At least 32 people are killed and many more injured in egypt in one of the worst train crashes there in recent memory. Hello and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Germany has imposed Travel Restrictions on france, declaring the country a high risk area for coronavirus infections. People arriving in germany from france will now need to show a negative covid test and go into quarantine. Its controversial because theres so much traffic, commuters, family across that border every day. Now, germanys already imposed Border Restrictions and Border Controls on some of its borders, so weve already had Border Controls on parts of austria, the czech republic, slovakia. Those regions have now been classed officially as high risk regions as well, so that means theyre also going to be the same rule you just mentioned for france, which is you have to have a recent test before you cross into the country. But now thats also going to be the case for france. This is something thats been a political debate here for a while now. Theres pressure thats been growing on the government to decide what to do about that border because as the numbers have gone up in france, more and more people along the region. In the region along the border have been worried that those infections are going to come over into germany, and now indeed the authorities have taken that step. Initially because of the numbers. Even though numbers are coming up in germany, theyre not going up as severely as in france. In germany, we havejust over 100 new infections in a 100,000 population every seven day period. That number is more like 300 in france. So, for now, what that means is there are going to be spot checks along the border. Theres no plans as yet for a checkpoint, but it will certainly impede travel, it will impede commuters, it could even impede trade. A big step, a big hit economically for those regions, but according to the authorities here in germany, its necessary, really, to stop those high infections spreading into germany from france. Damien mcguinness. The World Health Organization is once again appealing to countries to donate their covid vaccines to poorer nations. It says covax, the global vaccine sharing scheme, needs 10 million doses urgently so every country can start inoculating within the first 100 days of the year. Covax aims to ensure 92 of the poorest countries in the world can access vaccines, with costs covered by donors. Covax needs 10 million doses immediately as an urgent stock up major so these 20 countries can start vaccinating their Health Workers and older people within the next two weeks. So, today, im asking countries with doses of vaccines that have who Emergency Use listing to donate as many doses as they can to help us meet that target. That was doctor ted droste china has imposed sanctions on nine uk citizens including mps, peers, a lawyer and an academic who have all criticised chinas treatment of its Uighur Minority population. The foreign secretary dominic raab said the move wouldnt stop him and others speaking up against what he called � Industrial Scale Human Rights Abuses. There are about 12 million uighur in china, predominately muslims. China is accused of detaining up to a million of them in so called � re education� camps in the province of xinjiang in the northwest of the country. Authorities in beijing have dismissed claims of abuse as a plot by britain and the us to destabilise the chinese economy. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. This is the image china wants you to have of xinjiang. A mountainous paradise where everyone can live out their lives in liberty and prosperity. People from various ethnic groups live in concord, work in solidarity and develop in harmony, blending together closely like the seeds of a pomegranate. But if you try to get past the propaganda videos, as the bbc� s done in the past, there is a different perspective not Everyone Wants you to see. And thats one where allegations of Human Rights Abuses against the uighurs are rife. Of arbitrary detention, forced labour and sterilisation. So strong are these allegations that britain and allies announced sanctions on four top chinese officials responsible for camps like these. Today, beijing retaliated, Imposing Travel Bans and asset freezes on british citizens and organisations it accused of spreading lies. For some time, certain forces. Have fabricated a large amount of lies of the century about xinjiang. The sanctions were aimed at five conservative mps including the former party leader, sir iain duncan smith, all of them vocal critics of chinas government. As well as two peers, a lawyer and an academic and a handful of campaign groups. Few of those sanctioned appeared dismayed. Speaking for the nine individuals who have been sanctioned its only going to re fortify our efforts to pull out china for the Industrial Scale human rights abuse abuses to call out china for the Industrial Scale human rights abuse abuses going on in xinjiang, in tibet and elsewhere within china. Its intimidation of members of parliament to try to put them under pressure not to talk about whats happening in xinjiang. And i think thats the big issue we need to deal with