Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this hour with Breaking News a Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. The countrys De Facto LeaderAung San Suu Kyi, the president win myint, and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Phone and Internet Connections have been cut and soldiers are on the streets of the Capital Naypyidaw and the main city yangon. The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup. All this in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent thats been rejected by observers. State tv in myanmar has released a statement saying its having technical errors and is unable to broadcast. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok we are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appear, there are numerous reports that there are numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including Aung San Suu Kyihave country including Aung San Suu Kyi have been detained by the military, very early this morning, before dawn, that the capital, naypyidaw, which is not the name city, that has been cut off man city. People have been having trouble getting through on phones. Naypyidaw is where they have a bigger space and it was where parliament was due to convene today for a second term of office for Aung San Suu Kyi after her party won even more resounding election victory last november. It was contesting that election victory and complains regularity by the military which appears to have driven this action. Remember, the military last week made some alarming signals talking about replacing the constitution or even possibly a coup, then backtracked at the weekend, saying it would abide by the constitution, but still insisted that his grievances over the weekend was still valid. Whats happened this morning, really, cant be overstated. It is an extraordinary move. You have to remember that the constitution that governs myanmar right now was written by the military, the entire transition back to a democratic government was overseen by the military was still has a very significant power, control ski ministries. And yet they appear to have moved today to neutralise the government, take it over, in effect, before parliament consent. The military has given no statements so far. There have been soldiers visible on the streets in many parts of myanmar. It seems those have been brought out to detain key officials in regions as well, people like chief ministers, so im not sure the military will describe it as a coup, as a suspension of the constitution. Underthe constitution. Under the constitution, the constitution. Underthe constitution, the military does have significant power was to declare a State Of Emergency and that might be adoption. But it is an extraordinarily dramatic and provocative move by the military, in particular, to detain all the key leaders and on song 26, and these are very popular politicians, ohnson tsuji is enormously popular. Election result was clearly in her favour, popular. Election result was clearly in herfavour, her party won 80 of the seat in the main parliament. So this is not going to go unopposed and it is a very risky move by the military. One thing i think may be unlikely as they overthrow the constitution. The constitution as their own constitution, they spent years drafting it and it gives them enormous powers, unlike thailand, wearer there are guzan constitutions as often as most people have tens of government. In myanmar it will be a big deal. It is likely they will stick to a State Of Emergency. Friendly, the military has set a path that is fraught with huge issues. The government has just won a resounding election victory, albeit there were complaints of irregularities. But the Election Commission judged that they simply could not have altered the result. And when you look at how well ohnson tsujis party did its hard to argue that a party did not justifiably when a new mandate. With all of that, for the military to move against them right after that election, think many people thought the military was quite savvy and had been quite subtle often in managing its relations with civilian government, there is nothing subtle at all about looking up an elected government. Looking up an elected government. Looking up an elected covernment. , government. Our thanks to jonathan government. Our thanks to jonathan therefore government. Our thanks to jonathan therefore the government. Our thanks to i jonathan therefore the latest jonathan therefore the latest details. Since we spoke to him, one more detail coming through from waiters are saying that soldiers were deployed outside city hall reuters. That was in yangon. Military trucks and vans standing nearby. Lets speak to bill hayton an associate fellow on the Asia Pacific Programme at chatham house. Hejoins us from south east england. Great to see you. Thanks for coming on. We heard the latest details as far as we know them from jonathan there. A bit of context would be really useful at this point. Would you talk us through the relationship between Aung San Suu Kyi, De Facto Leader, and the military, the way that relationship works . ~ , , works . Well, pretty badly, think, is the easiest way i works . Well, pretty badly, j think, is the easiest way to put it. There seems to be very little personal chemistry between Aung San Suu Kyi and the Senior General in charge of the Senior General in charge of the Myanmar Military. They reportedly havent spoken for months or maybe even longer. The main issue is she wants to see the military formally out of politics and the military are absolutely convinced they are absolutely convinced they are the only thing that stands between, you know, normality and disaster. They think they are the backbone of the country and embody the soul and the spirit of the nation and that, therefore, they are required to make sure that myanmar stays on a true path and theyjust dont trust civilians, frankly, to get on with it. So its hard to see why they have chosen, decided to go on this particular issue, because the constitution guarantees them a 25 representation in both houses of parliament, which means that the constitution cant be changed without their say so. But it seems relations have become so bad with the civilian party that they feel that this was the moment to move. It that this was the moment to move. ,. ,. ,. , move. It is extraordinary, isnt it, move. It is extraordinary, isnt it. In move. It is extraordinary, isnt it, in part move. It is extraordinary, isnt it, in part this move. It is extraordinary, isnt it, in part this is move. It is extraordinary, isnt it, in part this is a i isnt it, in part this is a constitution written