Programme. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns is underway in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi said such an ambitious project has never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began india has confirmed over 10 million cases. Thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of well over a billion people, 34 year old hospital cleaner manish kumar became the first to receive a Coronavirus Vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. Everyone should get the vaccine, as this is how we save oui country. The countrys prime minister, Narendra Modi, used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Workers take priority in the initial roll out. At this hospital in delhi, they were given the red carpet, and red roses. Dr puneetjaitley, who has treated countless covid patients, also got the vaccine today. How are you feeling now youve had the vaccine . Im feeling absolutely safe, absolutely fit and absolutely fine. Verijyous, very ecstatic. This is one of around 3,000 Vaccination Centres which have been set up across india. Here and elsewhere, theyre hoping to vaccinate around 100 people a day so if you do the maths, that means that indias aiming to vaccinate more than 300,000 people every day. But as the day drew to a close, the government said it had only reached two thirds of that target. Known as the pharmacy of the world, indias the Global Leader in vaccine manufacturing. The Oxford Astrazeneca jab, produced in the city of pune, is one of two being rolled out. The second, covaxin, developed by an indian company, bharat biotech, is yet to pass its phase three trials which means even though Officials Say its safe, we still dont know how effective it is. Theres been widespread concern its approval was rushed. Junior doctors at a delhi hospital told me they wont be taking it yet. The phase three efficacy data is not out yet for this vaccine, which is being administered here. As doctors, we believe in science, so at this moment, we will not be going for this vaccine. We dont want to be the guinea pigs. Persuading people to take the vaccine is just one challenge in a nation hit hard by covid i9. Here, theyre burning a coronavirus effigy to celebrate the start of the vaccine drive. Its been a dark year for this vibrant nation. Today, indians are hoping theyve turned a corner. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. Here in the uk, the government says airports in england will start getting Financial Support within days. A body representing airports warns theres was only so long its members can run on fumes. This comes after the announcement that quarantine restrictions would apply to everyone entering the uk. Heres our Business Correspondent katy austin. Were being told to stay home now, but last summer, travel corridor helped holidays happen. Now, the system that removes the requirement to quarantine when arriving from a list of places is about to be suspended. Geoff is working in bahrain. Hi, geoff. Hello, how are you . Hes due to fly to britain when his contract ends in a fortnight, but hasnt yet sorted accommodation. The rule change now means hell have to provide authorities with an address to self isolate at. It means that we do need to secure a place to stay before we leave here. The main concern is that with the situation, with the new regulations, if you like, that are in place, its that we will see some flight cancellations. The halt to travel corridors is the latest restriction to be introduced. It means that from monday, people arriving into the uk from anywhere must quarantine for ten days. Or they can take a covid test on the fifth day, pay for it, and if its negative, they can leave quarantine early. The rules do apply to eurostar and sea ports, as well, but not to some jobs, like hauliers, and not to people travelling within the uk and ireland. Also from monday, the requirement kicks in to show a negative covid test within 72 hours of departing to come to the uk. There have been fresh calls for urgent, targeted Additional Support for the aviation and aerospace sectors, which have suffered badly already. The aviation minister accepted it was a difficult time for them, but said support had been available. The most important thing for all of the travel industry is that were able to get people out and about, travelling again safely as soon as possible, and its what were doing with the vaccine, a massive roll out of over 3. 2 millionjabs. Thats what offers the real prospect of better times for the Aviation Industry and the whole of the travel industry. Labour said the government should have acted earlier. Groups representing the travel industry accept the need for rules to tighten, but are asking where things go from here. Were saying to the government that they need to look at all the measures that theyve got in place for travel at the moment and all of those restrictions and to actually come up with a plan to move forward so that when restrictions start to lift, that there is a clear plan in place. For many travel and holiday companies, the light at the end of the tunnel is still looking distant. Katy austin, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news. The number of coronavirus deaths in france has passed 70,000. Britain and italy are the only European Countries with a higher number of deaths. All of france is now under a 6 00pm curfew. But the Authorities Say their Vaccination Programme is gathering pace, having so far reached 400,000 people. Britain, france and germany have expressed deep concern that iran is preparing to produce uranium metal, which can be used to make a nuclear bomb. The three European Countries said there was no credible civilian use for uranium metal. And they said its production had potentially grave military implications. Rescue teams in indonesia are continuing to search the rubble of buildings brought down by an earthquake on friday. At least 56 people are now known to have died, mainly in the mamuju area of west sulawesi. Thousands