yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.lf, hours after being charged with sexual assault and human trafficking. officials say the body ofjohn geddert was found in the afternoon after he failed to surrender himself at the appointed time at a sheriff's office. the charges against the coach include verbal and physical assault, including the alleged sexual assault of a girl aged between 13 and 16. the victims suffer from disordered eating, including bulimia and anorexia, suicide attempts and self—harm, excessive physical conditioning, repeatedly being forced to perform even when injured, extreme emotional abuse and physical abuse, including sexual assault. lebo diseko is in washington with more. this happened after the attorney general of michigan, dana nessel, announced those charges againstjohn geddert, which include the allegations of sexual assault of a girl between the ages of 13 and 16 and also include multiple allegations of verbal and physical assault against young athletes. 0n the issue of human trafficking, which was

here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. training. it's not been easy keeping a gym body, without the gym. closed for 11 months and very excited, very excited, i want to open, want to reopen my place. without vaccination, you are left outside. it raises ethical questions. i'm not vaccinated. it's my personal choice. we don't have to be discriminated for our choices. it's not going to affect my choice, think. i'm still not going to get vaccinated. you know what you could expect and how to handle... _ simple pleasures like having friends round for a catch up over coffee have not been possible for many older israelis until now. i'm so glad that after a whole year we are able to get together. for this family, small things mean a lot after a year of shielding. i feel like a free bird. i know what solitary confinement| feels like now and it's great to be able to have the freedom. israel's rapid vaccine roll—out offers a taste of the return to normality, but numbers getting the jab are dropping off. i'm going to count to three and

our middle east correspondent yolande knell has this update from outside the court.we saw him dash in and out in a motorcade, there is very tight security all around me in this part ofjerusalem. he was in court for only about 20 minutes, where he told the panel of three judges he confirmed what had been entered as a written submission, that he pleaded not guilty to these charges of bribery, breach of trust and corruption. and as he came out, he would have seen, as he often does close to his residence injerusalem, this large group of people who are opposed to him remaining in office while he is on criminal trial. people who call him a "crime minister" and demand his resignation. there have been a few people who turned up to support mr netanyahu despite his video message telling them to stay at home. and there were some confrontations in the street between people. but mr netanyahu was swift to move away. he has got more official duties planned for later in the day. you can see thatjust at this very sensitive time, as israel is beginning to ease its latest coronavirus l

our middle east correspondent yolande knell gave us this update from outside the court.this large group of people who are opposed to him remaining in office while he is on criminal trial. people who call him a "crime minister" and demand his resignation. there have been a few people who turned up to support mr netanyahu despite his video message telling them to stay at home. and there were some confrontations in the street between people. but mr netanyahu was swift to move away. he has got more official duties planned for later in the day. you can see thatjust at this very sensitive time, as israel is beginning to ease its latest coronavirus lockdown, its third coronavirus lockdown, also preparing to go for elections in just six weeks�* time, they will be the fourth elections israel has had injust two years, and coronavirus and the government�*s handling of this pandemic, are really going to be the key issues for the election campaign. there�*s been more snow overnight in the uk — as a new weather front keeps temperatures around freezing. severe weather warnings are in p

yolande knell injersualem has more. yolande knell injersualem has more.iders in israel and this is from the largest of them. it covers more than half of israel's population and a senior official from that provider has come out saying that this shows unequivocally that the pfizer vaccine is extremely effective. it is a real—world trial as opposed to the clinical trials that were carried out and yet it has come out showing very similar results. so, very encouraging indeed for pfizer. israel has been working with biontech, germany's biontech, which helped develop this vaccine. it was part of the reason that israel was able to secure large numbers of the vaccine quite early as well as paying higher than market rates to vaccinate its population of nearly 9 million people. but it was able to share a lot of this data. it is very useful information for the world, actually, because israel, by having these very accurate databases from the health care providers, also by having this rapid vaccine roll—out, it has given a lot of information that is helping the vaccine

here's the bbc�*s yolande knell.at the start of the week and while shopping malls and regular shops are open to people ordinarily, it is only people who have this passport, it can be downloaded on an app from the health ministry, that can go to cultural events, things like theatres, and to concerts, which we have seen starting up again this week for the first time in many months. also, they are able to go back to the gym, to leisure centres and swimming pools, to places of worship, although there are still caps on the number of people who are allowed in and still social distancing measures in place. the idea, because although israel has had a very successful vaccine roll—out, is to try to encourage people who are staying away from those vaccination centres to come forward and have theirjabs. also, of course, for things to get back more to normal so that israel can begin to more and more open up its economy. the conservative former chancellor philip hammond has told bbc news that borisjohnson must tell "the british pe