a third wave of coronavirus is beginning to sweep across the european union. france and switzerland are extending restrictions from saturday, while polish health officials say the british variant of the virus is so rampant a three week lockdown is necessary. infections have surged as europe's vaccine roll—out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. here's simonjones. facing a third wave fuelled by a faltering vaccine programme with delays in supplies and scepticism about the jab. much of europe is seeing a rise in infections. in germany there is a warning it is likely the country will have to apply an emergency brake and reapply lockdown measures. just 8% of the german population has had a first dose of vaccine. translation: ., ., translation: there are not get enou:h translation: there are not get enough vaccines _ translation: there are not get enough vaccines in _ translation: there are not get enough vaccines in europe - translation: there are not get enough vaccines in europe to - enough vaccines in europe to stop the third wave through vaccination alone, even if delivery are reliable. it will take weeks before risk groups are vaccinated.— are vaccinated. only then can we talk about _ are vaccinated. only then can we talk about wider _ are vaccinated. only then can we talk about wider openings| are vaccinated. only then can l we talk about wider openings in society. in france there was a rush to leave paris before new lockdown measures came into effect at midnight. by minister jean castex was keen to be shown getting the astrazeneca jab. questions about side effects prompted the medical regulation to say that it is safe. in the uk where infections are falling in many areas, around half the adult population has a first dose. borisjohnson population has a first dose. boris johnson returned population has a first dose. borisjohnson returned to the hospital in london where he was treated last year for coronavirus to back the jab. i literally did not feel a thing and so it was very good, very quick, and you know what i'm going to say — i cannot recommend too highly. everybody, when you get your notification to get a job, please don't get it. it notification to get a job, please don't get it.- notification to get a job, please don't get it. it is the best thing _ please don't get it. it is the best thing for _ please don't get it. it is the best thing for you, - please don't get it. it is the best thing for you, for - please don't get it. it is the best thing for you, for your| best thing for you, for your family, and everybody else. and there is a warning the uk cannot afford to be complacent. we have had a first and second wave in their areas of the country where it is stubbornly staying at a relatively high level. what will happen in later years is the infections will come back again. if we have not protected our vulnerable population at that stage then we will be back where we were in march or april of last year. to where we were in march or april of last year-— where we were in march or april of last year. to complement the vaccine programme, _ of last year. to complement the vaccine programme, the - of last year. to complement the vaccine programme, the britishl vaccine programme, the british government is funding to new clinical trials to try to develop treatments to stop the spread of covid—i9 amongst the most vulnerable. the message from the prime minister is that the scientists will help us get through this. simonjones, bbc news. staying with the pandemic, now. brazil has recorded its second deadliest coronavirus toll in the past 2a hours, with more than 2800 deaths. while it's evident that the country is in the midst of a new surge, president bolsonaro continues to criticise lockdowns set by local governors. well, microbiologist natalia pasternak thinks the death of a third senator this week may be a wake—up call to lawmakers. major olimpio dying i think has a greater impact not on brazilians but on the senate itself, because maybe it is how they finally realise that it can get to any one of them. it's a young man — he was only 58 — and he was against restrictions, he — indeed, he took part in demonstrations against restrictions before he got ill, so i think it finally — it dawns into everyone's minds at the senate, at the congress, that this is real and that they can be next. so maybe now they realise how grave the situation is. indeed, so grave that it has got the second highest death toll in the country to america, as we mentioned. do you think, though, with all the focus turning to the vaccination programme — which is under way — that it's in a good place at the moment? well, we start to see a light at the end of the tunnel but it is actually too little, too late because the vaccines took a long time getting here — and that's mainly the fault of the government themselves. the ministry of health has not purchased vaccines in time to guarantee an impact this year. so we're glad that they finally closed deals with pfizer and johnson and we are finally getting doses in the next semester. but for this semester, we are still in the same situation. we have very few doses and we have to rely on restriction measures like lockdowns, which the government is against. indeed, and just 5% of the population also vaccinated. with america sending 4 million astrazeneca doses to mexico and canada, would you like president bolsonaro to be asking for some from america too? yes, that would be nice, but it's very unlike him because president bolsonaro — he usually waits for the world to revolve around himself. that's what he — that's exactly what he did with the vaccines. he said "no—one offered me vaccines!" — which is a lie because several companies did offer. and now with president biden, i suppose it is going to be the same. some months from now, you can bet that he is going to say "0h, president biden never offered me vaccines!" and he's not going to ask. microbiologistjean —— natalia pasternak there. to the united