hello and welcome to the programme. the half—brother of the king ofjordan is being investigated for allegedly plotting with foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah bin hussein denied being part of any conspiracy but he accused jordan's leaders of corruption and incompetence. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports on this unprecedented crisis within jordan's ruling family. a young prince at the heart of a major royal rift. hamzah, 41 years old, graduate of sandhurst in the uk, harvard in the us. now he says he's under house arrest. all my friends have been arrested. my security has been removed, and the internet and phone lines have been cut. this is my last form of communication. and in this video, passed to the bbc, rare public criticism from a jordanian prince. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance, for the corruption and for the incompetence. today on state tv, a dramatically different account — prince hamzah and others accused of plotting to destabilise the kingdom. translation: the investigations monitored interference _ and phone calls, including with foreign parties, which discussed the appropriate timing to start steps to shake the security of our stable kingdom. king abdullah is being said to be trying to resolve this within the family, an effort failing so far. so much is so unclear. there have long been some strains between brothers. hamzah was called the favourite of their father, the late king hussein. there's a striking resemblance between them. but when the king lost his long battle with cancer in 1999, he chose his eldest son, abdullah, to succeed him. hamzah became crown prince. 2004 was a pivotal yearfor the prince. he got married and was stripped of his royal title. the king made his own son second in line. prince hamzah has expressed veiled criticism before, but nothing like this. this crisis in a quiet corner of a volatile region has rattled neighbours, including other arab monarchies. they've rushed to back the king. the kingdom already worried about discontent over an economic crisis made much worse by a painful pandemic, now there's uncertainty over whether this is a family crisis or one which goes much further. lyse doucet, bbc news. jonathan schanzer is senior vice president of the think tank foundation for defense of democracies. he's in washington. thank you very much for coming on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's on the programme. my pleasure. 50. it's an _ on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's an intriguing _ on the programme. my pleasure. so, it's an intriguing public - so, it's an intriguing public feud within the family here. we have prince hamzah who admits meeting with people who were criticising the governing class in the country, some people said was this a coup? was it strong enough to be a coup? what is your take on how serious these meetings right now, thejordanian government is still, i would say, holding a lot of this information close. it is only being shared by a very small circle. i think we will be hearing more in the coming days but i would say that offhand, looking at the arrests that have taken place and right now, according to the news sources out ofjordan, it is somewhere between 16—20 people. this does not sound like a widespread conspiracy that stretches across the jordanian bureaucracy and jordanian military so that would suggest that either it is a small group of people that they caught very early on in a plot or perhaps, as your reporter suggested, maybe this is a bitter squabble between two royals. the position _ between two royals. the position and _ between two royals. the position and the - between two royals. the position and the strength of the king in the country is crucial to many of its western allies? it crucial to many of its western allies? , , , ., allies? it is but it is worth notin: allies? it is but it is worth noting that _ allies? it is but it is worth noting that really, - allies? it is but it is worth noting that really, over. allies? it is but it is worth | noting that really, over the last ten years, the kingdom has been rocked to its core, i think first from the arab spring, and some of the challenges that met the kingdom on the street. then of course the syrian civil war which really had a devastating impact economically. there are abouti million syrian refugees that have crossed over the border, the second largest population centre in syria are injordan wright now, it's basically a syrian refugee camp, and then covid—i9 that has destabilised the country economically —— right now. it was already in somewhat bad shape. add to all of that country somewhere between let's say 60— 75% palestinian in terms of place of origin, where most of the population comes from, and it makes the country somewhat unstable and of course has a lot of western countries very nervous about what they are seeing right now.— seeing right now. given the lona list seeing right now. given the long list of— seeing right now. given the long list of potential - long list of potential problems, do you see now, in the coming weeks, months, years, more criticism or, on the other hand, more clampdowns? i the other hand, more clampdowns?