near the front—line, this is ahmed — a nine—year—old boy who has been blind since birth — now a teacher in yemen. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. i can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for her, going through this process by herself all those years ago because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us but at least we have each other. harry and meghan go prime time, as the first clips emerge of their interview with oprah winfrey. british success at the golden globes. the crown wins four awards, including for the stars playing the prince and princess of wales. and coming up in sport on bbc news: the french sports minister threatens to withdraw the side's permission to play in the six nations, over origins of a covid outbreak in the france squad. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, we've had an update on the condition of the duke of edinburgh. it comes an hour after an ambulance was seen leaving the king edward vii hospital in central london. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is here. what have they said? the key thing, the duke has — what have they said? the key thing, the duke has been _ what have they said? the key thing, the duke has been transferred - what have they said? the key thing, the duke has been transferred to - what have they said? the key thing, the duke has been transferred to st| the duke has been transferred to st bartholomew's hospital in london for treatment to what the palace says is a pre—existing heart condition. the significance of that is st bartholomew's hospital is a specialist hospital for cardiac treatment. it describes itself as internationally renowned for advancesin internationally renowned for advances in heart treatments and cardiac services. just to recap on what has happened this morning. a flurry of activity at king edward vii's hospital at around 11:30. the patient was brought out and loaded into an ambulance. staff put up umbrellas so photographers could not see who the patient was. it was assumed it was the duke of edinburgh and he was to be taken back home to windsor castle but no, at 11:30 we received a statement from buckingham palace disclosing he has been transferred to st bartholomew's hospital where doctors will continue to treat him for an infection as well as undertake testing and observation for a pre—existing heart condition. so that is the first time they have disclosed this pre—existing heart condition though it is the case that ten years ago in 2011, he was taken as an emergency just before christmas to papworth hospital, where a blocked coronary artery was treated, a stent was inserted but there has been no suggestion, confirm suggestion, in the years since that he has had any heart trouble. but we now understand from buckingham palace that is his reason for the transparency to st bartholomew's hospital. the statement went on to say the duke remains comfortable and is responding to treatment that is expected to remain in hospital until at least the end of the week. hick. at least the end of the week. nick, thank ou at least the end of the week. nick, thank you very _ at least the end of the week. nick, thank you very much. _ helena wilkinson is at windsor. of course, the queen was hoping obviously the duke would be back home possibly by the end of the week but she will be monitoring things from there? yes, she will be. the expectation is that the duke of edinburgh would return back here to windsor castle to stop the royal standard is flying here at the castle, meaning the queen remains here in residence but it wasjust under two queen remains here in residence but it was just under two weeks ago that her husband was feeling a little unwell and was transferred by car to that central london hospital. she will have been, of course, kept up to date throughout about how her husband has been doing in terms of treatment and no doubt she will continue to be informed by medical teams about her husband as he is transferred to st bartholomew's hospital. but the couple has spent much of the last year here at windsor castle because of the pandemic, isolating, spending a long time together. they celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary here in november. the duke also celebrated his 99th birthday here at windsor castle last year. and although we are told that the duke is responding to treatment and is comfortable, it is his longest day so far in hospital and no doubt the queen will be concerned and will be wanting her husband home as soon as possible. helena wilkinson in windsor, thank you. they're calling it a "variant of concern" and that's why the race is on to find the missing traveller who has tested positive for it. five others have contracted the mutated form of coronavirus discovered in brazil, which is thought to be more transmissable and may be more resistent to vaccines — three of them in scotland, but they have been tracked and traced, and authorities say risks are being kept to a minimum. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, reports. even in the middle of a pandemic, more than 100 flights land at heathrow every day. from the middle of february, anyone from a covid high—risk area has been transferred to a special quarantine hotel. but in the weeks before that, it's now emerged at least four people arrived here from brazil carrying a new variant of coronavirus. well, this is a new virus and so we know it is going to mutate and it's important that we keep an eye on new mutations. 