of people are in temporary shelters. A volcano in indonesia has erupted spewing smoke and ash some three miles up into the atmosphere. The semeru mountain in east java in one of nearly 130 active volcanoes in indonesia. Its not yet known whether anyone has been injured. All 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of president electjoe biden� s inauguration on wednesday. National guard troops have been deployed to washington dc, in case of a repeat of the deadly riot on the 6th of january. Police confirmed a man was arrested with two handguns and 509 rounds of unregistered ammunition, as he tried to pass through a Capitol Police checkpoint. Lets speak now to william bratton, former nypd police commissioner. Thank you so much for coming on the programme. Thank you so much for coming on the programme the programme. Great to be with ou. So, the programme. Great to be with yom 50. Whats the programme. Great to be with you. So, whats your the programme. Great to be with you. So, whats your take the programme. Great to be with you. So, whats your take of you. So, whats your take of the security you. So, whats your take of the security threats you. So, whats your take of the security threats at you. So, whats your take of the security threats at the i the security threats at the moment . I think as evidenced by the preparations under way in washington, dc, our nations capital, and in many of the state capitals around america, they have shown that with intelligence and intelligence analysis, the threat level is very high. I think the prevention capabilities are also, unlike the events of january six, very high. My concern would more beady incidents such as that which just occurred in washington, a lone an individual actor, rather than large scale crowds rather than la rge scale crowds showing rather than large scale crowds showing up, some of these very heavily guarded sites. I showing up, some of these very heavily guarded sites. Heavily guarded sites. I see, and those heavily guarded sites. I see, and those loanable heavily guarded sites. I see, and those loanable factors, l heavily guarded sites. I see, i and those loanable factors, as you say, they are presumably pretty difficult to try to pinpoint, target and stop . Lone wolf. Pinpoint, target and stop . Lone wolf pinpoint, target and stop . Lone wolf. Thats correct. They are really lone wolf. Thats correct. They are really dealing lone wolf. Thats correct. They are really dealing with lone wolf. Thats correct. They are really dealing with three. Are really dealing with three crises at the moment. The coronavirus crisis, the criminal crisis, crime and our major cities is up dramatically, and in some instances has been surpassing 20 or 30 records, and thirdly, we now have a domestic terrorism crisis, the scale of which we are not certain of. So many of them operate beneath the surface. 0ur many of them operate beneath the surface. Our country is not going to be solving that as of january 20, on the inauguration. We anticipate all three of those crises are going to continue for some time after that event. To continue for some time after that event to continue for some time after that event. You mentioned that domestic terrorism that event. You mentioned that domestic terrorism has that event. You mentioned that domestic terrorism has been i domestic terrorism has been operating below the surface, which is of course true. But on the flipside of that, many viewers around the world will be slightly astounded to see those armed militias wandering around, not only in dc but in other parts of the us, openly, hugely armed. That seems like an image of a, well, a hugely armed. That seems like an image ofa, well, a kind hugely armed. That seems like an image of a, well, a kind of mediaeval image, a mediaeval mentality. It must pose a real threat that is actually quite clear and present. Threat that is actually quite clear and present. One of the benefits that clear and present. One of the benefits that you clear and present. One of the benefits that you have clear and present. One of the benefits that you have in clear and present. One of the j benefits that you have in your country which we do not have in the United States is that you tightly controlled gun ownership, possession and display. In my country, there are more guns than people. Many states have what i called open carry laws, where you can carry any type of firearm, anywhere, including interstate capital buildings. Mystical michigan, the capital lansing had an incident a couple of weeks ago where armed militants took over the capitalfor weeks ago where armed militants took over the capital for a period of time, and there was another group wanting to kidnap and possibly killed the governor. So we have in our country, because of the availability of firearms and lacks gun control throughout the country, a real danger that is being posed by these individuals who have the ability to easily acquire, display and use firepower that is in many instances the equivalent of or in excess of what our police and military possess. What our police and military ossess. , what our police and military possess possess. That is really interesting. Possess. That is really interesting. Just possess. That is really | interesting. Just before possess. That is really i interesting. Just before i possess. That is really interesting. Just before i let you go, we have seen the huge number of National Guard troops in washington, dc. The threat is right across the country. Is it in your mind, but actually, probably away from dc, where there is not perhaps the same level of resources, it could be potentially more vulnerable . There are two concerns there, that you are correct, they may be upwards of 20 to 25,000 National Guard soldiers, the largest concentration ever in the history of our country, for a single event, drawn from many other states, so some states have a depleted supply of National Guard, but the problem with the National Guard, however, is that with the exception