one of the scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine in britain has warned that a future pandemic could be even more contagious or more lethal. professor dame sarah gilbert said funding was needed to ensure the knowledge gained over the last two years in fighting deadly viruses was not lost. on the omicron variant, she said steps to slow down its spread should be taken until more was known about it. mark lobel has this report. a stark warning from the creator of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine that the advances made could lost without more funding for future pandemics. without more funding for future pandemics-_ pandemics. this will not be the last time a _ pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus _ pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus threatens - pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus threatens our| last time a virus threatens our lives and livelihoods. the truth is that the next one could be worse. it could be more contagious or more lethal or both. ., ., more contagious or more lethal orboth. ., ., ., or both. dame sarah also had this note _ or both. dame sarah also had this note of _ or both. dame sarah also had this note of caution _ or both. dame sarah also had this note of caution about - this note of caution about current vaccine resistance to the new variant.— the new variant. there are additional _ the new variant. there are additional changes - the new variant. there are additional changes that i the new variant. there are i additional changes that may need antibodies induced by vaccines or by infection with other variants may be less effective it perfect ding —— preventing infection with omicron. preventing infection with omicron-— preventing infection with omicron. . ., ,, ., preventing infection with omicron. ,, ., ., omicron. omicron has spread to about one _ omicron. omicron has spread to about one third _ omicron. omicron has spread to about one third of— omicron. omicron has spread to about one third of states - omicron. omicron has spread to about one third of states in - about one third of states in the us which has stretched inbound testing times. from monday, anyone flying to the us will need to take a negative covid test the day before they fly to the us, if they are vaccinated or not, regardless of citizenship. compulsory covid passes for restaurant entry to combat rising covid cases even before the impact of omicron has angered these protesters in brussels. translation: i protesters in brussels. translation: ., translation: i cannot bear discrimination _ translation: i cannot bear discrimination in _ translation: i cannot bear discrimination in any - translation: i cannot bear discrimination in any form i translation: | cannot beari discrimination in any form and now there is a vaccine passport, that is discriminatory. the sanctions for carers would not been vaccinated and mandatory vaccines, they are heading our way. we do not want a dictatorship. way. we do not want a dictatorshi. �* ,, �* dictatorship. translation: peo - le dictatorship. translation: people who _ dictatorship. translation: people who want _ dictatorship. translation: people who want the - dictatorship. translation: | people who want the vaccine have the vaccine. i don't want it. this stops me having a social life. i came to demonstrate to say i do not agree with that.— demonstrate to say i do not agree with that. with similar complaints _ agree with that. with similar complaints in _ agree with that. with similar complaints in denmark. - agree with that. with similar - complaints in denmark. austria. the netherlands. and germany. as omicron cases creep up in the uk, 246 and counting, from tuesday, predeparture covid tests will be needed for over 12 is entering the uk, two days before departure. in nigeria is on the uk red list from monday, adding to the many southern african countries already on the list. by the latest changes have been criticised as a case of shutting the stable door after the horses bolted by a scientist advising the government. professor michael house argues the new rules have come too to make a material difference to a potential wave of the omicron variant in the uk. these changes have also been described as a hammer blow by the travel industry. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 14 people have died and dozens have been injured on the indonesian island of java, after an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. officials monitoring the semeru volcano have warned residents to remain vigilant, amid reports some had returned to their homes to check on belongings and livestock. heavy wind and rain have brought search—and—rescue efforts to a halt. fresh violence has erupted in the north—east indian state of nagaland, following the killing of 13 civilians by security forces. hundreds of people threw stones and set fire to areas near an army camp. on saturday, an army patrol shot a group of miners who were returning home, after mistaking them for militants. nagaland's chief minister has blamed an intelligence failure. here in the uk, the speaker of the lower house of parliament has promised to raise allegations of drug use in its buildings with the police. sir lindsay hoyle described as �*deeply concerning' a newspaper report that traces of cocaine had been found in the palace of westminster, in central london. under british law, the maximum penalty for