in support ofjailed 0pposition leader, alexei navalny. the eu commission president tells pharmaceutical companies that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccines must be addressed. military leaders in myanmar have staged a coup and declared a state of emergency for at least a year. hours earlier, they detained the country s de facto leader aung san suu kyi and several of her fellow leaders in the national league for democracy. the military says it s in response to alleged election fraud in november s general election which saw aung sang suu kyi returned to power by a huge majority. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head has the latest on the military s announcement. well, they have simply announced that this is indeed a coup, they didn t call it that, but that they have seized alljudicial and legislative power, meaning parliament will not convene. the first vice president who is a military appointee, under a constitution which does give the military still very s
for britain s national health service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome. soldiers are on the streets of myanmar as the armed forces confirm that they have carried out a coup, and intend to hold power for at least a year. they say they ve responded to a fraudulent election won by the national league for democracy. its head, and the country s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. state radio and television are off air, and phone and internet connections have been cut. let s speak to our south east asia correspondent jonathan head. what more can you tell us? no more than what more can you tell us? fir? more than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing
and the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official. but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has chaired a cabinet meeting as the government faces growing calls to outline whether any new covid restrictions will be implemented in england over christmas. the government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, and england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, have briefed ministers about the omicron variant. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. for more on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle against omicron. but as cases of the new variant continue to