by the military. So any part of apparent coup to overthrow a document that they essentially wrote is unusual, to say the least. We heard from fergal keane earlier on, speculating that perhaps the timing was due to the fact that Aung San Suu Kyi is not particularly strong internationally at the moment. Could you explain to us what that means . That means . Well, think the reason it that means . Well, think the reason it happened that means . Well, think the reason it happened today i that means . Well, think the l reason it happened today was because parliament was about to sit and all the mps will be in naypyidaw, all staying in a guesthouse, vast majority of one particular guesthouse, and they can all be rounded up quite easily. The reason why it may be happening in the wider context, ohnson tsuji has become increasingly isolated due to the rohingya issue. It was the military who expelled the range and was a minority from the northern parts of rhakine state and we now have Hundreds Of Thousands of People Living in Refugee Camps across the border in bangladesh. The Myanmar Government and ohnson tsuji as its most public representative has been thoroughly criticised for that Aung San Suu Kyi. There was not much she could do about it. The military other people doing the pushing. They the Military Defence and the Board Affairs agencies and everything else. There is very little she could have done to stop it. Nonetheless, she has taken the blame for that. She has become a sort of Persona Non Grata in capitals Around The World. I guess she is not seen as the thought of saintly figure she was five years ago. 50 thought of saintly figure she was five years ago. So where do ou see was five years ago. So where do you see this was five years ago. So where do you see this ending was five years ago. So where do you see this ending up was five years ago. So where do you see this ending up now . You see this ending up now . Well, the Myanmar Government, the Myanmar Military have prayer plenty of experience of withstanding International Sanctions and International Pressure. They had a coup in 1988 against a similarly resounding results for what was then the opposition and they basically stuck it out for 20 plus years. So a loss will depend on what myanmar� s immediate neighbours think, im thinking china, india, and the Southeast Asian countries a loss will depend. Interestingly, china, although not a democracy in itself, probably gets on better with Aung San Suu Kyi, that it does with the Myanmar Military stop meanwhile, india, which is a democracy, ironically, get some betterwith better with the military than with ohnson tsuji. In the Southeast Asian countries, it is not sure how they will split. Those three countries or blocks will have more impact on say the European Union or the uk or the United States making comments about it, frankly. I imagine what they are going to try to do, the army here is try and force the Supreme Court to nullify the elections or rerun them, it is hard to see they could overturn the results as they stand, but maybe they can try and call for a difference election process, because that is ultimately what they are complaining about here. Or else theyjust complaining about here. Or else they just continue to complaining about here. Or else theyjust continue to rule without fear of international criticism. I without fear of international criticism. , without fear of international criticism. ,. , criticism. I wanted to go back to the issue of to the issue of how much of a surprise this is, i suppose, we have heard of the last couple of weeks these murmurings about a possible coup, denials from the military, assurances from the military, assurances from the military, assurances from the military that they will abide by the constitution only 24 abide by the constitution only 2a hours ago, and then suddenly this. Do you think people inside the country, inside the ruling party would have had any inclination that they would be rounded up entertained this morning . Rounded up entertained this mornin . ~. , i. Morning . Well, as you were sa inc, morning . Well, as you were saying. There morning . Well, as you were saying, there has morning . Well, as you were saying, there has been morning . Well, as you were | saying, there has been room morning . Well, as you were i saying, there has been room of coup preparations. We saw armoured vehicles driving around some of the City Streets On Thursday and increasingly talk about it and the army saying they wouldnt rule anything out rumours. They could say they are going to do this within the spirit of the constitution, the State Of Emergency. Technically that has to be called by the president , but with the present apparently being arrested presumably he could be pressured to formally call a State Of Emergency. So they could say they are upholding the constitution in that sense. But, obviously, the spirit of the constitution, the idea of a democratic rule is being violated as we speak. Bill hayton, thank you. Just want to bring you some pictures now. We told you earlier that state tv in myanmar is having technical difficulties. This is what they have released. So the state tv off the air. Also we know phone lines and Phone Communications in the capital have been down at least partially, as well as a huge restriction of internet use as well in the capital and also in the main city, yangon. We will take a look at what is happening in russia now. In a second weekend of widespread protests, large crowds have demonstrated across russia in defiance of warnings by police. The protesters are demanding the Release OfjailedOpposition LeaderAlexei Navalny. According to independent monitors, the Police Crackdown has now seen at least Five Thousand people arrested across the country. Among them is mr navalny� s wife, yulia, seen here accompanying her husband on their return to russia earlier this month. She has been arrested by police in moscow as she and others marched towards the prison where her husband is being held. 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. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come we have more on the Breaking News of the apparent coup in myanmar. This is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. After his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of Ayatollah Khomeini on iranian soil. 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The military complained about alleged irregularities in last novembers election but at the weekend promised to abide by the countrys constitution. The president of the European CommissionUrsula Von Der Leyen the president of the European CommissionUrsula 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 blindsided 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 Boris Johnson | last night precisely about this. Last night precisely about this question. It makes sense to Work Together during the pandemic. I was pleased that he said that 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. 