jon donnison reports. once you have had the vaccine, you have a feeling of, you know...lth, the global pandemic has meant it has been a year like no other. zoom meetings and lockdowns, the new normal. royal visits to commonwealth countries a thing of the past. this pandemic has shown us... prince charles will be among several royals to join the queen for a special pre—recorded bbc programme to celebrate the commonwealth in this most difficult of years. the coronavirus pandemic has affected every country of the commonwealth, cruelly robbing countless people of their lives and livelihoods, disrupting our societies and denying us the human connections which we so dearly cherish. amidst such heartbreaking suffering, however, the extraordinary determination, courage and creativity with which people have responded has been an inspiration to us all. we hear your worries and concerns... the duke and duchess of cambridge also feature in a video call with dr zolelwa sifumba, a south african advocate for the rights of health care workers. we see the problems every day. we walk into

jon donnison, bbc news.ill be broadcast tomorrow afternoon at 5pm on bbc one. in myanmar an increasingly brutal crackdown by police and the military has not stopped protests against the military coup. meanwhile the un's special envoy on myanmar has urged the security council to restore democracy to the country. in a private meeting in new york, members were told that anti—coup demonstrators were beginning to lose faith in the united nations. mark lobel reports. gunfire. the crackdown continues on citizens calling out the coup. they chant. they remain defiant, despite the deadliest week here. appealing for international support, these signs are reference to the un's responsibility to protect principle, to prevent mass killings. now, a month after the un's top security body called for a return to democracy and for the immediate release of detainees, including aung san suu kyi, it's met again. we requested this morning's meeting following further deterioration of the situation in myanmar. as of today, more than

jon donnison, bbc news.gricultural reforms. farmers have parked cars, trucks and tractors on the multi—lane expressway — blocking toll booths and disrupting traffic. they�*re marking 100 days since their protests started. the government says the reforms will benefit farmers. to myanmar now, where an increasingly brutal crackdown by police and the military has not stopped protests against the military coup. today, security forces have continued firing tear gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un�*s special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danny howard has this report. this is a scene that has become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south. young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yang

jon donnison, bbc news. in the city of najaf on the second day of his trip to the country. he's the first pope to hold talks with grand ayatollah ali al—sistani, a highly influential figure in the middle east. pope francis has now arrived in the ancient city of ur where the prophet abraham, central to islam, christianity and judaism, is believed to have been born. that meeting with shia muslin cleric, grand ayatollah ali al—sistani was an unprecedented moment. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen is travelling with the pope and has this update. after the first day of this trip was focused on the politics, and on meeting iraq's dwindling and persecuted christian minority, today was about outreach and dialogue with other faiths, chief among them the meeting this morning with grand ayatollah ali al—sistani, an extremely symbolic moment, the leader of the catholic church face to face with the leader of iraqi shia islam and one of the most influential figures in this country. this was a meeting years, decades in the

jon donnison, bbc news.pal visit to iraq. pope francis is on the second day of his trip to the country. this evening he said mass as a packed congregation gathered at stjoseph's cathedral in baghdad. cricket and england have lost the fourth test to india by an innings and 25 runs. they were bowled out forjust 135 runs in their second innings meaning india take the series 3—1. our sports correspondentjoe wilson has the story. 0ne consolation for england — it is finally all over. no more must they endure trying to bat in india. zak crawley began this final collapse. bairstow soon followed with another nought. ben stokes had only just finished bowling. now batting, briefly. two runs from him, too much asked of him. what of the burden onjoe root? the batsman who had put win into england's winter. he made 30. and then a familiar—looking lbw. when dom bess lunged hopefully and edged faintly, axar patel had his fifth wicket. whether the ball is red or pink, it turns to gold in his hand. england needed 190 to make i

jon donnison reports.ains comes amidst a prominent newspaper coverage over sarah's disappearance, with many identifying the main suspect as a serving officer in the metropolitan police's diplomatic protection service. officers are continuing to search a house in deal in kent, where the man was arrested on tuesday, along with a woman in her 30s. she is a suspected of assisting an offender. and a large police operation is ongoing in woodland near ashford, where the remains were found. officers have also sealed off several garages in dover. in a tweet, the prime minister said... the home secretary, priti patel, said she too was deeply saddened, adding, "every woman should feel safe to walk on our streets without fear of harassment or violence." and the labour leader has also commented. this is awful news, and it has shaken all of us. i'd like to say these incidents are rare. but the truth is that violence against women and girls is far too common. sarah disappeared after walking home from a friend's house in

