thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the ganges river for the start of the kumbh mela

thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the ganges river for the start of the kumbh meladu festival. officials have put a number of measures in place — including testing — to help stop the spread of coronavirus. india's government says devotees who flout guidelines will be prosecuted. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone half past four now on bbc news: hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. it seems myanmar�*s military is prepared to kill as many pro—democracy protesters as it takes to safeguard its grip on power. so what options do the opponents of the coup have left? well, my guest is doctor sasa, representative of the committee which represents the ousted parliament to the united nations. why has myanmar�*s democratic transition gone to so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret. but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february one coup. as i

thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the ganges river for the start of the kumbh melaicials have put a number of measures in place, including testing, to help stop the spread of coronavirus. india's government says devotees who flout guidelines will be prosecuted. it is about 3:30am. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, we look at gaming in your gaff, holograms in your home, and dinosaurs in yourdining room! hey, welcome to click! hope you're doing 0k. i think it's fair to say that each of us have had to work out our own way to manage the last 12 months and let's be honest, i don't think anyone�*s coming out of this unscathed — i'm certainly not. lara, how are you doing? i'm getting strangely used to this existence, which i think is probably worrying in itself, but i am really looking forward to being able to see my mum and friends — even though you keep telling me that you're perfectly happy in your own company! oh, yeah! it's something i've learnt, actually. i'm absolutely fine in my own space — sometimes out walking, sometimes in reading, escaping into a

thousands of pilgrims are gathering on the banks of the ganges river for the start of the kumbh meladu festival. officials have put a number of measures in place, including testing, to help stop the spread of coronavirus. india's government says devotees who flout guidelines will be prosecuted. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament — as borisjohnson denies cutting nurses pay. we're increasing pay for nurses. we are massively increasing our investment in the nhs. but labour's leader isn't convinced. when i clapped for carers, i meant it. he clapped for carers, then he shut the door in their face at the first opportunity. also in this programme — the equalities minister on why she joined a vaccines trial. we could see the misinformation laround the vaccine being testedl on ethnic minorities| and things like that. and aren't you glad you can't go on holiday? here's a postcard from heathrow. it's not uncommon to see queues of three hours, and we have had queues extending out to nearly six hours on occasion. but first, prime ministe