Hong kongs democracy and ensure beijing loyalists are in charge. Hello and welcome. We start in brazil. For two consecutive days the country has been registering record deaths from covid 19. On wednesday, 1900 people died in a 24 hour period. On thursday, more than 75000 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. 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 paulos Governorjoao Doria has announced two weeks of � code red restrictions starting on saturday. I asked him what he thought of president bolsonaros comments. It is a crazy guy. Earlier today president bolsonaro attacked the mayors and governors who went to buy vaccines and help the country to end 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 seeing people dying every day . Amd the Health System in brazil, lewis, is on the verge of collapse. President bolsonaros denial has contributed to this. Vaccines, icu 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 will say that he is focused on the nations economy, on the nations mental health. We have to save 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 two viruses, the coronavirus, and the bolsonaro virus, a sadness for the brazilians. You talk about a bolsonaro virus, but i think you are making it his game, you are making it a political issue not health . We dont need politics at the moment. We need vaccines. We need help, we need 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 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 understand the 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. Earlier i spoke to chore win founder and Executive Director of burma human rights network. I asked him what the International Community needs to do. You see that the un Secretary Council has proved that they are good at not doing anything because of with china and russia, they have to make sure that nothing can be done. Regarding burma, so we are very sceptical about the outcome but one thing we are very encouraged by is that the burmese representative will remain, so and for international relations, the sea pr age will remain in contact in the un and thats a good outcome. Contact in the un and thats a good outcome. And in practical terms, good outcome. And in practical terms. What good outcome. And in practical terms, what you good outcome. And in practical terms, what you want good outcome. And in practical terms, what you want to good outcome. And in practical terms, what you want to see . | good outcome. And in practical. Terms, what you want to see . In this faceless military, it is the worst since world war ii, and until today they use the same tactic, kill all, bernal, same tactic, killall, bernal, finish all, that is their model. Even in the daylight of the urban city, the young generation, the young people who are just teenagers, they are practising their democratic right and they are being killed by snipers. It is horrendous. So how do you stop that . What needs to happen to stop that . These are civilians and they have no power to stop it but they are very resilient and you see the number of people coming out today, despite that they have killed nearly a0 people yesterday and people still come out and people are very resilient, but the important thing is what is the International Community what they want to do and how they will help the issue. I think the International Community, individual countries, they need to intervene to protect the civilian pay bills, to practice their democratic right. You say intervene their democratic right. You say intervene. But their democratic right. You say intervene. But intervene their democratic right. You say intervene. But intervene how . J intervene. But intervene how . Macro yellow any measure that will protect the savelio. If you are disappointed with the International Response so far, what needs to happen . I need 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 on the outcome is that we want to get rid of the military, but for this to happen we need to continue the protest in and in order to continue the protest we need protection. If you kill them like that, its not good for any civilian to remain and confront a well trained army. The civilians need protection, that it the civilians need protection, thatitis the civilians need protection, that it is immediately what the International Community needs to do. The European Commission has, for the first time, banned the export of a batch of coronavirus vaccines. 00v 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. I asked the australian medical associations president what he thought of this latest move from the eu. Its certainly disappointing to see the Vaccine Nationalism rearing its head and australia has a right to access vaccine is like any other country through its contracts that the government has negotiated with these large manufacturers. We are a little protected by our our upcoming local availability both at the moment australia is completely dependent on importing vaccine into the country. Importing vaccine into the count. � importing vaccine into the count. � importing vaccine into the country importing vaccine into the count. �. , country. And you mention the hrase country. And you mention the Phrase Vaccine country. And you mention the phrase Vaccine Nationalism, l phrase Vaccine Nationalism, something that the United Nations and the who have been trying to guard against, but the problem is that when you have Self Interest of governments across the world it something difficult to avoid. It is difficult to avoid and australia is doing the right thing by being part of the kovacs initiative and supporting our neighbours, the specific, Pacific Islands with the production as we go through the production as we go through the pandemic and its a little ironic that europe didnt seem to keen on the astrazeneca vaccine with no issue, and cant from National Leaders and once the uk demonstrated it was a really good vaccine and they sent a shipment to australia and it was black. Sent a shipment to australia and it was black. What about the australian and it was black. What about the australian performance l and it was black. What about the australian performance more broadly with the vaccine . It looks like it is behind the uk, for example. Looks like it is behind the uk, for example for example. Australia has as an extraordinary for example. Australia has as an extraordinary response. For example. Australia has as an extraordinary response of| an extraordinary response of the pandemic through closing the pandemic through