Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. For two consecutive days, brazil has been registering record deaths from covid 19. On wednesday, 1,800 people died in a 24 hour period. On thursday, more than 75,000 new cases were registered. After the us brazil is the worst hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million deaths. And yet the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro has been criticising Lockdown Measures by State Governors who are trying to deal with a surge in cases. This is him speaking to a group of farmers. You didnt stay at home, you werent cowards. We have to face our problems. Stop all of this fussing and whining. How long are we going to keep crying . We have to face our problems. In stark contrast to the president , sao paulo� s Governorjoao Doria has announced two weeks of � code red restrictions starting on saturday. I asked him what he thought of president bolsonaro� s comments. It isa it is a crazy guy. Earlier today president bolsonaro attacked the mayors and governors who went to buy vaccines and help the country and the pandemic. We said we had to be strong. That we had to stop crying and face the problem. How can we face the problem. How can we face the problem seeing people dying every day . At the Health System in brazil, lewis, is on the verge of collapse. President bolsonaro� s denial has contributed to this. Vaccines, i see you beds, they are missing. There is no National Coordination to combat the pandemic in brazil. Mr bolsonaro continues weakening the health protocols. It makes it more difficult to end the pandemic and in fact, its only getting worse. He pandemic and in fact, its only getting worse pandemic and in fact, its only getting worse. He will say that he is focused getting worse. He will say that he is focused on getting worse. He will say that he is focused on the getting worse. He will say that he is focused on the nations l he is focused on the nations economy, on the nations mental health. ~. ,. ,. , health. We have to do save lives before health. We have to do save lives before we health. We have to do save lives before we save health. We have to do save lives before we save the i lives before we save the economy. We have to save lives. Lives are these moment are more important than the economy. If we dont have people alive, how can we consume . How can we have an economy in brazil . President bolsonaro, since october, he has not started only doing this now, at this moment, which is incredible. We need more vaccines as quick as possible to save lives. Mainly because of the new variant of the virus. Unfortunately, brazil has to fight at the moment to viruses, the coronavirus, and the bolsonaro virus, a sadness for the brazilians. For the brazilians. You talk about a bolsonaro for the brazilians. You talk about a bolsonaro virus,. For the brazilians. You talk i about a bolsonaro virus, but i knew making it his game, you are making it a political issue not health . We are making it a political issue not health . Not health . We dont need olitics not health . We dont need politics at not health . We dont need politics at the not health . We dont need politics at the moment. I not health . We dont need| politics at the moment. We not health . We dont need i politics at the moment. We need vaccines. We need help, we need help to save the brazilian people. I am help to save the brazilian people. Iam governor help to save the brazilian people. I am governor of sao paulo, and we created a Quarantine Plant that respects the evolution of the pandemic to open or close the various sectors. At this time, we are in the red phase, in the whole state, only Essential Service will open, as will schools, and it is a strict measure, but goals social isolation is necessary at this time. We decided to keep the schools open, respecting the face to face Frequency Limit of 35 of the students to assist children in socially vulnerable situations. We tried to access the technology conduct virtual classes. I the technology conduct virtual classes. ,. , classes. I understand the decisions classes. I understand the decisions you classes. I understand the decisions you have i classes. I understand the decisions you have had. Classes. I understand the| decisions you have had to classes. I understand the i decisions you have had to make, and obviously the political decisions are a matter of compromise and they are what elected leaders are supposed to do. But you clearly disagree so strongly with your president , bolsonaro, so will you run against him for president . It is not time to talk about that. We have elections in 2022 and now we have a big problem and we how to save lives. Its not time to discuss elections in brazil. It is time to save. To have vaccines and save people. Its not the time to discuss politics and to discuss elections. Lets go to myanmar and potentially a very significant day on friday. The violence in the country will be discussed at the United Nations Security Council, as International Leaders condemn the actions of the military. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has said hes horrified by whats happening. And washington has Just Announced fresh export controls. Thursday saw more protests on the streets as our South East Asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports. Every revolution has its martyrs, and 19 year old kyel sin has been made a symbol of this unequal struggle against a powerful and merciless military. She was given a heros sendoff in her home city of mandalay. One of 38 people, shot dead in a day of violence, when the Security Forces opened fire on demonstrators here and in other cities. At least eight died here in the yangon suburb. Makeshift shrines dotting the road where they fell in a hail of gunfire. But if the intent was to terrorise people off the streets, it failed. People were out again in large numbers today, defending the barricades they have built, to keep the military out, to show that their rule is not accepted. And in what we can only guess is a de escalation, the Police Chased protesters today using Paintball Guns rather than the Assault Rifles they have used before to such devastating effect. This is a battle for control of myanmar� s cities which the military with all its weapons has not yet won, more than a month after its coup. Theres been plenty of international outrage, not much action. The