internationally. How democracies deal with political interference. Chinas acting ambassador was summoned to the foreign and Development Office to hear of britains displeasure and determination. If the chinese governments want to continue with these blanket denials, but nothing wrong is taking | place in xinjiang, the obvious thing| for them to do would be to allow access to the united nations. Diplomats here at the Chinese Embassy dismiss all these allegations, talking of anti china forces fabricating these accusations to try and constrain their country. But amid the claim and counterclaim, one thing is clear. The governments ambition of pursuing a more positive trade relationship with china is getting harder by the minute. The sanctions imposed by president xi were not unexpected but they were unprecedented. The price paid for raising Human Rights Concerns with the worlds growing military and economic power. James landale, bbc news. Earlier, President Biden and Boris Johnson spoke on the phone. They expressed concern about chinas retaliatory action. Lets discuss this further with nick witney, of the European Council on foreign relations. A former british diplomat, he used to head the European Defence Defence Agency in brussels. Thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. Ive heard various descriptions of whats taken place, unprecedented, but also tit for tat. Just how serious is this . I unprecedented, but also titfortat. Just how serious is this . Just how serious is this . I think its a very just how serious is this . I think its a very difficult just how serious is this . I think its a very difficult position just how serious is this . I think its a very difficult position we i its a very difficult position we find ourselves in because on the one hand, how can we avoid speaking out when we are aware of the offences and dont. Humans rights going on in changing and how can we avoid speaking out when the chinese launch their assault on the democracy of hong kong . 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Today im announcing the public launch of new political force, the alba party. Its another comeback from alex salmond, this time as leader of a brand new Political Party. Seeking to build a super majority for independence in the Scottish Parliament. Over the next six weeks we will promote new ideas about taking scotland forward, giving primacy to economic recovery from the pandemic and the achievement of independence for our country. Despite the bitter personal feud between alex salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, he claims his new party is not out to steal snp votes. He wont run candidates in constituencies. Under the Proportional Representation Voting System, msps are also elected from Regional Lists, and thats where alba candidates will be standing. The only people who benefit from i the creation of Alex Salmonds party are those who oppose independence. But we will double down, work hard, not take any votes for granted and urge people to cast both votes for the snp not everyone who supports independents support the snp. They do all want to elect as many Pro Independence msps as possible, to Pressure Westminster into allowing another referendum. Alex salmonds new party will split this vote, and his rivals think alba is driven more by his ego than by electoral strategy. This is the very public meltdown of a thoroughly disgraced individual. This is a man from scotlands past who is obsessively pursuing personal vendettas. He doesnt have anything positive to offer. Alex salmond is less popular in scotland than borisjohnson. Todays launch, plagued with technical problems, was not the slick operation alex salmond was used to in the snp. Almost exactly a year ago he was acquitted of 13 charges of sexual assault, although he did admit inappropriate behaviour with female staff when he was First Minister. He has since accused people at the top of the snp of conducting a malicious plot to destroy him. Now alex salmond has created a new platform from which to pursue his own agenda. 0ur scotland editor, sara smith with that report. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the multi billion Dollar Blockage another day, another failed attempt to dislodge the Container Ship Stuck in the suez canal. Music. Im so proud of both of you. Let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. With great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. Singing. Streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from Mir Drew Gasps from onlookers on fiji. Wow. This is bbc news. The latest headlines germany declares france a high risk area for coronavirus and tightens its border requiring all travellers to be tested and quarantined upon arrival. Borisjohnson says hell stand firmly by british citizens whove had sanctions imposed on them by china, which accuses them of spreading lies about abuses of uighur muslims. At least 32 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in egypt, in one of the worst train crashes there in recent memory. Several carriages were derailed and overturned when two passenger trains collided in the province of sohag. The egyptian Authorities Say enquiries are under way into the