- the other hand, more clamdowns? ~ , ., , clampdowns? i think maybe a bit of both, and _ clampdowns? i think maybe a bit of both, and that _ clampdowns? i think maybe a bit of both, and that is _ clampdowns? i think maybe a bit of both, and that is not - clampdowns? i think maybe a bit of both, and that is not really - of both, and that is not really a great prognosis for the country. i think the real issue is about, i think quite frankly, as prince hamzah noted, there are a lot of questions out there about institution building, fighting corruption. i think a lot of those things have been tabled primarily because these are all legitimate threats that i just noted — syrian civil war and the arab spring and the palestinian population does make all of these things have been difficult for the kingdom to navigate and i think it probably does short of shine a spotlight on the needs of the country going forward. of course, we're going to hope that things remain stable but this does not appear terrific at the outset here, as the reports started coming. great to have you — reports started coming. great to have you on, _ reports started coming. great to have you on, thank- reports started coming. great to have you on, thank you. i jonathan scha nzer. the indian state of maharashtra will see tighter restrictions from monday after a significant rise in coronavirus infections. india has the third highest number of cases in the world, after the us and brazil. tanya dendrinos reports. a crowded market in mumbai. masks are on, but social distancing is virtually impossible, and coronavirus cases are rising rapidly. the warning is stark. translation: the number of covid-19 cases reported | in the past 2a hours is alarming and is a matter of concern. it could turn into a hazardous situation. almost 15 days ago, there were about 23,000 cases, which have increased four times now, which is a very big thing. if the cases increase in this proportion, the impact of the pandemic will be as dreadful as last year. 165,000 people have died of covid—i9 in india, the country recording 12.5 million infections. on sunday, the number of daily cases peaked at its highest level since september with more than 93,000. more than half of those were in maharashtra, the state facing tighter restrictions from monday. that includes a night—time curfew and full lockdown on weekends. translation: this is a very - good decision by the government as coronavirus cases are surging and the chain of transmission of the virus will break, which will be very beneficialfor all of us. stopping the spread of the virus is a mammoth task, tickling in a country with a population of 1.3 billion. —— particularly. despite having the world's largest inoculation drive, so far administering more than 68 million doses, it has not yet been enough to halt transmission. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. aid groups in mozambique say nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated from the northern town of palma, which was recently attacked by islamist militants. the mozambican authorities say thousands are still hiding in the forests surrounding the area, in desperate need of food and water. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize brings us this report from nearby pemba, where many victims have sought refuge. this man hasjust gotten off the rescue ferry at pemba harbour. his tears are for his dead father, his brother still missing. all morning, they arrived, a steady procession of over 1,000 survivors grateful to be alive, but in shock. they spoke of decapitations, bodies on the streets, and fleeing through dense forest from the gun—wielding insurgents. this distraught woman lost two sons during the attack. translation: it hurts a lot. every day, we saw mothers crying. three, four of their children — they don't know where they are. it's too painful. gunfire. isis—linked insurgents began the coordinated attack on palma just over a week ago, killing indiscriminately and displacing thousands. the official death toll is still not yet known and, according to the un, tens of thousands of people have been displaced. among those missing is british man philip mawer. his family fear the worst. as victims made their way out of the besieged town, doctors struggled to keep up with the wounded. we could not help everybody. i mean, the need was huge there. this population is really in need of medical care, protection and evacuation, and food. i'm at a local community sports complex that's been converted into a makeshift shelter for survivors of the deadly attack in palma. now, these are some of the victims who have come here seeking shelter and refuge following the horrors that they encountered at the hands of the insurgents. the people that made their way off the boat are the lucky ones. thousands remain scattered in the forest surrounding palma. many will not survive. and with reports of an ongoing conflict in palma, mozambique will struggle to keep up with the escalated humanitarian crisis. —— with the escalating humanitarian crisis. vumani mkhize, bbc news, pemba, mozambique. to the us now. emergency workers in florida are trying to prevent catastrophic flooding as after a leak in a toxic wasterwater reservoir. this is all happening in florida's tampa bay, where the piney point reservoir is located. more than 300 homes have been evacuated. this is the wastewater reservoir which contains 480 million gallons — that's over 2 billion litres — of polluted water. and this is the leak itself, which is now a week old. efforts to plug it have failed so workers are now using these pipes to pump dozens of gallons out to prevent any flooding, should the containment wall break. here's