i'm shaun ley.e programme, which brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who file their stories for audiences back home, dateline: london. this week: borisjohnson boasts of vaccine success. his government says two jabs will be followed by a covid booster in the autumn — as europeans struggle with too many infections and too few doses of vaccine. a rare mis—step by angela merkel — have germans, and others, had enough of lockdown? and the evergreen trafficjam that risked withering global trade. with me this weekend... ashis ray, from india, is approaching 45 years as a foreign correspondent, as well as serving at the crease as a cricket commentator. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germany's welt. with me here, clive myrie, who reports internationally for the bbc as well as presenting the news back home. "the reason we have the vaccine success", prime minister boris johnson is reported to have told his mps this week, "is because of capitalism, because of greed

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley.eadlines: a serving metropolitan police officer is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. 48—year—old wayne couzens appeared in court this morning. a vigil in sarah's memory has been cancelled — the police say the event would breach covid rules. the organisers will now fundraise for women's causes. more pressure on the governor of new york to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct — but andrew cuomo refuses to step down. italy announces new coronavirus restrictions to stop the number of new cases — schools, shops and restaurants will close from monday. a national service is held in new zealand to remember the 51 people killed when a gunman opened fire at two mosques in christchurch in 2019. now on bbc news, the travel show visits fukushima in northeastern japan, and meets the surfers hoping to revive the region's fortunes, ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster. this week on the show — the surfers making waves in fukushima, ten years after the nuclear di

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... the government over its pay offer to health service staff in england — more unions have joined the backlash. pope francis has delivered an impassioned condemnation of extremism and violence during the first ever papal visit to iraq. concerns over unnecessary self—isolation for school children in england, if they receive inaccurate coronavirus test results. in cricket, india thrash england by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth test to secure the series 3—1. somehow i have a feeling that that is going to come up on sportsday here on bbc news. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. england crushed in the series against india. they lose by an innings in the fourth test, after another batting collapse. xhaka's gift to burnley — a mistake by the arsenal midfielder costs his side points in the premier league lunchtime kick off. and rangers are now a point from a first top flight title in a decade — but fans defy government advice to turn up at ibrox. hello, and thanks for bein

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines...opes for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, as she is released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week. it's not the release we wanted. it's not that ticket home and her passport back and coming back to us. schools in england will reopen to all pupils from tomorrow — the first step in easing the coronavirus lockdown. the queen stresses the importance of staying in touch with friends and family — just hours before the duke and duchess of sussex's interview with oprah winfrey. pope francis on the final day of his visit to iraq — greeted by thousands for an outdoor mass in irbil. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sunday's sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on tonight's programme... the champions of scotland again — rangers' ten year wait for the title is over. it might take a miracle for manchester city to be caught at the top in england — but united have hope — after winning the derby. and fulham's survival hopes a

i'm shaun ley. the headlines: chanting: shame on you! police says she does not intend to resign and welcomes a review into the police's handling of last night's vigil for sarah everard. she also has words of caution. but criticism of the police has been swift from across the political spectrum and those who attended the vigil. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who'd had the jab in norway. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, after she faces new allegations of anti—government propaganda in court. and it's the music industry's biggest awards night of the year — the grammys. they're being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. now on bbc news, the travel show visits fukushima, north—eastern japan, meeting the surfers hoping to revive the region's fortunes ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster. this week on the

this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment., the headlines. shame on you! the head of the met police says she does not intend to resign and welcomes a review into the police�*s handling of last night's vigil for sarah everard. but criticism of the police has been swift from across the political spectrum and those who attended the vigil. including the mayer of london. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who'd had the jab in norway. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, after she faces fresh allegations of anti—government propaganda in court. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former pensions minister ros altmann, and the independent�*s business commentatorjames moore. they have had a little longer to look at some of the front pages. we will bring you up—

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley.ines: coronavirus restrictions are stepped up in parts of europe, as a third wave of infections kicks in. in the uk, covid boosterjabs may be available as early as september with the over—705 and front—line health workers first in line. gunshots. security forces in myanmar are reported to have shot dead at least 20 people protesting against the military coup — after a show of force from the army. lockdown eases in wales — the first uk nation to lift travel restrictions within its borders. and, one of nature's greatest light shows. we'll be finding out why there could be more opportunities to spot the northern lights, in the coming years. now on bbc news, the travel show meets the tourism professionals facing an uncertain future more than a year into the global pandemic. this week on the show, working in travel through a year of lockdown. we're doing a virtual livestream, and tonight we are focusing on the plague. seeing spain from the skies. and rebuilding zanzibar�*s house of wonders.