crash, which they attributed to Emergency Brakes being applied by unknown passengers. With more, heres david campanale. The aftermath of another deadly crash in egypts railways. In this incident, one carriage was soon being violently thrown into the air in a Cloud Of Dust after a speeding train ran into it from behind. Inside, one of the overturned characters, these harrowing scenes were filmed just moments after the crash. From within the chaos and the dust, cries for help were posted on social media. One woman said, please, my son, help me. Some people got out of the derailed carriages relatively unharmed, but many others caught inside were badly injured and needing rescue. Translation we need an official. To come and see what has happened. They cannot remove the people from underneath the trains. Its a shame. Look at the children. We need a crane, but they said. People are dead. We cant even save the ones who are alive. Around the wreckage, people gathered next to the overturned carriages to see what could be done. Dozens of ambulances came to the scene to take the injured away, and inside, rescuers were deployed to help reach those survivors still trapped. Egypts rail Authorities Say the crash occurred after unidentified passengers had activated Emergency Brakes in one of the trains, causing the one behind it to crash into it. The president , Abdel Fattah Al sisi, tweeted that there will be serious because consequences for anyone found responsible. This deadly collision is the latest in a string of major accidents on egypts railways. They have been blamed on failures in maintenance and infrastructure. David campanale, bbc news. A further attempt to dislodge the massive container ship, thats blocking the suez canal has been unsuccessful. Shipping traffic through one of the worlds busiest waterways has now been disrupted for four days. Experts say it could take weeks to move the 200,000 tonne ship, which is stuck sideways. 12 of total global trade moves through the canal, theo leggett reports. One of the worlds busiest trade routes blocked by a single giant ship firmly wedged between the banks. Eight powerful tugs have been trying to move it, a special Suction Dredging Machine has been brought in to clear away thousands of tonnes of sand and mud. Its a complicated operation and salvage experts from the netherlands have been drafted in. They have done something similar before in the river elbe in february 2016, a similar sized vessel also ran aground in sand and they successfully refloated her after excavating and with the support of tugs. It took six days. Giant trafficjams have built up at both ends of the canal with more than 230 ships waiting to get through. Container vessels, oil and tankers and Bulk Carriers all going nowhere. Some 10 billion worth of trade normally passes through the canal every day, and the costs are mounting up. The Business Interruption claims and Business Interruption cost to companies, to factories, to other dependent industries is going to be enormous. I dont even dare to pick a number right now. The ever given is a giant of the seas, capable of Carrying Tens Of Thousands of containers. Some of them are meant to be delivered in the uk with the ship scheduled to dock in felixstowe early next month. Meanwhile, other Shipping Companies are considering their options. The suez canal is a Giant Shortcut allowing vessels to travel between europe and asia or the middle east relatively quickly. The alternative is a haul round the southern tip of africa. It can take much longer, use more fuel and cost hundreds of thousands of pounds more, as well as exposing ships to the risk of bad weather and piracy. The blockage of the suez canal has raised questions about the risks involved in sending such huge vessels through such a narrow waterway. But its also placed a renewed focus on the vulnerability of the Global Supply chains which provide the goods we rely on every day. Theo leggett, bbc news. Now to the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh, which is an armenian majority area inside azerbaijans international borders. During the first karabakh war in the 1990s, armenia invaded, taking over Nagorno Karabakh. But within 44 days of the beginning of the second war that erupted six months ago, azerbaijan regained control of large parts of the region. Armenia, which lost, has been gripped by political instability and demonstrations. Russia has nearly 2,000 peacekeepers on the ground. And as our correspondent jonah fisher reports, has significantly increased its influence in the region. We are on the road that armenia. These guys ahead of us are azeri soldiers, and just behind us we have russian peacekeepers. Journalist, bbc. Armenias defeat in last years karabakh war has brought the azeris up very close. Are you allowed on the road here . This is an armenian road, no . I dont know on the map. No . Whose road is this . We drive towards armenias border with Nagorno Karabakh. With the Armenian Army pulling out, its now russia acting as the guarantor of the enclaves security. So this road is the only link between armenia, the outside world, and whats left of the Ethnic Armenian enclave of nagorno kara bakh. Its just over there, those hills