is definitely the strategy. is there a reason why vaccines are relatively late? in the uk we had 15 million of our first doses on the presumption is that the sooner those vaccines are in, that cr

meanwhile, new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a week—long lockdown in the country'sat means the temporary closure of all but essential shops and services. in the uk, the funeral of captain sir tom moore has taken place, with his family paying tribute to the military veteran and charity fundraiser. sir tom captured the hearts of the nation after raising tens of millions of pounds for national health service charities, by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. he died earlier this month. 0ur correspondent john maguire reports. his was a story born out of lockdown, and as the hearse left his house this morning, pandemic restrictions meant people adhered to the family's wishes to stay at home. soldiers from the yorkshire regiment, the modern equivalent of captain sir tom moore's wartime unit, who were with him as he made his famousjourney, joined him once more as he made his finaljourney. he received full military honours. 0n the coffin, his medals, including his knighthood and a specially commissioned officer's sword. on one side, the regimental motto

here's what prime minister jacinda ardern had to say: sot we are in the unfortunate but necessary positionagain. that is why cabinet met this evening and made a decision that auckland will need to move to alert level three for a period of seven days. the rest of new zealand will move to level two. well, earlier i spoke to microbiologist, dr suzie wiles, from the university of auckland. she told me the case is connected to a small cluster that broke out a few weeks ago. it is part of a wider cluster so about two weeks ago we had a three—day lockdown after a couple of cases were detected. and that ran, we thought it was under control and got to around 11 cases in three families and then another case appeared yesterday so this is now our fourth family and at the time that this lockdown was cold it was not clear whether it was linked to the first three families but also we knew that the person had been infectious for probably about a week and has been outliving their life. so we think there may well be quite a bit of transmission that may have happened and so that is what has led to our latest

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a week—long lockdown in the country's biggestit will mean the temporary closure of all but essential shops and services. here in the uk, the duke and duchess of cambridge have been making a series of video calls to members of the public, urging them to put aside their concerns about the covid vaccine and get the jab. william and catherine spoke to two families with long—term health conditions who have been shielding over the past year and are now eligible to receive the vaccine. their royal highnesses talked to asthma sufferer fiona doyle and shivali modha, who has type 2 diabetes. just like this condition, like this virus, the idea of this vaccination is new. but the more people that get it and realise that, actually, it's helping, and the numbers are showing that, the figures are coming down — all positive things. catherine and i are not medical experts by any means, but if it's any consolation, we can wholeheartedly support your having vaccinations. it's really, really important. we've spoken to a lot of people about it. you k

on monday, the prime minister, jacinda ardern, will attend a service at the canterbury earthquake nationalh. phil mercer reports. the earthquake struck at lunchtime in late summer. in an instant, one of new zealand's biggest cities was overcome by panic and terror. there were frantic efforts to save those who were trapped. others ran for their lives. yes, it was terrifying. it was actually just. .. just... you thought you were going to die. you really thought you were going to die. two thirds of the victims died in the canterbury died in the canterbury television building. it was poorly built and no match for such a powerful tremor. tom hawker had stepped out for lunch. moments before it collapsed. approximately maybe ten minutes after the earthquake, i remember a fire starting. ijust thought to myself, "god," you know, "those people are not going to stand a chance." i lost 16 friends and colleagues who were very close to me. people that actually made a difference in your life, and when they passed, it was unimaginable, really. and i remember looking up at the building beside me, looking a

prime minister, jacinda ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new the university of auckland. thank you forjoining us on the thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. i still think— programme. thank you for having me. i still think people _ programme. thank you for having me. i still think people around . me. i still think people around the world will still be shocked when they hear of three—day lockdowns just for that tiny number of cases. is this a system that is working? absolutely. for us, we are living at a low level one which is basically life as normal but no tourists, essentially. and in order to stay that way we need to stop community transmission. these three cases and having a three—day lockdowns is to stop any potential transmission while we try and identify who else may be in for and where these cases have come from. find be in for and where these cases have come from.— have come from. and is this a s stem have come from. and is this a system that — have come from. and is this a system th

