last. rain into northern ireland, southern and western scotland, the midlands, wales, then to east anglia and the south east. muffy scotland seeing the sunny and driest weather. still breezy tomorrow, not as today was up temperatures may be a degree orso was up temperatures may be a degree or so higher. i am rebecca jones. the headlines: a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared before magistrates. 48 year old wayne couzens is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. an event to remember sarah in south london has been cancelled, and replaced with a doorstep vigil. new coronavirus restrictions in italy to stop the number of new cases schools, shops and restaurants will close from monday. at least eight people have been shot dead by the security forces in myanmar, as protests continue across the country against last month s military coup. and a scheme begins in coventry where you can swap your old car for more sustainable modes of transport. more headline
lots more news with james at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it seems myanmar s military is prepared to kill as many pro democracy protesters as it takes to safeguard its grip on power. so, what options do the opponents of the coup have left? well, my guest is dr sasa, representative of the committee which represents the ousted parliament to the united nations. why has myanmar s democratic transition gone so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret, but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february 1st coup. and as i understand it, you were with aung san suu kyi in the hours before the coup. so, can you tell me exactly what happened to you? it was the 1st of february. ..that the military co
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it seems myanmar s military is prepared to kill as many pro democracy protesters as it takes to safeguard its grip on power. so, what options do the opponents of the coup have left? well, my guest is dr sasa, representative of the committee to the united nations. why has myanmar s democratic transition gone so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret, but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february 1st coup. and as i understand it, you were with aung san suu kyi in the hours before the coup. so can you tell me exactly what happened to you? it was the 1st of february that the military coup take stolen democracy from the people of myanmar. so there was not only me, there was members of parliament who w