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like many countries in europe, the netherlands has seen a sharp rise in covid cases. in austria, a 20—day lockdown will start this monday. people will be asked to work from home and non—essential shops will close. in february, covid vaccinations will become compulsory. what we experience in austria right now is, in my view, an unfortunate collusion of the fact that we have a fairly low vaccination rate in the population and that the waning of immunity an unfortunate collusion of the fact that we have a fairly low vaccination rate in the population and that the waning of immunity hits austria now, six months after we started our vaccination programme, and that is unfortunately right at the beginning of the winter season, where people are moving indoors. in germany, covid cases are also rising sharply. the government is set to introduce restrictions for unvaccinated people in areas where hospital admissions exceed a certain level. as for the prospect of a full lockdown, the german government says nothing has been ruled out. in the uk yesterday, just over a4,000 new

europe has a stake _ this is necessary? absolutely yes. europe has a stake in _ this is necessary? absolutely yes. europe has a stake in the - this is necessary? absolutely yes. europe has a stake in the success| this is necessary? absolutely yes. l europe has a stake in the success of this administration to make sure there is not a donald trump 2.0. because the world suffers when we make bad decisions at home. i am not suggesting that europe needs to give freebies to the united states. that is not what happens in diplomacy. but europe and the world have a stake in ensuring that the administration of the united states that believes in rules and standards can produce better results for us voters and the world than going it alone or unilaterally or bilaterally transactionally. we need to make swift progress. when i was involved with the campaign, we really focused on the areas where we can make swift progress with the eu. leave aside the differences, there are many of them. but what are the few areas in trade and technology where we can come together? jae trade and technology where w

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it is such and partners in europe. it is such an important, so many important relationships for the united states, thatis relationships for the united states, that is the first thing, he is going to remove all doubt. secondly, the incoming administrations team for months has talked about the importance of working with allies and getting back into international organisations, the paris climate accord, for example, trying to restart the iran nuclear deal. so, thatis restart the iran nuclear deal. so, that is also very encouraging, but it is also important to remember that this administration is going to be very tough on our allies. he is going to be much more traditional and diplomatic and work in a cooperative way, but the administration is going to have very high expectations, particularly for germany and for the uk, and on france, i think, germany and for the uk, and on france, ithink, to germany and for the uk, and on france, i think, to hold the kremlin accountable and to work with us as we figure out how to deal wi

suspending vaccine rollouts is the last thing europe needs. delivery delays mean vaccination rates across the continent are still way behind countries like the uk. and some reports suggest the single—dosejohnson & johnson vaccine which was approved on thursday may not arrive until april. most of the countries with the highest infection rises are in central and eastern europe. the czech republic, seen here, and slovakia have had to move covid hospital patients to other european countries, while parts of estonia ran out of hospital beds this week, triggering another partial lockdown. the vaccine can't come soon enough. paul hawkins, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. a lesser third—degree murder charge has been reinstated against derek chauvin, the white former police officer accused of killing george floyd in minneapolis last may. a video of the ex—policeman kneeling on the victim's neck sparked worldwide protests. prosecutors feel the new charge may make a conviction more likely than for the more serious charges mr chauvin

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eastern europe and parts- countries? there are so many. eastern europe and parts of. countries? there are so many. | eastern europe and parts of the western pacific region. there are many countries that do not have the support because their gdp is over a particular threshold level and do not have the sort of resources of the industrialised countries. there are many countries that come into that sort of band. they will be harder pushed to be able to firstly get a vaccine and also, if they do not have seasonal influenza vaccine programmes, they do not have the ability to vaccinate their older at—risk people. so i think that the world is better than it could have been insofar as we have got things like covax and we have got garvey, but there is a long way to go before everyone is protected and safe through vaccination. so everyone is protected and safe through vaccination.— everyone is protected and safe through vaccination. so joe biden is sa in: that through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in _ through vaccination. so joe biden is saying that in his _ through vaccina