.— new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a three—day lockdown in the country's biggestter three new covid cases were reported. the level 3 restrictions will require everyone to stay home, except for essential shopping and work. new zealand hadn't had any local cases for months and has been one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus. mrs ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new infections. three days should give us enough time to get further information, undertake large—scale testing, and establish if there has been wider community transmission. that is what we believe the cautious approach requires and is the right thing to do. a ban on evictions in england is being extended until the end of march. the government says the move will ensure tenants who fall behind on their rent because of the pandemic are not forced out of their homes in all but the most serious cases. but housing charities argue it won't help those who've fallen into arrears. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. my incom

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here's what prime minister jacinda ardern had to say. needing to protect auckland as once again. —— aucklanders. that is why cabinet met this evening i made the decision auckland will need to move to alert level three for a period of seven days. the rest of new zealand will move to level two. well, earlier i spoke to microbiologist dr suzie wiles, from the university of auckland. she told me the case is connected to a small cluster that broke out a few weeks ago. about two weeks ago we had a three—day snap lockdown after a couple of cases were detective, that outbreak we thought would be brought under control, we got 11 cases in three families, and then another case appeared yesterday, so this is another family, at the time the lockdown was called it was not clear whether it was linked to the first three families, but also renewed the person had been infectious for probably about a week, and has been outliving their life. so we think there may be quite a bit of transmission that has happened. that is what has led to our latest restrictio

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has been a discussion about women in leadership during the pandemic they point to women such as jacinda ardern similar way. in business, i don�*t know if you are aware, where there have been female leadership in top companies, have they manage the pandemic letter?— the pandemic letter? well, i don't think— the pandemic letter? well, i don't think there _ the pandemic letter? well, i don't think there has - the pandemic letter? well, i don't think there has been i the pandemic letter? well, i don't think there has been a | don�*t think there has been a study yet of female lead companies during the pandemic but what we do know is that there are studies we pandemic that show that when we do have female chief executives, for example, in things like hedge funds we make better investment decisions, where you have diverse is negative boards it shows that those boards outperform mail boards by 25%. the most diverse versus lease diverse. and they make better decisions. so there is a lot of evidence and that is why things like gender pay gap reporting, which monitors the progress of women reinstating th

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a three—day lockdown in the country's biggesttrictions will require everyone to stay home except for essential shopping and work. new zealand hadn't had any local cases for months and has been one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus. mrs ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new infections. three days, though, should give us enough time to gather further information, undertake large—scale testing, and establish if there has been wider community transmission. that is what we believe the cautious approach requires and is the right thing to do. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said he shares concerns raised by the united states about the level of access given to a world health organization fact—finding mission to china, which was investigating the source of the coronavirus pandemic. mr raab said britain will be pushing for full access for the who. a member of the who team that visited wuhan, british epidemiologistjohn watson, told the andrew marr show th

and, new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, honours the memory of the 185 victims of the christchurchobal warming is causing irreparable damage to agricultural communities around the world. by 2050, up to 50% of the land used for coffee farming may no longer be suitable. but reducing the uk's emissions, it argues, means tackling what it calls the uk's hidden carbon footprint — emissions that are generated by farmers overseas to grow the food and drinks that are then sent here. and consumed at large. joining me now is david taylor — the fairtrade foundation's policy manager. good morning, david, welcome to the program. tell us in a bit more detail what you mean by the uk's hidden carbon foot print. the uk's hidden carbon foot rint. ~ the uk's hidden carbon foot rint, . .,, ~' the uk's hidden carbon foot rint. . ., ~' , print. we saw last week the g7 committed _ print. we saw last week the g7 committed to _ print. we saw last week the g7 committed to achieving - print. we saw last week the g7 committed to achieving that i committed to achieving that zero in their own domestic emissions

prime minister jacinda ardern has new zealand and locked down after a covid case.n was made after no definitive late could be made between the new case and no definitive out rates -- outbreaks. playgrounds are closed and supermarkets and pharmacies and gas stations remain open. it seems these lockdowns are coming and going and we really do not know when to expect another one? haidi: yes, one thing about this pandemic and its management, even in places that have managed it really well, is that it is never a straight line. right? here in sydney, and you are taking a picture of a beautiful start to the week here in sydney. we have the first doses of the astrazeneca vaccine arriving on our sunny shores, the shot that most australians will eventually receive. 15 million jabs will be manufactured by csl here in australia, they are scheduled to begin march 8. in terms of the role out, -- thousand postulates have been vaccinated so far. josh frydenberg is still planning to support. he told sky news he is looking at ways to support sectors and coding aviation, already recei

