killing george floyd. how do you find an un—biased jury? and the price of protection — we report on the battle to save the coast of the philippines from abandoned coronavirus equipment. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. britain's royal family and its advisors are reeling from a list of damaging allegations made by the duke and duchess of sussex in their interview with oprah winfrey. meghan said that she considered taking her own life and that there had been conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie's skin might be. oprah winfrey has said it wasn't queen elizabeth or the duke of edinburgh who asked prince harry about the colour of his son's skin. so far, buckingham palace has not responded to any of the allegations, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. whatever the palace expected, the reality was worse with meghan describing uncaring attitudes and a racist remark from a member of the royal family. it almost broke her. were you thinking of harming yourself, having suicidal thoughts? yes. this was very clear. very clear and very scary and i did not know who even to turn to. these are the thoughts that i'm having in the middle of the night that are very clear, and i'm scared because this is very real. it's not some abstract idea. this is methodical and this is not who i am. a particular low point had occurred in january 2019. the couple had attended an event at the royal albert hall. meghan says she was in tears for much of it and told harry she did not want to be alive anymore. she said she had approached one of the most senior people in the palace seeking help and she says she was told was nothing that could be done. rewind to a spring day in may 2018. it all started with so much promise. then meghan admitted she had been naive at the time of her wedding to harry. she said she did not fully understand what her role as a royal would involve. the queen quickly took her under her wing and there was a successful joint visit to chester. meghan said the queen had always made herfeel welcome and she loved being in a company. but the relationship with catherine, the duchess of cambridge, was evidently more complicated. at one point there were newspaper stories that meghan had made catherine cry. in fact, meghan said it was catherine who had made her cry but the palace never corrected the stories. it was a moment, meghan said, when things changed. and then to another extraordinary claim concerning their son archie in the months before his birth, meghan said there had been discussions about his status and security and she says there was a comment from a family member about the colour of his skin. in those months when i was pregnant all around the same time, so we had in tandem the conversation of he will not be given security, he will not be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. what? and you're not going to tell me who had the conversation? i think that would be very damaging to them. harryjoined his wife for the final part of the interview. he hinted otherfamily members had becomejealous of them after their visit to australia in 2018. things really changed after that, he said. he said both his father and brother were trapped in the royal family. he was happy to have space from william and he revealed a rift with his father. there's a lot to work through. i feel really let down. because he has been through something similar. he knows what pain feels like. and archie's his grandson. but at the same time of course i will always love him. but there's a lot of hurt that's happened. they were revelations of the kind that any family would prefer to keep private. many things remain unanswered not least the identity of the family member who made the remark about archie's skin colour. on that, oprah winfrey has said who it was not. he did not share the identity with me but wanted to make sure that i knew if i had an opportunity to share it that it not his i knew if i had an opportunity to share it that it was not his grandmother nor his grandfather. time heals all things he said at the end of the interview. he also described at the end of the interview that their new baby is a girl to be born in the summer. for more reaction i'm joined now by our correspondent in los angeles sophie long. going nuclear, is that how america sorry? going nuclear, is that how america sor ? , ~ , going nuclear, is that how america sor ? , , sorry? yes, i think so. this was a very heavily _ sorry? yes, i think so. this was a very heavily trailed _ sorry? yes, i think so. this was a very heavily trailed interview - sorry? yes, i think so. this was a | very heavily trailed interview took place over two hours last night. broadcast on prime time both east and west coast. it didn't disappoint in terms of the details that were revealed. it was on the all the us news networks this morning. people calling it explosive, kryptonite, 1, a hand grenade being thrown right into the heart of the british monarchy. it's been huge here and there's been a lot of sympathy for there's been a lot of sympathy for the royal couple. i think the main focus has been on what she revealed about feeling suicidal, how it was a very real and constant feeling. how she sought help and help wasn't forthcoming. that is been the main focus of coverage here. that along with the conversations revealed about the colour of their then unborn child scans up just to give you a sense of how much coverage this is not it was even raised as a question at the press briefing at the white house today. president biden said press secretary said they are now private citizens. it takes great courage for people to talk about their struggles with mental health and to do that so personally. they didn't go any further than that. just to give you an indication that. just to give you an indication that this has been talked about across the united states throughout the day. do across the united states throughout theda. , across the united states throughout theda. �* , the day. do americans and british --eole the day. do americans and british peeple see _ the day. do americans and british peeple see the — the day. do americans and british people see the royal _ the day. do americans and british people see the royal family - the day. do americans and british people see the royal family rather differently? i people see the royal family rather differentl ? ~' people see the royal family rather differently?