states, now. us presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris have met members of the asian american community in georgia, following tuesday's mass shooting, in which eight people were killed. hundreds of people are attending vigils for the victims. the attacks targetted asian—owned businesses, and six of the victims were women of asian ethnic origin. robert aaron long has been charged with eight counts of murder. our washington correspondent lebo diseko says the president's comments contrasted with the first official responses to the shooting. a daughter of men being a lost mother killed on a rampage that started in broad daylight. on friday president biden took role of consoler in chief, said the time would heal. my heart noes the time would heal. my heart aoes out the time would heal. my heart goes out to — the time would heal. my heart goes out to all, _ the time would heal. my heart goes out to all, all— the time would heal. my heart goes out to all, all the - the time would heal. my heart goes out to all, all the family | goes out to all, all the family members who lost someone in the roofing shootings on tuesday. i know they feel that there is a black hole in the chest that they are being sucked into and these will never get better. but our prayers are with you. with him vice—president kamala harris, the first asian—american in this role. the harm against anyone of us is a harm against all of us. the president and i will not be silent, we will not stand by, we will always speak out against violence, hate crimes, and discrimination wherever and whenever it occurs. but and discrimination wherever and whenever it occurs.— whenever it occurs. but there is anger. _ whenever it occurs. but there is anger. in — law enforcement is not calling this a hate crime. both local police and the fdic investigation is under way, but the attack does not appear to racially motivated. atlanta law enforcement highlighted the suspect�*s self—confessed sex edition is a possible cause, which some say is an unwillingness to describe attacks against asian—americans as races. attacks against asian-americans as races. , ,., ., as races. the person who perpetrated _ as races. the person who perpetrated these - as races. the person who i perpetrated these murders as races. the person who - perpetrated these murders was a product of this kind of, you know, anti— asian and anti— women mentality that has been permeating throughout society. the grief has reverberated across this country with visuals being held as far away as new york to pay respects. many argue that violence like that in atlanta will not be stopped until all authorities are explicit in calling it out as racist. lebo diseko, abc news. the us and china have just concluded two days of talks between their top diplomats. both sides used the word "candid" to describe their conversations, but in truth the opening day was surprisingly blunt. here's secretary of state anthony blinken describing the meeting. we certainly know and knew going in that there are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds, including chinese actions in zhenjiang, in regard to hong kong, tibet, increasingly taiwan, as well as actions that it is taking in cyberspace. tanzania has a new president, samia suluhu hassan, who's made history as the country's first female head of state. she called on tanzanians to move forward united — remarks which could be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions created by her predessor. the bbc�*s zuhura yunus reports from dar es saalam. samia suluhu hassan, taking the oath to become tanzania's new president. she was sworn in in a brief ceremony at state house in the country's commercial capital dar es salaam. in front of dignitaries and lawmakers. translation: |, samia suluhu| hassan, do solemnly swear that i will do all my presidential duties for the united republic of tanzania faithfully. i will invest all my effort into fulfilling the duties of this office with all my heart. i will be fair to everyone according to the laws and traditions of the united republic of tanzania without fear, favour or discrimination. so help me god. the 61—year—old, who is the first female president of the east african country, takes over following the death ofjohn pombe magufuli, who died on wednesday. officials say he died of heart complications, but there has been widespread speculation that he contracted covid—i9. walking down the streets in dar es salaam, you would not know today a president was sworn in. let alone what a historic moment it was for this country. its first female leader. many tanzanians followed the ceremony on their radios and televisions. few have a doubt of how she will fare but the majority are optimistic. the new president, who will serve out the term until 2025, also inspected troops at a military parade and received a gun salute. in her address, mama samia, as she is known in tanzania, called her former boss a great patriot and urged tanzanians to show each other love and unity and uphold tanzanian values. and then it was down to business, holding herfirst cabinet meeting and continuing the work of government. how her style of leadership will differfrom her predecessor, time will tell. zuhura yunus, bbc news, dar es salaam. this is bbc world news. our main headlines: europe braces for a third wave of coronavirus infections with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. president biden has appealed for unity during a visit to atlanta where eight people were murdered this week, six of them women of asian descent. covax is the international scheme which aims to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are shared fairly among all nations, rich and poor. it brings together governments, manufacturers, scientists, civil society and philanthropy to provide a global solution to the pandemic. the covax scheme has secured 3.5 billion doses for middle and low income countries, but so far, only 30.5 million doses have been supplied — that's less