capital reykjavik. there are signs of growing frustration across europe as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. infections are on the rise as a third wave begins to sweep the continent. there've been protests in poland, where a strict new lockdown has come into force, after a sharp increase in cases. there were also angry demonstrations in vienna, with many frustrated protestors calling for chancellor sebastian kurz to step down. than 70,000 confirmed cases, and where 800 people have died since the pandemic began. there were also anti—lockdown protests in london. they came despite a fall in infections and a fast—paced vaccine programme. and german police used pepper spray during ugly clashes in the northern city of kassel, another city where demonstrators are angry about covid—linked restrictions. 0ur berlin correspondent, damian mcguinness is following developments. restrictions and demonstrations in germany have been a common sight over the past year, really. we saw the high point last summer when, strangely, the lockdown measures were relatively light and the pandemic was seen as quite undercontrolled here in germany. but what we've seen over the past few months is quite a change in mood across the country. now, these particular demonstrations are a complete mix of people. you have all sorts of people, from the far right groups to just people who don't agree with this government, right through to anti—vaccination campaigners, even a few people who don't even believe covid—i9 exists. and then other people with more moderate views. so a really broad range. a large demo, about 20,000 people, clashes with police. i think what we are seeing as this particular demo, and these demos across the country here in germany, not really representative of mainstream feelings. mainstream feeling is not so much angry at the restrictions but angry at the very slow vaccine rollout. many people in fact think it is wrong of the government to start a loosening restrictions in some areas, which is also happening at the same time, quite a confusing situation in germany, and i think what rings a lot of people together, probably a majority in germany, is a generalfeeling probably a majority in germany, is a general feeling that the government doesn't have control of the situation and whether you think the restrictions should be harsher or looser, the government is losing popularity, and certainly that is the case of angela merkel�*s conservative party, which is not good news considering there is an election here in six months. is an election here in six months-_ is an election here in six months. . ., , months. that was damien mcguinness. _ the protests across europe come on the day france increased its restrictions. 35,000 news cases were confirmed on march 19th, the last day figures are available for, and a slight increase on the proceeding 2a hours. france has reintroduced a partial lockdown, affecting some 21 million people in 16 areas, including the capital, paris. one of those affected is our correspondent hugh schofield. yes, well, if you went out today, as i did, it didn't feel that different on the streets of paris. the markets were open, the parks were full of playing children and families. it didn't feel that different from yesterday or the day before, and partly of course thatis before, and partly of course that is because this is a lockdown light. we are allowed to leave our homes for as long as we like, within a radius of ten kilometres, and data, you know, means that life apparently is going on as normal. but i think beneath the surface there is a big psychological burden nonetheless, in all of this. partly it is because we can't leave paris, that is one of the big rules, you can't travel outside of the area that is in lockdown now, and partly there is this bureaucratic element too, which means again that if you leave the home you have to have this piece of paper or a web document to show, to justify why you are out stop so there is this feeling that every time you go out you might be accosted by a policeman and told to show why you are out of the house, and that weighs on people, i think. the house, and that weighs on people, ithink. above the house, and that weighs on people, i think. above all there is this sense that, in spite of the fact that life in many ways is no worse than it was yesterday, it isn't getting better, and it should be. the restaurants, the cafes, there is absolutely no prospect of them opening out in the weeks or even for another couple of months, maybe. and we were all hoping that the end was coming. and i think that really is what weighs on people, that exactly a year, exactly one year to the day after the first lockdown, it is coming again. it is like a treadmill. the protests — and the threats of lockdown — come after a sharp rise in the number of cases across europe. the increase has coincided with the slow rollout of vaccines and the temporary suspension of the astrazeneca jab in several european counntries. richard galpin has more. here in germany the authorities are warning the country is facing a third wave of coronavirus. infections rising exponentially. particularly worrying, as just 8% of the population has had a first dose of vaccine. lockdown measures are now expected. the situation also serious here in france as well as in poland and other eu countries, where covid cases are surging because of the spread of the uk variant of the virus. infections are starting in western europe and moving gradually eastwards, and we are seeing this particular variant, being more severe in terms of the clinical picture, it's leading to bigger pressure on hospitals. europe's problems are in