hello, welcome to the programme. one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns is underway in india. prime minister narendra modi said such an ambitious project had never been attempted before. the huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 million people by august. healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. since the pandemic began, india has confirmed over 10 million cases — that's the second highest number in the world. rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. in a nation of well over a billion people, 34—year—old hospital cleaner manish kumar became the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine. translation: the fear in my mind has gone. everyone should get the vaccine, as this is how we save oui’ country. the country's prime minister narendra modi used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the world's largest immunisation programme. front line and health care workers take priority in the initial roll—out. at this hospital in delhi, they were given the red carpet, and red roses. dr puneetjaitley, who has treated countless covid patients, also got the vaccine today. how are you feeling now you've had the vaccine? i'm feeling absolutely safe, absolutely fit and absolutely fine. this is one of around 3,000 vaccination centres which have been set up across india. here and elsewhere, they're hoping to vaccinate around 100 people a day. so if you do the maths, that means that india's aiming to vaccinate more than 300,000 people every day. but as the day drew to a close, the government said it had only reached two thirds of that target. known as �*the pharmacy of the world,�* india's the global leader in vaccine manufacturing. the 0xford—astrazeneca covishield jab, produced in the city of pune, is one of two being rolled out. the second, covaxin, developed by an indian company, bharat biotech, is yet to pass its phase three trials, which means even though officials say it's safe, we still don't know how effective it is. there's been widespread concern its approval was rushed. junior doctors at a delhi hospital told me they won't be taking it yet. the phase three efficacy data is not out yet for this vaccine, which is being administered here. as doctors, we believe in science, so at this moment, we will not be going for covaxin. we don't want to be the guinea pigs. persuading people to take the vaccine is just one challenge in a nation hit hard by covid—i9. here, they're burning a coronavirus effigy to celebrate the start of the vaccine drive. it's been a dark year for this vibrant nation. today, indians are hoping they've turned a corner. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. all 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend ahead of president—electjoe biden�*s inauguration on wednesday. national guard troops have been deployed to washington, dc, in case of a repeat of the deadly riot onjanuary 6. police confirmed a man was arrested with two handguns and 509 rounds of unregistered ammunition as he tried to pass through a capitol police checkpoint. william bratton is a former nypd police commissioner. here's his take on the security threats across the country. i think, as evidenced by the preparations under way in washington, dc, our nation's capital, and many of the state capitals around the country, they have shown that with intelligence and intelligence analysis, the threat level is very high. i think the prevention capabilities also — unlike the events of january 6, are very high. my concern would more incidents such as that which just occurred in washington, the lone wolf, the individual actor, rather than large—scale crowds showing up at some of these very heavily guarded sites. i see, and those lone wolf actors, as you say, they are presumably pretty difficult to try to pinpoint, target and stop? that's correct. the stage right now is dealing with three crises. the coronavirus crises, the criminal crises — crime and our major cities is up dramatically, murders and shootings, and in some instances has been surpassing 20 or 30 records, and thirdly, we now have a domestic terrorism crises — the scale of which we are not certain of because so many of them operate beneath the surface. and our country is not going to be solving that as ofjanuary 20, on the inauguration. we anticipate all three of those crises are going to continue for some time after that event. you mentioned there that domestic terrorism has been operating below the surface, which is of course true but on the flip side of that, many viewers around the world will be slightly astounded to see those armed militias wandering around, not only dc but in other parts of the us, openly, hugely armed. and that seems like an image of a — well, a kind of mediaeval image — a mediaeval mentality. is that — that must pose a real threat that is actually quite clear and present. one of the benefits that you have in your country which we do not have in the united states is that you tightly control gun ownership, possession and display. in my country, there are more guns than people. and many states have what are called open carry laws, where you can carry any type of firearm, anywhere, including interstate capital buildings. michigan — the capital lansing of michigan had an incident a couple of weeks ago where armed militants took over the capital for a period of time. and there was another group wanting to kidnap, possibly kill, the governor. so we have in our country, because of the availability of firearms and lax gun control throughout the country, a real danger that is being posed by these individuals who have the ability to easily acquire, display and use firepower that is, in many instances, the equivalent of or in excess of what our police and military possess. that's really interesting. and just before i let you go, we have seen the huge number of troops and national guard in washington, dc. the threat is right across