as europe prepares for more restrictions, criticisms are mounting along with costs. empty streets can help save patients, but delays in vaccines are expensive, and politicians could still pay the price. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. in an attempt to reassure the public that the astra zeneca vaccine is safe, british prime minister, borisjohnson, has received today the first dose of the jab. almost half of the british population has received at least one dose of the covid vaccine and the government is pushing to reach the goal of vaccinating the majority of adults before the summer. here's mrjohnson speaking after getting his jab — please be warned there is flash photography. i cannot recommend it too highly. everybody, when you do get your notification to go for a jab, please go and get it. it is the best thing for you, the best thing for your family and for everybody else. don'tjust listen to me, listen to all the scientists will listen to what the european medicines agency have to say yesterday, to what the mhra has said. the risk is covid, this is a great thi

anger in europe over vaccine delays — italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. a dramatic rescue in china — as 11 gold miners who'd been trapped underground for two weeks are brought out alive. new zealand confirms its first coronaviurs case in months, which appears to have slipped through the country's rigorous quarantine system. it isa it is a woman who travelled to the country from abroad. here in the uk, the snp will present its national assembly with what it's calling a roadmap to a new referendum on scottish independence. and borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak to the new us president, joe biden, since he entered the white house. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. here in the uk — the health secretary matt hancock says 77 cases of the south african variant of covid have been found here in the uk. but all have links to international travel and there is no evidence to date that it is spreading in the community unchecked. matt hancock has also said we are a "long way" from restrictions being eased —

we all have equal worth, and there is no reason why the uk or europe or the united states should hoard vaccines while others die. some live, some day depending on how rich you are. live, some day depending on how rich you are-— rich you are. and yet all governments _ rich you are. and yet all governments are - rich you are. and yet all governments are under| rich you are. and yet all - governments are under such pressure from their voters, from their own populations to get the vaccines out of those populations, let alone give it away. there must be concerns as to whether vaccines will get within those countries to refugees and undocumented migrants, homeless people, indigenous people. absolutely. yourtalking — indigenous people. absolutely. your talking about _ indigenous people. absolutely. your talking about the - indigenous people. absolutely. your talking about the most. your talking about the most vulnerable of the vulnerable. people who are stateless, homeless, in prisons, in refugee or migrant camps, migrant workers, these are the people who are dying globally in their tens

in europe, the uk and italy have lost the most lives to the virus. africa appeared to have escaped the worst in the first wave. but the region's cases have been going up since mid—september, especially recently. there is concern that the more transmissible variant found in south africa may be to blame. all eyes are now on israel, where there are positive early signs of the effect of the vaccines on hospital admissions for the 60—plus age group. the country has been vaccinating at the fastest rate per capita, with one in four israelis so far receiving shots. but vaccinations in the world's poorest countries will not even start until next month. meanwhile, the uk is closing all its travel corridors from monday as concerns grow about new variants of the coronavirus. anyone arriving into britain will have to present a negative test and will still have to self isolate for up to 10 days. the new border restrictions will be reviewed in a month's time. it comes as prime minister borisjohnson urged people to stay at home this weekend with hospitals across

most of the countries with the highest infection rises are in central and eastern europe stopping to check republic and slovakia have had to move covid hospital patients to other european countries, while parts of estonia ran out of hospital beds this week, triggering another partial lockdown. the vaccine can't come soon enough. paul hawkins, bbc news. a major study is underway to determine what the long term health effects of covid—19 might be. the genetic details of half a million people were already stored in the biobank uk database before the pandemic struck, and now researchers are carrying out detailed scans of thousands of covid patients, to see how their organs might have been affected by the virus. rebecca morelle has the story. searching for the after—effects of covid. these scans are part of the world's biggest imaging study, shedding light on the long—term impact of infection. this is brian shepherd, who is taking part in the research. in november, he was taken to hospital with covid. when i got in the ambulance, my wife was standing on the pavement and you think, "