part a result of a faltering vaccine programme and delays in deliveries, made worse by the eu's recent suspension of the astrazeneca vaccine, but many eu countries are now using it again. there have been big protests in istanbul after turkey pulled out of its landmark global convention and against violence in women thought that violence against women. europe's top human rights body, the council of europe, has called it a huge set back for the protection of women in and outside the country. the bbc�*s 0rla guerin reports from istanbul. even behind the mask, the defiance is clear. this was the response in istanbul to president erdogan�*s decree issued in the dead of night, pulling turkey out of the landmark treaty protecting women and girls. this in fact proves that the government enables these men, enables these men in their violence towards women, domestic violence, abuse, sexual harassment and murder. i felt the biggest ache in my heart and it'sjust the biggest disappointment as a woman you can feel in turkey. well, there's plenty of anger here. these women believe the decree is an attempt to drag them and their country back in time, to deprive them of key rights and protections. turkey's main opposition party has put it like this, "women will be kept as second class citizens and left to be killed." it was a very different picture ten years ago. turkey was first to proudly sign up to the treaty, ironically called the istanbul convention. the council of europe has branded turkey's withdrawal from this line—up "deplorable." and domestic abuse survivors like daria say they are now more vulnerable. these horrific images were taken after she was attacked by her husband who has been convicted but is free on appeal. "with this decision, i'm an open target," she told us tonight. "i'm worried for my life because i have kids. "if i die, many others will be affected." at the protest, some held photos of women who have been killed. rights campaigners here say last year alone there were around 300. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. elon musk, the chief executive of the us electric carmaker tesla, says his firm would be "shut down" if its vehicles were used for spying on china. his comments were in response to reports that china's military had banned tesla cars from its facilities. the military had raised security concerns about the data collected by cameras in the cars. in a separate matter, a russian man in the us has pleaded guilty to plotting to extort money from the electric car compa ny�*s nevada plant. prosecutors allege the man planned to use ransomware to steal com pa ny secrets for extortion. they said he had acted on behalf of criminals abroad. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. peter, thanks for joining peter, thanks forjoining us. so, elon musk has hit back out to china, not itself for, short of accusations, shall we say, of accusations, shall we say, of spying. but his cars cannot be used for spying? == of spying. but his cars cannot be used for spying?— of spying. but his cars cannot be used for spying? -- that his cars could _ be used for spying? -- that his cars could not _ be used for spying? -- that his cars could not be _ be used for spying? -- that his cars could not be used. - be used for spying? -- that his cars could not be used. this i be used for spying? -- that his cars could not be used. this is| cars could not be used. this is a complicated issue that goes both ways. it is quite a strong denialfrom elon musk, as you say, that tesla vehicles could be used as a vehicle for spying for americans spying on china. now, this followed reports on friday that some members of the chinese military, some senior members of government run companies there had been ordered not to use tesla vehicles. now, elon musk says quite simply they would be put out of his nurse if this were true. in fact, out of his nurse if this were true. infact, he out of his nurse if this were true. in fact, he said out of his nurse if this were true. infact, he said if businesses engaged in spying on a foreign government, the negative effects for that company, he said, would be extremely bad stop he added there was a very strong incentive for them to keep any information that was guarded by an admittedly very sophisticated vehicle that his company has produced, but the incentive is strong to keep that information confidential. another incentive, clearly, for him and his company, is that china is very important to tesla, second only to the united states, and the fourth most important in terms of global income. absolutely, they are hoping to sell 200,000 vehicles there this year. but presumably china's concerns relate to the technology involved in these cars? yes, specifically _ involved in these cars? yes, specifically the _ involved in these cars? yes, specifically the camera - specifically the camera technology. that is where the apparent concern is about data being connect —— collected by the vehicles. these cars have sophisticated camera systems. that is what makes them so unique. the concern seems to be that they could be used to gather sensitive information. and again, elon musk has hit back out best, kind of turned the argument around under reference to the row over tiktok, the company or at least the app donald trump tried to ban from the us last year out of similar concerns, but a camera or a mobile phone that had the app tiktok and was being used could in some way gather information from americans that would be useful to the chinese.