Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone or any line. That is where the minotaur has the biggest base and where parliament would do to convene late today to establish a second term of office for aung san sui kyi after her party when a even more resounding election. It was contesting that election victory and complaints have over irregularities by the military that appears to have driven this action. The military last week made some alarming signals talking about replacing the constitution or even parts of the coup and backtracked to the weekend saying it would abide by the constitution but still insist that his greatness is over the election we are still valid. What happened this morning really cant be overstated. It is the extra ordinary move. You have to remember the constitution that governs myanmar was written by the mill at the military. Back to a democratic government was overseen by the military was to has very significant powers and guaranteed a quarter of the seats in parliament. Yes he appeared to have moved today to initialise the government and take it over in effect before parliament can sit in the military has given a statement so far there have been soldiers visible on the streets in many parts of myanmar and it seems those have been brought out to detain key officials and regions, people like chief ministers. Im not sure the military are doing would describe as a coup come under the constitution, the military does have significant powers to declare a State Of Emergency and that might be assumption. But it is an extraordinary dramatic and provocative move by the military in particular to detain all the key leaders and aung san sui kyi. A very popular politician. She is enormously popular. The Election Result was clearly in her favour her party won 80 of the seats. This will not go unopposed. It is a very risky move by the military. fix, unopposed. It is a very risky move by the military. A very risky move move by the military. A very risky move. The move by the military. A very risky move. The Military Move by the military. A very risky move. The military are| risky move. The military are guaranteed seats under the constitution. There was no threat of them losing the power they have. So why make this move . It they have. So why make this move . ,. ,. , move . It is not entirely clear what their move . It is not entirely clear what their motives move . It is not entirely clear what their motives are. Move . It is not entirely clear| what their motives are. There have been mixed messages. The military powers are significant but it is no secret that aung san sui kyi has long wanted to reduce those powers and get the military out of politics although whether she could have done even with her really strong presence in parliament is not that clear. Perhaps it was to preempt that and perhaps with a sense of outrage that the Military Zone Party did so disastrously badly and they only got 6 of the seats and allah parliament so it is not exactly clear but it is obvious to military was very unhappy with the Election Results, not even clear whether the military is united behind this action. We dont know who is leading it that we must presume the Armed Forces Commander has approved this, so until i military speaks i think the situation is extremely fluid. And very dangerous. Extremely fluid. And very dangerous. Extremely fluid. And very dancerous. ~ ,. , dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know it dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know it is dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know it is very dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know it is very hard dangerous. Where can this lead to . I know it is very hard to to . I know it is very hard to hypothesise and what the motives are, but could we say the military is now considering Dissolving Parliament or could this just be an attempt to almost a warning for aung san sui kyi and her party . I almost a warning for aung san sui kyi and her party . Sui kyi and her party . I think there are sui kyi and her party . I think there are plenty sui kyi and her party . I think there are plenty of sui kyi and her party . I think there are plenty of one sui kyi and her party . I think there are plenty of one is there are plenty of one is given before. And clearly the Military View of those is not being sufficient. 0ne Military View of those is not being sufficient. One thing i think may be unlikely is the overthrow the constitution. The constitution is the own constitution. They draughted it up constitution. They draughted it up and he gives them powers. I like thailand where as clues and competitions as often as most people have changes the governments, and bmr i think it would be a much bigger deal. It is likely they will stick to a State Of Emergency the military had not set a path which is fraught with huge uncertainties. The anger over this move over a move against a government that isjust this move over a move against a government that is just won a resounding election victory albeit complaints of irregularities, but the Election Commission judge that though simply could not have alter the results and we look at how well her party did come it is pretty hard to argue that they did notjustifiably win a new mandate. With all of that, for the military to make a move from i think many people have thought that the military was quite savvy and have been quite subtle often and is managing its relationships with the civilian governments, there is nothing subtle at all about locking up an elected government. Locking up an elected government. Locking up an elected covernment. ,. ,. , government. You say anger over this move government. You say anger over this move amongst government. You say anger over this move amongst people government. You say anger over this move amongst people in this move amongst people in myanmar, another phone and the internet are cut off, but do you think we will see some sort of reaction from her supporters on the streets or are people still very much afraid of coming out on the streets . There are still internet but it is going very slow. Nipping door is cut off. We are getting communication. We have to see if that last. People will be angry. People also remember previous instances where they came out to protest against the military and where they simply got gunned down in large numbers. I