the country. is it in your mind, that actually, probably away from dc, where there is not perhaps the same level of resources, it could be potentially more vulnerable? there are two concerns there, that — you are correct — they may be upwards of 20—25,000 national guard soldiers — the largest concentration ever, i believe, in the history of our country, for a single event. they are drawn from many other states, so some states have a depleted supply of national guard. but the problem with the national guard, however, is that with the exception of their military police components, which is only a small part, most of them are not equipped to deal to manage management or deal with crowd control. you see them carrying high—powered rifles but they are not carrying batons, they are not equipped with pepper spray, many of them are not equipped with shields. so that in many respects, in the sense of their sheer numbers, they are a deterrent, but you would hope they are not challenged directly by the mobs, similar to what we saw onjanuary 6, because they are really not trained to deal with that type of provocation. our thanks to william bratton. let's get some of the day's other news. the number of coronavirus deaths in france has passed 70,000. britain and italy are the only european countries with a higher number of deaths. all of france is now under a 6pm curfew but the authorities say their vaccination programme is gathering pace, having so far reached 400,000 people. britain, france and germany have expressed deep concern that iran is preparing to produce uranium metal which can be used to make a nuclear bomb. the three european countries said there was no credible civilian use for uranium metal and they said its production had potentially grave military implications. rescue teams in indonesia are continuing to search the rubble of buildings brought down by an earthquake on friday. at least 56 people are now known to have died, mainly in the mamuju area of west sulawesi. thousands of people are in temporary shelters. also in indonesia, a volcano has erupted, spewing smoke and ash some three miles up into the atmosphere. the semeru mountain in east java in one of nearly 130 active volcanoes in indonesia. it's not yet known whether anyone has been injured. uganda's election commission has declared the veteran leader yoweri museveni to be winner of thursday's presidential election, taking 59% of the vote. museveni described the election as the most fraud—free vote in the country's history. the much younger main opposition candidate bobi wine got 35% of the vote. he says the poll was a sham and that soldiers are preventing him leaving his home. catherine byaruhanga reports from kampala. much of downtown kampala was deserted but some of the president's supporters made it out onto the streets to celebrate his victory. they insist the final result reflects the will of the people. 0ur our future 0urfuture is our future is secured 0urfuture is secured by our future is secured by yuri was 70. —— yoweri museveni. our country has got to be protected. the economy has got to develop. it has to continue because peace is back again in uganda. it is now another five years in office for yoweri museveni. by the time this term is done, he will have been in power for a0 years. helped along by changes to the constitution which could allow him to be president for life. there has been an internet shutdown since the eve of the elections, but the electoral commission says it has been able to overcome the connectivity issues and collect results from across the country. i think this may turn out to be the most cheating—free election since 1962. some observers question how that is possible. my gardeners came and informed me that we were surrounded. bobi wine, the main opposition candidate, is alleging widespread irregularities and rejects the result. he is yet to provide evidence for his claims. bobi wine has not left his home since voting day. soldiers and police are stationed around his property. they say, to ensure his safety. so long as they are in power, they are using guns. when you walk around kampala, every corner, there are guns. guns. are we in a war? whom are we fighting with? with this result, bobi wine still finds himself in a relatively strong position. his national unity platform is expected to be the biggest opposition party in parliament. a good result considering that it was only formed a few months ago. he will play a key role in ugandan politics in the coming years. for now, the opposition leader says he will challenge the results. he has yet to announce how he will do that. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, kampala. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: a sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a covid vaccine as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people. authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard are patrolling washington, dc. tennis players are arriving down under ahead of the australian open, but as the build—up to the tournament is dominated by the global pandemic, many will be confined to hotel rooms. the fact they're being flown in, however, has sparked anger from the near 40,000 australian citizens who remain stranded abroad. i'm joined now by kate and davejeffries who have finally managed to make it home to australia after a long 10 months in canada. thanks much for coming on the programme. thanks much for coming on the programme-— thanks much for coming on the rouramme. , ., , programme. good morning, lewis. shall we start— programme. good morning, lewis. shall we start with _ programme. good morning, lewis. shall we start with you, _ programme. good morning, lewis. shall we start with you, and - shall we start with you, and just to explain the people around the world who would have been following what has been happening with australia, why couldn't you get home? unfortunately it's a direct result of government