and that gust of heat hits you in the face. hello and welcome. opponents of cuba s communist government say dozens of activists have been arrested after thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades. some were detained at the demonstrations, others were arrested at their homes. the protests called for democratic freedoms and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. president miguel diaz canel has blamed the united states embargo for the unrest. he said it was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. our north america editor jon sopel has more. libertad! libertad , the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. but while many cubans feel this in their hearts, it s extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. translation: we are here because of the repression l against the people. they are starving us to death. havana is collapsing. we have no house, nothing, but they have the money
she s learned from school, something they ve been talking about, then she ll teach me. and a 24 year old student from glasgow survives the black chair, becoming the youngest ever winner of mastermind. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure after several allegations over his personal conduct in office. today there are renewed questions, over who paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat. a spokesman has again declined to say whether boris johnson received a loan from the conservative party to cover the costs, but insisted he has fully complied with all guidance. the prime minister chaired a cabinet meeting this morning as he attempted to shift the focus away from personal controversies. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the government is keen to dismiss a number of rows, including how borisjohnson funded a revamp of his home in downing street, asjust a bit of westminster curtain twitching that doesn t interest the world outside. this mo
i will be back at the top of the hour with the very latest, including the situation in israel. it s time to take a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the we can parliament. coming up, more questions for boris johnson over who paid for the revamp of his downing street lap has two don t the british people deserve a prime minister they can trust and a government that isn t mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal? but the prime minister insists he picked up the bill. he should know that picked up the bill. he should know that i picked up the bill. he should know that i paid know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. also on this programme. personally, mr speaker. also on this programme. demands - personally, mr speaker. also on this programme. demands by i personally, mr speaker. also on i this programme. demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. and peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost
risk countries must spend 10 days shut in government approved facilities. not particularly looking forward to the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it goes by quickly. hello to you. the general who is leading the coup in myanmar has said he would try to handle the mass protests against the overthrow softly, though he didn t clarify specifically what this would mean. this comes after threats that protesters could face up to 20 years in jail if they obstruct the armed forces or long sentences if they incite hatred towards the coup leaders. here s our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. gunfire even for a country shocked at being back under military rule, it has been a stressful 2a hours. rumours of a full scale army operation were strong, and here in myitkyina, repeated bursts of gunfire from the security forces made people think it was already happening. most of the shots, though, were fired into the air. then, an eight hour, nationwide internet blackout. for what p
hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. we ll bring you the latest in a moment, but first.. myanmar s military authorities have warned that armed authorities have warned that forces day is being celebrated armed forces day is being celebrated by the country. this is a large parade which marks the anniversary of the foundation of the army. lots of firepower is on show here. previous processions, and we have seen this already, have shown troops will. .. have seen this already, have shown troops will. which can be seen there, a lot of armoury is welcome including tanks, jets and missiles, and also a fly passed by the army chief and the june fly passed by the army chief and thejune to head. he may well be speaking, but this is a really big show of strength by the military. you remember remember, of course, that the country at the moment is in the midst of some turmoil. this is since february the 1st when the generals ousted and detained the civilian le