jon donnison, bbc news.this morning, angela merkel said that the eu needs to do more to ramp—up vaccine production within the eu itself. with more on what the chancellor has been saying this morning, here's our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. angler merkel but like personal response... the german government will say that they have all had all the doses ordered from astrazeneca where is the eu has had less than half. she believes that actually looking at bans and restrictions, it is better to look at how you can... she said the us will use everything it has manufactured itself. everything that is manufactured in the uk appears to stay in the uk for some reason. and that is why everything manufactured in the eu need to stay in the eu. she sees that as the way forward, but there are so many other issues involved. the roll—out of supply right to how it is being administered, including the hesitancy when it comes to using the hesitancy when it comes to using the vaccine, people not getting their appoi

jon donnison, bbc news.n mexico who have died of covid—i9 has passed 200,000, although the true figure is thought to be higher. mexico's death toll is the third highest in the world after the united states and brazil. a mass vaccination campaign is gathering momentum, but the government has been criticised for concentrating on remote areas which aren't suffering as badly as the major cities. joe biden has held his first news conference since becoming president of the united states. mr biden announced a doubling of his vaccination target in his first hundred days to 200 million doses — and defended his policies on immigration and gun control. the 78—year—old also said he expected to run again in 202a. our north america editor jon sopel has this report. no fanfare, no hail to the chief, no fight with journalists... please, please, sit down, thank you. no—one even called another "beauty". this is about as different from the trump era as you could get, though the memory was there. my predecessor, oh, god, i miss

jon donnison reports.ou live. this is especially the case for children. in 2019, five—year—olds from the most deprived areas of the country were more than three times as likely to have tooth decay as those from the least deprived. there is a similar imbalance in dental health amongst adults. public health england says barriers to nhs care, including cost and lack of available services, are partly responsible. it says that people from the south of england have significantly healthier teeth and mouths than those living in the midlands and the north. the research also says that women, who brush their teeth more often, consume less sugar and visit the dentist for checkups more frequently than men, unsurprisingly have fewer dental problems. jon donnison, bbc news. when chelsea richardson's mum sarah died from coronavirus in october, her world was turned upside down. the 21—year old was faced with her own grief, and the responsibility to look after her four siblings. but on hearing of situation, her local commun

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jon donnison reports.u leader wants to appear weak on ensuring the eu receives its fair share of vaccines. last night, the president of the european commission said the eu had exported 21 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to the uk in the last four months, and nothing had come back in the other direction. i think it is clear for the company that, first of all, the company has to catch up, has to honour the contract it has with the european member states before it can engage again in exporting vaccines. but while the threat of an export ban on vaccines is there, many eu countries are still reluctant to enforce it in practice. and a statement issued after a marathon video conference call between the 27 eu leaders stopped short of explicitly backing the commission's call for export restrictions. france's president, emmanuel macron, has said he backs export controls. but the german chancellor, angela merkel, warned it was important to protect global supply chains... guten abend. ..concerns shared by the

jon donnison reports.y of human remains comes amidst prominent newspaper coverage of sarah's disappearance with many identifying the main suspect, a serving officer with the metropolitan police's diplomatic protection service. officers are continuing to search a house in deal in kent where the man was arrested on tuesday along with a woman in her 30s. she's suspected of assisting an offender. and a large police operation is ongoing in woodland near ashford, where the remains were found. and officers have also sealed off several garages in dover. in a tweet, the prime minister said... and the home secretary, priti patel, said she too was deeply saddened, adding every woman should feel safe to walk on our streets without fear of harassment or violence. and the labour leader has also commented. this is awful news and it has shaken all of us. i'd like to say these incidents are rare. but the truth is that violence against women and girls is far too common. sarah disappeared after walking home from a friend's h

jon donnison, bbc news.st whose predictions prompted the uk to go into its first lockdown a year ago. he spoke to bbc breakfast a little earlier — and he was asked how soon people in the uk can hope to get back to some sort of normality. i have always said it will not be an event, it will be a process, getting back to normality. i am optimistic we will start seeing each other again in the next month, which is on the road map plan. i am personally looking forward to a haircut, it should be a nice side of her neck —— normality. depending on what happens what happens in other areas of the world, travel may be one of the later things to relax. we should see most things back to normal if not the summer by the autumn. professor mark woolhouse is a professor of infectious diseases epidemiology at the university of edinburgh, he also advises both the scottish and uk governments. hello. are you certain that the uk will also experience a third wave? it is not absolutely inevitable. there is a range of scenarios. the b

jon donnison, bbc news.s, a german mep, from the greens and european free alliance group, who sits on the european pa rliament�*s public health committee. thank you forjoining us. it makes sense for the uk and the eu to cooperate on this, doesn't it, given that man vaccines are manufactured and are coming from the uk to the eu, ratherthan and are coming from the uk to the eu, rather than the row accelerate? yes, good morning. i'm very much on the same page here because what we are facing here is a lack of production. lack of production cannot be tackled by using a trade war. we have components of vaccines being produced in the uk, exported to the eu whether vaccines are produced and then go back into the uk. i think it should be made perfectly clear that the eu does not have a problem with the uk. it has a problem with astrazeneca because it is not fulfilling their promises and contractual obligations. find is not fulfilling their promises and contractual obligations.— is not fulfilling their promises and con