policy which has placed flight caps on the amount of people allowed to enter the country. unfortunately, federal government have taken control of borders in quarantine and limited quarantine spaces and australia which means that there is a limited amount of australians that can make it home. ., australians that can make it home. . ., , ., home. ifc, and dave, have you eventually _ home. ifc, and dave, have you eventually get _ home. ifc, and dave, have you eventually get home? - home. ifc, and dave, have you eventually get home? look, i home. ifc, and dave, have you| eventually get home? look, we had return _ eventually get home? look, we had return tickets _ eventually get home? look, we had return tickets booked - eventually get home? look, we had return tickets booked in - had return tickets booked in february— had return tickets booked in february last year, we were supposed to return late march. we had — supposed to return late march. we had six, we eventually got home — we had six, we eventually got home on— we had six, we eventually got home on our sixth attempt after the devastation of having five flights — the devastation of having five flights cancelled and the uncertainty for ten months so we've — uncertainty for ten months so we've just _ uncertainty for ten months so we've just been home for two weeks — we've just been home for two weeks after a trip that we live almost — weeks after a trip that we live almost a _ weeks after a trip that we live almost a year ago.— almost a year ago. that is a lona almost a year ago. that is a long time — almost a year ago. that is a long time and _ almost a year ago. that is a long time and that - almost a year ago. that is a long time and that must - almost a year ago. that is a i long time and that must have caused a strain. it long time and that must have caused a strain.— long time and that must have caused a strain. it was, it was livin: caused a strain. it was, it was living with _ caused a strain. it was, it was living with the _ caused a strain. it was, it was living with the uncertainty - caused a strain. it was, it was living with the uncertainty of, | living with the uncertainty of, you always had a plane ticket to come _ you always had a plane ticket to come home but you were never sure if you — to come home but you were never sure if you are going to be on that plane or not and just the absolute _ that plane or not and just the absolute devastation ofjust absolute devastation of just being — absolute devastation ofjust being told no, you are not going _ being told no, you are not going home this month and you are probably not going to get the next _ are probably not going to get the next two months. it was just— the next two months. it was just really heartbreaking to have — just really heartbreaking to have to _ just really heartbreaking to have to go through that for that— have to go through that for that long. have to go through that for that long-— have to go through that for that lon. �* ., , ., that long. and of course, kate, alon: that long. and of course, kate, along with _ that long. and of course, kate, along with that, _ that long. and of course, kate, along with that, financial - that long. and of course, kate, along with that, financial cost l along with that, financial cost as well? , ., . ., along with that, financial cost aswell? , ., , as well? yes. financial costs certainly _ as well? yes. financial costs certainly added _ as well? yes. financial costs certainly added up, - as well? yes. financial costs certainly added up, setting l as well? yes. financial costs. certainly added up, setting up another live overseas for ten months. we were very fortunate that i was able to work and make money with his company in australia. there are many australians stranded overseas right now who are living in homeless shelters who have been trapped for nearly a year and have gone through all of their savings and are in dire circumstances and still unable to return to australia. that circumstances and still unable to return to australia.- to return to australia. that is reallv tough. _ to return to australia. that is really tough, and _ to return to australia. that is really tough, and what - to return to australia. that is really tough, and what would you like the government to do, dave? i you like the government to do, dave? ~ , , you like the government to do, dave? ~' , , ,., ., dave? i think, this is sort of in relation _ dave? i think, this is sort of in relation to _ dave? i think, this is sort of in relation to the _ dave? i think, this is sort of in relation to the australian | in relation to the australian tennis players coming in and i think that this is, really it is an embarrassment or should be an embarrassment by the government that after ten months we are still having to decide between non—australian tennis players coming in verses taking the places of stranded australians should be getting. i think many are very happy that the tennis is going ahead in australia but the fact that they are being let and ahead of australians that have been trying desperately to come home, 8000 are considered on the vulnerable list and yet we are welcoming thousands of foreign tennis players and, it reallyjust is a terrible indictment on this government and they reallyjust need to hop around to international neighbours, even new zealand who has a queue system for those who are really struggling to get home. those who are really struggling to get home-— to get home. and kate, what would you — to get home. and kate, what would you like _ to get home. and kate, what would you like to _ to get home. and kate, what would you like to see - to get home. and kate, what would you like to see happen following that new zealand example? i'm sure the government did lay on flights for some people to get home, what else would you like to see with yellow we just need our prime minister to stop shirking his responsibilities and take a federal approach. his responsibilities and take a federalapproach. i mean, they found a political will to allow these tennis players in, they found places for them to quarantine and yet they refuse to find the political will to return australian taxpaying citizens, and that is ten months, 11 months into that, it isjust months, 11 months into that, it is just unacceptable, and they are also issuing so many other ministries out there that australians have had plenty of time to come home. we australians have had plenty of time to come home.