0ur colleagues at public health england are doing a greatjob ensuring that the sequencing capacity in the uk is very high, so we can pick up these variants when they occur, tracing people when they need to. three cases of the variant have been detected in scotland after passengers flew on to aberdeen. another two positive cases were found in south gloucestershire, after one person returned from brazil last month. the final case is a mystery. that person did test positive for the variant but didn't fill in their test paper work correctly. health officials are now asking anyone who took a test on february 12th or 13th and hasn't got a result back to contact them straightaway. part of the reason why we want to locate them quickly is to understand more about them and their movements. this appeal is a sort of belt and braces, to try and make sure we locate them as quickly as possible. this brazilian variant of coronavirus first emerged here in the city of manaus in the amazon region. it's thought to be as contagious as the main or dominant strain in the uk, but it also has a mutation which scientists say could make it more resistant to current vaccines. at the moment, though, we are only talking about a handful of cases in the uk. speaking at a school in stoke today, the prime minister said health authorities have the situation under control. we've got one of the toughest border regimes anywhere in the world, for stopping people coming into this country who may have variants of concern, and if you look at what we have done in the case of the south african variant, a massive effort went in there, and the same is going on now to contain any spread of the brazilian variant. the household in gloucestershire which tested positive for the variant did self—isolate. extra surge testing is under way in postcodes north of bristol to try and find anyone else in the local area who might have picked it up, although the risk is said to be low. under current rules, anyone who has travelled to england from brazil or another high—risk region does now need to quarantine in a hotel near the airport for ten days. 0pposition mps, though, say stronger measures are now needed. there's either the australia and new zealand approach, which has a much more comprehensive hotel quarantine system than we have, not the kind of 1% of people going into hotel quarantine that we've got, or there's the south korea approach, which has some hotel quarantine but also has much stronger testing when you arrive at the airport and also safe transport home. scientists say these new variants are expected, we shouldn't be alarmed, and it should be simple to adapt vaccines in the future to deal with them, but a reminder that new versions of this virus can still disrupt our plans as we move slowly out of this pandemic. jim reed, bbc news. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. we keep being told that variations are inevitable. how worried should we be by this development? there are several variants _ we be by this development? there are several variants of _ we be by this development? there are several variants of concern _ we be by this development? there are several variants of concern that - we be by this development? there are several variants of concern that had i several variants of concern that had cropped up over the last year. as you said, thousands of different genetic changes, most of which we don't need to worry about at all. the brazilian variant, p1, is potentially a worry because it has some genetic changes in the spike protein on the surface of coronavirus which may make it less visible to the immune system or parts of the immune system and may make vaccines less effective. but importantly, scientists think that current vaccines will still prevent severe illness and hospitalisation. now the dominant variant here in the uk, the kent variant, which is spreading around the world, is more contagious than the old variant and it has been shown not to be able to be outcompeted by the south african variant, which there are quite a few cases in the uk. it remains to be seen whether the brazil variant will have any competitive advantage with that. the only reason we know all this is because the uk is very good at genetics. nearly half of all coronavirus�* sequenced in the world have been done here in the uk and currently, about a quarter of positive swabs are genetically sequenced. and as we bear down on viral cases and they hopefully reduce, that proportion will go up and that will allow a more forensic approach to tracking down individual variants. but the really important thing is that people get vaccinated and social distancing remains important, so we can keep track of these genetic changes in real—time. walsh, thank you. 0ur political correspondentjessica parker is in westminster. this has put the focus very much on travel and travellers and the prime minister has been defending the borders policy?— minister has been defending the borders policy? yes, right. today ministers and _ borders policy? yes, right. today ministers and public _ borders policy? yes, right. today ministers and public health - ministers and public health officials have felt the need to take two national radio, national television to make this direct appeal to find this missing person who didn't fill out the form properly, it seems, and as a result, little is known about them. how they contracted the variant or where they are now. downing street insisted today cases like this are rare but rare or not, it is of concern. then you have the other five cases which are known to be linked to international travel from brazil, a red list country, and that has led the labour party to accuse the government of being too slow to introduce their hotel quarantine policy and calling for measures at the borders to be tightened up. borisjohnson defending the regime, saying it is tough and saying they brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. 