than i% of the total number of covax doses secured. richer countries with strong buying power have benefited and received the most vaccines. the us has had 115 million doses delivered in total, china has received 65 million and india 39 million. but compare that to the african countries who have received the most — rwanda hasjust over 321,000, ghana 300,000 and south africa, 177,275 in total. now, on top of that supply problem, look at this — this is one of the difficult roads the vaccines would need to travel down. this is the delivery of another lot of medicine in south sudan by an international development company — as you can see, treacherous roads. fergus drake is the ceo of a large non—profit company called crown agents — it's a uk—based in—country distributor of vaccines on behalf of covax. he explains which countries he's managed to deliver to. crown agents has been involved in the covid—19 response for over a year now, firstly we were involved in distributing personal protective equipment to over 50 countries and overseas territories on behalf of the british government, we have also now focused on vaccines, so we have supplied over 200,000 vaccines to places like the falkland islands and st helena, and also to the ministry of health in ukraine. for covax we are working across africa, with a particularfocus on zimbabwe and the challenges of south sudan that you have just mentioned. indeed, and we saw those pictures, what are the logistical and political challenges facing these types of deliveries? we have been working in these environments for over 180 years, and we currently work in 60 countries but south sudan is the most challenging. we transport drugs over 100,000 kilometres on hard—baked roads as it gets over 50 degrees celsius in the summer, but it also gets waterlogged in the rainy season. i have seen whole articulated lorries lost in some of these mud craters, and you don't want to be camping in the bush in south sudan with armed groups close by. we use things like light aircraft and motorbikes to get to the most isolated communities across the country. we have seen only around 1% of doses have been received so far — when do you think this game will get fully under way? well, it has been a slow start but it is great to hear that there are so many vaccines getting around the world. the vision of covax was to get 2 billion vaccines out across the world, until the end of this year. now, thankfully, over 30 countries in africa have already received those vaccines, which is great. but we are expecting a very big ramp—up injune. that gives us time to really invest in the infrastructure — things like community health workers, things like transport and supply chains — so we can really hit the ground running when that second phase of vaccines arrives in the middle of the year. so next gear injune, but when do you think the whole world could be vaccinated by? well, there are lots of different predictions out there, as you can imagine. i think if everything goes right we will be doing well if we get the world vaccinated by the end of 202a. but i think we all realise that covid—19 is going to be with us for a long time. we're going to need jab top—ups — a bit like flu in the uk. but one of the things we are very concerned about is covid—19 becoming a residual pandemic, and so in the same way that we don't really talk about hiv/aids across western countries now, hiv/aids still kills 700,000 people across the world, and a lot of people in africa as well, and we can't allow covid—19 to go down that route. fergus drake. there's still no news about the whereabouts of a bbc journalist in myanmar, who was abducted in the capital naypyitaw on friday. aung thura was seized by men in civilian clothes and driven away in an unmarked van. the bbc has asked the military authorities in myanmar to locate him and confirm that he is safe. for a decade, the hungarian prime minister viktor 0rban has set his government the task of boosting the birth rate in hungary, with some success — 3,000 more babies were born in 2020 than 2019, marriages are up, divorce and abortion rates are plunging. but now, the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a blow to his plans, as nick thorpe reports from budapest. this baby is ten years old, born in his parent's small living room in budapest but births in hungary i done nearly 10% compared to 2020. avoiding hospital was one reason why his parents chose a home delivery. translation: did parents chose a home delivery. translation:— translation: did not want to --ostone translation: did not want to postpone having _ translation: did not want to postpone having our _ translation: did not want to postpone having our second i postpone having our second child just because of the pandemic. how we felt about it was we will leave it to him to arrive in his own good time. translation: mi; arrive in his own good time. translation:— arrive in his own good time. translation: ~ , ., ., translation: my father died of covid-19 barely _ translation: my father died of covid-19 barely one _ translation: my father died of covid-19 barely one month - translation: my father died of covid-19 barely one month ago. | covid—19 barely one month ago. he went — covid—19 barely one month ago. he went into hospital for something else and caught covid—19 there. he caught the virus — covid—19 there. he caught the virus in — covid—19 there. he caught the virus in hospital when he went in for another reason, that sort — in for another reason, that sort of— in for another reason, that sort of clenched our decision to have _ sort of clenched our decision to have our baby at home. his older brother— to have our baby at home. h 3 older brother is two and have his own house, thought. parents planned to have more children. that's music to the ears of families minister. natalie novak. ii families minister. natalie novak. , ., families minister. natalie novak. , novak. if you ask the person if they want _ novak. if you ask the person if they want