we travel all over western europe every single week. and last week, for me, was probably the worst, most difficult week i've had in this job in 20 years. we have lost hundreds of hours, dozens of days already, with our trucks that are waiting unnecessarily. behind us here, we are looking at the new border control posts that customs have set up. near the mouth of the eurotunnel in kent, customs expert steven cock says problems on the way out mean problems on the way in. we have a situation where border force's car park is full, the roads are heavily congested, they are turning lorries back now, exports are grinding to a halt at the moment. if you have got a lorry that is going to get stuck on the way out, then if you are the haulier, why would you want to bring it in in the first place? so it will snarl everything up, import and export. it has been a pretty miserable time for hauliers, for their drivers and for their commercial customers. and remember, the problem we've seen are at a time when ports are operating at a fraction of their n

will take firm actions _ italy, germany, and france resume roll—out of the astrazeneca vaccine after europe's medicines authority says the jab is safe and effective. the french prime minister announces a new month—long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas, warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus. and joe biden says the us will hit its target of getting 100 million vaccine jabs into people's arms tomorrow — that's over a month ahead of schedule. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it was billed as a chance to re—set relations between the world's two biggest economies, but there's no indication so far that these two giants are warming up to each other. america's top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite numberfrom china, against the snowy backdrop of alaska. but in their opening remarks, the two sides leveled sharp rebukes of each others' policies. today, we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better understand our administration's intentions and approach. we'll

anger in europe over vaccine delays. italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. new zealand confirms its first coronavirus case in months, it appears to have slipped through the rigorous quarantine system. borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak tojoe biden since he entered the white house. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the last few hours, there's been an extraordinary rescue of 11 gold miners trapped underground in china for two weeks. the first miner was brought to the surface to cheers from emergency workers. he was described as extremely weak and immediately carried to a waiting ambulance. over the following hours, the others were pulled out in small groups. a total of 22 workers were trapped 600 metres below ground at the mine in shandong province following an explosion. joining me now live from beijing is our correspondent, stephen mcdonell. how have they got them out? remarkable story, events are moving very quickly in shandong province, ii very quickly in shandong pro

we all have equal worth, and there is no reason why the uk or europe or the united states should hoard vaccines while others die. some live, some die depending on how rich you are. and yet all governments are under such pressure from their voters, from their own populations to get the vaccines out of those populations, let alone give it away. talking about that, i have to ask you whether you feel that the who is really in a position to lecture on best practice. there has been so much criticism of the failure to declare an international emergency earlier, a failure criticised specifically by the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response. yeah, i mean, ithink the who made some errors, very early in the pandemic, mostly because they amplified china's incorrect information, saying that this was not a serious problem, there was very little community spread. but the truth is actually that under the international health regulations, the who did declare the public health emergency quite early actually, and i am absolutely confident, i don't know anybody who isn't, who knows the

if this is cities year for europe well, maybe it's bowden who makes the difference. so next up for manchester city is last year's finalists paris saint germain. and city's phil foden is already looking forward he's already posted this message to p the first leg of their semifinal will be at the end of this month. staying with football. uefa have banned slavia prague player ondrej ku—dela for ten games — after he racially abused rangers midfielder glen kamara. the incident happened during their europa league tie last month. european football's governing body has also handed a three match ban to kamara for then assaulting kudela in the tunnel after the game at ibrox. his team—mate kemar roofe has also been suspended for four games for �*dangerously assaulting another player'. dan evans will face world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters — after the british number one beat poland's hubert hurkacz. evans saw off the miami open champion 6—4, 6—1. hurkacz did seem to be struggling with illness, but a significant win for eva