possession of class a drugs, including cocaine, is up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both. the international tennis federation says it will not suspend tournaments in china as the women's tennis association did last week out of concern for the safety of the player, peng shuai who disappeared for several weeks after accusing a former china vice—premier of sexual assault. the itf president, david haggerty, told the bbc the world governing body did not want to, as he put it, "punish a billion people". we will continue to run junior events in the country and senior events that are there for the time being. we will continue to analyse the situation and making tennis available. it is an important element and so we continue in conjunction with the chinese tennis association. with me is our news reporter, tanya dendrinos. ta nya, tanya, that is interesting. why is that response is so different to that of the wta that i wta? different to that of the wta that i wta?— different to that of the wta that i wta? we don't want to unish a that i wta? we don't want to punish a billion _ that i wta? we don't want to punish a billion people, - that i wta? we don't want to punish a billion people, an i punish a billion people, an interesting line there. david hegarty explaining their and they do not want to hurt grassroots tennis. however they will be working behind the scenes to ensure that the player is safe but it seems like the more behind—the—scenes approach definitely compared to the sense of the women's tennis association which has come out quite boldly from the beginning. it basically said that they want a transparent and uncensored investigation into the allegations from peng shuai, they want confirmation of her freedom and safety and all of the evidence that had been provided in terms of photos, videos through chinese state media, even a video call with the international olympic committee did not convince the wta that she was not at in under coercion or was not being forced to say particular things. so they have backed up their stance and that was to pull the tournaments out of china. a huge move when you consider the huge level of investment in china for women stern, basically they said our people come before our business interests and very different to this exceed approach that the itf is taking and similar to the atp which is this the association of tennis professionals, the head of the men's professional tennis game and, essentially, they have taken a similar approach to the itf where they expressed concern about the situation but they are also not pulling their events out of china. it is they are also not pulling their events out of china.— events out of china. it is a hue events out of china. it is a huge move _ events out of china. it is a huge move as _ events out of china. it is a huge move as you - events out of china. it is a huge move as you say. . events out of china. it is a - huge move as you say. ageing is due to host the winter games in in february. a possible move from the _ in february. a possible move from the us _ in february. a possible move from the us on _ in february. a possible move from the us on this? - in february. a possible move from the us on this? the - from the us on this? the olympics have been under the spotlight for quite some time in human rights organisations argue that china should never have been awarded the games in the first place given the human rights record but this case has reignited that debate. some weeks ago there were talks between the united states and the uk about the diplomatic icon of games and we just heard reports that the biden administration looks to be making an announcement sometime this week confirming that it will see out a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics. what does that mean? it means that no us government official can attend the winter olympics and basically sending beijing a clear message but without punishing the athletes. we must remember that they train their entire lives. this is the pinnacle of their sport and of their career and they walk so hard to get there —— work so hard to get there —— work so hard to get there. you have to question the difficult position they are in in terms of their ethical and moral beliefs and their own safety. when you at a player who has been a former olympian, she is top of the game and has been a star tennis player in china and if this can happen to her, if she can go missing for a number of weeks, number of players have come out questioning if she is safe or not, you must wonder where these athletes are going to go and if they will be safe particularly for representatives of their own government will not be there. aha, government will not be there. a delicate and complex case. thank you very much. more than twenty countries have joined an urgent demand for the taliban leadership in afghanistan to honour their promises to former state workers and soldiers. allegations of summary executions and disappearances have persisted since the taliban regained control, creating fears of reprisals for anyone believed to have helped the former western—backed government. the taliban has denied the claims. translation: these reports and claims are not based - on evidence. we reject such claims. if they have documents and evidence they should share it with us. the islamic emirate has given general amnesty. many who had martyred hundreds of mujahideen and civilians are