— to the chinese. indeed, parallels _ to the chinese. indeed, parallels all— to the chinese. indeed, parallels all over - to the chinese. indeed, parallels all over the i to the chinese. indeed, - parallels all over the place. and tesla faces its own threat, doesn't it? we now have the story of a russian man who has pleaded guilty to trying to recruit a tesla employee in order to put around somewhere into the computer network in a nevada battery plant that has love. tell us about that? yes, this is a 27-year-old - love. tell us about that? yes, this is a 27-year-old russian | this is a 27—year—old russian national by the name of igor krushof. he was accused pleaded guilty to offering a tesla employee $1 million to essentially break into the computer network of tesla's battery plant in reno, nevada. now, this never actually came to fruition. this is according to fruition. this is according to prosecutors and the fbi. it was a conspiracy that was spoiled, and no damage was done. but according to prosecutors the goal was to extract data from that computer system using round somewhere, and then in effect told the company, tesla, to ransom, by threatening to release that data, probably on the internet, but at least you make it public, data that could potentially have been very valuable for tesla, and its release would be very damaging for the company. this russian national is currently in a us jail, he will be sentenced in may, and because he has reached a plea agreement with the prosecutors in this country, he is likely only to get a sentence of about ten months. no company appears safe. thank you, peter. emergency authorities in australia are warning of life—threatening flash flooding as storms but are parts of the east coast. —— data. evacuation orders are in place in many low—lying areas. david campa nale reports. the aftermath of significant record—breaking rainfall in new south wales. got to go around to the other side of the car now to get the other patient out. across australia's most populous state, dozens of people have been rescued from floodwaters, and residents in many low—lying communities ordered to leave. major highways have been closed and wild surf is battering the coast. more storms are forecast in the coming days and parts of eastern australia could receive up to a metre of rain in the space ofjust a week. officials say sydney is facing what they are calling a "rain bomb." the main water reservoir there has overflowed for the first time in years as the city of 5 million braces for what's coming next. in the suburbs, descriptions of fear as the first sweep of rain came through the area. and then we saw the tornado form and then we saw trees and plants and people's furniture flying in the air, rubbish bins. and then i screamed and just ran back inside. i've never been so scared in my life. it felt like a movie. there have been over 500 rescue operations from the rising floodwaters. state political leaders said the storms could last for some days yet. and gave a plea to residents to obey evacuation warnings. i hate to say this again to all our citizens of this state, but it's not going to be an easy week for us. but i know that no matter what comes our way, we'll be able to deal with it. the federal government said the extreme weather has affected its covid—19 vaccine delivery in sydney and throughout the state, but said delays should only last a few days. australia plans to deliver the first vaccine doses to almost 6 million people over the next few weeks. david campanale, bbc news. coronavirus cases in india have surged to a four month high. lockdowns and restrictions have returned in many regions of the country. mandatory testing wll begin in mumbai on monday. across india, nearly 41,000 new cases were reported on saturday, the biggest daily jump in nearly four months. its richest state and economic backbone, maharashtra, accounts for half the infections. with me is our news reporter, aruna iyengar. presumably drastic measures are needed now because what was under control in february has got worse?— under control in february has not worse? , ., ., got worse? exactly, and we are now reporting _ got worse? exactly, and we are now reporting 41,000 - got worse? exactly, and we are now reporting 41,000 cases - got worse? exactly, and we are now reporting 41,000 cases in | now reporting 41,000 cases in india. that in context, that is a lot less than what the figures were back in september when the figures were about 100,000 each day, so india was doing well up until the end of february and then suddenly we have at this spike in cases, and we don't know what the reasons are, many health officials are saying there has been lax mask wearing, social distancing rules seems to have been relaxed too much and there is a possibility that this new variant has been found in india, so this could be the reason. ., ., . ~ ., , ., reason. to tackle that they are brin . in: reason. to tackle that they are bringing in _ reason. to tackle that they are bringing in a — reason. to tackle that they are bringing in a mandatory - reason. to tackle that they are bringing in a mandatory rapid i bringing in a mandatory rapid testing in some parts of mumbai. testing in some parts of mumbai-— testing in some parts of mumbai. ., �* , mumbai. that's right. in the state, which has seen - state, which has seen the lions share of those spikes in cases, in mumbai itself, the financial capital of india, 3000 cases on saturday, so they are going big on restrictions there and they are going to have a mandatory testing in shopping malls. not sure yet how this will actually work, although they have threatened that they will be sanctions, they will be fines, possibly imprisonment if people do not comply. but they will roll out rapid testing, so the testing will take place in shopping malls, it will be incumbent