to — novak. if you ask the person if they want to get _ novak. if you ask the person if they want to get married - novak. if you ask the person if they want to get married and l they want to get married and have children, they are very positive about it so the number of wished children, let's say, is quite high to what we have to do is to enable these young people to fulfil their wishes, their dreams. and the government is leaving no stone unturned. non— repayable homebuilding loans worth over $30,000, tax incentives, nursery places, just some of the encouragements on offer, as prime minister viktor 0rban told this conference. translation: �* ,, , translation: apple but then came covid-19. _ translation: apple but then came covid-19. after - translation: apple but then came covid-19. after rising . translation: apple but then j came covid-19. after rising for much of 2020 the birthrate plummeted in december and january. and one unpublished study suggests that each extra baby born in hungary in 2020 cost the taxpayer of $2000. money some social policy experts suggest could be better spent. experts suggest could be better sent. , ~ experts suggest could be better sent. , ,, ., ., ., , spent. the bulk of that money is sent spent. the bulk of that money is spent on — spent. the bulk of that money is spent on better— spent. the bulk of that money is spent on better off - is spent on better off families, families who already are either wealthy or they have are either wealthy or they have a stable financial situation, stable incomes. whereas those families who are now in a really bad situation, not only because of covid—19 but because of the accelerated processes of unemployment, they simply get nothing. but unemployment, they simply get nothinu. �* unemployment, they simply get nothinu. , nothing. but some couples siml nothing. but some couples simply want _ nothing. but some couples simply want big _ nothing. but some couples simply want big families. l nothing. but some couples i simply want big families. and they are gratefulfor any they are grateful for any support they can get. translation: is support they can get. tuna/mom- support they can get. translation: , ., ., ., translation: is we want to have more babies who _ translation: is we want to have more babies who want _ translation: is we want to have more babies who want to - translation: is we want to have more babies who want to have - translation: is we want to have more babies who want to have a l more babies who want to have a bigger house. more babies who want to have a bigger house-— bigger house. translation: seeina bigger house. translation: seeing after _ bigger house. translation: seeing after we _ bigger house. translation: seeing after we first - bigger house. translation: seeing after we first met -- i seeing after we first met —— soon — seeing after we first met —— soon after— seeing after we first met —— soon after we first met the subject— soon after we first met the subject of babies came up and we said — subject of babies came up and we said six. subject of babies came up and we said sim— we said six. yes, there was not much need for debate. state heled much need for debate. state helped them _ much need for debate. state helped them by _ much need for debate. state helped them by this - much need for debate. state helped them by this strip - much need for debate. state | helped them by this strip land adjacent to their own to build adjacent to their own to build a bigger place they will need all of those children. but the longer the economic crisis caused by the pandemic last, the fewer couples are likely to share their enthusiasm. nick thorpe, bbc news. a spacecraft designed to remove debris floating in orbit is due to launch shortly. there's believed to be millions of discarded pieces of materials drifting above earth. if successful, the mission could open a commercial market for removing debris in space. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. there are now millions of pieces of discarded metal and other materials in orbit. everything from old rocket segments to accidentally dropped astral tools. even flicks of paint. the fear is unless we start taking some of the bigger litter items out of the bigger litter items out of the sky, they could hit and destroy the active satellites that provide our communications and weather forecasts. international scale company the in the uk will demonstrate how this can be done. it will use one satellite to magnetically grab another, a dummy in this instance, and pull it down to earth. the manoeuvres will be complex and the demonstration will have to take care that he does not itself produce unnecessary debris. the key thin . unnecessary debris. the key thin is unnecessary debris. the key thing is to — unnecessary debris. the key thing is to capture _ unnecessary debris. the key thing is to capture a - unnecessary debris. the key | thing is to capture a tumbling object so for satellites, if they fail, it could quite easily start tumbling, maybe all three axis. and that makes it considerably harder to capture it. so that is our key technology but also we are going to show a lot of autonomous control. �* , ., ,.., autonomous control. astra scale is hoinr autonomous control. astra scale is hoping a _ autonomous control. astra scale is hoping a vibrant _ autonomous control. astra scale is hoping a vibrant market - autonomous control. astra scale is hoping a vibrant market will. is hoping a vibrant market will emerge this decade in which spacecraft owners can track other similar officers to fix their equipment auto it out of their equipment auto it out of the way, keeping the skies clear and safe for everyone to keep on using. jonathan amos, bbc news. emergency authorities in australia are warning of life—threatening flash floods as torrential rains batter parts of the east coast. across australia's most populous state, new south wales, dozens of people have been rescued from floodwaters, and residents in many