dont think anybody will be rushing out the challenge the military but how well can the Military Move on from here . The question is if it in the going to overthrow the government, not will it hold the government hostage and try to get its complaints about Election Irregularities heard . Election irregularities heard . I think it Election Irregularities heard . I think it is unlikely. No government will make concessions with a gun held to his head like that. It is very hard to see what passed for the military has considered in taking this action because it will a number slee damaged his reputation in a country where there is a lot of suspicion of there is a lot of suspicion of the military anyway. It is simply left us with a road leading nowhere. Nobody can really work at how this plays out. , really work at how this plays out. ,. , , out. The military has been talkin out. The military has been talking about out. The military has been | talking about irregularities. We heard that since novembers elections. If it is as you say they want those irregularities let that commit given rehires that it had been told it was a free and fair election, what more can really be done to look into the Military Concerns . There is nothing. There is an official Election Commission. Like many commissions in this region it is appointed by the government. That death to some Degree Compromise is independent. Had the Election Result being closer, had the irregularities went on a very visibly big scale, that might perhaps be a little bit more sympathy but i think many burmese people will be asking themselves first of all what business is that of the military, the actual army which is possibly managing the security of the country to intervene in the election . It is making it belief that it still has a very big role in politics very clear and also the Election Commission i said there were some irregularities but nothing that could have changed the results and the Election Commission that makes the final call on whether the election was valid or not. The results were due to be formally approved in parliament and have been able to open today and clearly that will not happen. For all there may be some grounds for the complaints about irregularities, the military has a self has said it does not contest the results of the election of aung san sui kyi thes Party Winning mandate and it simply says it contest the process, but does that justify seizing power and locking up the government . I dont think many burmese will agree with that. Agree with that. Jonathan, following agree with that. Jonathan, following events agree with that. Jonathan, following events for agree with that. Jonathan, following events for us agree with that. Jonathan, following events for us as| agree with that. Jonathan, following events for us as they develop, thank you very much for your time. We will keep In Touch Withjonathan for your time. We will keep in touch with jonathan thanks for your time. We will keep In Touch Withjonathan thanks to develop. State tv is saying in a Facebook Post that is having technical errors and unable to progress. Events are moving quite quickly. Lets speak to the bbc� s fergal keane who has interviewed aung san sui kyi. Thank you very much for your time. Aung san sui kyi has defended the military many a time for him especially over the raw hinge a crisis. Has that really serve her well . That really serve her well . Rohingya that really serve her well . Rohingya crisis. That really serve her well . rohingya crisis. I dont think it has. It might be part of their calculation from moving against her now or part of the context. They will look at her as somebody who is less were isolated internationally then she was back in 2015 when she led the National League for democracy to the first Landslide Victory in the election back then. Dont forget, 2019 commercial went to the hague to the International Criminal court as the face of myanmar. Defending the Military Actions. Against the rohingya state. Because of that, she thought all the lesser that used to surround her for being a human rights activists. She lost all of her lesser basis around her. All of that was obliterated. By her support for the Military Actions against the rohingya. I think the military would have looked at her and said she is not isolated in the probably have calculated that the International Community is very preoccupied with covid 19 and the pandemic situation, and have thought this is a good time to move. They clearly regarded the recent election in november as a significant threat to the power that they still hold. Never mind they control security in the country. Aung san sui kyi has long regarded this and i know from conversations as a major impediment in terms of establishing genuine democracy in the country. With the scale of the victory the nld one that in november, i suspect the military were nervous and she wanted to move to genuine democracy and they decided this was the right time to move. It was the right time to move. It was described as a landslide in november. And yet, the military does have designated seats, so it is an extraordinary move given their power. It didnt really seem to be under threat. I think the movie as a consequence of the power. It is fear of losing the power but in awareness they have to step the military. As jonathan awareness they have to step the military. Asjonathan rightly pointed out and others who reported on myanmar over the decades, they are capable of the most extreme ruthlessness. But two people, on the streets. They are not worried i think about a massive civilian uprising. For people who come onto the streets. The rules of the game and those terms are very clearly understood in myanmar. The bigger question is how will the International Community act, and how the nation of the region react to this. Will they allow it to be Business As Usual and continue dealing with myanmar in economic terms in different diplomatic terms or will they go for a very severe action . ,. ,. , action . The International Community action . The International Community in action . The International Community in many action . The International Community in many ways action . The international. Community in many ways as action . The International Community in many ways as she had been saying has turned away from aung san sui kyi because of what has happened since she became