hello and thanks forjoining us. 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. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar�*s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar�*s military rulers, and several chinese—owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was declared on state tv. there were fatal clashes elsewhere in myanmar. the now—familiar round of tear gas, rubber bullets and gunfire and the ever—rising death toll. and yet for all the bloodshed, the pro—democracy campaigners keep coming. it's now almost six weeks since the army seized power, but they have yet to break the will of those taking to the streets. translation: we have to fight for our future. l i don't accept the military coup. for some campaigners, it's an afternoon to wave placards and the now—familiar three fingered salute, but others seem ready to fight fire with fire. this bloody war of attrition has some way to go. james landale, bbc news. yangon is where sunday's clashes took place. bbc burmese�*s nyen chunn—aye is there. 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 places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 2a hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless, but all the same, they are hopeful with determination, particularly the younger generation, who have realised that they have to rely on themselves to stand up against the military. this is nyein chan aye, bbc news, yangon, myanmar. let's get some of the day's other news. the netherlands has become the latest eu country to suspend its rollout of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. officials said the decision was based on reports from denmark and norway about side affects including blood clots. but they emphasised the move was precautionary. it follows a similar move by ireland earlier on sunday. a british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has just completed a five—year prison sentence in tehran, has appeared in court to face new charges. she's accused of propaganda against iran, including taking part in a demonstration in london 12 years ago. the british government has demanded her release. the biden administration says it has been trying to contact north korea since february, but there has been no response. a senior official said the white house had attempted to reach pyongyang in several different ways to try to prevent a possible escalation in tensions. joe biden is expected to release details of his policy for north korea in the coming weeks. the british prime minister borisjohnson has said he's "deeply concerned" at images of police officers in london forcibly breaking up a vigil in memory of sarah everard, a woman allegedly murdered by a police officer. and he'll chair a meeting of senior officials to discuss violence against women. london's police chief says she won't resign and says coronavirus restrictions must be observed. mark easton reports. within moments of being taken, this picture of police holding down a woman on clapham common last night became a symbol of female defiance against male aggression. as darkness descended on the vigil for sarah everard, what had been a peaceful and respectful demonstration of female solidarity turned ugly. police moved in to disperse the crowd, there was pushing and shoving, with a number of women taken away in handcuffs. four of them were arrested for public order and coronavirus regulation breaches — among them, daina. asi as i was sat in the van, i was just thinking gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women. the fear that has been brewing for 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very disturbed to see the police action. _ very disturbed to see the police action. i— very disturbed to see the police action. i think- very disturbed to see the police action. i think it i very disturbed to see the i police action. i think it was wrong _ police action. i think it was wrong and _ police action. i think it was wrong and i'm _ police action. i think it was wrong and i'm pleased - police action. i think it was wrong and i'm pleased it's| police action. i think it was - wrong and i'm pleased it's now going _ wrong and i'm pleased it's now going to — wrong and i'm pleased it's now going to be _ wrong and i'm pleased it's now going to be reviewed. - there's evidence to suggest some of those who attended the vigil had been looking for trouble, and the police have been criticised before for not intervening in protests during the pandemic, notably by the home secretary. of crowd of protesters presented a new challenge of the police is's ability. up till now, the met stands and queues of getting it badly wrong. mark easton, bbc news. several thousand people have taken part in a march through the paris suburb of argenteuil in honour of a schoolgirl allegedly thrown off a bridge to drown in the river seine. friends of 14—year—old alisha led the procession. two teenage classmates are being held on suspicion of her murder last monday. media reports say one is a boy who had a brief flirtation with alisha before taking the second suspect as his girlfriend. thousands of australians are gathering at more than a0 rallies across the country — calling on the government to address issues of sexism, misogyny and what organisers call a lack of equality in politics and the community at large. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil is in canberra ahead of the main march outside of parliament house. it's been weeks of mounting anger, mainly at many of the people in the building behind me. parliament house, australia's seat of power. this is where brittany higgins, a former political adviser to the liberal party, alleges that a male colleague had raped her in 2019. after these allegations, many women came forward with similar claims. separately, and weeks after that, another explosive moment here in canberra when the attorney general publicly and vigorously denied allegations that he had raped a 16—year—old girl in 1988, long before he came to politics. it's been a very abusing few weeks for the scott morrison government, and the prime minister has come under heavy criticism for the way he has handled this controversy. today, thousands of women are coming out on the streets protesting what they see as a government that is out of touch with their struggles. let's bring injanine hendry. you are the spokeswoman for the march forjustice rallies. tell me first of all about what is being organised, how many people are coming out? we have 42 rallies across australia happening in a couple of hours. and we also have a rally happening in london in solidarity. we are anticipating 100,000 women, men, supporters to come out today to say enough is enough. why now? why this moment? i think as you said in your introduction, the women of australia have been seeing this built up over a long period of time. the last few weeks we have seen our government's woeful inaction to these alleged sexual assaults that have occurred in our house of parliament. but i also think it's symptomatic of the lack of structural reform in relation to equity across australia. we have had report after report on the issue of equity, and particularly women, that our government has failed to do anything about. many have criticised the prime ministerfor not doing enough, for not addressing this strongly enough. the prime minister has invited you and other you have refused. why? correct. he certainly