on shopping malls to put the testing in place, they will have to test, it will take about 15 to 20 minutes to get the results of these tests, and then obviously people will be able to go on their way and shop. it able to go on their way and sho -. , , ., shop. it will be interesting to see the final _ shop. it will be interesting to see the final details - shop. it will be interesting to see the final details of - shop. it will be interesting to see the final details of how. see the final details of how that will play out. india is known as a global manufacturing hub for vaccines, but how has its own vaccine rollout going? it started in january, its own vaccine rollout going? it started injanuary, and it is aiming to produce around 85 million doses each month, but it is nowhere near that figure at this stage stop your india has come under criticism from within the country because india, although it is a huge producer of vaccine, it has to export huge numbers of vaccines overseas, it has international obligations, it has to vaccinate its own people and it is also part of the covax scheme, so it is pushed in many different directions and indians are saying why can't we have more vaccinations for our own country? possibly quite legitimately.— for the first time in the history of the modern 0lympics, overseas spectators won't be allowed to attend. the decision was made by the tokyo organising committee. will be refunded. speculation had been building for weeks as organisers grappled with how to make the games safe. an attempt by canada's conservative oppostion to reform it's stance on climate change has failed in a blow to the new leader. erin 0'toole had warned his party that a failure to support his motion could lead them open to attack by the liberals as climate change deniers in forthcoming elections. laura lynch is a host of the canadian broadcasting corporation's radio show what on earth, which explores challenges and solutions regarding climate change. she joins us from vancouver. erin 0'toole took a gamble and he lost a. why was he defeated? you have to understand this was a policy debate within the party, he had only hours before said the party needed to embrace change and things that were not orthodox for the party, and he did not want to go into the next election being branded as climate change deniers, and the party turned around and defeated putting in language the policy that says climate change is real. you have to remember in the last election, the conservatives lost to the liberals, and a lot of people suggested that was due to the fact that the previous leader had carried into the election no real plan for dealing with climate change, and so, the new leader, erin 0'toole, knows he needs to have this in place to go forward into the next election which could be coming up sometime soon, some are suggesting, this is certainly a blow to his efforts to remake the party's image and it could be much more difficult for him to persuade voters, most of whom believe that climate change is real, that the party is acting in their best interests.— is acting in their best interests. ~ , ., is acting in their best interests. , ., ., interests. why was that not clear to his _ interests. why was that not clear to his colleagues - interests. why was that not| clear to his colleagues crazy ella if you look at the boat and how it breaks down, it's not that much of a surprise. the eastern part of the country, quebec and maritime, delegates there voted in favour of this change, and in the western part of the country, that depend on fossil fuels for so much of their revenue, their economy, jobs, that is where the support began to falter, and that reflects a real debate within the country, those western provinces that are so dependent on resources, specifically oil and gas, see climate change in many cases as a threat to their well—being, so that is a struggle not only for the conservatives, it's a struggle for the governing liberal party as well which even though it has put forward a programme to deal with climate change, it is criticised because not long ago, it bought a gas pipeline, and oil and gas pipeline in order to send heavy oil out of the west coast for shipment abroad. and your neighbour, presidentjoe biden has aggressively pursued climate policies ever since he took office. do you think that would affect things in canada? it office. do you think that would affect things in canada?- affect things in canada? it has to. the economy _ affect things in canada? it has to. the economy goes - to. the economy goes hand—in—hand in so many ways, their expectations that the two countries will move in lock step in making electric cars more available and more affordable, something that the president wants, and i think the canadian government will help all it can in that respect. in other respects, presidentjoe biden is a ready cancelled the key pipeline project at the canadian government wanted to go forward with, so differences indeed, but also expectations that the canadian government will be able to work more closely with this president then with the previous one.