— australians have had plenty of time to come home. we left for a month. _ time to come home. we left for a month. our— time to come home. we left for a month, our flight _ time to come home. we left for a month, our flight was - a month, ourflight was cancelled, we had five other flights cancelled. it's not an issue of time. if you don't have lights to get home you simply can't get home, and it's very disappointing as an australians also see the sentiment from the australian public, there has been a lot of fear spread through the community via politicians and really 1% of returning australians are testing positive to covid. they are going into quarantine and we just need to come up with a workable federal approach to get more australians home, they need to be prioritised.— need to be prioritised. thank ou ve need to be prioritised. thank you very much _ need to be prioritised. thank you very much for _ need to be prioritised. thank you very much for raising - need to be prioritised. thank you very much for raising the issue and coming on and talking to us. we are very pleased that you did both eventually make it home. germany's christian democrats have announced the winner of the race to lead angela merkel�*s party, the cdu. he's armin laschet, widely seen as the heir to mrs merkel�*s centrist brand of politics. and he's now in pole position to replace angela merkel as chancellor when she stands down later this year. mark lobel reports. music is this the jovial heir to angela merkel�*s throne, as germany's leader? armin laschet has won the right to lead germany's christian democrats. now his sights are firmly set on the top job. translation: the germany | | invision is a european germany, leading the world by excellence, example and humanity. i'm saying it loud and clear. we will not let right—wing terrorists and trouble makers destroy our country. like angela merkel, the 59—year—old is a fellow centrist on economic policy, a strong defender of keeping germany's borders open to migrants. he shares a similarly non—combative approach in dealing with russia and china and is enthusiastic about eu integration. the cdu will continue with policy that merkel has led over the last 15 years. but to follow angela merkel and become the conservative bloc�*s candidate for chancellor, laschet has to win another contest in spring, facing potential rivals such as markus soder, the popular leader of his sister party, the christian social union. whoever succeeds mrs merkel then faces the public in september's general election. current rival parties or possible coalition partners like the greens welcome laschet�*s win, but with caveats, as laschet believes climate policies should not suffocate the economy. translation: he inherits a divided cdu. _ when armin laschet talks about climate change, he sounds more like �*against tomorrow�* and not �*because of tomorrow�*. he is stuck in the old coal ideals of the cdu. mr laschet holds his former coal—mining father�*s id tag dear for luck. recently, though, coronavirus momentarily reversed his fortunes. after criticism of his early handling of the crisis in north rhine—westphalia, but after this important party victory, perhaps a fair wind may now sweep him onto the world stage. mark lobel, bbc news. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering, reaching the summit of the world�*s second highest peak, k2, in winter. it�*s the last of the 1a tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. alan arnette became the oldest american to reach the summit of k2 in 2014, he told me why this was such a fantastic achievement. it�*s a fantastic day for mountaineering. i am just so proud of the nepali team that they got up there and they are back down now at camp three. actually, two went back down to base camp. it was a 16—hour summit day, and what makes k2 so hard anytime is that it is steep, steep, steep and the weather is unrelenting. there is also tremendous objective danger and by that i mean avalanches and rockfall. so that is in the summertime, and that is when the winds will maybe hit 60 or 70 miles an hour. in the wintertime, it can be 100 degrees below zero fahrenheit wind chill, so what they went through what they accomplished is astounding on the mountaineering community should be incredibly proud of them. i�*m sure they are, and what�*s the significance of the fact that they are nepalese? if you go back and you look at the history of the 14 8,000—metre mountains that you cited, all of them with the exception of k2 have all been summitted in the wintertime, and to note there has never been a sherpa involved in those summits, it�*s been typically dominated by the russians, the polish climbers and the italian climbers, so mingma sherpa, mingma g, decided that they wanted to try to prove to the world, as if the world needed proving, that the sherpas had the same skill set as any other climber in the world, so what other mountain to prove that on than k2, unclimbed in the wintertime for the last, what, 38 years or so. there�*s been six attempts and no—one has ever been successful. they have typically been small, national teams from those three countries i mentioned so the fact that the sherpas went up and did it, and honestly, they almost made it look easy. they went in and acclimatised, got in early, set the ropes, made up the high camps. they took advantage of a very, very narrow window to stand on top of k2. and give