jon donnison reports. it's now almost a week since sarah everard disappeared.nection with the case. 0ur inquiries suggest that this officer was not on duty at the time of sarah's disappearance. at the same time and at the same location, a woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. she was also taken into custody and remains so at a london police station as i speak. police say sarah left her friend's house around 9:00pm last wednesday. 0fficers believe she walked across clapham common to rejoin the south circular ring road on the other side. at 9.30pm she was spotted on cctv, on poynders road, walking alone in the direction of tulse hill, and she hasn't been seen since. police are continuing to scour the area around clapham common, using boats and sniffer dogs to search local ponds. last night much of the attention was around a block of flats in tulse hill. they've not given details of the rank or role of the officer who's being questioned, or said whether he was known to sarah. but they described his arrest as shocking. this is a serious and

jon donnison is there. what are they saying about his condition?spital. buckingham palace say that he will remain here for a number of days for continuing treatment, broadly i think it must be seen as a positive sign because i don't think they would have moved him if they didn't think he was on the mend. he has now beenin think he was on the mend. he has now been in hospitalfor i7 think he was on the mend. he has now been in hospitalfor 17 days and think he was on the mend. he has now been in hospital for 17 days and the queen and the rest of the royal family will surely be hoping he will be back home at windsor within the next few days. the high court has ruled that the mail on sunday must publish a front—page statement about the duchess of sussex's victory in her copyright claim against the paper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father. another clip of oprah winfrey's cbs interview with meghan and harry has been released. in it, meghan says it's "really liberating" to now feel she can speak for herself. the interview will be aire

jon donnison reports.port says that while overall, dental and oral health is improving across england, much still depends on your socioeconomic background and where you live. this is especially the case for children. in 2019, five—year—olds from the most deprived areas of the country were more than three times as likely to have tooth decay as those from the least deprived. there is a similar imbalance in dental health amongst adults. public health england says barriers to nhs care, including cost and lack of available services, are partly responsible. it says that people from the south of england have significantly healthier teeth and mouths than those living in the midlands and the north. the research also says that women, who brush their teeth more often, consume less sugar and visit the dentist for checkups more frequently than men, unsurprisingly have fewer dental problems. jon donnison, bbc news. daniel craig, keira knightly and olivia colman are amongst the stars taking part in tonight's socially dis

jon donnison reports.f europe battling a third wave of the virus, no eu leader wants to appear weak on ensuring the eu receives its fair share of vaccines. last night the president of the european commission said the eu had exported 21 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to the uk in the astrazeneca vaccine to the uk in the last four months are nothing had come back in the other direction. n come back in the other direction. 1 think it is clear for the company that first of all the company has to catch up and has to honour the contract it has with european member states before it can engage again in exporting vaccines.— states before it can engage again in exporting vaccines. while the threat of an exp°ft — exporting vaccines. while the threat of an exp°ft ban _ exporting vaccines. while the threat of an export ban on _ exporting vaccines. while the threat of an export ban on vaccines - exporting vaccines. while the threat of an export ban on vaccines is - of an export ban on vaccines is there, many e

our correspondent jon donnison has more.accine row between the uk and the eu has been rumbling on for months. but it's intensified with many countries on the continent now facing a third wave amid concerns over vaccine supply and a slow roll—out of the jab. in a joint statement last night, the eu and the uk said they were working on ways to better cooperate over vaccines. could an end to the acrimony be in sight? this is very positive news. what we want to see is we want to see vaccines flowing freely around the world. we want to work to build capacity so we can make sure that everybody gets vaccines, including the uk, the eu, and of course many developing countries, because we're only going to tackle coronavirus by making sure everybody gets vaccinated. so this is a very positive step forward. eu leaders will meet via video conference today, to discuss ways of boosting vaccine supplies and possible new restrictions on vaccine exports, including doses of the astrazeneca jab, which could the uk. the point is astrazeneca is fu

jon donnison, bbc news.er has told a private meeting of conservative mps that the uk got its covid vaccinations under way so quickly thanks to capitalism and greed. borisjohnson made the remark during a video call with backbench mps, but immediately withdrew the comment and praised the work of the large pharmaceutical firms. downing street has declined to comment. a person has died in the floods that have hit eastern australia. officials have confirmed the fatality, but haven't yet released any further details. local reports suggest a man's body was pulled from a car in the town of glenorie, near some of the worst affected areas. prince harry has begun a newjob at a professional coaching firm in california. he's become the chief impact officer at betterup, where he says he'll be fostering "honest and vulnerable conversations" about mental health. mark lobel has this report. months into the role, prince harry is said to be focusing on changing the global dialogue on mental health. so what does his new boss th