governor ron desantis on the emergency response efforts. to be clear, the water being discharged to port manatee is not radioactive. it is primarily saltwater from the port manatee dredge project, mixed with legacy process water and stormwater run—off. we're currently pumping out 33 million gallons per day. this new process will help to significantly increase the volume of water that we are pumping out at piney point. i asked florida's agriculture commissioner nikki fried what's happening in her home state. so what is happening is that this is an old phosphate mining location, where the phosphate mining has stopped for many, many years but unfortunately, this has been something that has been on the radarfor the department of and for protection for decades that, in fact, there were leaks in the piping, which is exactly what has happened, and these flumes in the water would start to kind of seep into the bay and out of the water and so while it is not radioactive, it is extremely filled with nutrients that when they collide with something like tampa bay and the water be created by the tired so right now the epa has unsuccessfully stopped the spill into the waterways but unfortunately, at some point, all of this is going to have to be drained, significant problems here and it could end “p problems here and it could end up being a tremendously detrimental environmental disaster here in the state of florida. , , ., , ., , florida. just how preventable was this. _ florida. just how preventable was this. in _ florida. just how preventable was this, in your _ florida. just how preventable was this, in your opinion? - was this, in your opinion? extremely preventable. this was something that back even in the late 90s early 2000 was told to the governors of our state over 20 plus years was made aware that this is a disaster waiting to happen and it is notjust this mining location, we've got other phosphate mining places all across the state of florida and unfortunately, the past 20 years have been under one party's years have been under one pa rty�*s control have years have been under one party's control have really kind of spent time deregulating and not having enough attention, financial resources, this is something that should have been addressed 20 years ago but unfortunately now, we are hitting a historic disaster here in the state because action was not taken, even our current governor and you heard earlier tonight, current governor and you heard earliertonight, he current governor and you heard earlier tonight, he was made aware of this situation last year and unfortunately, he also took no action to have prevented these leaks and this a priority for the states are not only are there homes in the area but are really going to be impacted but also the ecosystem, the environment, the fish and life in that community so resourcing retired on our coastal communities will not only mean the killing of our fish but all of those communities are our impact on the economic revenue from people coming and visiting but these communities are also of their survival rate is based on their survival rate is based on the fishing industry that will collapse and we will start seeing a lot of these red tie and algae blooms loss and because of this discharge coming from the mining stay with us on bbc news. still to come: often someone's best friend and often a lifeline in lockdown, but what happens to our pets after the pandemic? 25 years of hatred and rage as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power. the power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future. a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a royal crisis injordan — former crown prince hamza says he's under house arrest, accused of plotting to destabilise the country. new coronavirus restrictions in india's worst affected state of maharashtra — as the country records the world's highest number of daily infections. pope francis has used his easter urbi et orbi message to focus on the victims of coronavirus. he urged a quickening of the vaccine rollout around the world. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. st peter's basilica echoed to its emptiness. beneath michelangelo's dome, a small group of worshippers gathering for easter mass, more a consolation than a celebration, a time to reflect on a painful year and for the leader of the world's catholics to comfort those whose faith has been shaken. pope francis focused on the pandemic in his message, calling the resurrection of christ a symbol of hope for those who had lost loved ones, jobs, and time with friends or in the classroom. and he spoke of the panacea. translation: vaccines are an essential tool - in this fight. i urge the entire international community in a spirit of global responsibility to commit to overcoming delays in the distribution of vaccines and to facilitate their distribution, especially in the poorest countries. the pope talked of conflict across the world, condemning what he called "scandalous military spending amidst the pandemic." there were words too for the victims of the burmese coup. translation: | am close - to young people from all over the world, and at this time especially to those of myanmar who are committed to democracy, making their voices heard peacefully, aware that hatred can only be dissipated by love. churches could stay open today despite the whole of italy being put into the tightest covid restrictions. but the measures were strict with italians battling a third wave. with shops and restaurants closed across the country, it's a second straight lockdown easter. "it's just a few of us at lunch today," she says. "we were hoping for a faster solution to all of this." "i'm meeting with my family today, my mother has already been vaccinated, so we are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel," he says. not a moment too soon for the medics, who managed a touch of easter cheer today and some sweet treats. how they keep their spirits up is itself a miracle, giving us all hope that real joy isn't too far off. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. exit polls for bulgaria's parliamentary election suggest the centre—right party of prime minister boyko borissov has won the most votes with around 25%. if confirmed, he will need the support of others to continue governing. mr borissov�*s main challengers are the pro—russia socialists, with approximately 16 percent of the votes, according to the exit polls. the elections were held in spite of high levels of coronavirus infections. the swimmer rikako ikee has qualified for the tokyo olympics three years after being diagnosed with leukaemia. the 20—year—old athlete won the 100m butterfly at the trials in 57.77 seconds. she only resstarted her olympic training last year. she cried when she realised she'd won, saying she was really surprised. loretta race is a reporter for swimswam news. thank you for coming on the programme. pause for a second because ijust programme. pause for a second because i just want to show our viewers the moment of the win. we can see the joy and emotion because this is such a hugely significant moment obviously for her but represents for the country as well and she is clenching herfist country as well and she is clenching her fist and then the tears come as she realises the huge significance of what she has done. wonderful photos. i want to get your reaction. you were watching that. what would your reaction when you saw it? it was utter amazement. she just returned to racing, her first official race back was august of last year. here we are seven months later and she qualified for the olympic games. she was targeting paris, this 20—year—old, so the fact that she was way ahead of schedule and her body and her mind has persevered isjust a testament to her character and mentalfortitude. find testament to her character and mental fortitude. mentalfortitude. and physical, and then. _ mentalfortitude. and physical, and then, wow. _ mentalfortitude. and physical, and then, wow. how— mentalfortitude. and physical, and then, wow. how do - mentalfortitude. and physical, and then, wow. how do you - mentalfortitude. and physical, and then, wow. how do you go | and then, wow. how do you go about tilting back after that treatment? , ., ., , , treatment? oh, my goodness. in march 2020, — treatment? oh, my goodness. in march 2020, that _ treatment? oh, my goodness. in march 2020, that was _ treatment? oh, my goodness. in march 2020, that was her - treatment? oh, my goodness. in march 2020, that was her first i march 2020, that was her first time in the pool. in over 400 days. all she did was walk around. not even talking actual physical swim workouts. she had to build back a lot of her muscle mass that was lost and if you see obviously in the video, she is still very slim, so she had to fight her way backin so she had to fight her way back in her mind and in the pool back in her mind and in the ool. back in her mind and in the ool, ., . ., back in her mind and in the ool. ., ., pool. the reaction of the wind, of course _ pool. the reaction of the wind, of course it _ pool. the reaction of the wind, of course it is _ pool. the reaction of the wind, of course it is huge _ of course it is huge for her personally. are we reading too much into it to say actually it really represents the country and says something wider than just her achievements? allen absolutely not. everyone around the world is rooting for her,. and the fact that everyone need some positive news nowadays. the olympics are a beacon of hope for all of us and the fact that they are going to be going on, the fans and spectators, she is just on, the fans and spectators, she isjust a deacon of light and it isjust going to give us all inspiration as we move forward tojuly for the forward to july for the olympics. forward to july for the olympics-— forward to july for the olmics. �* ., olympics. and what about realistic chances - olympics. and what about realistic chances come - olympics. and what about j realistic chances come the actual main competition? that was like a _ actual main competition? that was like a very _ actual main competition? that was like a very good _ actual main competition? t�*isgt was like a very good question. she has a 100 freestyle coming up she has a 100 freestyle coming up on wednesday. it is very realistic, even her qualification for the medley relay, that she could potentiallyjoin relay, that she could potentially join the freestyle relay as well. individual qualification would just be complete icing on the cake. at this point she is so overwhelmed that it is almost like she has already won the gold medal. like she has already won the gold medal-— gold medal. great stuff and ureat to gold medal. great stuff and great to have _ gold medal. great stuff and great to have you _ gold medal. great stuff and great to have you want, - gold medal. great stuff and i great to have