shaun ley is here next week. from me, for now, goodbye. hello there.y day for many of us, and disappointing temperatures for early march. a bit of sunshine across western areas but it's looking like sunday is going to be a bit of a repeat performance, it is going to stay chilly with limited sunny breaks and quite a bit of cloud around. the settled conditions are because of this area of high pressure, which will continue to bring settled weather through sunday, but it's slowly going to lose its grip on our weather as we head on to the start of next week. so, early to sunday, it's going to be cold and under clear skies we will see some frost and mist and fog about and there will be patchy rain to northern and western scotland, a bit of snow over the high ground, but where we have the cloud, 4—6 degrees here versus sub—zero further south. so a cold start to sunday. some early sunshine around, with some frost and a bit of mist and fog, but it looks like the clouds will tend to build again into the afternoon, so turning grey and cold for many. further rain

shaun ley is here next week. from me, for now, goodbye.e for most parts of the uk, not everywhere, temperatures still a little bit down on what we'd expect this time of the year, so really through the rest of today expect a fairly chilly feel to the weather but there will be some spells of sunshine breaking through. other areas going to be seeing a little bit more on the way of cloud so it's a bit hit and miss in terms of cloud amounts out there today. fairy cloudy skies across parts of eastern england for a time, probably the best of the sunshine, wales, down towards the south—west, too. northern ireland clouding over from the west through the day, and scotland, some sunshine in the south but patchy outbreaks of rain further north. seven or eight degrees across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland about eight to ten celsius through the afternoon. into the evening hours we will keep the cloud and patchy rain for northern ireland and scotland and some of that will sink into northern england overnight, too. further south across e

shaun ley is here next week, but from me and the team, thanks for watching and bye for now.we take a look at the prospect as we go through the week do expect to see a bit more in the way of rain and when particularly towards the north and west of the country. southern and eastern areas will stay lift they dry. that showers quite nicely on our rainfall chart for the week. the blue colours indicate rainfall totting up mainly across the hills in the west. lack of blues and eastern areas. a continual dry theme and dry today because we've got high pressure in charge. a bit cooler though. that cold front pushed through during the night. it has introduced more northerly wind and a slightly cooler feel. you will notice the colourful across the eastern coast of england where yesterday we got into mid—teens as far as temperatures are concerned. mostly dry. morning cloud continued to break up for many and most of you will see some sunny spells of the day. across southern scotland and parts of north—west england the winds will be lighter. temperatures down over what we have seen the pas

shaun ley is here next week, but from me and the team, thanks for watching and bye for now.icking up their could be light rain and drizzle. sunshine at times and light winds. the temperature picking at 13—14. moving things on into tuesday and it looks like we have a fresh breeze picking up, south—westerly wind will drag on workload, i suspect. maybe a bit of dampness out towards the west end are rain band arriving in northern ireland and leicester and scotland later. best of the century and across eastern parts of the uk. temperature not really changing too much on tuesday. at lot of dry weather around and the weather turning more unsettled as we head into wednesday and thursday onwards. mostly wet and windy weather in the north—west and towards the end of the week it could briefly feel a bit colder. this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. violent clashes on the streets of bristol — after thousands protest against proposed police powers to control british demonstrations. they blocked off the

shaun ley is here next week. from me, for now, goodbye. hello there.conditions to the uk during the weekend. it looks like this settled weather is going to last through monday and tuesday, but then it's all change. midweek, it's going to turn very windy with the possibility of severe gales developing through wednesday night into thursday. we'll also have some heavy rain as well, so some big changes to the weather as we move deeper on into this week. in the short term, though, we still have higher pressure to south of the uk, some weather fronts to the north of the uk, so monday is a north—south divide. it's a cold, frosty start across the midlands, wales, southern england, with some sunshine. clouds may tend to increase at times and further north, we will see some showery bursts of rain, some of thatjust pushing into eastern england as well into the afternoon. but there will be some sunshine as well across central and northern scotland, and i think temperatures will be a degree or so higher than what we've had in recent days, 8—10 celsius. now, through

shaun ley is here next week, but from me and the team, thanks for watching and bye for now. with some clearer skies though by the morning, lowest temperatures are going to be around lothian, fife, and tayside. could be close to freezing. there's a band of cloud bringing with it a few pockets of drizzle heading south across england and wales at the moment. still a bit of a cloudy damp start towards the south west though the weather should improve here in the afternoon. more cloud streaming into northern parts of scotland but otherwise, it's going to be a dry day and there'll be some spells of sunshine now and again. the winds will be quite light on sunday but the area is cooler. we had 18 degrees in aberdeenshire, 17 in bridlington on saturday. it's not going to be quite as warm as that on sunday — typically 10—12 celsius. now, high pressure is keeping it quiet and dry. that's still going to be in charge of our weather through monday and tuesday before weather fronts bring in some atlantic air later on in the week and turn things more unsettled. but otherwise through monday a