there. Now, since the war, the armenians have not had control over who and what uses this road thats down to the russians. The Russian Military have a checkpointjust down there. They decide, they call the shots round here now. Were denied permission to enter, and are told privately that the russians are now blocking almost all foreigners. Its a real pain that we have to talk like this rather than in person. That evening we speak to a Nagorno Karabakh official on a whatsapp call. So youre happy to have russia there . Its better than having azerbaijan occupy you. The shockwaves of the defeat continue to reverberate in armenian politics. There have been regular demonstrations calling for Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister, to step down. Critics say he should have maintained better relations with moscow and given azerbaijans alliance with turkey made concessions to avoid war. Despite all of these facts, Nikol Pashinyan chose to reject the Peace Proposals that were negotiated. So that was a huge diplomatic failure that actually brought a catastrophe to armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. For Nagorno Karabakh, the question is now what russia does next. Does moscow want a long term Military Presence that protects the armenian enclave, or will it go along with azerbaijans wishes and eventually hand all of karabakh to them . Jonah fisher, bbc news, armenia. Youre watching bbc news. Do stay with us, more coming up shortly. Good evening. Today brought some impressive skyscapes, and big clouds like this tend to bring heavy showers. And the showers today havent only being heavy, theyve been wintry in places because weve had a change to some rather cold conditions. This frontal system swept eastwards with outbreaks of rain behind it. You can see the cold air flowing down from the north west. Its where we have further showers through the night, they will continue to be wintry. We could see up to five cm of snow over high ground in highland scotland, but for southern scotland, Northern Ireland, north west england, wales, the midlands, even the moors of the west country, we could see a centimetre or two of lying snow by the end of the night. Temperatures in towns and cities close to freezing, in the country some spots will getjust below. So there could well be some icy stretches to start tomorrow morning. But tomorrow should get off to quite a bright start with some spells of sunshine. However, it wont last. It will cloud over from the west through the day. Outbreaks of rain into Northern Ireland and western scotland. The odd spot into wales and the south west as well. But temperatures already showing signs of creeping upwards, so it is quite a short lived cold spell. Now a windy spell awaits during saturday night, particularly across North Western areas. Notice on the charts squeezing together all the isobars. That shows that well have strong winds, gales in fact for parts of Northern Ireland and scotland for a time. Some very heavy bursts of rain working through, and that rain is likely to get stuck across central parts of the uk during sunday. To the north, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. Some of those will be wintry. To the south, the cloud should tend to break to give some spells of sunshine, and that will bring some warmth, with highs of 15 16 degrees. But the temperatures have further to rise. As we move out of sunday into monday, this frontal system will wriggle around across the north of the uk. That will feed quite a lot of rain into parts of north west scotland. There could even be enough rain to give flooding here over the next couple of days. But to the south of our wriggling weatherfront, well, the air willjust turn warmer and warmer. So have a look at some of the temperatures. Across the northern half of the uk, you could see highs of 18 19 degrees, in leeds for example. We will have that rain further north and west, particularly for western scotland. But further south, you could see temperatures up to 22 23 degrees, unseasonably warm for the end of march. This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines authorities in berlin have declared the whole of france a high risk area for coronavirus infections. All travellers from france will have to present a negative test result and quarantine upon arrival in germany. In a phone call, us President Joe Biden and british Prime Minister borisjohnson expressed concern over what they called chinas retaliatory actions after nine uk citizens who campaigned against Human Rights Abuses were sanctioned by beijing. At least 32 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a train crash in southern egypt. The country has suffered frequent Rail Accidents due in part to poor maintenance and lack of investment. A new attempt to refloat the cargo ship which is blocking the suez canal has failed, according to the Company Brought in to help. The evergiven has now been jammed across the busy waterway for four days. You are watching bbc news. The former leader of the snp, alex salmond, has announced the creation of a new Pro Independence party which will stand in the Scottish Parliament elections. The alba party will field candidates in may with the