closing the borders, isolating our selves from the rest are well and taking Strong Public Health measures. Weve not really had an emergency. We had one significant outbreak in one of the states but for a long time we have seen little if any Community Transmission and not a single death since october last year, so theres no urgency in australia but the vaccine like for every other country is the only way out of this and from the snap lock downs when a case gets into the community and the Subsequent Mental Health impacts, physical Health Impacts on their Economic Impacts on every australian and we are dependent on vaccines and looking forward to the local production which starts in late march. T to the local production which starts in late march. Starts in late march. I ust wanted to i starts in late march. I ust wanted to pick starts in late march. I ust wanted to pick up i starts in late march. I ust wanted to pick up on b starts in late march. Ijust wanted to pick up on the l starts in late march. Ijust wanted to pick up on the strong response in handling this and all of australia and part of that was hotel Corentin Braendlin book coming into the country but i gather you have some concerns over the way it has been handled. Has been handled. Hotel quarantine, has been handled. Hotel quarantine, and has been handled. Hotel quarantine, and the has been handled. Hotel. Quarantine, and the whole, has been handled. Hotel quarantine, and the whole, has been an enormous success in australia because it has allowed limited movement in and out of the country for people who need that, for australians to come home and also for impotent workers to come including Health Care Workers but the reality is that virus has mutated and become more difficult to control has been that we have seen isolated outbreaks in most of our states now which have led them to a snap lock and other Public Health interventions which have inconvenienced and distressed our population. 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 designed for granting that were designed for granting that were designed for granting that we picked the right ones and we are looking at longer term options like specific facilities. 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 the selling of Rainforest Land on facebook a bbc investigations forces Brazils Supreme Court to take action first, the plates slipped gently off 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 atpll, and the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that that dropped on hiroshima. I heard the news earlier and i was so heart went bang. The Constitutional Rights of these. 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 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 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, has he been increasing his control further over this event and others . Arriving for years now, without any question, xi jiping is not under threat from 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. And thanks to stephen there. Lets take you to the Southern California desert now, where Emergency Services are at the scene of a rail crash. Around thirty carriages of a Freight Train have derailed according to the San Bernadino county fire service. Its happened in the Mojave Desert around 180 miles north of los angeles. Despite these pretty dramatic images thereve been no injuries. Specialists in Hazardous Materials have been involved in a clean up operation as the cargos thought to include flammable liquid. Its not yet known what caused it. 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. This decision by the Supreme Court puts 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. If ahe 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. Music 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. You can reach me on twitter im lvaughanjones. A colder start to the day for many of our speakers behind a Weather Front that has been taking southwards we have cold air but it still looks mainly dry and quite settled during the day ahead albeit rather chilly and the origin of the air right the way from the polls, following the weak front that gave cloud through thursday and into the start of thursday and into the start of thursday night, quite a keen breeze coming down the north sea coast paseo temperatures hovering in eastern areas and holding up in the south west and close to freezing in rural areas and further north. A crisp start and a better chance of dry, bright, sunny weather through the day ahead stopped a few wintry showers following the Weather Front given how cold it is and they will continue through the day that they will be few and far between and temperatures are down between seven and eight is below average for the time of year and lower than the last couple of days but with the sunshine and lighter winds, hopefully that will compensate. During the coming night friday into saturday we keep the clear skies and it will be widely frosty, quite a sharp frost and these towns and cities will be lower out in the suburbs and thatis lower out in the suburbs and that is because we keep the High Pressure with the light winds and clearer skies so temperatures still with lengthy nights will drop away but perhaps some of the atlantic influence coming in later in their weekend over saturday, subtle changes in Wind Direction across the north and west and a brisk wind on friday and saturday but help to break the cloud elsewhere but still chilly after the cold start with some mist and fog in the mornings through the weekend because of that light wind and it will be slow to clear and onceit it will be slow to clear and once it does hopefully sunshine but this is the big change, potential for but this is the big change, Potentialfor Rain but this is the big change, potential for rain across the north and north West Of Scotland during the day and the start of the atlantic influence, if you like, and the temperatures will live slowly and elsewhere with the light Wind Regime Mist and fog will be with us on sunday morning. By be with us on sunday morning. By the end of monday and into tuesday we will see the effect of the atlantic and we could have quite a deep area of low Pressure Rattling in through tuesday and potentially on wednesday so it look more unsettled as we go into the new week but for the week and still chilly, frosty, foggy nights, fine days. 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. Care home residents in england will be allowed to have face to face visits from next week,