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... hopes for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, as she is released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week. it's not the release we wanted. it's not that ticket home and her passport back and coming back to us. schools in england reopen to all pupils tomorrow — the first step in easing the coronavirus lockdown. the queen stresses the importance of staying in touch with friends and family in a message to mark commonwealth day — hours before the duke and duchess of sussex's interview with oprah winfrey airs. pope francis on the final day of his visit to iraq — greeted by thousands for an outdoor mass in irbil. celebrations after rangers win the scottish premiership for the first time in a decade. now on bbc news... global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. world leaders are constantly saying that covid—19 is a global problem that needs international cooperation. but do these words sound hollow when we see how rich na

i�*m shaun ley. more now on the anti—coup protests in myanmar. township in yangon, while a woman was shot dead in mandalay. earlier i spoke to an anti—coup protester from mandalay where some of these killings happened. the demonstration where the monk was shot, three people were killed over there. one clarification that i would like to make is the rally was at an end when the police decided to show up and they basically were there to not break up the protest, not crack down on the protest, they were there to kill and they killed three people and they shot a monk. what you are describing is a situation now then presumably where organisers are very, very careful about how they disseminate information about where protests are going to take place and presumably the protests are quite short and sharp to prevent them becoming targets for this kind of action? yes, for example today the protest, protesters start gathering at 9am today. the police showed up at 10am. by then, the rally was already over. as i said, they were there to kill, they did not have

i'm shaun ley.housands of people have taken part in anti—lockdown protests across several european countries — including the uk, germany, austria and poland. infections are on the rise as a third wave begins to sweep the continent but there are signs of growing frustration as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. aru na iyengar reports. in germany, up to 20,000 people in a mass demonstration against coronavirus restrictions. police used water cannon, batons and pepper spray to disperse them, some don't believe the pandemic is real, others say the curbs imposed to rein in the virus infringe their rights. translation: i consider coronavirus to be a serious disease like the flu, which can also be serious, but to make a pandemic out of it with many restrictions on our basic rights, i do not think that is right. covid cases in germany are rising exponentially, and few have had a vaccine. experts say they will not be able to ward off a third way. elsewhere in euro

earlier my colleague shaun ley spoke to nicholas witchell — the bbc�*s royal correspondent.w. it sounds as though the queen is trying to send a hidden message to the sussexes. but she really isn't. it looks like it's the battle of the broadcast, that the queen in london, the sussexes on the west coast of america, it has been coincidental it's turned out like that because the queen's commonwealth broadcast has been planned for weeks if not months. it's coincidental that it's going out today. they found out of course that the sussexes have recorded the oprah winfrey interview and they were planning to transmit that in the early hours of tomorrow morning. thanks to this rather bizarre coincidence, we are getting this alternative image of what royalty is all about. so, the queen and other members of the royalfamily, including the cambridges, in pre—recorded messages on bbc one tonight anchored from westminster abbey, but the queen talking about the pandemic. and it is a result of the difficulty the commonwealth has faced that it is necessary to keep in touch with family. it isn'

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i'm shaun ley.stories for audiences back home, dateline: london. this week: borisjohnson boasts of vaccine success. his government says two jabs will be followed by a covid booster in the autumn — as europeans struggle with too many infections and too few doses of vaccine. a rare mis—step by angela merkel — have germans, and others, had enough of lockdown? and the evergreen trafficjam that risked withering global trade. with me this weekend... ashis ray, from india, is approaching 45 years as a foreign correspondent, as well as serving at the crease as a cricket commentator. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germany's welt. with me here, clive myrie, who reports internationally for the bbc as well as presenting the news back home. "the reason we have the vaccine success", prime minister boris johnson is reported to have told his mps this week, "is because of capitalism, because of greed." whether he was joking or saying what he thinks in an unguarded

dateline london with shaun ley.nd welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk's leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week — lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royal family, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week — polly toynbee, a long—serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he's up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he's probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc�*s newsnight programme. welcome. let's start with the royal family. sunday was commonwealth day — the ann

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley.wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. ahead of a further easing of restrictions in england tomorrow, the culture secretary 0liver dowden says the country is on track and he hopes lifting of curbs will be "irreversible". but the national medical director for the nhs in england warns people not to "squander the gains" made against coronavirus ahead of restrictions easing on monday. the government says lorry drivers arriving in england from outside the uk will need to take a covid test within 48 hours and then one every 72 hours afterwards. prime minister borisjohnson is urged to "swiftly clarify" how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the latest efforts to dislodge the ship that's stuck in the suez canal have failed — they'll try again on sunday. will bejoining viewers

this is bbc world news, i'm shaun ley. our top stories... the un demands international action to stop what it calls a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. i'm terrified at what is going to happen. i think this could be just the beginning of a wave of brutality that is going to be just even more shocking than what we seen today. english health officials warn people not to "squander the gains" made against coronavirus ahead of restrictions easing on monday. prime minister borisjohnson is urged to "swiftly clarify" how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the latest efforts to dislodge the ship that's stuck in the suez canal have failed — they'll try again on sunday. the lights on famous buildings around the world are switched off for an hour — as part of a campaign against climate change. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations has led international condemnation of myanmar�*s military rulers over the killing of dozens of pro—democracy prote