aim of creating a supermajority for independence from the rest of britain. Mr salmond said the party would work towards a successful, sociallyjust, environmentally responsible, independent country. Heres how he launched the party. The tactics are to stand for the Regional List to secure the supermajority for independence in our parliament. We intend to contribute policy ideas to assist scotlands economic recovery and help build an independence platform to face new political realities. At the last election, there were Nearly1 Million wasted snp votes in the Regional List. Only four snp msps were elected in that way. In yesterdays survation poll, the snp would elect no regional seats at all from the million votes on the list. They would all be totally wasted Independence Votes. Now, if alba wins Regional List seats, the wasted votes end, the number of independence supporting msps in the parliament could reach 90 or even more. The initiative for independence should then be led by the parliament uniting the parties. Borisjohnson has already said no to the snp proposals. He will find it more difficult to say no to a parliament and a country. The Independence Debate will be recast, not as the tories against the snp, but borisjohnson against Scotlands Parliament representing scottish people. Today, alba are hosting a flag in the wind, planting our saltire on a hill. In the next few weeks, well see how many will rally to our standard. Humza yousaf has been the snp� s justice secretary since 2018. He gave us his reaction to the news. I didnt fall off my seat in shock. This is probably the most predictable move in scottish political history. Its been briefed in the press for not weeks, but months. But also im quite sad because the only people who benefit from Alex Salmonds party are those who oppose independence. 0ur message is remarkably simple. If you want to see an snp majority, the only way to guarantee that is to cast both your votes for the snp. Anything other than that only helps our opponents. Lesley riddoch is a journalist and broadcaster and joins us from north fife. Thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. First off, how significant is Alex Salmonds announcement today, do you think was much i have to say i think it was jaw dropping. I i think it wasjaw dropping. 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Schools reopening means more people mixing, both in the classrooms and the wider community, and that was always likely to mean some spread of the virus even with robust controls. The latest data in england suggests an increase in case rates among teenagers in years 7 11. Holly and her Brother Morgan are back at school in sandwell in the west midlands. During lockdown they had to share a School Laptop which made life difficult, and their mum was pleased they went back, even with the slight virus risk. I was struggling with how much work they got sent to them at home, and a lot of the things, like, i didnt understand what they were doing, because what we did at school when i was at school, theyre doing something completely different. The head of the office for National Statistics said, with school holidays, cases should fall again, so hes not concerned about next month. Im very hopeful that although we may see a small uptick when the schools reopen, the combined factors of it being from a lower base together with the Summer Season coming on will mean that it is manageable. The 0ns survey suggests that last week in england one in 340 people had the virus. In wales it was one in 450, and in Northern Ireland one in 320. The 0ns said in all of them case rates were levelling off. But in scotland one in 240 had the virus with case numbers increasing. The r number range anything below one suggesting the virus receding was between 0. 7 and 0. 9, with the midpoint a bit higher than the previous week. So what does all this mean for the easing of Lockdown Restrictions . Should that be speeded up or slowed down . Health officials point out even if virus cases are rising the chances of getting seriously ill are lower because of the vaccines. Hospital admissions and deaths are falling sharply. But there are warnings that policymakers should not move too quickly. As we have seen throughout this i pandemic, if we plan too far ahead it is likely those plans and those dates set in place may change, i so what we really need to do is look at the data on a weekly or a fortnightly basis and respond to that each time. A key moment for looking at the data will come in mid to late april, after schools have gone back, and shops and other businesses have started reopening. Hugh pym, bbc news. From tomorrow, people in wales will be able to see family and friends in other parts of the country when the stay local Coronavirus Rule is lifted. Self catering accommodation can open, but nonessential travel to other parts of the uk will still be banned. Theres some concern the changes could attract unwelcome visitors from england, as Hywel Griffiths reports. A taste of sea air or something more adventurous . This is what many of us crave right now. From tomorrow, people across wales can travel where they want, as long as they remain within its borders. I think theres