of their military police proponents, which is only a small part, most of them are not dealt to manage crowds or deal with crowd control. You see them carrying high powered rifles but they are not carrying times, they are not equipped with pepper spray, many of them are not equipped with shields. So that in many respects, in the sense of their sheer numbers, they are a deterrent, but you would hope they are not challenged directly by the mobs, similar to what we saw onjanuary six, to what we saw on january six, because they are really not trained to deal with that type of provocation. Of provocation. That is a really fascinating of provocation. That is a l really fascinating insight. Of provocation. That is a i really fascinating insight. I hadnt actually had that kind of analysis before, so that is really interesting. Im afraid will have to leave it there. Thank you so much for coming on. Ugandas Election Commission has declared the veteran leader, yoweri museveni, to be winner of thursdays president ial election, taking 59 of the vote. Museveni described the election as the most fraud free vote in the countrys history. The much younger main opposition candidate, bobi wine, got 35 of the vote. He says the poll was a sham and that soldiers are preventing him leaving his home. Catherine byaruhanga reports from kampala. Much of downtown kampala was deserted. But some of the president s supporters made it out onto the streets to celebrate his victory. They insist the final result reflects the will of the people. Our country has got to be protected. The economy has got to develop. It has to continue because peace is back again in uganda. It is now another five years in office for yoweri museveni. By the time this term is done, he will have been in power for a0 years. Helped along by changes to the constitution which could allow him to be president for life. There has been an internet shutdown since the eve of the elections, but the Electoral Commission says it has been able to overcome the connectivity issues and collect results from across the country. I think this may turn out to be the most cheating free election since 1962. Some observers question how that is possible. My gardeners came and informed me we were surrounded. Bobi wine, the main opposition candidate, is alleging widespread irregularities and rejects the result. He is yet to provide evidence for his claims. Bobi wine has not left his home since voting day. Soldiers and police are stationed around his property. They say, to ensure his safety. So long as they are in power, they are using guns. When you walk around kampala, every corner, there are guns. Are we in a war . Whom are we fighting with . With this result, bobi wine still finds himself in a relatively strong position. His National Unity platform is expected to be the biggest Opposition Party in parliament. A good result considering that it was only formed a few months ago. He will play a key role in ugandan politics in the coming years. For now, the Opposition Leader says he will challenge the results. He has yet to announce how he will do that. Catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, kampala. Germanys christian democrats have announced the winner of the race to lead Angela Merkel� s party, the cdu. Hes Armin Laschet, widely seen as the heir to mrs merkel� s centrist brand of politics. And hes now in pole position to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor when she stands down later this year. Mark lobel reports. Is this the jovial is this thejovial air to angular medical� s throne, as germanys leader . Armin laschet has won the right to lead germanys christian democrats. Now his sites are firmly set on the topjob. Now his sites are firmly set on the top job. Translation now his sites are firmly set on the topjob. Translation the german i the topjob. Translation tue german i invision the topjob. Translation tte german i invision is the topjob. Translation tt9 german i invision is a european germany, leading the world by excellence, example and humanity. Im saying it loud and clear. We will not let right wing terrorists and trouble makers destroy our country. Trouble makers destroy our count. ~ , , country. Like angular miracle, the 59yearold country. Like angular miracle, the 59yearold is country. Like angular miracle, the 59yearold is a country. Like angular miracle, the 59yearold is a fellow. The 59 year old is a fellow centrist on economic policy, a strong defender of keeping germanys borders open to migrants. His shares a similarly combative approach in dealing with russia and china and is in resisting about eu integration. Integration. The du will continue integration. The du will continue with integration. The du will continue with policy integration. The du will continue with policy that | integration. The du will. Continue with policy that has led over the last 15 years. But to follow angela led over the last 15 years. But to follow Angela Merkel and become the conservative blocks chancellor, he has to face rivals, the popular leaders of his sister company, the christian social union. Whoever succeeds mrs merkel then faces the public in septembers general election. Current rival parties or possible Coalition Partners like the greens welcome Armin Laschet� s when but with caveats, as Armin Laschet believes Climate Policies should not suffocate the economy. Translation he inherits the economy. Translation h9 inherits a divided cdu. When Armin Laschet talks about climate change, he sounds more like against tomorrow and not because of tomorrow. He is stuck in the old coal ideals of the cdu. Translation , translation recently, coronavirus translation recently, coronavirus momentarily | coronavirus momentarily reversed his fortunes. After criticism reversed his fortunes. After criticism of reversed his fortunes. After criticism of his reversed his fortunes. After criticism of his early reversed his fortunes. After. Criticism of his early handling of the crisis, but after this Important Party victory, perhaps a fair wind may now sweep him onto the world stage. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines a sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a covid vaccine, as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1. 3 billion people. A government scheme to provide Financial Support to englands airports will begin within days, following the closure of all air corridors from monday. Ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering, reaching the summit of the worlds second highest peak, k2, in winter. Its the last of the fourteen tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. Alan arnette, became the oldest american to reach the summit of k2 in 2014, hes in colorado. Thanks so much for coming on the programme. The programme. Thanks for havinu the programme. Thanks for having me the programme. Thanks for having me. Can the programme. Thanks for having me. Can you the programme. Thanks for having me. Can you talk the programme. Thanks for having me. Can you talk us| having me. Can you talk us throu~h having me. Can you talk us through us having me. Can you talk us through us nonmountaineering through us non mountaineering types why this is such an achievement . Types why this is such an achievement . Its a fantastic da for achievement . Its a fantastic day for mountaineering. Achievement . Its a fantastic day for mountaineering. I achievement . Its a fantastic| day for mountaineering. I am just so proud of the poly team that they got up there and they are back down now at camp three. It was a 16 hour summit day, and what makes k2 so hard anytime is that it is steep, steep, steep and the weather is unrelenting. There is also tremendous objective danger and ijy tremendous objective danger and by that i mean avalanches and rockfall. So that is in the summertime, and that is when the winds will maybe had 60 or 70 miles an hour. In the wintertime, it can be 100 degrees below 0 f wind chill, so what they went through what they accomplished is astounding on the mountaineering community should be incredibly proud of them. � , , , them. Im sure they are, and what the them. Im sure they are, and what the significance them. Im sure they are, and what the significance of them. Im sure they are, and what the significance of the l what the significance of the fact that they are nepalese . Tt you look at the history of the 14 mountains that you cited, all of them with the exception of k2 have all been submitted in the wintertime, and to note there has never been a shipper involved in those summits, its been typically dominated by the russians, the polish climbers and the italian climbers, so they decided that they wanted to try to prove to the world, as of the world needed proving, that the shippers had the same skill set as any other climber in the world, so what other mountain to prove that on than k2, unclaimed and the wintertime for the last, what, 38 years or so. Theres been six attempts and no one has ever been successful stopping they have typically been small, National Teams from those three countries ive mentioned so the fact that the sherpas did at and honestly, they almost made it look easy. They went in and acclimatise, got an early, set the ropes, made up the high camps. They took advantage of a very, very narrow window to stand on top of k2. Very, very narrow window to stand on top of k2. And give us a bit of a stand on top of k2. And give us a bit of a flavour stand on top of k2. And give us a bit of a flavour of stand on top of k2. And give us a bit of a flavour of what stand on top of k2. And give us a bit of a flavour of what its. A bit of a flavour of what its like. You talked about the really difficult conditions but you have been up there . You know, you have been up there . You know. With you have been up there . You know, with everest, you have been up there . Ym. Know, with everest, some people arrogantly say that if you want to break at the barbecue summit everest but if you want respect you summit k2. Im not totally sure about that because i have done both of them and i respect anybody who attempts either of them. But in 2011, as you noted, k2 in 2014 when i was 58, it is night and a. K2 is incredibly steep, is technical. By incredibly steep, is technical. By that im in you are using your hands on your feet almost the entire time. You are going across rock, very difficult, steep rock sections that you simply just steep rock sections that you simplyjust dont have on the normal ruts on everest. Everest is all about altitude. K2 is all about technical climbing at altitude. Irate all about technical climbing at altitude. ~ , , altitude. We are ust seeing ictures altitude. We are ust seeing pictures of h altitude. We are ust seeing pictures of you altitude. We are just seeing pictures of you almost altitude. We are just seeing. Pictures of you almost smiling, i think, on top of the mountain. We will leave it there but thank you so much for coming on. The duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the uks Coronavirus Vaccine rollout in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers, describing the effort as a monumental moment. Heres andy moore. Hello, your royal highness. Good morning, everybody. Prince william spoke to a number of medics from different parts of what he called the world leading nhs, all involved in the rolled out of the vaccine. I want to say huge congratulations to everyone involved in the Vaccination Programme because it looks tremendous, it really does, and i know what a massive difference its going to make to everyone. And the vaccine was making a massive difference to around a thousand over 80s who were treated to organ music as they got theirjabs at salisbury cathedral. These pensioners were keen to come forward but the prince was told that wasnt the same for everyone. We do have Vaccine Hesitancy in some groups, your royal highness. Its really important to really get into communities. The prince said that he was very glad that the queen and duke of edinburgh had been inoculated at Windsor Castle earlier this month. My grandparents have had the vaccine and im very proud of them for doing that so its really important that everyone gets the vaccine when theyre told to. That message seems to be getting through, with confirmation today that more than 3. 