— differently? i think so. this interview— differently? i think so. this interview obviously - differently? i think so. this interview obviously just - differently? i think so. this i interview obviously just been interview obviouslyjust been broadcast where you are in the united kingdom. here there's been much, much more sympathy for the royal couple. and a lot of americans are fascinated by their story. this for them is a fairytale. this was a young biracial woman who once worked as a waitress and was working as an actress when she met prince harry and married into the royalfamily. they watch this story as it unfolds. they watch this story as it unfolds. they were obviously very saddened to hear the struggles and pain she felt when she was with the royal family. and a greater understanding now of why they decided to leave and why they came here to california. there were lots of shocking revelations but also some happy news. as you heard in the report we learned that she is expecting a baby girl. which is due to be born in the summer. we also had some insight into their life here. we had harry described the highlights of his day is now striving archie to the back of his bike, going into bike rides, to the beach, tags enjoying the outdoors in a way that he never got to do when he was a child. as you might imagine, we've a huge amount of analysis and reaction to megan and harry's interview. you can read it on our website including this piece on the 12 things we learned from their conversation with oprah winfrey. just go to the bbc news website for all that. the united nations is voicing deep concern for the fate of an unknown number of protesters in myanmar who have been trapped by security forces in yangon. explosions have been heard in the area, believed to be the sound of stun grenades used by the military. more than fifty people are believed to have been killed since the military coup began. david campa nale reports. the city of myitkyina, kachin state. it's another day on the streets as unarmed protesters take their stand against the military coup. as they advance, they must know armed security forces are ready and waiting and will use lethal force against them. then something remarkable — a roman catholic nun is on her knees pleading with the police. some officers kneel down to speak to her, their hands in prayer. she recalled the security personnel told her to leave as she was in grave danger, but she insisted she would not go away and was ready to die. translation: | said, - "if you're not turning back, i will also remain here." they said, "the protesters are blocking the road." i said, "i'll ask them to open it." i begged them not to shoot these children. from gestures of peace, there then came gunfire and mayhem. moments later, witnesses say volleys of bullets tore into the protesters who had pushed forward. they raced back carrying two people who were killed and helping a young woman whose arm had been badly injured by a bullet. five weeks after their coup, the armed forces in myanmar are still facing open rebellion in almost every corner of the country. this is but one district of yangon, where as night fell, 200 protesters remained barricaded by security forces in their apartment buildings. police have been arresting anyone suspected of involvement in the civil disobedience movement. people are really scared. they don't know what's going to happen next, and the military has been cutting internet every night at 1am. so, people are really worried about what will happen after that. the decision by some of the biggest unions to launch an indefinite general strike is a desperate one, hoping that destroying an already damaged economy might bring enough pressure to force the military to step back. but this is an army which has already said it will accept all hardships and isolation inflicted on the country as a fair price to pay for keeping power. david campanale, bbc news. let's get some of the day's coronavirus news. italy's coronavirus death toll has passed the 100,000 and prime minister mario draghi has warned that the situation is worsening again with a jump in hospitalisations. italy is the seventh country in the world to reach that number, following the united states, brazil, mexico, india, russia and the uk. the us centre for disease control has slightly relaxed the guidlines for people who have been fully inoculated against coronavirus. president biden visited a vaccination centre on monday. they can meet in small groups with others who have also had their jab. but they're still advised to wear face—coverings in public. and millions of english schoolchildren have returned to class after two months of studying at home. 0lder pupils have to wear masks where social distancing isn't possible. and there are voluntary covid tests. headteachers say compliance has been good. israel has started vaccinating thousands of palestinians who hold israeli work permits. but rights groups say it should go much further for those in the occupied territories. israel has been immunising its own citizens at the world's fastest rate. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. they come to work at dawn. the buses arrive, and so does the chance for a life—saving jab. these are among 100,000 west bank palestinians who have jobs injewish settlements or inside israel. a checkpoint becomes a vaccine clinic. workers get ready as soldiers watch on. ahmed, a builder, tells me he hopes all palestinians can get the jab. "we need to provide a normal life for our kids," he says. but the workers are the lucky ones. a journey through the checkpoint into the occupied west bank takes you to where covid rates are surging. this is manger square, and over there is the church of the nativity. i mean, this place would normally be packed. there haven't been any tourists here for a year. everything's shut now. you just see this place has really suffered. i meetjohnny. he's recovered from the virus, but now his wife and some of the kids are sick. they've been inside more than a month. translation: we need the vaccine urgently, so we can go back- to our normal lives. in israel, they vaccinated millions. here, we didn't get it. we are asking the pa, our authority, to get us the vaccine. our lives depend on it. paralysed from a fall, with years of health concerns, fadi is just as worried about business now. his restaurant has the highest views of bethlehem and a land divided. here, we asked for the vaccine. we didn't know where or when. this is the problem. you'll feel like you'll be in the corner, in the ward, you feel like in the corner. you've been forgotten? yeah. all this has been wrapped in controversy as rights groups say israel should give doses for many more palestinians. it's more of a political decision from a higher level. _ as well, israel's open to talking with the palestinian side when i there's an official request given. we will work accordingly as well with other international- organisations or donations. israel argued previous peace accords leave responsibility for vaccines to palestinian officials. they've done only around 10,000 doses so far, with more batches apparently delayed. but for millions of palestinians without a job in israel, they're still waiting. tom bateman, bbc news, bethlehem. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the price of protection — we report on the battle to save the coast of the philippines from abandoned coronavirus equipment. the numbers of dead and wounded defy belief. it is the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times is popular in less than 2a hours, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots, then they came out firing. | god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged a1, is sentenced to 99 years. he travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. do you think you'll change your life much, you think? i don't know, i've never married before. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... a bombshell interview from meghan and prince harry: they tell oprah winfrey that someone within the palace raised questions about the skin colour of their son archie hundreds of protestors are trapped by security forces in the burmese city of yangon, the un says — it's deeply concerned for their fate. a us judge has delayed the start of one of the most significant police trials in us history — the killing of george floyd last may in minneapolis. protesters gathered ahead of the trial of officer derek chauvin, the white policeman accused of second—degree murder, which was due to begin monday. jury selection will now begin on tuesday. george floyd's death — which was filmed by a bystander — sparked months of protests for racialjustice. here's how the jury selection process works. a pool of eligible local citizens has been called to appear, and from them a jury of 12, and four alternates will be selected. potentialjurors are questioned to determine if they'll be able to judge derek chauvin fairly. each will have received a questionnaire asking about their familiarity with the case, their news habits and their own interactions with law enforcement. it includes direct questions about how many times they saw the video of george floyd's death and if they participated in, or had property damaged during, the protests. (biv)these contentious these contentious and sensitive issues makejury selection an important and complicated process. joining me to discuss this is kimberly wehle, professor of law at the university of baltimore in maryland. can you really get an impartialjury here? can you really get an impartial 'ury here? . �* , . can you really get an impartial 'ury here? ., �*, ., , ., ., , here? that's a question in any high-profile — here? that's a question in any high-profile child. _ here? that's a question in any high-profile child. the - here? that's a question in any high-profile child. the judge l high—profile child. the judge basically high—profile child. thejudge basically said listen, i understand that pretty much everyone has heard about this. so i'm not going to order that this trial take place in a different district, for example. they are going to go forward with the hope that they can impale a jury that's not biased against police officers on them on hand orfor police officers on another hand. or evenjurors police officers on another hand. or even jurors that have strong views about the use of drugs. because it looks like one of the defences that will be waged is that mr floyd had sentin will be waged is that mr floyd had sent in all and other substances in his bloodstream. this is definitely a challenging task for this judge, lawyers and for the american jury system. does that questionnaire were? it's an initial screening device. kind of to put people in eight larger groups. the judge will go through with first the defence lawyer asking questions after the judge in the prosecutor is. it's through that process that the jurors will be one by one ask questions to weed out more nuanced biases. there's a whole cottage industry in the united states of experts that are hired by lawyers who have other resources or clients that have the resources or clients that have the resources to second—guess these jurors are trying to get inside them psychologically in the jury system. it's not a science as much as there are people who have expertise in this. unfortunately it's a system that rewards people with the affluence to afford that kind of support in this moment where someone's liberty here, is on the line as well as of course the tragedy that happened to george floyd that every american now has a an opinion about probably. what floyd that every american now has a an opinion about probably.— an opinion about probably. what is the racial makeup _ an opinion about probably. what is the racial makeup of _ an opinion about probably. what is the racial makeup of the _ an opinion about probably. what is the racial makeup of the jury - an opinion about probably. what is the racial makeup of the jury do i an opinion about probably. what is. the racial makeup of the jury do you have a good idea of what the jury might be? have a good idea of what the “my miaht be? ~ ., , have a good idea of what the “my miaht be? ~ ., have a good idea of what the “my miuhtbe? ., ,. might be? when i was in law school in washington. _ might be? when i was in law school in washington, in _ might be? when i was in law school in washington, in washington, - might be? when i was in law school in washington, in washington, dc. might be? when i was in law school in washington, in washington, dc i| in washington, in washington, dc i was on a criminaljury when i was at the department ofjustice, and there were african—americans on the jury and my experiences that listen, i will never, ever believe a police officer. so that's the kind of bias i think that the lawyers will try to sort for. jurors aren't always going to tell the truth. i don't think that african americans on this jury would necessarily vote to convict. i do think they will like all americans that takejury do think they will like all americans that take jury service seriously and listen to the law and the facts, there are people out there and hopefully they will find 12 of them that will take into account the facts and evidence submitted to the jury. of course one of the things that has to happen is the jury that is reflective of the population. and in this area of the country it's about 20% african—american. so there will be, and this is a good thing, there will be mixed race population on this jury. that is how should be. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. a supreme courtjudge in brazil has annulled the criminal convictions against the former president luiz inacio lula da silva. it may clear his way to run in next year's election. the judge said that the court which tried lula on charges of corruption didn't have the jurisdiction to do so. a march has been held in mexico city to mark international women's day. protesters have demanded more action from the government to combat gender—based violence. official figures suggest that almost a thousand women were murdered last year because of their gender. in the fight against coronavirus, there's no doubt protective equipment — or ppe helps save lives. but it also creates a huge waste problem, with masks, gloves and other coverings, polluting the environment. our manila correspondent howard johnson has visited a coastal area in the philippines to see the scale of the problem. surgical facemasks are washing up on the philippine coral reef. it follows reports by environmental groups of covid—19 personal protective equipment strewn along the country's coastline. we joined a team of divers to take a closer look at the problem. my name is shayla. and i'm oliver. we are dive professionals here. there is this area it is wonderful. it's like my first time again there after the lockdown. it's gotten worse. there's more stuff like the ppe just ten minutes in the dive we saw around 10, 12 masks. and we never had that before. when i saw ppe masks i honestly felt sad and guilty about it. because i used a ppe mass that's easy to throw away. take a look at the rubbish that was brought back by the divers you can see here blue facemask, lots of them. there's a face here, plastic bottles, tarpaulins. the question is now, what happens to this rubbish? lots of it will go back to landfill and could eventually make its way back into the sea. and that's a problem because polymers inside the surgical mask are breaking down into micro plastics. easily consumed by marine wildlife in the coral reefs that nurture them. the government is currently cleaning up waterways in and around manila. but admits more must be done to tackle the growing medical waste generated by the pandemic. not ready for implementing the - programme along the coastal areas. there is really a need to strengthen our policy because of course, - clean oceans starts from home. the green peace philippine say that part of the problem is that the public don't know how to correctly dispose of their medical waste. it really would be important to start getting that information out about ppe at home and also ensuring that they get the right facilities where they have the equipment and the knowledge of managing infectious waste. personal protection equipment has been one of the key tools in preventing the spread of infection during the pandemic. now it's highlighting the detrimental effects of our dependency on throwaway plastics. more on our website where you will find further analysis given by the duchess and duke of sussex. hello. the weather is pretty quiet out there at the moment, and tuesday promises to be a fine day on the whole. the rest of the week, though, oh, my goodness, it's going to get significantly livelier. a deep area of low pressure forming out to the west at that moment in the atlantic will come hurtling towards the uk for wednesday and thursday. expect some very strong and gusty winds and some spells of heavy rain. so, in contrast, for tuesday, yes, some showery light rain affecting northern reaches of the uk, but overall a lot of fine weather, some sunny spells and light winds, a quiet enough day. temperatures just about making into the lower end of double figures. through the afternoon, however, and into the evening, the wind starts to strengthen in the west as this weather front pushes in. wet conditions for ireland and scotland through the evening. overnight, the rain sinks further south into england and wales, and the gusty winds will follow that band of rain. but the wind, the rain and the cloud do make for a milder night tuesday into wednesday. wednesday daytime, the cloud and rain tends to hang back across england and wales as our next front bumps into scotland and northern ireland. generally a lot of cloud around, some heavy rain, but the wind the key factor again, i think, through wednesday. across the board, strong gusty winds. those are the figures in the black arrows. this is wednesday afternoon, and in exposed hours, we're looking at 50 mph and inland 35—40. this is the area of low pressure wednesday into thursday. the fronts run off into the continent. the low centre, though, stays to the north. thursday actually brighter from many, but a lot of showers coming in and just don't underestimate that wind. behind the fronts, actually, it could be stronger on thursday than it was on wednesday. certainly will feel colder. i think we could see some snow showers across the highest ground, and the winds at exposure in excess of 60 mph, inland 40—115 mph. so a really windy 48 hours. winds slacken back a bit, perhaps friday, but bands of showers sweep across the uk. and then for saturday, it looks like we'll see a more organised band of rain spreading into all areas. and still a fairly blustery story into the early part the weekend. this is bbc world news. the headlines — the duke and duchess of sussex have given a deeply personal interview to oprah winfrey explaining why they left the uk. meghan says that someone within the royal family asked how dark theirfirst baby's skin colour might be. the un says it's deeply concerned for the fate of some 200 protesters trapped by security forces in yangon. it comes as the burmese ambassador to the uk has called for the release of myanmar�*s ousted ruler aung san suu kyi. a judge has delayed the start of one of the most significant trials in us history. a former police officer is charged with killing george floyd last may in minneapolis. the court is considering whether to reinstate a charge of third—degree murder. a supreme courtjudge in brazil has annulled the criminal convictions against former president lula da silva, paving the way for him to run in the 2022 elections. lula, as he's known, governed brazil beween 2003—2011.