people of myanmar are on their own. Fighting an army which rarely counts the human cost of its heavy handed repression. Jonathan head, bbc news. Lets speak to chore win founder and Executive Director of burma human rights network. He joins us live from london. What are you hoping to see . The European Security council shown they are not good at doing anything because the china and russia situation remains that we can do nothing can be done about burma and we are sceptical about the outcome but one thing we are encouraged about is that the Burmese Representation will remain, so this is a good thing and for international relations, we are able to present and remain in contact with the un, than thatis in contact with the un, than that is very encouraging as an outcome. That is very encouraging as an outcome outcome. What in practical terms do outcome. What in practical terms do you outcome. What in practical terms do you want outcome. What in practical terms do you want to i outcome. What in practicali terms do you want to see . Mafileo you see, lewis, it is a faceless military and until today they have been using the same tactics, kill all, today they have been using the same tactics, killall, bernal, finish all, and that is their model. So even in the light of the urban city, the young generation, the young people who are just teenagers, they are practising their democratic rights and are being killed by snipers. It is horrendous. So how do you stop that . What needs to happen to stop that . Reveal these are the civilians and they have no power to stop it but they are very resilient. You see the number of people coming out today, they have killed nearly a0 people before yesterday, and people you see still come out and people are very resilient, but the important thing is what is the International Community wanting to do and how can we help the issue . I think the International Community, the individual countries, they need to intervene and protect the civilian people. To to intervene and protect the civilian people. To intervene and protect the civilian people. To protect the democratic civilian people. To protect the democratic rights. Civilian people. To protect the democratic rights. Civilian people. To protect the democratic rights. You i civilian people. To protect the democratic rights. You say l democratic rights. You say intervene. Democratic rights. You say intervene, but democratic rights. You say intervene, but intervene i democratic rights. You say i intervene, but intervene how . As far as anything, any measure to protect the civilians. If to protect the civilians. If ou to protect the civilians. If you are disappointed with the International Response so far, what do you think needs to happen . Im trying to get a sense of what practical measures you want to see. The outcome is measures you want to see. The outcome is very measures you want to see. Tue outcome is very important measures you want to see. Tte outcome is very important and the outcome is that we want to finish with the military, thats what we want but for it to happen like this, we need to continue this protest and to continue this protest and to continue the process, we need protection. If you are killing like that, its not good for any civilian to confront a well armed army, so people, the civilians need protection and thatis civilians need protection and that is what the International Community need to do and i think we have requested this to the United Nations and that is very, very important step. Thank you so much for coming on the programme. The European Commission has, for the first time, banned the export of a batch of coronavirus vaccines. Italy requested a quarter of a million doses of the astrazeneca jab remain in the country, rather than be sent to australia. Astrazeneca hasnt commented. Australia says its domestic Vaccine Production is on track. Joining me to discuss the australian medical associations president. Thank you for coming on the programme. What was your reaction when you found out the batch of vaccine was supposed to heading your way to australia and now it is not . It australia and now it is not . Tit was disappointing to see this Vaccine Nationalism rearing its head and australia has a right to access vaccines like any other country through its contracts that the government has negotiated with these large manufacturers. We are a little protected by the upcoming local availability both at the moment australia is completely dependent on importing vaccines into the country. You dependent on importing vaccines into the country. Into the country. You mention the phrase into the country. You mention the phrase vaccine into the country. You mention| the phrase Vaccine Nationalism which is something the who have been trying to guard against but when you have Self Interest across the country its and the world, its hard to avoid. Its world, its hard to avoid. Its hard to avoid world, its hard to avoid. It� s hard to avoid and australia is trying to do the right thing by being part of the kovacs initiative and promising to support the local neighbours and the Pacific Islands with our own Vaccine Production as we go further through the pandemic. Its a little ironic that europe did not see on the astrazeneca vaccine with negative comments coming from national leaders. And then all of a sudden it demonstrates is a really good vaccine and we send a shipment to australia and its blocked. And its blocked. What about the broader and its blocked. What about the broader performance. I and its blocked. What about| the broader performance. So australia has had an extraordinary response to the pandemic through isolating ourselves from the rest of the world. And taking Strong Health measures. � world. And taking Strong Health measures world. And taking Strong Health measures. ~. ,. , measures. And we have had one significant measures. And we have had one significant outbreak measures. And we have had one significant outbreak but measures. And we have had one significant outbreak but for i measures. And we have had one significant outbreak but for a i significant outbreak but for a long time we have seen little if any Community Transmission are not a single death here since last year so there no urgency on australia. And the only way out of this, the only way out of the Snap Lock Downs we have seen when it gets into the community and its impacts