but has the second highest death toll in europe just behind the uk. but now the numbers have dropped considerably and most of the restrictions have been elected and as of next week the evening curfew is being scrapped in most of the country which will allow people to be able to come to these big screens and watch the evening matches. the spectators who will be able to get into the stadium at 25% maximum capacity for friday night games and thatis capacity for friday night games and that is still a good 60,000 people will be allowed in and they will have to show either proof of covid—i9 vaccination or of a covid—i9 vaccination or of a covid—i9 test. it italy failed spectacularly to qualify for the 2018 world cup and separate the not taking part but since then roberto mancini has reenergized the team and they will be very much hoping to get off to a flying start against turkey in the opening match. farrah nair presents the singapore premier league on one play sports. a passionate liverpool fan, she has been known to set her alarm for 3am to watch e

yes as it will be across europe. _ a major effort. yes as it will be across europe. the _ a major effort. yes as it will be across europe. the resolution l a major effort. yes as it will be i across europe. the resolution for the human rights council made no mention of the taliban. that's because countries like china, pakistan, saudi arabia, russia, human rights, women's rights isn't as important for them. and that's why it's so important, crucial in fact for the g7 and nato countries to stay united. do you think the decision that we've had today creates some space for that unity? i think so. i think it's very important that there is a sense of moral obligation for the afghan people. i think that moral obligation is both humanitarian in afghanistan and we will have to see how that humanitarian helps coordinator. probably the united nations and then a sense of solidarity to accept afghans in various countries. i think that's essential if we're going to keep some self—respect in moral terms. the british prime minister wejust heard once assurance from the taliban that

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and weather permitting, a particle eclipse will be seen in northern asia, europe and the united states. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. it is one of nature's most dazzling sites: the moon casting its shadow across the sun. the northernmost parts of the world will be treated to the world will be treated to the best view of when a total eclipse will begin in canada, travelling across a naval band of the earth before ending in siberia and it is a special sort of event known as an annular eclipse. lam sort of event known as an annular eclipse. an annular ech-se annular eclipse. an annular eclipse happens _ annular eclipse. an annular eclipse happens when - annular eclipse. an annular eclipse happens when the l annular eclipse. an annular - eclipse happens when the moon is a little bit further away from the earth so it looks smaller in the sky. and what you will be able to see is a sort of ring around the moon, and that is way the annular solar eclipses are sometimes known as the ring of fire. they're incredibly beautiful eclipses to spot as well. how can you safely watc

it has to involve china, europe, india and the united states. has to involve china, europe, india and the united states. us responsible for other per cent of c02 responsible for other per cent of co2 output. in the latest, my colleague ros atkins looks at the promises the us is made to reduce emissions. america is a world leader in emissions. now president guided wanted to be a leader in emissions cuts.- wanted to be a leader in emissions cuts. the united states set _ emissions cuts. the united states set out _ emissions cuts. the united states set out on _ emissions cuts. the united states set out on the - emissions cuts. the united states set out on the road | emissions cuts. the united i states set out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half, in half by the end of this decade. that's where we were headed as a nation.— decade. that's where we were headed as a nation. that's the ambition- _ headed as a nation. that's the ambition. some _ headed as a nation. that's the ambition. some don't - headed as a nation. that's the ambition. some don't think i ambition. some don't think a

the vaccine, which in europe is branded as janssen, was approved in the us in late february. since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain, out of 6.8 million doses. so less than one case per million people immunised. all were women under 50, one of them died and one is critically ill. i think this is an unusual occurrence of a serious adverse event that you want to make sure before you go forward, you investigate it thoroughly. and that's exactly what they're doing. they're pausing, so that they can look at it more carefully. similar very rare clots have occurred with the oxford—astrazeneca jab and scientists are investigating whether this type of vaccine technology could be implicated. both of these vaccines used a disabled common cold virus called adenovirus to smuggle the gene from the coronavirus spike protein into the vaccine, into your arm. so they both work in broadly the same way and that raises the possibility that something about this type of vaccine could be the explanation for this kind of very rare side effect. 30 million doses of t