5 Million People in the uk have now been vaccinated. Andy moore, bbc news. Nasa has ground tested four huge engines from its new mega rocket at the Stennis Space Center in mississippi. Its a crucial part of the artemis programme, which aims to send us astronauts back to the moon by 2024. During the eight minute test the engines consumed more than 2. 5 million litres of fuel. Although the Us Government is funding the programme, it faces stiff competition from private sector projects such as elon musk� s spacex. That it from me. Plenty more on the website. You can reach me on twitter, im lvaughanjones. Im Lewis Vaughan jones im Lewis Vaughanjones and this is bbc news. Goodbye. Hello. The snow that some of us had to start saturday mainly turned back to rain before clearing away, and i think rain will be a bigger concern than snow for most of us through the coming week. But not just yet. Sunday actually a decent looking day, dry for many with some spells of sunshine. On the earlier satellite picture, you can see this stripe of cloud brought the snow initially, replaced by rain. That then cleared away to leave a mix of sunshine and showers during saturday, the air turning a little bit milder. It is quite a cold start to sunday morning, not as cold as some mornings lately, but there could still be a little bit of ice around and, through the day, plenty of sunshine, particularly across england and wales, the odd shower through north west england and north wales. A bit more cloud, i think, for Northern Ireland and especially scotland, where showers will merge into longer spells of rain through the day, perhaps with some snow over higher ground, say, above 500 metres. Quite windy in the north, lighter winds further south and temperatures pretty much exactly where wed expect them to be at this time of year, between 6 9 celsius. Now, during sunday night, we will see further showers or longer spells of rain and mountain snow across parts of scotland, a few showers into other western fringes. Further south and east, it should be largely dry with some clear spells and temperatures generally getting quite close to freezing, but its another one of those nights where its not quite as cold as it has been lately. And then into monday, we will see some further showery rain at times across scotland, western fringes of northwest england, Northern Ireland, and then rain will become a bit more widespread across the west later in the day, whereas eastern areas should stay predominantly dry. But that rain in the west is going to become more extensive as we head deeper into the week. Various areas of low pressure, various frontal systems pushing across the british isles. Uncertainty about the detail, but it does look pretty wet for some of us. These are the rainfall accumulations we are expecting across five days. And where you see the very white colours here, showing up over high ground north west england, wales, even, parts of dartmoor there thats where we could see in excess of 100 mm of rain. The ground is very wet at the moment, so with spells of heavy rain in the forecast through the week ahead, there is the risk of flooding. It is going to turn very mild for a time, particularly down towards the south, but signs are itll get a bit colder again towards the end of the week. Bobi wine has not left his home since voting day. This is bbc news. The headlines india has started the worlds biggest vaccine programme. Its promising 300 Million People will have had the jab by the middle of the year. Two vaccines are being used, one of which was developed in the country and given emergency approval. India has the second highest number of covid 19 infections in the world. Germanys governing christian democrats have opted for a new leader wholl maintain Angela Merkel� s centrist approach. The election of Armin Laschet, the premier of north rhine westphalia, puts him in a good position to succeed mrs merkel as chancellor. Germany goes to the polls in september ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering reaching the summit of the worlds second highest peak in winter. K2, which is only 200m shorter than everest, has long been referred to as the savage mountain. Youve probably seen a lot of pictures this week of the meagre food parcels which have been sent out to some families to replace the free meals their children would normally receive at school. Now it seems the row is having a knock on effect across the catering supply industry, even for firms which have been trying to provide a good service. Our Business Correspondent katy austin has more. Providing lunch parcels to children eligible for Free School Meals while covid restrictions are keeping them at home is helping this hampshire wholesaler keep going, while its pubs and restaurant customers are shut. They provide some schools with ingredients and deliver fully packed boxes for others, but in the past few days they have had bad news. ~ � , , , bad news. Weve gone down from 3000 to just bad news. Weve gone down from 3000 to just 1400. Bad news. Weve gone down from 3000 to just 1400. So bad news. Weve gone down from 3000 to just 1400. So just 3000 tojust 1400. Sojust 1600 meals 3000 tojust1400. Sojust1600 meals are counselled now. The impact for us is that we brought in the stock, we are faced with having potentially throw that away, we wont, we give it a food charities, but it costs us and it causes us to take a loss. It costs us and it causes us to take a loss take a loss. Cancellations follow a take a loss. Cancellations follow a row take a loss. Cancellations follow a row pictures take a loss. Cancellations i follow a row pictures shared take a loss. Cancellations follow a row pictures shared on social media by parents who have landed