0ne brought in hotel corentin as quickly as they could. one thing i would point to is remember england's road map out of lockdown. there are four tests the government they need to be met before they proceed from step two steps. 0ne met before they proceed from step two steps. one is this, our assessment of the risk is not fundamentally changed by variants of concern. it was known of course this could be an issue and there will be hopes to try and contain this variant of the virus that in order to do that, in order to have confidence they can do that, they will want to find this missing case. thank you very much. the health secretary matt hancock will be leading the downing street briefing this evening. we'll have full coverage from 4:30 on bbc one and the bbc news channel. with his budgetjust two days away — chancellor rishi sunak is under pressure from mps not to raise taxes overfears it could undermine the uk's economic recovery. there are also growing calls for him to extend the furlogh scheme and announce more support to help businesses recover from lockdown. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity has more. with the economy is shrinking for the second time in a year, the pressure on the chancellor is to help the economy returning to something more normal without withdrawing support too soon. i think the things i would really like to see happen, as well as furlough continuing, would be the vat cuts fog hospitality continuing for some time. i think not having to pay rates would really help. chancellors used to think _ rates would really help. chancellors used to think it _ rates would really help. chancellors used to think it improper _ rates would really help. chancellors used to think it improper to - rates would really help. chancellors used to think it improper to leak . used to think it improper to leak details ahead of the budget but the treasury is widely expected to guarantee mortgage lenders against losses on mortgages that are 95% of the house price of us are expected to extend the stamp duty holiday on house purchases until the end of june and announce 5 billion in new grants for the worst hit firms in retail, hospitality, leisure and care. rishi sunak, who has borrowed far more than labour ever did after the financial crash, has said he wants to level with voters about the public finances. 0ne wants to level with voters about the public finances. one option is to raise corporation tax. i public finances. one option is to raise corporation tax.— raise corporation tax. i think we wouldn't necessarily _ raise corporation tax. i think we wouldn't necessarily welcome i raise corporation tax. i think we wouldn't necessarily welcome it raise corporation tax. i think we i wouldn't necessarily welcome it as such but we have to be realistic. there has been huge support by the government and at a certain point in time we all collectively have to start paying for it. wherever that sits, we have to play our role and be responsible in doing that. but timin: is be responsible in doing that. but timing is crucial. super low interest rates mean there is no immediate pressure to reduce debt, not least because much of it is held by the bank of england, which created from nothing the money it has used to lend. mps across parties and business leaders have warned of the chancellor either withdraw supports or raises taxes anytime soon, it could stifle the recovery before it is under way. this soon, it could stifle the recovery before it is under way.— soon, it could stifle the recovery before it is under way. as to when actual tax rises _ before it is under way. as to when actual tax rises should _ before it is under way. as to when actual tax rises should occur, - before it is under way. as to when actual tax rises should occur, i - actual tax rises should occur, i think we should be looking, at the earliest, the automatic budget then but what we need to see is this recovery well under way before the chancellor takes those steps. the government _ chancellor takes those steps. the government is _ chancellor takes those steps. the government is being urged to continue its support and stimulate the economy by extending the furlough scheme, cutting business rates and extending vat relief and keeping the £20 a week temporary boost to universal credit. weill. boost to universal credit. well, i've already _ boost to universal credit. well, i've already been _ boost to universal credit. well, i've already been saying - boost to universal credit. well, i've already been saying to - boost to universal credit. well, i've already been saying to the | i've already been saying to the chancellor he must back off from attacking household finances, and yet that is exactly what he's doing with his council tax rises, 5%. today, a report from thejoseph rowntree foundation warned a third of the population will be living in hardship by may, unable to afford the basics for a decent standard of living. the risk is without bold action, the economy will get much worse before it gets better. andy verity, bbc news. after years of conflict, people across yemen are facing extreme poverty, and there are fears that a generation of children are going without an education — with one in every five yemeni schools out of use. our international correspondent 0rla guerin has been to one school where hundreds of children arrive for