we need an orderly protection for those who are heading towards europe. for many afghans, watching from europe, the time for orderly protection has passed. translation: i believe that spain as well as other european countries should not leave anyone behind, and not disappear, not destroy what they have done for 20 years there. ., ., , there. united nations refugee auen there. united nations refugee agency estimates _ there. united nations refugee agency estimates that - there. united nations refugee i agency estimates that 400,000 afghans have been forced to flee their homes since the start of this year. they warn that this is only the beginning of a much bigger humanitarian crisis, with devastating consequences. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: the mystery of the missing manuscripts — the work of the controversial french writer that reappeared after three—quarters of a century. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi ami

the eu says belarus is using migrants as a weapon against the west, to pressure europe, a form of hybrid warfare. these people want a better life. they are desperate to get to the european union, which is right here. but the eu says that these migrants are being used, exploited by belarus to spark a humanitarian crisis on the eu's doorstep. back in the camp, we heard stories of how belarusian soldiers had helped some migrants try to cross illegally into poland. in the night, they told us, "you will go to poland." they cut the fence. the belarusians cut for us and we ran. we run a lot. and then we hide ourselves in the forest. they see us and return back to the site. it is like a football game. we are in the middle. many of these migrants from the middle east say they're escaping conflicts at home. they've paid thousands of dollars each to get here, but they're stuck. they say there's no way back, but for now, there's no way forward. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belarus. jurors in the state of wisconsin are hearing the closing arguments in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. he fatally shot two

now there's floods every few months in europe.— months in europe. yeah, we are all auoin to months in europe. yeah, we are all going to have _ months in europe. yeah, we are all going to have to — months in europe. yeah, we are all going to have to adapt. _ months in europe. yeah, we are all going to have to adapt. the - months in europe. yeah, we are all. going to have to adapt. the governor of louisiana said today, well, he couldn't really get any indication when the power will be restored, but he says he is getting federal help. so what is the first priority then for that fema task force that is coming in crazy lol he's got about 5000 guardsmen and another 5000 coming along with enormous teams from search and rescue. the job one is to save lives. every home in the path of that year that hurricane has to be path of that year that hurricane has to b; , ., . . , ., , path of that year that hurricane has to be search twice. her primary and secondary search. _ to be search twice. her primary and secondary search. yesterday, - to be search twice. her

thousands of migrants have been coming to belarus to try to slip into europe. alexander lukashenko denies bringing them here. but he warned the eu six months ago. translation: you told the eu that belarus has been stopping migrants and now they would have to catch them themselves the migrants took that to mean belarus is open to them. i told the eu i won't hold migrants at the border or detain them at the border. they're not coming to my country, they're going to yours, the west stopped talking to us and working with us, if you don't want to, then fine, we will sort this problem out ourselves, as best we can. this was belarus last year. alexander lukashenko under pressure, accused of rigging an election and stealing the presidency. but he launched a brutal crackdown on his critics and on civil society. translation: we saw protesters being beaten and young people coming out. of detention tention centres with injuries. iadmit it. you admit it? people were beaten at the detention centre, but there were police beaten up too and you didn't show this. sincejuly, 270n

i think biden will put some effort into europe but europe, the eu, has got to reciprocate as well. the recent deal that was done with china will be seen by some in washington as a bit of a provocation. so europe has to adjust from a trump world, where they had to do things on their own, and move to a world where the us administration is going to try to do things collaboratively but obviously, the world has changed in the last ten or 15 years. the trump four years has been a particularly turbulent and disruptive period but this is not the world that biden knew when he first joined this is not the world that biden knew when he firstjoined politics. as for the uk, you asked about that, i don't think that biden will be vindictive about borisjohnson having a close relationship with trump. but they will want to see what the uk does with its relationship with its european partners. we have got a basic, fundamental, 1.0 deal with the eu which was done before christmas. but the biden administration will want britain to repair its relationship with europe, a big hole in that agreement was ov