living in the cities and the provinces peacefully. they are not facing any kind of threat. the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan has been following developments. he says the joint statement — spearheaded by the us — does send a strong warning to the taliban to honour its pledges. this shows how the western countries are now concerned about the evolving situation in afghanistan, you know, this comes one week after human rights watch published a detailed report about the ground situation, where they have been reports of extrajudicial killings and disappearances of former government employees and those linked to the security forces of the government, and there have been media circulating on social media for the past few months where theirfamilies have been alleging that taliban fighters took their relatives and then shot them dead. but what the taliban are saying is that they deny these charges, they say it could be somebody, due to the local rivalry or the personal rivalry that this could have happened, but now the western governments are concerned because these were soldiers who were trained and funded by the western nations and now you are getting increasing reports of these reprisal killings and that is really a worrying sign, because after these reports, many families say that their loved ones have gone into hiding, fearing for their lives. lebanon is reeling under a crushing economic crisis, and lately the situation of medicines has become a dilemma. the central bank is unable to continue subsidising all drug imports, in a country where 80% of medicines are imported. it has created a major flashpoint for the healthcare sector as the prices of drugs skyrocketed and left many families scrambling to afford life—saving medicines. the bbc�*s carine torbey in beirut reports. counting every spoonful. their daughter is diabetic and every meal must be cautiously served. it is all about keeping her insulin under control and for that, medication is also a lifesaver. but medicine is now extremely costly. translation: sara's medications now cost more than my husband's salary. imagine the i can't get insulin day by day to make sure it lasts long enough so sarah can use it at school instead of pricking herfinger in use it at school instead of pricking her finger in front of herfriends. pricking her finger in front of her friends.— her friends. medicines for chronic diseases - her friends. medicines for chronic diseases were, i her friends. medicines for l chronic diseases were, until recently, subsidised. protected from the immense price increase across the board following a devaluation of the currency in recent years. but there are not anymore dig their prices have skyrocketed. and that is not all. in a bankrupt state, access to healthca re all. in a bankrupt state, access to healthcare in general has become a luxury. mud was rushed to er with acute pain. he needed a ct scan that could only be performed if he paid a small fortune in cash. 25 million- _ small fortune in cash. 25 million. for _ small fortune in cash. 25 million. forthe small fortune in cash. 25 million. for the contrast? small fortune in cash. 25 i million. for the contrast? just for the labs. _ million. for the contrast? just for the labs. this _ million. for the contrast? just for the labs. this is _ million. for the contrast? just for the labs. this is over i million. for the contrast? just for the labs. this is over ten l for the labs. this is over ten times the — for the labs. this is over ten times the monthly - for the labs. this is over ten | times the monthly minimum for the labs. this is over ten i times the monthly minimum wage in lebanon. times the monthly minimum wage in lebanon-— in lebanon. this is not normal for my situation _ in lebanon. this is not normal for my situation and _ in lebanon. this is not normal for my situation and the i for my situation and the situation of the country. but what can i do? everyone has become so worried about getting sick. ., ., �* sick. the doctor wanted i'm hard to stay _ sick. the doctor wanted i'm hard to stay in _ sick. the doctor wanted i'm hard to stay in for- sick. the doctor wanted i'm hard to stay in for 24 i sick. the doctor wanted i'm hard to stay in for 24 hours| sick. the doctor wanted i'm l hard to stay in for 24 hours at least. but he discharged himself. well,, decided to leave the hospital after all, against medical advice. i say decided, but he has no other choice. although he remains in critical condition, he cannot afford the treatment. this is how dramatic the situation is. as the economy here continues to crumble, more and more people are faced with these life or death decisions. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lewis hamilton beats max verstappen in a dramatic fi saudi grand prix — setting up next weekend's winner—takes—all, final race. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president i of the philippines, hasi gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated i at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine warn a future pandemic could be even more lethal than coronavirus. the gambian president adama barrow has been declared the winner of saturday's presidential election. the country's electoral commission said mr barrow polled almost twice as many votes as his main challenger. the opposition however, has challenged the results. the bbc�*s thomas naadi reports. before the results were announced, the opposition rejected them, citing delays in announcing the final results and saying that some of those announced by the independent electoral commission were not endorsed by their party. there were also claims there were issues at some polling stations but did not give details. president adama barrow came to power five years ago, ending more than two decades of mrjammeh's leadership. the former military strongman now lives in exile in equatorial guinea, after rejecting his defeat. his support and influence could not overturn the outcome of this election in favour of his preferred candidate, mama kandeh. president adama barrow is expected to address high unemployment, rising cost of living and revamp the vital tourism sector which has been impacted by the coronavirus. this election is a test of gambia's democratic progress since the end of the jammeh's era. thomas naadi, bbc news, the gambia. time for all the sports news. hello i'm tulsen tullett and this is your sports news where we start with what was a dramatic formula one grand prix in saudi arabia won by lewis hamilton in his mercedes. the race was stopped twice due to incidents, with hamilton at one point crashing into his title rival max verstappen's red bull. it means the pair are level on points heading into the final race in abu dhabi next weekend. manchester united's new interim manager got his tenure off to a winning start with a 1—0 win at home to crystal palace in the premier league. ralf rangnick was given a huge ovation prior to the match at old trafford and on the field his team provided the performance with fred scoring the only goal of the game to take them sixth. the first half—hour was exceptional, i thought. the first half—hour was exceptional, ithought. extreme high intensity and tempo. the only thing that was missing at that period of the game was the one or two nil. but we defender, had control of the game. i am defender, had control of the game. iam happy defender, had control of the game. i am happy with the performance but also the result. tottenham were 3—0 winners over norwich as antonio conte continues his revival of the north londoners since taking over. son heung min was among the scorers as spurs move 5th for at least 24 hours, while elsewhere aston villa beat leicester city 2—1 and leeds scored a late equaliser to draw 2—2 at home to brentford. everton host arsenal at goodison park later on monday as they attempt to halt their poor run of form that has seen them fail to win in their last eight games in the league. rafael benitez�*s side are coming off the back of a 4—1 home defeat to liverpool. while mikel arteta returns to his former club as the gunners look to move back to 5th, and he understands it's a squad effort required. the young want have to follow and the older ones have to lead. we need that performance on repeat on and off the field and getting the balance right and getting the balance right and we have to continue. this is one team, not two teams. we need that balance and manage those moments. collin morikawa missed out on becoming world number one after a disastrous final round at the hero challenge in the bahamas. morikawa started the day with a five—shot lead, knowing victory would put him top of the rankings. but he finished fifth after two double bogeys in a final round 76. that allowed viktor hovland through to win, the norwegian claiming victory by one stroke. china's zhao xintong claimed his first ranking title by winning the uk snooker championship with a 10—5 frames victory over belgium's luca brecel. both players were in their first triple crown final, and the 24—year—old narrowly failed to finish with a century break. zhao becomes just the fourth non british player to win the event also moving 9th in the world rankings, and that means he's secured a place in the masters tournament in london next month having moved into the top 16 in the world. the russian tennis federation secured the davis cup title after daniil medvedev defeated croatia's martin cilic in the second singles rubber in madrid. andrey rublev won the opening match of the final and then medvedev ended the russian's 15—year wait for the trophy as they took an unassailable lead. it's their third davis cup title overall after lifting the trophy in 2002 and 2006. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport but from me tulsen tullett and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. the welsh government is giving every household in the country a free tree to plant as part of their efforts to tackle climate change. people will be able to choose to plant a tree of their own or have one planted on their behalf. hywel griffiths has the story. from these young seedlings, one day and tie—up forests may grow. the welsh government says it wants is the 86 million trees planted across wales at the end of the decade, to capture carbon and combat climate change. that is right next to the level of 5 million native trees are free, either to be added to a woodland like this or the people to plant themselves at home but at the cost of £2 million to the taxpayers, how likely is it they will survive and thrive? trees are tough, actually. you have to treat them pretty badly to kill a tree. just a bit of tender loving care and it will be fine. bit of space and plenty of water. to be fine. bit of space and plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, _ plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, many- plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, many more i plenty of water. to reach 86 i million, many, many more will need to be planted. a national forest stretching across wales is a similar scheme is happening in the midlands are planting to capture carbon is the subject of scientific debate. it depends on the type of tree and its location stop stopping deforestation is for some a bigger priority as well as cutting emissions. whether wales bigotry giveaway can have a meaningful impact will be unclearfor a meaningful impact will be unclear for at least a meaningful impact will be unclearfor at least a unclear for at least a generation but ministers that it is a worthwhile investment in the nation's future. hywel griffiths, bbc news. a climber in the french alps who stumbled on a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires on mont blanc eight years ago has been given half of them. it's thought they may have been on an air india flight which crashed into the mountain in 1966. sylvia lennan—spence reports. a glacier that tragically became a graveyard more than 50 years ago. passengers on a plane from india to switzerland crashing here but into this box, their memories live on. these were all found buried in the french snow by an anonymous climber eight years ago, who handed them in. translation: these are emeralds engraved into the shape of a lotus. it is an indian tradition. it was certainly a stone dealer who went to geneva for commercial reasons. ., , ., reasons. the hunt was on full who owns _ reasons. the hunt was on full who owns the _ reasons. the hunt was on full who owns the boeing - reasons. the hunt was on full. who owns the boeing treasure, as one newspaper put it. authorities have waited eight years for it to be claimed. we believe my father—in—law was the owner of the box said one. they were james belonging to me i had hidden and entrusted to a sailor. ——jams. but no legitimate owner was found so the treasure was split 50 50 between its finder, the climate and chamonix town hall. which each have valued at a large amount. the lawyer was at hand. she broke the news to her discrete client. translation: i did not believe in it anymore. it is really too much. i'm going to put it in an account without going overboard. the next restingplace will be chamonix using of crystals where they go on display in two weeks time. one silver lining in this tale tinged in tragedy. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. well! what a story. stay watching. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc baxter. hello there. it was cold over the weekend. some areas saw quite a bit of rain and we had some snow over northern hills. similar story as we start the new week. we've got a frontal system working its way in from the atlantic. that's going to bring another round of rain and hill snow. you can see it here showing up on that pressure chart. it will be very wet across northern ireland, parts of scotland, western england and wales to start this morning. quite quickly, though, it will brighten up across northern ireland with sunshine and showers. but this band of rain will continue its journey eastwards through the day, eventually crossing most of england. we'll see some snow over the pennines as well. there could be a bit of a hang back of the rain for east anglia in the far south—east, otherwise it brightens up for many of us with some good spells of sunshine. most of the showers will be in the north and the west, some of these heavy and frequent, and there will be some wintriness over the high ground. a cold day to come — we could see nine or ten degrees in the far south—west. it stays breezy with blustery showers, wintry on the hills through monday night. then it turns a little bit drier, but clear and cold for many of us. and then in the south—west, we start to see an area of wet and very windy weather pushing up across ireland and then into irish sea coasts. now, it's all tied in with this — the second named storm of the season — named storm barra by the irish met service because it's ireland that will see the biggest impacts from this storm through the course of tuesday. but across the rest of the uk, we'll see gusts widely 50mph, more than that near exposed coasts in the south and the west. that, mixed in with the heavy rain and also some hill snow, is likely to cause some disruption, even some damage. so, it starts very wet, very windy indeed across western areas — damaging gusts of wind. this area of rain pushes eastwards into the cold air, so likely to see some significant snow over the pennines, certainly across the scottish hills. and some of this rain, really, will be quite heavy, so a pretty atrocious—looking day, i think, for tuesday. stay tuned to the forecast — details may change. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, storm barra begins to weaken and it sits across the uk, we think, as it does weaken. still be quite a windy day, i think, on wednesday — not as windy as tuesday, but a blustery one nonetheless with showers or longer spells of rain. these will be wintry over the higher ground as the air�*s still cold, and we'll see gales across south—western areas, too, and it's going to feel chilly — those temperatures in single digits across the board. winner—takes—all, final race. this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. no test no 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