a mass confusion over when people are opening or when theyre not opening. Paula can start welcoming guests, too, provided theyre from wales. She says customers have been confused about when they can book one of her huts, but theres no doubting demand. I think people have been literally locked into their homes and theyjust want to get out and they just want the freedom of walking and breathing in the fresh air and seeing the sea. This may sound like a big leap out of lockdown, but actually what you can do on your day trip or staycation is still pretty limited. Pubs, cafes and restaurants are still closed, offering takeaway only, and there is no date on when the rest of the Tourism Industry can open. So three lads . Living at the same address, coming to walesjust because theyre bored . No. Previous lockdowns have seen people test the rules. Youre potentially bringing the virus over from merseyside over to here. For now its only welsh visitors who can come and enjoy the scenery. The stay at home message remains in place in scotland and Northern Ireland. From monday, people in england should stay local, and that means not crossing the welsh border unless its essential. In the brecon beacons, they expect a busy easter. And some people will still think heading to the hills puts them above the law. People have got to take responsibility for their own actions and, you know, the police, National Park staff and others will be out and about engaging with visitors throughout the easter period, and hopefully we wont find too many people breaking the rules. These are still tentative steps. Concern over a third wave of the pandemic remains, as we move slowly towards greater freedom. Hywel griffith, bbc news, in the vale of glamorgan. Thousands of Asda Supermarket workers have won a major victory at the Supreme Court in their battle for equal pay. More than 40,000 store workers, who are mostly women, are arguing that its unfair that workers in depots, who are mostly men, are paid more. The judge found that the roles could be compared, but they will still have to prove that the work is of equal value. Heres our Business Correspondent emma simpson. The scales are now shifting in their favour. Today the Supreme Court has ruled that workers on the shop floor at asda can be compared with colleagues in distributing centres when it comes to equal pay. Wendy worked at asda for 32 years in middlesbrough. Shes retired now and has happy memories of stacking shelves and community work. Her husband worked for asda in the nearby depot. Weve always worked as a team, but him getting paid more than me, it just wasnt fair. Her reaction to todays news . Fantastic fantastic part that we actually got awarded it, that things will happen. Asda responded today, saying. The ripple effects of this ruling here at the Supreme Court could be huge. For instance, tesco, sainsbury� s, morrisons, co op and next are all defending similar equal pay claims. If ultimately successful, lawyers reckon the overall bill could hit £8 billion for back pay and compensation. It is certainly a landmarkjudgment. The Supreme Courts decision basically means that companies can no longer rely on the fact that theyve got workers in two different places in order to avoid paying them equally. Its made very clear in the judgment that the purpose of the legislation is to allow these types of comparisons to happen rather than to try and avoid them. But this is only round one for asda shop workers in their battle for equal pay. The next legal hurdle is proving that their roles are of equal value to those in the depots. A dispute thats expected to go on for several more years. Emma simpson, bbc news. There have been further protests outside a school in West Yorkshire where a teacher has been suspended for showing an image of the prophet muhammad. The school, which had been due to break up for the easter holiday, is understood to have switched to a day of remote learning. Depictions of mohammed are considered to be deeply offensive within islam, and the head of Batley Grammar has apologised unequivocally. The communities secretary, robertjenrick, has called the demonstrations deeply unsettling. The owner of Liberty Steel has asked the government for £170m in financial support. Sanjeev gupta said the support was required to pay day to day operating expenses and deal with recent losses. Concerns over the future of the company have grown after its Main Financial backer, greensill capital, went bust. Liberty steel employs about 5000 people at 12 sites across the uk. A mother, whose two daughters were brutally killed in london last summer, has questioned why their deaths received so little attention at the time compared to the death of sarah everard, who was abducted in south london. Mina smallman feels the metropolitan police did not act swiftly when her daughters were reported missing. She was later told police had taken selfies with their bodies. Mishal husain has been speaking to her. They were dancing in the fields with lights and just having a real good time. And we never, ever, spoke to them again. Bibaa henry was celebrating her birthday on a june evening last year. Her sister Nicole Smallman was with her in a london park. A search