and weather permitting, a partial eclipse will be seen in northern asia, europe and the united states. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. it's one of nature's most dazzling sites — the moon casting its shadow across the sun. the northernmost parts of the world will be treated to the best view, where the total eclipse will begin in canada, travelling across a narrow band of the earth before ending in siberia. and it's a special solar event known as an annular eclipse. an annular eclipse happens when the moon is a little bit further away from the earth, so it looks smaller in the sky. and what you'll be able to see is a sort of ring around the moon, and that is way the annular solar eclipses are sometimes known as the 'ring of fire'. they're incredibly beautiful eclipses to spot as well. so, how can you safely watch the eclipse? well, you should never look at the sun directly or through sunglasses, because you can seriously damage your eyes. use two pieces of card, one with a hole in it, to make a projection of the sun. or if you can get a pair of certified eclipse

from brussels, here's our europe editor, katya adler. prague is remembering its dead — simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu's credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discuss how to secure the eu's vaccine supply, ensuring companies deliverjabs promised and, controversially, potentially blocking vaccine exports to vaccine—producing countries like the uk, which have an already advanced rollout. we want to make sure that europe gets its fair share of vaccines, because we must be able to explain to our citizens that if companies export their vaccines to the whole world, it is because they are fully honouring their commitments and it does not risk security of supply in the european union. what started as a health crisis now has political overtones here — especially after brexit. eu leaders are un

rosa balfour is director of carnegie europe — a european foreign policy think tank. she joins us now from brussels. as we were saying these issues post—brexit trade issues may not be dominating the summit, but they are on the sideline. there are simmering tensions which are possibly souring the atmosphere. what do you make of all of that when you watch the details emerge of this apparent spat, if that is what we can call it, between president macron and borisjohnson? i it, between president macron and boris johnson?— boris johnson? i think the whole issue is about _ boris johnson? i think the whole issue is about credibility. - boris johnson? i think the whole issue is about credibility. boris l issue is about credibility. boris johnson goes into the g7, he is hosting it and wants to prove that global briton can be a reality. joe biden, this is his first foreign visit. his first appointment of a long journey that's going to take place in europe this coming week. joe biden wants to prove that america is back and that the west is back. and send a very powerful mess

i .. , europe. officially, it has come in the form of _ europe. officially, it has come in the form of a _ europe. officially, it has come in the form of a letter _ europe. officially, it has come in the form of a letter saying - europe. officially, it has come in the form of a letter saying that l the form of a letter saying that there are concerns that the eu has. that was from the eu foreign affairs chief. this is something that has been under the pipeline for quite some time. there have been negotiations on this. unofficially, i have spoken to representatives from six countries today plus the european commission, who say this is petty. they believe this was not something that was being organised and frankly, they believe it is something they are a standby. all 142 other officials are recognised with full diplomatic status, and they say they are not an international organisation in the sense that they have their own currency and their own jurisdiction rights legally, and they have their own courts as well. a quick side note on this — joao val

most of the countries with the highest infection rises are in central and eastern europe. the czech republic and slovakia have had to move covid hospital patients to other european countries. parts of estonia ran out of hospital beds this week, triggering another partial lockdown. the vaccine can't come soon enough. paul hawkins, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the former team sky and british cycling medic dr richard freeman has been found guilty of ordering testosterone, "knowing or believing" it was to be given to a rider for the purposes of doping. scotland yard will be investigated over its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering sarah everard. uk exports to the european union fell by more than 40% injanuary — the first month of trading under new, post—brexit arrangements. we will take you to new scotland yard for me and expecting please to give you an update about the sarah everard case and they will also be investigated against an allegation against the officer suspected of murdering sarah everard. goad murde

