i wasjust thinking, gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women. hundreds of demonstrators are gathered this evening near the houses of parliament. earlier, they lay on the ground for a minute s silence. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who d had the jab in norway. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin zaghari ratcliffe after she faces new allegations of anti government propaganda in court. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year, the grammys. they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. good evening. the commissioner of the metropolitan police has defended the tactics of the force in breaking up last night s vigil for sarah everard, the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland on wednesday. dame cressida dick said she welcomed an
k pop band bts isjust one of the nominees at tonight s virtual grammy awards. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m samantha simmonds. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon. and, after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. bbc burmese s nyein chan nyen is in yangon. deadly crackdowns on previous days cannot stop these people taking to the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country and again they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of place
tonight at ten: the head of the metropolitan police says she won t resign over the force s handling of last night s vigil in memory of sarah everard. there will be an independent review of police tactics, which the met commissioner cressida dick says she welcomes.. they have to make these really difficult calls, and i don t think anybody should be sitting back in an armchair and saying, well, that was done badly, or i would ve done it differently, without actually understanding what was going through their minds. police have been accused of manhandling protestors who say they just wanted to pay their respects. as i was sat in the van, as my hands were handcuffed, i wasjust thinking, gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women. tomorrow, mps are due to debate a bill giving the police wider powers in dealing with public gatherings and demonstrations. also tonight: nazanin zaghari ratcliffe appears in court in iran on new charges, having just served a five year senten
it is about 2:30am. you are up to date on the headlines. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to the day in parliament. coming up in the next half hour: the chancellor unveils a wide ranging package of measures designed to help the uk recover from the coronavirus pandemic. if you re an employer and you bring someone back who was furloughed, we will pay you a £1,000 bonus per employee. how can he ensure that that money will not just go to those employers who were already planning to bring people back into work? labour keeps up the pressure on the prime minister over comments he made about care homes. the prime minister said, too many care homes did not really follow the procedures in the way that they could have. that has caused huge offence. the last thing i wanted to do is to blame care workers for what has happened or for any of them to think that i was blaming them. also on this programme: questions for the head of the met police after the s