lessons each day in the ruins of a school near to front—line fighting between the government and houthi rebels, where ahmed, a nine—year—old boy who has been blind since birth, steps in to take classes when the teachers can't make it. it's a hard road for little feet. but in the early morning on the outskirts of taiz, they flock here across the rubble. this is their prize equipment, stored nearby under lock and key. time for morning assembly. leading the drill, ahmed rageeb, who's nine. the al—wehdah primary school was the pride of the district until 2016, when it was occupied by houthi rebels and became a battleground. it has been reclaimed, such as it is, but some days, pupils sit and wait for teachers. the government hasn't paid many of them in years. so, in this class, there's a substitute. ahmed, who has been blind from birth, is the best student here. he has no trouble keeping order and plans to be a teacher himself. in the meantime, he's got a wish list. ahmed, what's that noise? front line or not, classes continue here. down below, it's mathematics. over here, it's arabic language. teachers tell us the war has already taught these children to be resilient. they say the pupils rarely miss a day. now, more than ever, they're hungry for education. it's not easy to learn or teach in an empty shell in a war zone but it's this or nothing, says the principal. school's out and this is the journey home for ahmed and his sister, fatima, who is also blind. a friend leads the way. ahmed calls him his car. a stumble doesn't stop ahmed, he's a study in determination. 0rla guerin, bbc news, taiz. the time is 1:19. our top story this lunchtime: moving hospital — the duke of edinburgh is taken to st bartholomews in london for treatment for a pre—existing heart condition. and success for nomadland at the golden globes — chloe zhao becomes the first woman to win best director for nearly a0 years. coming up in bbc news, marcus trescothick is appointed as the new elite batting coach for england. the former opener scored more than 10,000 runs across all formats of the game in a six—year spell with the team. the duke of sussex has said he feared "history repeating itself" in an apparant reference to his mother's death — in a trailerfor his upcoming interview with oprah winfrey. he and his wife meghan appear in the adverts for the show, which will be broadcast in the us next weekend. daniela relph reports. were you silent - or were you silenced? no answer to that yet from meghan, but this was just the trailer ahead of next weekend's broadcast of the much—anticipated interview. almost un—survivable sounds i like there was a breaking point. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. from prince harry, the talk is of his mother and protecting his wife. i can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself all those years ago because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us, but at least we had each other. yeah. oprah winfrey has become a friend and neighbour of the couple since being invited to their wedding. her interview style isn't aggressive, but she will have encouraged them to open up and reveal what went wrong behind palace walls. and that is the concern of the royal family. how critical have harry and meghan been? you've said some pretty shocking things here. i daniela relph, bbc news. a court in france has found the former president, nicolas sarkozy, guilty of corruption and influence peddling. he's been sentenced to three years in prison, two of which are suspended. prosecutors had accused him of offering a judge a job, in return for inside information on an investigation into his campaign finances. the former president, who left office in 2012, is the second head of state in modern—day france to be convicted of corruption. the elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has appeared in court via video—link to face new charges a month after she was ousted from power in a military coup. protesters took to the streets again today despite security forces killing 18 people yesterday — the deadliest day since the coup. the former president of barcelona fc has been arrested following a raid on the club's offices. it comes amid continuing investigation into barcagate in which club officials were accused of running a smear campaign against former players who have been critical of the club. the arrests come just six days before the club's presidential elections. the president of ghana has become the world's first recipient of the coronavirus vaccine from the un—backed covax programme, a scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for poorer countries. the un has said the world is facing "a moral catastrophe" over the lack of vaccines available to the developing world. there are flashing images in this report from naomi grimley. this was the long—awaited moment when covid vaccines touched down in the ivory coast and ghana last week. they were shipped through a programme called covax, led by the vaccines alliance, gavi, and the world health organization. it aims to get poorer countries enough supplies to cover their health care workers. today, we'll see the first three vaccines administered. already the 76—year—old ghanaian president has been doing his bit to show confidence in them. it's important that i set the example, that this vaccine is safe. it's nearly three months since the first pensioner in the uk got vaccinated. the uk pre—ordered much more vaccine than it needs, and although ministers have indicated they will ultimately share some doses with the developing world, this strategy from multiple rich