by friends found their bodies two days later. The familys trauma was compounded when they were told of allegations against officers at the crime scene. They had seen one of their colleagues, a police officer, taking selfies with our girls. And hed notjust taken the photograph, but hed sent it on further. Allegations against the police in relation to the case are still being investigated. The commissioner, cressida dick, told us she recognises that trust in the met among some black communities is still too low. Shes very sorry about that and its something shes working to change. Now, the public response to the everard case has left the family with new questions. Weve received so much kickback from friends and colleagues who are saying, excuse me, where was this level of coverage and outrage for two of your daughters murdered . Why do you think that is . I think the notion of all People Matter is absolutely right, but its not true. Other people have more kudos in this world than people of colour. If their lives make a change, in the way women are viewed and black women in particular, because in the Pecking Order of things, its been known that we are the lowest on the ladder. A man suspected of their murders is due to go on trial this summer, one of many milestones for mina. Two sundays ago it was my first mothers day without my girls. We were destroyed, really. As mum, i am as broken, broken beyond words. Mina smallman speaking to mishal husain. A Senior Army Officer has been jailed for 21 months for falsely claiming more than £48,000 in allowances to pay for his childrens boarding school fees. Major general nick welch was convicted of fraud following a four week Court Martial. The court was told the 57 year old two star general, who left the military in 2018, had applied for the allowance on the basis that both he and his wife would not be living close to the childrens schools in dorset. Briony leyland reports from Bulford Military Court in wiltshire. In common with other members of the military, Major General nick welch was able to claim an allowance for Private School Fees so his children would have continuity of education and his wife would be able to accompany him while he was posted to different places. While he was working as assistant Chief Of The General staff at ministry of Defence Headquarters in london between December 2015 and february 2017, he claimed £48,000 in fees for two schools in dorset clayesmore, pictured here, and another called hanford on the basis that he and his wife would not be living close to the schools, but in Military Accommodation in london. The military court here at bulford heard that the rules around Education Allowances mean that spouses must spend time at the military home. In fact, they mustnt be away from it for more than 90 days in a year. But the prosecution said that the wife of Major General nick welch spent most of her time at a cottage in blandford forum, near to the childrens schools. During the trial, welch had denied being dishonest. His defence said he regretted not taking sufficient care in dealing with the continuity of education allowance. The Court Martial board found welch guilty of fraud because he had dishonestly failed to disclose information. Sentencing him to 21 months in prison, thejudge said dishonesty was not consistent with service in the armed forces, and those in rank and authority need to set an example and be beyond reproach. Welchs barrister had told the court it was the pride of his life to serve as an officer in the british army. He retired in 2018, but was retrospectively dismissed from the army today and ordered to pay back the money. His defence said the case had brought his career to an ignominious end and left his family life shattered. Briony leyland, bbc south today, bulford. Borisjohnson called it a salvation for humanity, and this year alone, its on track to provide 300 million covid vaccinations to the uk. The Wockhardt Plant in wrexham prepares almost all of the countrys supply of astrazeneca jabs. Now the bbc has been given exclusive access to the plant, and Jayne Mccubbin went to meet the people working there. If youve had an astrazeneca jab, chances are it came from this place in wrexham. Laboratories previously heralded by borisjohnson. Do you remember what borisjohnson said about your labs . I think he said that this lab could be a salvation for mankind. That sounds good, doesnt it . Say it one more time. Salvation to mankind. Yes wales and there is huge pride amongst everybody that works here. 0k, guys, keep it up. Carl is one of the newest recruits here. I started back in january this year. You were recruited just to get the vaccine out . Just to get the vaccine out. So im here solely to save the world. Before saving the world, what were you doing . So, before saving the world, i was in entertainment, where i do fire eating, whip cracking. So, theres still a bit of excitement. Part of history now instead. The wockhardt labs have a contract with government to bottle up any vaccine they send their way. Right now, its the astrazeneca jab. The Raw Materials come in from oxford and keele to this secure area. Theres a massive weight of responsibility, because obviously were producing the astrazeneca vaccine for uk distribution, so we know without us, theres people not receiving vaccination against covid. These guys have the capability to get out 120,000 doses every hour, but the pressure is constantly on to make it faster, and more efficient, to get them out into the population much quicker. We cant talk to you properly because youre super sterile, arent you . Yes. Youre actually putting the vaccine in the vials. Yes. Is it just another day at the office when youre on these lines or not . I dont know, itsjust. You know. Its hard to explain, but you know youre doing a really good thing, and its very, very important, and its actually quite enjoyable. Every vial dawn and her colleagues have bottled end up here to be checked. 