i'm shaun ley. our top stories. the uk government is facing more questions over whether or not people can plan forforeign holidays. the cabinet minister, ben wallace, said summer travel abroad is looking increasingly unlikely. i think it would be premature to do that, potentially risky. we are seeing growing variants and we have done a huge amount of work, the taxpayer, nhs staff, my constituency has been in lockdown since september and i do not want us to throw that away. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. uk government has been warned that its decision to slash billions of dollars from its overseas aid budget is illegal. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland — millions of people are to take part in a once—in—a—decade census. over 1000 people allowed to ignore lockdown and social distancing restrictions to attend a music festival in the netherlands, despite the rest of the country being under lockdown.

i'm shaun ley a.urity forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti—coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon, and after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. our diplomatic correspondent. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar�*s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar�*s military rulers, and several chinese—owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was declared on state

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... in england reopen to all pupils tomorrow — the first step in easing the coronavirus lockdown. the queen stresses the importance of staying in touch with friends and family in a message to mark commonwealth day —

this is bbc world news, i'm shaun ley. our top stories...ohnson is urged to "swiftly clarify" how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the latest efforts to dislodge the ship that's stuck in the suez canal have failed — they'll try again on sunday.

i'm shaun ley. our top stories.ot want us to throw that away. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. uk government has been warned that its decision to slash billions of dollars from its overseas aid budget is illegal. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland —

i'm shaun ley.ter—effects. we sat afterwards in the place altogether, nobody quite talking to each other. not a biscuit — not even a biscuit, not even a cup of tea! coranavirus probably originated in bats, before infecting humans — the conclusion of a long—awaited world health organization report released this afternoon, but investigators say more research needs to be done. we've only scratched the surface of these are very complex set of studies that needed to be conducted and we have pointed to many additional studies that should be conducted now on. the case against the former policeman charged with the murder of george floyd continues a day after it opened in the us city of minneapolis. we will have live coverage here on bbc news. and record numbers of people look at moving to cornwall to seek a new life by the sea. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. i'm shaun ley. an official review into the policing of the london vigil held in memory of sarah everard has found that officers "did not act i

thank you all so much for joining us today- — shaun ley is here next week.p view. i think much of scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, though, should be mostly dry. a few showers across eastern coastal parts. these will tend to fizzle out as we head through the day. the heaviest of those showers across the western and northern isles and cloudier here as well. top temperatures about eight or nine celsius. it was a chilly start to the day today. we saw some mist and fog, and frost as well, a repeat performance in many ways as we cast an eye upon this evening's forecast. we still have this weather front introducing a bit more in the way of those showers across mainland scotland as we move through tonight, meeting colder air, turning to sleet or snow on hills where we could see a light covering in places. you can see the map is awash in blue. so temperatures dipping close to, if not below, freezing pretty much wherever we are. tomorrow should be a mostly dry day. i think tomorrow is one of those days where we start to see some sunshine, especially acro

shaun ley is here next week, but from me — thanks for watching and bye for now. hello there.rth of scotland after a wet and windy spell, sunshine continues in the south across the channel islands. here, with the wind off that chilly sea, just 9 degrees. 14—17 possible in some parts of north—east england. this is where the peak of today's warmth will be. moving away from western scotland, where it was yesterday. that's all due to that shift in wind direction, which will now go tonight into more of a northerly direction, pushing patchy rain and drizzle southwards through scotland, northern ireland, into northern england, wales, and by the end of the night across the midlands too. with clear skies in its wake and that chilly air in place, it's going to be a colder night than last night across the northern half of the country. could see temperatures low enough for a touch of frost in one oi’ two areas. mild enough in the south, lots of cloud here, damp, drizzly. quite a murky start to the day for some of you, particularly around the hills. the rain and the drizzle will ease of, b

i'm shaun ley. the headlines — officers policing the london vigil earlier this month in memory of sarah everard acted "appropriately", says the police watchdog. the met welcomes the finding, but the organisers express their disappointment. we spent ten hours testifying to the inquiry about our experience with the met, and to say we're disappointed is putting it mildly. coranavirus probably originated in bats before infecting humans — the conclusion of a long—awaited world health organization report released this afternoon, but investigators say more research needs to be done. we've only scratched the surface of this very complex set of studies that need to be conducted, and we have pointed to many additional studies that should be conducted from now on. roughly half of the uk population now has antibodies against covid, either through vaccination or being infected. the terrible brutality of libya's civil war — we have a special report from tarhuna, where they are exhuming the dead to find their love