countries has added to the pressure on supplies. that, in turn, has made the job of covax harder. south africa participated in the global vaccine trials, but the country got so frustrated with the slow pace of covax, it did its own vaccine side deals. as a middle income country, it feels like perhaps we shouldn't have completely relied on covax, we should have got those bilateral agreements going, but i think as a middle income country, we often fall between a rock and a hard place. ministers in ivory coast are now getting their first doses of the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine. global health experts warn that it will be in all of our interests to vaccinate across the world, if we really want to shorten the length of this pandemic. naomi grimley, bbc news. it's one of the most anticipated books of the year — klara and the sun by the celebrated writer sir kazuo ishiguro. in his first novel since winning the nobel prize in literature in 2017, he explores the role robots and artificial intelligence play in our lives. he's been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. now let's meet probably the strangest man we've ever introduced. robots have come a long way since this strange creation of the 1950s. we use the word "strange", yet there may well be a time when robots like this are accepted as part of our everyday life. the technology has become more nimble in recent years, and more lifelike. and new scientific advances have inspired kazuo ishiguro's new novel, klara and the sun, about an artificial being. i haven't written one of these stories about some treacherous, sinister robot that takes over the family and then all their mates take over the world. it's not one of those stories at all. i'm quite sunny and optimistic. i think ai will bring enormous benefits. can you see a time when robots will replace human writers and put you out of a job? yeah, ican! but any robot would have some catching up to do. over the past four decades, kazuo ishiguro has written eight novels, many of which have combined commercial success with critical acclaim. winning the nobel prize for literature in 2017. kazuo ishiguro. and the booker prize in 1989 for the remains of the day, which was turned into a film. please leave me alone. why don't you show me your book? this is my private time. you're invading it. what's in that book? it's a wide—ranging career, but one which he fears may not be so open to writers starting out today. what i'm concerned about is that there isn't self—censorship going on amongst a whole generation of young writers. because there is a fear that, if they write about those people or those people, that they are going to get trolled, or they are going to get cancelled or there's going to be some sort of anonymous lynch mob that have turned up online and make their lives a misery. ijust want to communicate with humans in the best possible way. despite his concerns, he says his new novel about an artificial friend is a hopeful book, celebrating the best of technology and human nature. rebecca jones, bbc news. nomadland and borat subsequent moviefilm were the big winners at the golden globe awards. the night's top prize — best drama film — went to nomadland, which stars frances mcdormand as a homeless woman travelling through the american west. chloe zhao was named best director — becoming only the second female winner of the award in history. the crown won the best tv drama series, as well as three acting awards. a host of other british actors picked up awards as sophie long reports. welcome to the 2021 i golden globe awards! what's billed as hollywood's most glamorous night drew a very different crowd this year. but tonight, our audience on both coasts is made up of smoking hot first responders and essential workers. cheering & applause nomadland! the very real story of a woman's journey through grief in the american west won best picture. and chloe zhao, best director, only the second woman to win the honour. the crown was declared best television series, and several of its cast honoured for making it so. emma corrin, the crown. josh o'connor, the crown. what?! thank you so much to everyone. thank you so much to diana. you have taught me compassion and empathy beyond any measure i could ever imagine, and on behalf of everyone who remembers you so fondly and passionately in our hearts. emma corrin! best actress winner. you're extraordinary, talented, funny, and a brilliant player of rock, paper, scissors. i love you to bits! borat subsequent moviefilm! there were two golden globes for sacha baron cohen. donald trump is contesting the result. he's claiming that a lot of dead people voted. andra day. best actress in a motion picture went to andra day for her role in the united states vs billie holiday. chadwick boseman. and chadwick boseman won posthumously for his role in ma rainey�*s black bottom. john boyega, small axe. john boyega won for his role in small axe and daniel kaluuyah forjudas and the black messiah. that's for my mum, my sister, my niece, love my friends back home, london town, what's happening? rosamund pike, i care a lot. rosamund pike and anya taylor—joy were among other british winners in a ceremony where celebrities made speeches from their sitting rooms and bedrooms wearing anything from ballgowns to pyjamas. it may have lacked the normal glitz, but we got a glimpse into celebrity homes and it was more of a family affair. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. time for a look at the weather, here's louise. look at this, some beautiful spring sunshine and warmth for many of us,