on every australian so we are dependent on vaccines and we look forward to the local production which is due to start in late march. T production which is due to start in late march. I wanted to talk about start in late march. I wanted to talk about the start in late march. I wanted to talk about the strong i to talk about the strong response in handling australia, part of which was Hotel Quarantine for people coming into the country but i gather you have some concerns over the way that is being handled . Hotel quarantine on the whole has been an enormous success in australia because its allowed liberty of movement in and out of the country for people who need that and for australians to come home. And also for important workers to come in, including health care workers. But the reality is the virus has mutated and become more difficult to control and loosing outbreaks in most states which has lead to slap knockdowns and other Public Health interventions which are inconvenience and distress the population so we are looking to tighten it up and recognise the airborne spread of the virus to make sure that the ventilation and physical characteristics of the hotels that were never designed for the warranty, that we pick the right ones and we are also looking at longer term options like specific quarantine facilities. Brilliant to have your thoughts on all of that. Thank you very much. And staying in australasia, new zealand has lifted Tsunami Evacuation Orders covering large swathes of its coastline saying the largest waves have now passed. It followed tremors, the largest of which had a magnitude of 8. 1, centred on the kermadec islands. Theyre around nine hundred kilometres from new zealands North Eastern coastline. The Tsunami Warning triggered evacuations in parts of new zealand, with Tens Of Thousands of people told to move to higher ground. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come. Selling of Rainforest Land on facebook a bbc investigations forces Brazils Supreme Court to take action. First, the plates slipped gently of the restaurant tables, then suddenly the tables, chairs and the people crashed sideways and downwards. It was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. The hydrogen bomb, on a remote pacific atll, and the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force draws that that dropped on hiroshima. I heard the news earlier and i was so heart went bang. The Constitutional Rights of these i martyrs and their rights as i citizens of the United States means they should be protected even the right to protect them l out so they dont get their i heads broken and are sent to hospital. Its a religious controversy and i know you dont want to say too much about it. Does it worry you . I think everything will be all right in the end, as they say. This is bbc news, the latest headlines. Brazils president pours scorn on State Governors criticising the vaccine roll out saying they should stop all the fussing and whining and face our problems as the crackdown on protestors continues in myanmar the countrys sacked ambassador to the un calls for Immediate International action against the Military Leaders as china opens the annual Peoples Congress in beijing, theres a new threat to the remaining independence of hong kong. According to state media, beijing willaim to, what it says improve hong kongs Electoral System. President xijinping was given this reception as he arrived at the Great Hall Of The People on thursday. Its reported beijing wants to tighten its political control over hong kong and put what it describes as � patriots in charge. Its potentially the biggest blow to the citys democracy since its handoverfrom british rule in 1997. 0ur correspondent in beijing Stephen Mcdonell gave me more details. Every year some 3000 people come to beijing to rubber stamp new laws and arrangements already approved by the communist Party Senior Leadership at the national Peoples Congress, but its interesting, because at this congress we get to see what the new measures are and the congress is already under way and there are lots of things that people will be watching, for example, they have set a gdp target of over 6 this years and there will be people looking at the Renewable Energy plans and the new five year plans and the new five year plan and a lot of economic figures to be released in the coming hours. But what is set to dominate are the changes to the way in which hong kongs Mini Parliament is elected and people who follow hong kong politics closely will know that its already rigged there, anyway. It is so hard for the pro democracy camp to make inroads. The way in which it is counted pretty much always guarantees that the probation camp, if can put it that way will always control that body but in recent times these pro democracy candidates have been doing so well that it seems to be worrying the Chinese Government and also the local hong kong government, essentially installed by beijing, that they are changing the Electoral System to make it even more difficult for anyone who is not within that pro beijing camp to do well and as i say, its already heavily skewed in favour of the probation camp, so by making further changes, i think a lot of people will give up on that as a sort of option if you are within that pro democracy camp. I mean, why even stand if it is impossible for you to have any decent representation in the Legislative Council there . Potentially even more bad news for pro democracy supporters in hong kong. While you were talking, we showed live pictures from inside the hall in beijing of events under way and this was the rubber stamping, very stage managed, but xijiping, stage managed, but xi jiping, has stage managed, but xijiping, has he been increasing his control further over this event and others . And others . Arriving for years now, without and others . Arriving for years now, without any and others . Arriving for years now, without any question, i and others . Arriving for yearsj now, without any question, xi jiping is not under threat from the communist party. He is a powerfulfigure and there the communist party. He is a powerful figure and there is a cult of personality around him, in the propaganda from the communist party, the likes of which we have not seen see mouse tongue area, so the idea of him being in any way under threat from the party, it is nonexistent, so what