low—lying areas have been ordered to leave. major highways have been closed and wild surf is battering the coast. a volcano in south—west iceland has erupted, releasing streams of lava from under the earth's surface. the eruption comes after weeks of thousands of small earthquakes in the area. the glowing fissure of the eruption, 30km south of the capital reykjavik is more than 500m long. this is the first eruption in the area in centuries. danai howard reports. this is what icelanders have been waiting for four weeks now, a0 kilometres south of the capital recce vic, mother began spewing from the ground on friday evening. officials say the fisher is around 500 kilometres long and a no—fly zone has been established in the area. licenses below —— next to two tectonic plates so eruptions a lot in common but this is the first in 900 years. normally there around 1000 tremors a year but there have been more than 50,000 in the three weeks. the highest number since digital recordings began in 1991. in 2010, the eruption of another volcano projected a column of ash nine kilometres into the air, brought flights to a halt across europe. iceland's meteorological office is the lather from this eruption will emerge more slowly and not create such disruption. the small village of printer vic is a few kilometres away. for weeks now, they have been affected by near constant earthquakes and tremors. a warning of the upcoming eruption. translation: the earth shook well outside and when i came inside with the luggage the kitchen island was on site and various things that come out of the cupboards. we thought we had prepared! police have told residents _ thought we had prepared! police have told residents to _ thought we had prepared! police have told residents to close - have told residents to close the windows and staying indoors due to the risk of gas pollution carried by the wind. and after 900 years of volcanic inactivity, people in the area have been flooding social media with photos and videos of this formidable site. danai howard, bbc news. and before we go, with spring just around the corner, greece is in full bloom. athens' hillsides are filled with poppies and daisies. in the northern part of the country, it's not the cherry trees that blossom, but the peach trees. the annual festival celebrating this was cancelled due to coronavirus. hopefully next year, everyone can enjoy the display. hello there. for most of us, the weekend promises a fair amount of dry weather. the amount of cloud will vary a bit from place to place and there will be somejumps around in temperatures as well, as we will see in a moment. this was the satellite picture then from friday, showing we had some decent sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland. that was how the sunshine looked in the highlands. not far away from that in sterlingshire, we have the highest temperature in the uk — up to 17 celsius, very mild for the time of year. but it wasn't like that everywhere. north—east england had a really chilly day on friday — just 6 celsius. a big jump upwards in temperatures, though, on the way later today. why the change? well, yesterday, we had the winds coming in from the north—east. it's all down to the wind direction, you see. these north—easterly winds brought those low temperature to eastern england because they were travelling over these really cold seas. the temperature in the water just 6 degrees at the moment. but the winds today are changing direction in a big way. they are coming in from a north—westerly direction, hence that big jump upwards in temperatures widely across eastern areas of england. now, here's the weather picture over the next few hours. we've got cloud across england and wales, a few gaps in the cloud for scotland, slowly filtering into parts of northern england. and on account of the cloudy skies, it's not cold, temperatures around 6—7 celsius. 0n into saturday then, this weather front is going to go nowhere fast, staying across central england and wales all day. another cold front will push into the far north of the uk, bringing rain to northern scotland late in the day. could be an odd patch of drizzle as well from that slow—moving front across england and wales — that's why it's going to stay cloudy here, but we'll see some sunshine. central and southern scotland and particularly north—east england, that's where the best of the sunshine is going to be, and it's going to be a much warmer day across north—east england. in the warmest spots, temperatures reach 17 celsius. but those north—westerly winds bringing some cooler weather into north—west england and north wales as well. sunday, while a cold front will have moved across most of the uk, bringing cloudy weather across england and wales again, what that cold front is going to do, well, it's going to introduce cooler and fresher air. so sunday, temperature—wise, temperatures not quite as high — still, though, managing to reach double figures for most of us. what about next week? well, of the area of high pressure bringing the settled weather is going to continue to influence our weather but it will probably gradually turn a little more unsettled across the north—west. this is bbc news. the headlines: countries across the european union are bracing themselves for a third wave of coronavirus infections. new lockdown measures have come into force in poland and across large parts of france including around the capital paris. switzerland is among other countries extending their restrictions. president biden has appealed for unity during a visit to atlanta, saying many asian americans now live in fear. his comments came in the wake of a killing spree at massage parlours in atlanta which left eight people dead, six of them women of asian descent. a volcano that was inactive for around 800 years has erupted near the icelandic capital reykjavik. it comes after the region experienced thousands of small earthquakes in the space of a few weeks. it caused the night sky to glow bright red.