these gases are smuggled from ukraine, just up the road there, into romania and then shipped across europe and on into the uk — where we found them advertised on facebook marketplace. this one's in north london. what have you got for me? unlicensed and selling illegally to small firms and aircon engineers who don't care about the rules. can you get more in? yeah. so why does this matter? so, there we go, we've picked these up, bought this morning. yikes. there's no way that should have come into the uk. there's huge profit to be made, and if you are caught, which in itself is rare, often the penalties are very low, so we really need to see customs and enforcement agencies recognise that climate crime is a serious crime and this might be an invisible gas, but it has a huge impact on global warming. another illegal trader. remember, anyone selling or buying hfcs has to be properly licensed but here, again, no questions asked. great stuff, thank you. legal suppliers say it is something we should all think about when we turn on the aircon. if a car gets cold then maybe they are not so worrie

his conservative rival, armin laschet, who is lagging behind slightly in the polls, said that europe needed to act independently and cited the american withdrawal from afghanistan. "we need common european defence projects for when the us pulls back," he said. this election campaign has been unusual in many ways. the polls have been erratic, there are more swing voters than ever before and unprecedented numbers are undecided. in one poll, 40% of people say they still haven't made their minds up. whoever they do choose, though, it's likely that after the elections, coalition talks will be long and complicated. all of this means that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever known. damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. let s get some of the day's other news. the catalan leader, carles puigdemont, who tried to declare independence from spain, has been arrested in italy on a spanish arrest warrant — after four years as a fugitive. spain wants to extradite the former president of catalonia, to face charges of rebellion. he's been living in exile in belgium.

the defence ministery of lithuania has warned people in europe they should throw away their chinese phones and avoid buying a new one. the national cyber security centre in vilnius tested 5g mobiles from chinese manufacturers, and found that one xiaomi phone had software that could detect and censor terms including "free tibet" or "long live taiwan independence". a huawei model was found to be vulnerable to cyber—attacks. lithuania's deputy defence minister, margiris abukeviches says it's all very worrying. so first we have found that chinese phones collect much more information about user behaviour. and this information is sent to servers outside europe and to servers which are owned by chinese companies. so this is, i would say, a risk of losing personal data. the second finding is related to the censorship tool, built—in censorship tool which, at the moment of our analysis, was deactivated in lithuania and in europe. but we have managed to analyse the list of almost a50 keywords which filter your searches on the internet. this list is updated every couple of days, it is not activate

europe? causing the extreme weather and euro e? , , causing the extreme weather and euroe? , , , ., europe? this is exactly what we would exuect — europe? this is exactly what we would expect to _ europe? this is exactly what we would expect to happen - europe? this is exactly what we would expect to happen with . europe? this is exactly what we | would expect to happen with the planet warming as rapidly as it is, so we know that more extreme weather events are going to occur more frequently, more simultaneously and be more intense than ever before. we have a warm atmosphere that holds more moisture and these, this moisture is released in the form of heavy precipitation like rainfall or snow and usually you would have atmosphere currents moving these weather systems along but also with the planet warming you havejet also with the planet warming you have jet streams that have gone awry and so these extreme weather events are actually paying still, so heavy amounts of precipitation are being

flash floods kill at least 70 people in western europe. thousands across germany, the netherlands and belgium have been forced to leave their homes with more heavy rain on the way. lebanon's prime minister designate gives up on trying to form a government, there are protests on the streets as the country's crisis deepens. we speak to survivors of abuse at the canadian schools recently found to have buried indigenous children in unmarked graves. we never talked about it, no. just kept silent. because we were afraid. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that's hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change.