listen to what the prime minister jacinda ardern is telling people. >> now just keep in mind, we don't have to get to the bottom of that precise issue in order for us to lift restrictions. what we'd like to do, though, is really put a ring around things, make sure that we're testing all of those places of interest, getting those results of close contacts and to give us a level of confidence that whatever has happened we feel confident that we've got a bit of a ring around it. >> so what has happened because these people did not have a recent travel history, robin, but the mother, one of the three people in this family who was infected, she does the laundry at an air catering and hospitality agency. and some international travelers may have come in contact with some items this woman would have come in contact when working. they're wearing masks, protective arm sleeves, all the ppe that's supposed to prevent this kind of thing. that's why contact tracing is so crucial to figure out if there's any other link or if this case did somehow come in from the outside. >> with that in mind then,

jacinda ardern is our president, who we're very fond of, she's done such a good job.ets it done. >> jimmy: are your relatives taunting you, sending photographs of them hugging? >> all the boys are sending me full-on festivals and stuff, it's great. >> jimmy: everybody just sighed a very sad sigh here in this room. [ laughter ] i didn't know you guys liked music festivals that much. >> i still can't believe, you were intro'ing me and i couldn't stop laughing to myself, it's so crazy to even be talking to you. i'm such a -- i used to watch your show a lot. and it's -- >> jimmy: oh, thank you, why did you stop? what happened? [ laughter ] what is kj short for? >> kj is short for kineti james, named after my father. >> jimmy: kinety. we say samoan, tell me how to say it right. >> you're right. >> jimmy: i think we have a picture of your dad. your dad is, correct me if i have any of this wrong, and i apologize if i do. your dad was a chief or is the chief? which is it? >> he is a mataya. he holds the matay title, the chief village that he's from and i'm from in san juan. >

it's new zealand's first lockdown in six months after prime minister jacinda ardern's government stamped out the virus. guinea has declared an ebola epidemic after an outbreak killed at least three people and sickened four others. they're the first cases in guinea since 2016 when health officials declared an end to the world's largest-ever ebola epidemic, which killed more than 11,000 people across west africa. meanwhile, the world health organization has identified three new cases of ebola in the democratic republic of congo. in burma, armored vehicles have been unleashed on the streets of jor cities as mass protests opposing the military coup continued for the 10th consecutive day monday. in the northern state of kachin, security forces fired at a crowd of protesters that had gathered outside a power plant sunday. they also used water cannons to disperse the crowd. five journalists were arrested while covering the clash. on sunday, security forces raided the homes of several prominent critics of burma's military coup. activists around the world are calling on indian authorities to free

in a news conference, prime minister, jacinda ardern confirmed the city will move back to alert levelnal travel — from midnight. an unknown number of nigerian students and two teachers have been kidnapped from a government school in niger state. security guards on duty are said to have been overpowered by gunmen clad in military uniform. reports say the school has close to a thousand students . the raid on the school comes a few hours after 10 people were killed and 2a others kidnapped by suspected bandits who attacked several communities in the state yesterday. the family of captain sir tom moore have spoken for the first time about his final days before his death two weeks ago. the second world war veteran had become a symbol of hope and optimism during the pandemic after he raised almost 33—million pound for the nhs. now sir tom's daughter and grandchildren have told breakfast about coping with their loss, their pride in his achievements, and the onlineabuse they shielded him from. this report from john maguire contains flashing images. to the outside world, captain sir tom moore w

the prime ministerjacinda jacinda ardern taking time out to remember the children who went to that awful had a deep unseen scars. the same could be said for many adults as well. new zealand remembering one of the darkest days in its history but also looking forward to a time when christchurch will finally be rebuilt and reborn. christchurch will finally be rebuilt and reborn-— christchurch will finally be rebuilt and reborn. . ~' ,, , . the us plane—maker, boeing, has recommended that dozens of its 777 airliners be grounded over an engine fault which sparked an emergency landing in colorado. it's after an engine on a united airlines flight carrying 241 people burst into flames shortly after take—off. pictures show debris from the plane scattered near houses and other buildings, but there were no reports of any injuries. the radio 2 presenter, jo whiley, has described emotional scenes in an update on the health of her sister, who is ill in hospital with coronavirus. frances, who has a rare genetic disorder, can be seen waving from the hospital window in a video posted by the broadcaster y