the de facto leader. You have met her and interviewed her. Can we hypothesise what she might be thinking . With this move have surprised her . Do you think she wouldve seen it coming . The issue politically savvy enough to have seen the Warning Signs . Yes. Ive known her since 1995. Ive interviewed her on many occasions. I think she certainly would have seen this coming. She is a very, she is hearty. I would say a tough customer. She seen this coming. As she be prepared to set out whatever the military decided to do. The big problem she has however is given everything that has happened with the rohingya, it is being able to bring about the kind of International Coalition which she was able to do in the past to support her to support the cause of democracy. Lets see what the joe biden cause of democracy. Lets see what thejoe Biden White House. This is the first major Foreign Policy challenge for them in asia and it is a pretty big one. None of us know where this is going to be. I big one. None of us know where this is going to be. This is going to be. I remember in the past this is going to be. I remember in the past when this is going to be. I remember in the past when she this is going to be. I remember in the past when she was in the past when she was detained under house arrest and then she would go into prison and be released again, she was treated relatively respectfully. How might she be be treated now by the military . I me in a sense it is anybody� s guess what that might is that it will be respectfully. She is 75 years of age. It will not do anything i suspect brutal. That is usually cap for people who are much further down the sort of political change in the National League for democracy. This is an army which is well capable of muttering people and torturing people. I dont think she will be subject to that. Murdering people. It is significant they say she has been taken away. So shes been taken to a prison somewhere, in a house arrest. The key question for me is now what do countries like in the region like india for example come hugely influential, malaysia, singapore, all of the countries to whom the generals look or have traditionally looked for support, these were the people who work throughout the longer the house arrest between 1989 in 2010 were much more or less inclined to come down burma and impose sanctions. Condemn. This may change. It is such a striking move in the context of the region. People in capitals around Southeast Asia may be looking at me and my now i thinking it is time for decisive action. But well have to see. ,. ,. , decisive action. But well have to see. ,. , ~. , to see. Given what you know about aung to see. Given what you know about aung san to see. Given what you know about aung san sui to see. Given what you know about aung san sui kyi to see. Given what you know i about aung san sui kyi through your time speaking with her and getting to know her mind, what the you think she will be thinking at this moment . Will she be thinking i need to reach out to the joe she be thinking i need to reach out to thejoe Biden White House and Regional Powers Coachella absolutely. Absolutely. That will be a key power effort strategy. Shell be banking on the factor and all of this if she remains whatever people in the west dick about her, the hugely popular within myanmar she still is. That support has been constance over decades. If anything like this will deepen it. If a setback into a role which emphasises for the majority of people in myanmar a kind of terrorism, this isolated, heroic figure now kind of thrown into jail again. A kind of heroism. Her calculation will be to depend on the Domestic Support but to try and reach out and build bridges to the people who are alienated from her because of her position, people in the west, because of her position on the rohingya issue. And i think the overall kind of concerned about preserving democracy in that part of the world will lead people like the joe Biden White House and the British Foreign office the European Union which is also been quite influential in bmr, it will lead them to making very strong statements and to put aside the question of her behaviour around the rohingya issue. Democracy in myanmar will be their priority. Will be their priority. Thank ou so will be their priority. Thank you so much will be their priority. Thank you so much for will be their priority. Thank you so much for your will be their priority. Thank. You so much for your insight. Updating us on that Breaking News and give his thoughts. 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The ruling National League for democracy says aung san sui kyi has been detained Tens Of Thousands of russians have taken to the streets for the second week running in the biggest protests against President Putin for a decade. Demonstrators in 90 cities turned out in support of the jailed activist Alexei Navalny. Over 5,000 people have been detained. Among them was mr navalny� s wife yulia, seen here accompanying her husband on their return to russia earlier this month. She was arrested by police in moscow as she and others marched towards the prison where her husband is being held its not yet clear if she has been released. Steve rosenberg reports. By law, russians have the right to peaceful protest. On paper. In moscow today, police were determined to clear the streets. Whatever it took. Some people got away. But hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. Protesters had come out in support of Alexei Navalny, the kremlin critic whos in jail. Moscow police had warned that any protest in the city today would be considered illegal and broken up, and thats exactly whats happening right now. The message is that the authorities are determined to crack down on dissent. But the crowds swelled, and moved through the city. Chanting. Moscow, take to the streets, theyre chanting. The riot police tried to stop them, but they were playing catch up all afternoon. Mr navalny� s arrest was the trigger for this, but resentments of the authorities has been building. We have been stagnating for, like, 20 years of putins rule, and i believe that we need some change. I wanted freedom for our country. The situation now is the worst, i think, than the last ten years. This too brought russians onto the streets, Alexei Navalny� s recent video alleging that Vladimir Putin built himself a £1 billion palace with illicit money, complete with £600 toilet brushes. The kremlins denied it, but the videos had more than 100 million views online. The result the toilet brush has become the symbol of this protest, the embodiment of what many here believe is massive corruption at the top. There were protests across russia, from st petersburg. To siberia and the russian far east. Man shouting. But will they force a kremlin u turn and mr navalny� s release . No sign of that. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. The president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six Pharmaceutical Companies that problems with the supply of Coronavirus Vaccine have to be addressed. Astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley has more. Keeping the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic Open was a priority in brexit talks, so the eu faced intense criticism after drawing up plans to introduce controls on vaccine imports. Ministers in london and dublin intervened to tell brussels it had made a big mistake. The commission shouldve spoken to you first, should it not . Yes, and weve had that conversation. And i think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how all of this transpired because it took four years to put the protocol together. People were blind sided by the decision that was taken and its implications for the protocol. The vaccine roll out in the eu has been slow, with tension over supply delays. The under pressure Commission President held talks with Pharmaceutical Companies this afternoon. Ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses. Speaking to german tv tonight, she emphasised cooperation. Translation i had a very good conversation With Borisjohnson last night precisely about this. It makes sense to Work Together during the pandemic. I was pleased to say that he said the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. This is the spirit in which we have to approach the pandemic. But in the uk, Hundreds Of Thousands are being jabbed daily with a Record Number yesterday. And ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. I hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when were on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and of course our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected. Thats the way were going to grip this disease. For all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll out here has been one of the speediest in the world. The situation in europe shows that that wasnt guaranteed. And despite those tensions with brussels, the fact that ministers here are even prepared to talk about the idea of Sharing Vaccines is a sign of confidence. Vaccines are a key tool in the governments plans to lift lockdown, and for now, the roll out remains on track. Nick eardley, bbc news. Hello. It may be a new month but the weather pattern, for now, is staying the same. So, in the week ahead, there will be low Pressure Systems coming our way. There will be more rain to flood affected areas, some snow as the wet weather pushes north causing some disruption, and although milder for some of us, thats not going to last. A damp start for some to the south close to this area of low pressure for monday morning. This is a much more vigorous Weather System coming our way with that Rain And Snow Monday Night and into tuesday. Monday not starting as cold as sunday morning. Still the coldest parts of scotland close to minus double figures. Quite sharp frost in scotland and Northern England under clear skies but with some sunshine for monday morning, icy where were still seeing some wintry showers towards the north and east of scotland. Damp and drizzly with plenty of misty, murky conditions across parts of Southern England and wales perhaps in the midlands here and east anglia may brighten up into the afternoon. And rain and hill snow spreading north across Northern Ireland during the afternoon, and that Will Push Into Parts Of Scotland into monday evening. But this area of rain is from that low pressure system i showed you. Some heavier rain pushing north into the Cold Air Monday Night and into tuesday. Were going to see some snow out of that in parts of wales, the midlands, and Northern England before it turns to rain but briefly very icy with that and the snow by Tuesday Morning across Northern England and into parts of scotland. So, a covering for some of us to start the day. Some very difficult travel conditions. And although for some it will turn to rain, still into parts of the pennines and scotland on tuesday, there will be further snow, and the totals really starting to mount up into the Higher Ground particularly. South of that, its turning milder, and there will be a few sunny spells, but there will also be a few heavy showers around. It could be thundery, too. This area of low pressure is still close by going into wednesday. And particularly for parts of Northern Ireland, Northern England, and scotland, some rain, some snow around. Another Weather System coming in towards the south. Uncertainty about how far north its going to bring its rain, but some of us will get a sizeable dose of rain. For that, we think during wednesday. In between the two Weather Systems, you could actually have a dry day. You could actually see a bit of sunshine. And as we go towards the end of the week, it looks like the weather will begin to quieten down a little bit. Although temperatures have gone up, youll notice theyll have come down again, and it is looking colder going into next weekend. This is bbc news. The headlines. A Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. Reports say the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other Party Leaders of the National League for democracy have been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Soldiers are on the streets of the Capital Naypyitaw and the main city yangon. Tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets for the second week running in the biggest protests against President Putin and in support of the jailed activist Alexei Navalny for a decade. Over 5,000 people have been detained. The president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six Pharmaceutical Companies that problems with the supply of Coronavirus Vaccine have to be addressed. Astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. 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