us a bit of a flavour of what it�*s like up there. you talked about the really difficult conditions, but you have been up there? you know, with everest, some people arrogantly say that if you want to brag at the bar then you summit everest but if you want respect you summit k2. i�*m not totally sure about that because i have done both of them and i respect anybody who attempts either one of them, much less summits it. but what i found was, i summitted everest when i was 54 years old in 2011, and as you noted, k2 in 2014 when i was 58, it is night and day. k2 is incredibly steep, it is technical. by that i mean you are using your hands on your feet almost the entire time. you are going across rock, very difficult, steep rock sections that you simplyjust don�*t have on the normal routes on everest. everest is all about altitude. k2 is all about technical climbing at altitude. the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the uk�*s coronavirus vaccine roll—out in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers — describing the effort as a monumental moment. here�*s andy moore. hello, your royal highness. good morning, everybody. prince william spoke to a number of medics from different parts of what he called the world leading nhs, all involved in the rolled out of the vaccine. i want to say huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme because it looks tremendous, it really does, and i know what a massive difference it�*s going to make to everyone. and the vaccine was making a massive difference to around 1,000 over 80s who were treated to organ music as they got their jabs at salisbury cathedral. these pensioners were keen to come forward but the prince was told that wasn�*t the same for everyone. we do have vaccine hesitancy in some groups, your royal highness. it's really important to really get into communities. the prince said that he was very glad that the queen and duke of edinburgh had been inoculated at windsor castle earlier this month. my grandparents have had the vaccine and i�*m very proud of them for doing that so it�*s really important that everyone gets the vaccine when they�*re told to. that message seems to be getting through, with confirmation today that more than 3.5 million people in the uk have now been vaccinated. andy moore, bbc news. before igo, would you like to see some pandas in the snow? of course you would. in china, there are four pandas rolling in the snow there. i�*m lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello. the snow that some of us had to start saturday mainly turned back to rain before clearing away, and i think rain will be a bigger concern than snow for most of us through the coming week. but not just yet. sunday actually a decent—looking day, dry for many with some spells of sunshine. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this stripe of cloud brought the snow initially, replaced by rain. that then cleared away to leave a mix of sunshine and showers during saturday, the air turning a little bit milder. it is quite a cold start to sunday morning, not as cold as some mornings lately, but there could still be a little bit of ice around and, through the day, plenty of sunshine, particularly across england and wales, the odd shower through north west england and north wales. a bit more cloud, i think, for northern ireland and especially scotland, where showers will merge into longer spells of rain through the day, perhaps with some snow over higher ground, say, above 500 metres. quite windy in the north, lighter winds further south and temperatures pretty much exactly where we�*d expect them to be at this time of year, between 6—9 celsius. now, during sunday night, we will see further showers or longer spells of rain and mountain snow across parts of scotland, a few showers into other western fringes. further south and east, it should be largely dry with some clear spells and temperatures generally getting quite close to freezing, but it�*s another one of those nights where it�*s not quite as cold as it has been lately. and then into monday, we will see some further showery rain at times across scotland, western fringes of northwest england, northern ireland, and then rain will become a bit more widespread across the west later in the day, whereas eastern areas should stay predominantly dry. but that rain in the west is going to become more extensive as we head deeper into the week. various areas of low pressure, various frontal systems pushing across the british isles. uncertainty about the detail, but it does look pretty wet for some of us. these are the rainfall accumulations we are expecting across five days. and where you see the very white colours here, showing up over high ground — north west england, wales, even, parts of dartmoor there — that�*s where we could see in excess of 100 mm of rain. the ground is very wet at the moment, so with spells of heavy rain in the forecast through the week ahead, there is the risk of flooding. it is going to turn very mild for a time, particularly down towards the south, but signs are it�*ll get a bit colder again towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines: india�*s huge vaccine roll—out is underway. the aim is to vaccinate around 300 million people by the end ofjuly. two vaccines are being used, one of which was developed in the country and given emergency approval. india has the second highest number of covid—19 infections in the world. authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard will patrol the streets around the capitol building in washington with much of the city in lockdown. it follows the violence by supporters of president trump, earlier this month. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering — reaching the summit of the world�*s second highest peak in winter. k2, which is only 200 metres shorter than everest, has long been referred to as "the savage mountain". now on bbc news, dateline london.