suspending vaccine rollouts is the last thing europe needs. delivery delays mean vaccination rates across the continent are still way behind countries like the uk and some reports suggest the single—dosejohnson & johnson vaccine, which was approved on thursday, may not arrive until april. most of the countries with the highest infection rises are in central and eastern europe. the czech republic, seen here, and slovakia have had to move covid hospital patients to other european countries, while parts of estonia ran out of hospital beds this week, triggering another partial lockdown. the vaccine can't come soon enough. paul hawkins, bbc news. a major study is underway to determine what the long—term health effects of covid—19 might be. the genetic details of 500,000 people were already stored in the uk biobank database before the pandemic struck, and now researchers are carrying out detailed scans of thousands of covid patients to see how their organs might have been affected by the virus. rebecca morelle has the story. searching for the

other questions being asked in poland and the rest of europe why poland and the rest of europe why poland did not learn what happened in the uk? we saw this new variant with its ferocious infectiousness taking hold in the end of last year, some people might ask why europe did not go into a stricter lockdown earlier? ., .,, , ., , earlier? there are those questions of course. earlier? there are those questions of course- they — earlier? there are those questions of course. they have _ earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been - earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been asked l earlier? there are those questions i of course. they have been asked for many months now but the government says it has been under increased or consistent should i say pressure from industry, from services, to open up and also society. the health minister himself said last night that people have a feeling already that people have a feeling already that covid—i9 has been beaten to a certain extent. they have become accustomed to it so you had these competing forces with the go

europe. we have long been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we see it happen again. us senators agree to extend the country's ceiling for two months, avoiding a possible default on the country's national debt. the un secretary general called vaccine in equity immoral and stupid and calls for a 40% of people in all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. newcastle united fans celebrate a takeover by a saudi lead consortium in a deal worth more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of colonialism, tanzania's abdul razat gurnah is shocked to win the 2021 nobel prize for literature. you know, these days you get these cold calls, i thought, this is another one of them. and i picked it up and this guy said, "hello, you have won the nobel prize for literature." and i said, "come on, get out of here!" hello, a very warm welcome in america and around the gl

we have not lost opportunities to europe - three brexit. we have not lost i opportunities to europe markets through brexit. in opportunities to europe markets through brexit.— through brexit. in 2014, when a weighbridge _ through brexit. in 2014, when a weighbridge was _ through brexit. in 2014, when a weighbridge was hit _ through brexit. in 2014, when a weighbridge was hit by - through brexit. in 2014, when a i weighbridge was hit by devastating floods, last week the government side of the business case for the scheme which will allow the detailed design and planning for the scheme. it is fantastic news, a monumental milestone, but massively protect four and through our protection, conflating protection. monthly payments ministerjohnny ning thanking everybody and agree we need to keep the momentum going? the £1 million river thames _ to keep the momentum going? the £1 million river thames scheme - to keep the momentum going? the £1 million river thames scheme will - million river thames scheme will reduce the flood risk for 11,000 ho

i think if you look at the data, europe is been the most open and exporting and importing vaccines and anything they've done their share of the work but clearly collectively, we have not done enough to produce vaccines for everyone. t enough to produce vaccines for everyone-— enough to produce vaccines for eve one. , ., everyone. i 'ust want to push you, if i could everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on _ everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on what _ everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on what we _ everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on what we are - everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on what we are going - everyone. i just want to push you, if i could on what we are going to | if i could on what we are going to get from france because there has been some talk about this side of the summit if they will dedicate to a number are the summit if they will dedicate to a numberare you the summit if they will dedicate to a number are you going to wait to make an announcement once the g7 is over? will get a numberfrom france in the next three

. - parts of europe? at the must be a number of different factors. i - parts of europe? at the must be a | number of different factors. i think if you go to the netherlands, they're very upset about some of the restrictions of having riots and their other countries that have similar problems. the big advantage of and the united kingdom is that we got the vaccine out of the blocks very much quicker. you've seen the vaccine is waning from our systems of monitoring things and we've now vaccinated probably nearly 13 and a half million people with the third dose. the data i have seen from israel and within the united kingdom is virtually close to 98% protection against all forms of disease. clearly, it is very successful against stopping serious disease. is against stopping serious disease. is also stopping people catching it, from what we can gather and therefore, they cannot spread it. i think when it comes to international comparisons, is not easy to compare other countries directly because they are doing a million tests a day. and therefore, were going to find a lot of pe