— this president then with the previous one. thank you for explaining _ previous one. thank you for explaining that _ previous one. thank you for explaining that so _ previous one. thank you for explaining that so clearly. l 11 people who had been investigated by the maltese journalist daphne believed before her murder have appeared in court, facing charges of money laundering, corruption and fraud. among the accused is the chief of staff to the former prime minister of malta. he denies any wrongdoing. court in pakistan has sentenced two men to death for raping a woman on the side of the highway last year. the attack triggered nationwide protests, and it happened in front women's children after her car ran out of fuel. the two men were convicted of rape, kidnapping, robbery, and terrorism. a volcano in south—west iceland has erupted, releasing streams of lava from under the earth's surface. the fissure, 30 kilometres from the capital, reykjavik, is more than 500 metres long. it's the first eruption in the area in centuries 0ur europe correspondent jean mackenzie visited the volcano last week. the lava bursting through a long crack in the earth's crust, the moment icelanders have been bracing for turns into a spectacle, rather than a threat. translation: the nation has been waiting with bated breath for three weeks for it to happen and it's been 15 months since seismic activity started increasing significantly on the reykjanes peninsula. since the activity ratcheted up three weeks ago, iceland has recorded more than 50,000 earthquakes, a sign this eruption was imminent. we visited the volcanic area just 20 miles from the capital reykjavik last week. the eruption is going to happen most likelyjust beyond that ridge. this island which straddles two tectonic plates is used to eruptions. but not here. this area has sat dormant for centuries. this is very different to the explosive eruption in 2010 that blanketed the skies of europe in ash for weeks. the biggest threat this time is the pollution from the gases released, with residents being asked to keep their windows shut. translation: people have grown tired of the significant earthquakes that keep us awake, and there is growing anxiety and there is growing anxiety and some residents say that they will be an eruption, it may as well just they will be an eruption, it may as welljust happen. icelanders have nicknamed these pretty eruptions tourist eruptions only with no tourists around to witness this one, it's the locals who get to marvel at their latest geological wonder. jean mackenzie, bbc news. incredible pictures. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello there. most parts of the country are going to have a dry day on sunday with some sunshine at times. on saturday, the sunshine was focused more across eastern scotland and the north—east of england, and temperatures reached 17 celsius at bridlington, 18 in aboyne, aberdeenshire after a frosty start. quite a bit colder in merseyside and kent. those areas may get a little bit milder during sunday but we're not expecting 17 celsius because that warmth was ahead of this weak weather front here that's been bringing some thicker cloud and a little drizzle southwards. but once that moves through, it actually introduces cooler air, a different sort of air mass. so, temperatures won't be quite as high on sunday despite the fact that there will be more sunshine more widely. and by the time we get to the morning, temperatures could be close to freezing where we've got those clearer skies around lothian, fife and tayside. we still have some more cloud and some damp weather across south wales and the south west of england to move away and it should brighten up here in the afternoon. still quite cloudy in the far north of scotland, a bit damp as well. but elsewhere we should see some sunshine coming through from time to time. and the winds, they should be quite light as well but remember, the area is a bit cooler on sunday. so, temperatures are typically 10—12 celsius, may be lower than that in norfolk with the onshore breeze and also in the far north of scotland. but high pressure is keeping it quiet throughout the weekend and into the beginning of next week keeping these weather fronts at bay in from the atlantic. so, we're looking at cloud again and how much there will be and i think many places will see a little sunshine at times on monday. always more cloud towards the north—west. with the breeze picking a little bit up here, there could be some drizzle in the north—west of scotland but again temperatures aren't changing very much. typically 11—12 celsius, that's near normal for this time of the year. and moving quickly onto tuesday, it's a similar sort of picture. again, some sunshine in many areas, a fair bit of cloud around too, mind you. you'll probably notice a stronger breeze, i think, on tuesday. similar sort of temperatures and rain's not far away from the north—west. now, that band of rain on a very weak weather front will push its way eastwards tuesday night and into wednesday, and then pressure will fall and we're looking at our weather to come in from the atlantic. so that means it's going to eventually turn more unsettled — later on in the week i suspect, and as you can see, most of the wetter weather will be towards the north—west of the uk. there won't be much rain at all in the south—east. this is bbc news, the headlines: thousands of people have taken part in protests across europe, against coronavirus—related restrictions. it comes as a third wave of infections forced millions more in the eu back into lockdown. in istanbul thousands took to the streets over turkey's decision to pull out of an international treaty aimed at preventing violence against women and girls. the government there says existing laws already offer protection but the main opposition party says abandoning the treaty keeps women as second class citizens, leaving them to be killed. the premier of new south wales has pleaded with residents to heed evacuation warnings as life—threatening flash floods threaten australia's most populous state. police have criticised hundreds of motorists who ignored warnings to keep off flooded roads and had to be rescued. brazil has registered nearly 80,000