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His family say hes been treated for pneumonia after Testing Positive for coronavirus, but is not in intensive care. Lets ta ke lets take you back now to the events in myanmar, the apparent coup that has been under way after Early Morning raids by the military there, taking and detaining members of the Senior Ruling Party in myanmar. Lets find out a little bit more about what is going on. We can speak to simon adams. He is the Executive Director of the Global Center for the responsibility to protect, an organisation seeking to prevent mass atrocities. Thank you very much for coming on the programme. Thank you very much for having me. So we have a very very much for having me. So we have a very tense very much for having me. So we have a very tense situation i very much for having me. So we have a very tense situation in i have a very tense situation in myanmar, a country which is a democracy, it is ruled by its ruling party, the factor leader Aung San Sui Kyi, but the military who were in charge for so many decades is still a huge presence, still hugely influential in the country. And it seems now that they have taken a step i detaining leaders of the ruling party. What is your reaction to that move . I what is your reaction to that move . ~ ,. , move . I think this is an incredibly move . I think this is an incredibly dangerous i move . I think this is an l incredibly dangerous and potentially deadly situation. And ifear greatly potentially deadly situation. And i fear greatly for people on the ground in myanmar, especially for human rights defenders, for democracy actress, for independent journalists and anyone who is opposed to Military Rule democracy activists. The only thing i would agree with back foot disagree with slightly is that we have gone through this kind of democratic transition in myanmar but i think it is really still a Military Government with some trappings of democracy. And it shows how impatient they have been, even with those advances that have taken place, that they have now swept aside Aung San Sui Kyi, someone who is essentially, over the last four years, really been an apologist for myanmar� s military, even though they locked up in so many years previously under house arrest. Why do you think they have decided to act now . I mean, obviously decided to act now . I mean, obviously the decided to act now . I mean, obviously the election decided to act now . I mean, obviously the election has i obviously the election has shaken them. They feel they are at a tipping point, that their power may be diminished, and even though, you know, she, as i said, has done everything i think over the last four years to try to reassure them, including standing up at the International Court ofjustice and denying genocide, again, which was perpetrated by myanmar� s military against the breaking of population, even though she did that for them, they are still concerned there is a little bit too much democracy for their liking and they do not like the result of what happened and so they are deciding to sweep her and leave the democracy aside, looking at her and Senior Leaders but a more general round up of democracy activists, human rights defenders, Student Leaders and others rohingya. Lets talk quickly now about the people that really matter here, people, the ordinary voters in myanmar. They voted overwhelmingly for Aung San Sui Kyis party. A hugely convincing win in the election in november. What do you think happens now . Will they come out onto the streets . Are they potentially endanger . They are in enormous potentially endanger . They are in enormous danger potentially endanger . They are in enormous danger and potentially endanger . They are in enormous danger and my i potentially endanger . They are i in enormous danger and my heart really goes out to them and i have been trying to reach out over the last hour or so to literally anybody who i have had any contact with on the ground in myanmar, whether they be journalists or others and im sure, as you guys have done the same, nobody can be reached. The telephones are down, the internet is down, and it remains to be seen what people will do but of course there is a history of this in myanmar and people have come out very, very bravely in the past, resisted Military Rule, resisted dictatorship, and sometimes they have paid for that with their lives. I hope and i pray it wont be the case this time around but that is going to depend in no small amount on the amount of International Pressure that can be put on myanmar� s military now to step back from this terrible development, to immediately and unconditionally release Aung San Sui Kyi and all the other people who have been detained, and restore democracy in myanmar. Simon adams, democracy in myanmar. Simon adams. Great democracy in myanmar. Simon adams, great to democracy in myanmar. Simon adams, great to have democracy in myanmar. Simon adams, great to have you i democracy in myanmar. Simon adams, great to have you on. | adams, great to have you on. Thank you for talking us through that. Thank you. There we have it, Breaking News here on bbc world news, the apparent milk Military Coup in myanmar, Aung San Sui Kyis the countrys the factor leader, has been detained, not just her other senior members of her democratically elected party have also been detained and this is after elections in november where her party won a convincing majority but the military have seemingly stepped in today and detained members, senior members, of the party. We now wait to see what happens, what response, if any, we hear from the authorities, Government Figures and the military there in myanmar. Thats it from me. Lewis vaughanjones. This is 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. Parts of the the midlands, though, 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. And where temperatures have gone up, youll notice theyll 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 LeaderAung 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. The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent. But at the weekend the army promised to abide by the countrys constitution. 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. This is bbc news. Now on bbc news after social media suspended donald trump, some have questioned the power