he gets is what happens. For example, the number two figure in the party, he used to be quite a reasonably powerful position, much diminished now under the leadership of xijiping but nevertheless this is a person who delivers the government work report according to tradition. Tradition. And thanks to stephen tradition. And thanks to stephen there. Brazils Supreme Federal Court has ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the Amazon Rainforest on facebook. It follows a bbc investigation, which revealed plots as large as 1,000 football pitches listed in the platforms marketplace classified ads. Bbc brasil� sjoao fellet sent this report from sao paulo. The Indigenous Community says invasions here are getting worse and worse. With a little help from the government, they are forced to patrol the territory themselves, trying to catch and get the rain forest cleared for cattle pasture. Deforestation in brazil is at a ten year high and communities like these sake the president bolts are a government has weakened environmental protections. Last week, our investigation revealed just how bad the situation in brazil has become with Land Grabbers now using facebook to illegally sell the protective rainforest they have invaded without fear of reprisals. This woman has been working with the Indigenous Community to fight deforestation for more than 30 yea rs. She says the supreme federal decision and says that it gives us hope. They are very helpful so are we, buy us and indigenous communities we have talked to and other organisations are celebrating and saying finally someone has come and exposed what is going on. Land grabbing is the main driver of deforestation in the amazon and campaigners have said that the government is not doing enough to stop the growing number of invasions into protected areas like indigenous reserves. In this decision by the Supreme Court but pressure on the brazilian president to do something about land invaders. Maybe they are regarding himself as an ally. But it is notjust the president S Administration which has come under pressure. There have been widespread costs here for fate facebook itself to do more. The drug dealer posts an ad on facebook to sell narcotics. Would facebook accept that . The revelations you have made clearly shows that facebook accepts that it is advertising and publicising criminal activity. Facebook said it was willing to work with local authorities but would not take any independent action of its own and the Social Media Giant has been true to its word. When we checked online today, facebook still had not taken down the illegal advert we reported to them which is selling land inside the reserve. Protected areas of the Amazon Rainforest remain available to buyers around the world at the click of a button. And finally a new first for the korean boy band bts who have been named the top Global Recording Artists of 2020. The award is given out by the Ifpi The Organisation which represents the recorded Music Industry worldwide. Bts are the first performers who dont usually sing in english to win it. A colder start to the day for many of us because behind the weather front sinking southwards, we have cold air but it looks mainly dry and quite settled during the day ahead, although rather chilly, so the origin of the air following the week whether front that gave a lot of cloud through thursday and into the start of thursday, quite a keen breeze coming down the north sea coast, and temperatures hovering around southern and eastern areas and just in the cloud. And closed in the south and east as well as further north. A crisp start and some better chance for some bright and sunnier weather through the day ahead. Some wintry showers following the weather front and they will continue notjust following the weather front and they will continue not just the remainder of the night but they will pester eastern areas but will pester eastern areas but will be few and far between and seven to eight is below average for the time of year and lower in the last couple of days but with the sunshine and lighter winds, hopefully that will compensate. During the coming nights, into friday and saturday, we will keep the clearer skies and its widely rusty and quite a sharp frost in many areas and these towns and cities will be lower in the suburbs and that is because we keep the High Pressure that the light winds and clearer skies and temperatures still with a lengthy night will drop away some of the atlantic influence coming in from the west later in the weekend but for saturday, subtle changes in Wind Direction across the north and west, a brisk wind on friday and saturday but helping to break the cloud up elsewhere. And through the weekend there will be light wind, you will be slow to clear and once it does, hopefully sunshine but this is the Big Change And Potentialfor Sunshine but this is the big change and potential for big change and potential for big change across north west of scotland during the day and the start of the atlantic influence and the temperatures were lived while elsewhere with the light wind regime the mist and fog will be with us on sunday morning. By the end of monday into tuesday we will start to see the effect of the atlantic. And we could have quite a deep area of low Pressure Rattling in through tuesday and potentially again on tuesday so it looks much more unsettled as we go into the week, but for the week and, still chilly, foggy. The week and, still chilly, foggy, frosty days, fine nights. Goodbye. This is bbc news, the headlines the vaccine roll out in brazil has come in for sharp criticism by several State Governors who are also at odds with the president over Lockdown Measures which they want to impose and he does not. Theres been a surge in cases across the country and two days of record death tolls. The us has imposed new sanctions on myanmar as the crackdown by the military against anti coup protestors continues. A un Security Council meeting is scheduled for friday with the the uns Special Rapporteur On Human Rights suggesting they should impose an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on the militaryjunta. Chinas annual parliamentary session has begun amid reports that it plans to change the way elections are conducted in hong kong. Its being seen as the latest attempt to squeeze out the pro democrarcy opposition. Now on bbc news the week in parliament