you want, thank you. for so many people, one of the worst things about the global pandemic has been loneliness. millions unable to meet family orfriends and crying out for company. one possible solution has been to get a pet, but some are worried about what will happen to those animals once the lockdown is over. tim allman reports. this is ooshie. for marcus and his daughter, she has made life that little bit more bearable. one of around a million dogs and cats that have found new homes in germany since the covid crisis began. translation: a pandemic is busily a time when we stay at home a lot, confined, that means i have to work from home. the children are also at home a lot so it is a good time to get a dog used to a family. across the country. — a dog used to a family. across the country, there _ a dog used to a family. across the country, there was - a dog used to a family. across the country, there was a - a dog used to a family. across the country, there was a 20%| the country, there was a 20% increase in dog ownership last year. one survey showing that more than eight out of ten owners said animals like ooshie provided emotional support. but the lockdown won't last forever. and the manager of this shelter in berlin is concerned about what happens next. �* ,, �* ~ concerned about what happens next. �* ,, ~ . , ., next. translation: we estimate that after the _ next. translation: we estimate that after the current _ next. translation: we estimate that after the current lockdown . that after the current lockdown ends, there will unfortunately be a crazy number of abandoned animals dropped off at our shelter, when people return to their normal lines. —— lives. marty is typical, staffordshire terrier mix, he is lovely but a lot to handle this the message is a simple one. a dog is for life, not a pandemic. that is about it from me. get in touch with me on your thoughts on any of the stories we are covering right now. i'm on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello, there. easter sunday's highest temperature was in worcester where it got very close to 18 celsius. but at the other end of the uk, the weather was changing, and it was changing drastically. that was shetland with some snow showers and some cold air. and that cold air is now moving southwards behind this cold front, a much, much chillier feel to the weather for easter monday. the start of the new week bringing much colder days and some frosty nights. snow showers quite widely, but especially across northern scotland, where there will be blizzard conditions with some really strong winds. so as we start monday morning, then, the remnants of our cold front bringing some patchy rain into the south. behind that, sunny spells, yes, but plenty of showers, especially for coastal areas. the showers falling as a mixture of hail and snow in most places, and the showers most plentiful across northern scotland, where we'll see the snow really piling up over over the highest ground. and there will be blizzard conditions here, as i said, with wind gusts of 50—60, maybe 70 mph. and even if you see sunshine through monday afternoon, 4—9 degrees the maximum temperature. factor in the strength of that northerly wind, this is what it's going to feel like. it will feel subzero for many, feeling like —4 there in aberdeen. now, as we head through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, you can see the snow showers continuing, particularly for eastern and western coasts, some for northern ireland and plenty more for northern scotland. and it is going to be widely a cold and frosty night, and there could be some icy stretches around as well first thing on tuesday morning. and another cold and wintry day to come on tuesday with some spells of sunshine. showers especially around the coasts, but actually, greater chance of seeing some showers in land, and again, those showers are likely to be wintry. and it's another cold day, still windy too, 2—9 celsius at best. a subtle change as we head towards the middle part of the week, and it comes courtesy of this little frontal system here. it is a warm front running in from the west. as the name suggests, the air behind it will be warmer or perhaps just a little bit less cold. temperatures will slowly nudge upwards. that front will bring a little bit of rain for some, but not quite all of us. so, through the middle of the week, some slightly higher temperatures, but then actually by friday, in northern areas, it will turn cold once again. but what happens to our pets after the pandemic? this is bbc news. the headlines: the half—brother of the king ofjordan is being investigated for allegedly plotting with foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah denied being part of any conspiracy, but said he's under house arrest and accused jordan's leaders of corruption and incompetence. new coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in india's worst—affected state maharashtra, as the country records the world's highest number of daily infections. on sunday, india recorded 93,000 cases. the country now has the third highest number of cases in the world, after the united states and brazil. emergency workers in the us state of florida are trying to stop catastrophic flooding after a leak more than 300 homes have been evacuated. of polluted water. efforts to plug the leak have so far failed. now on bbc news, global questions talks to two former female presidents — one from africa and one