40 vials checked automatically every single second. So, the machine is using a total. Of 15 cameras to inspect a variety of angles of the vial. We cant waste a drop, i weve got to get as many in arms as possible. And every arm it hits is making a difference. The uks covid vaccines have helped to cut Hospital Admissions by around 90 . Jayne mccubbin, bbc news. Lets show you some dramatic pictures now of A Volcano In Iceland that has been erupting for a few days. This is mount fagradalsfjall, which is located around 25 miles from the capital reykjavik. Lava started to burst through last week. Its the first eruption of its kind in more than 800 years. Icelanders had been bracing themselves for an eruption for several weeks after the island nation recorded more than 50,000 recent earthquakes. Around 300,000 cubic metres of lava have poured out, experts say, but the eruption is deemed to be relatively small and controlled. You would not think it, would you . And scientists at the foot of the volcano were found cooking their lunch with sausages on the llama is they studied the eruption. Bon appetit. Now, ben rich has the weather. Good evening. Today brought some impressive skyscapes, and big clouds like this tend to bring heavy showers. And the showers today havent only been heavy, theyve been wintry in places because weve had a change to some rather cold conditions. This frontal system swept eastwards with outbreaks of rain behind it. You can see the cold air flowing down from the north west. Its where we have further showers through the night, they will continue to be wintry. We could see up to five cm of snow over high ground in highland scotland, but for southern scotland, Northern Ireland, north west england, wales, the midlands, even the moors of the west country, we could see a centimetre or two of lying snow by the end of the night. Temperatures in towns and cities close to freezing, in the country some spots will getjust below. So there could well be some icy stretches to start tomorrow morning. But tomorrow should get off to quite a bright start with some spells of sunshine. However, it wont last. Itll cloud over from the west through the day. Outbreaks of rain into Northern Ireland and western scotland. The odd spot into wales and the south west as well. But temperatures already showing signs of creeping upwards, so it is quite a short lived cold spell. Now, a windy spell awaits during saturday night, particularly across North Western areas. Notice on the charts squeezing together all the isobars. That shows that well have strong winds, gales in fact for parts of Northern Ireland and scotland for a time. Some very heavy bursts of rain working through, and that rain is likely to get stuck across central parts of the uk during sunday. To the north, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. Some of those will be wintry. To the south, the cloud should tend to break to give some spells of sunshine, and that will bring some warmth, with highs of 15 16 degrees. But the temperatures have further to rise. As we move out of sunday into monday, this frontal system will wriggle around across the north of the uk. Thatll feed quite a lot of rain into parts of north west scotland. There could even be enough rain to give flooding here over the next couple of days. But to the south of our waving weatherfront, well, the air willjust turn warmer and warmer. So, have a look at some of the temperatures. Across the northern half of the uk, you could see highs of 18 19 degrees, in leeds for example. We will have that rain further north and west, particularly for western scotland. But further south, you could see temperatures up to 22 23 degrees, unseasonably warm for the end of march. Im Laura Trevelyan in New York City and this is bbc world news america. From europe to india, countries are trying to keep vaccines inside their borders to fight coronavirus instead of exporting them. Will supply tensions prolong the pandemic . China retaliates in the escalating feud with the west over the alleged abuse of the Uighur Minority. Now uk lawmakers are saanctioned by bejing. Sanctioned by bejing. The war between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh is over but tensions remain, and now russias playing a role there. The armenians have not had control over who and what uses this road thats down to the russians. The Russian Military have a checkpointjust down there. They decide they call the shots around here now