did extend an invitation. i think the reality is that today, 100,000 women are coming out to have their voices heard. it is the responsibility of our prime minister to actually make himself available to hear those voices — you want him tojoin the crowds? i would like him to walk out of his office and to come and listen to the women of australia. my voice cannot represent the 100,000 women. we have, literally to his doorstep. we have come, literally to his doorstep. i am literally right outside his door. he could give us the courtesy of coming out and listening to what it is we have to say. finally, does it frustrate you that you still have to do these rallies now in 2021? absolutely. i marched as a university student in the 1980s to ensure equity and equality in australia. why am i marching some 40 years later? something's got to give. i don't want to be here, well i probably won't in another 50 years. many thanks. janine hendry there. there are many, many demands for the women who are coming out, who have come out to protest. it's unclear what tangible change of this is going to make. but what this movement has already done is allow women to make their voices heard and speak out against the system they say has silenced them for years. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. the music industry prepares for the grammy awards — its biggest night of the year. we have close apartheid. more than 3000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding headaches and dimming of vision caused by an organised attack. this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. this was a term for the christian democrats of the west _ christian democrats of the west. that's what the voters wanted~ _ this is bbc news, the latest headlines. myanmar suffers one of the bloodiest 2a hours since the military coup,as more than 20 demonstrators are killed in a single neighbourhood of yangon. the british home secretary orders an investigation into police actions during a vigil in memory of murder victim sarah everard. the biden administration has ordered the us government's major disaster agency to assist with the surge of migrant children arriving at the us—mexico border. there were a record number of children — 3,200 — being held in us immigration facilities on the us southern border with mexico as of 8th march. the federal emergency management agency will spend the next three months helping to manage and care for children arriving without parents or legal guardians. alfredo corchado has covered mexico for many years, and is currently the us—mexico border correspondent for the dallas morning news. he explained why there's been this surge in migrant arrivals. several factors. one is a sense of hope in the biden administration. a sense that they may have a chance, and opportunity. but also what's driving them is factors like the economy, climate change, violence, and more and more we are seeing the after—effects of the pandemic. people were interviewed on the us mexico border saying the situation is such that they have no choice but to try to make the journey north. if you talk to immigrant applicants on the ground, they say they are not ready to receive these kinds of numbers. what's really at work here, we have all these well—organised organisations, smuggling organisations who take whatever little messages coming from the biden administration and send their own message to the migrants are saying now is the time to come this is the opportunity. it's really hard for the administration to say the border�*s not open when you have these organisations are saying, this is the moment for you. obviously it's after winter, it's march, spring is coming and you have people who feel like it doesn't get better than this opportunity. there's a lot of money behind the organisations. so there's a lot of incentive for them to send them oftentimes on a very desperate, long journey. there was a lot of concern about overcrowding in south texas, the rio grande valley. so shelters in el paso had been designated to help ease the overcrowding. they were expecting to receive up to 270 migrants a day. but it happened that many of them are not even going to the shelters. instead the cpb, the customs and border protection, is sending some migrants to shelters, but many others are being expelled into mexico right across the border. the federal emergency management agency will spend recent months have seen tensions escalate between china and the west, over media coverage. in february, the english—language satellite news channel, the china global television network, had its license revoked by the uk regulator, and in retaliation, bbc world news has been banned from broadcasting in china. there have also been tit—for—tat expulsions ofjournalists, in both the united states and china, in the past year. our media editor, amol rajan, reports on how beijing is trying to control public information. take a look at how low bbc would go and speak ill of china by giving up objectivity... one of the world's oldest known civilisations is using the world's newest technology to propagate its message and curtail that of rivals. this is what the media want you to believe. last month, the uk's independent broadcast regulator ofcom removed the licence of china's state—controlled network cgtn. the station had failed to prove its independence from china's leadership. they immediately struck back, banning the bbc�*s world news channel in a tit—for—tat measure. it was merely an escalation of tension. the chinese authorities have long been unhappy about the bbc�*s coverage of detention camps for uighur muslims in xinjiang province, but were particularly angry about recent reports that led to an international outcry and won awards. newsreel: we're constantly followed and turned back- at makeshift barriers and roadblocks. - the bbc team in beijing often face hostility, for roaming around the country is often difficult with a heavy state presence never far away. about four years ago... new york times's bureau chief is currently doing his job from seoul, having been thrown out at a few days' notice. if you're covering topics that are deemed sensitive, you will be met by the police or the secret service, you'll be harassed by the local authorities who will tell you you don't have permission to be in the region, which isn't true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking work from our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled american journalists after expulsions from the usa. the wall streetjournal team in china is down to just four after ten were expelled in the past year and a half. it's never been easy to be a foreign correspondent in china, but over the last year or so, it's gotten much more difficult. part of that, of course, is the coronavirus. it's difficult everywhere, but especially in china, we feel so much more pressure here from the authorities, from the public and from the media here in terms of what we write and how we report on china. last week, a report from the foreign correspondents club of china argued journalists face growing harassment, weaponising of visas and seeing their work and seeing their work distorted, misrepresented or attacked with fabricated charges. global conflicts used to be mostly about natural resources such as land or water. today, they are increasingly about public informatio, — about public information — that is, media. in this too—much—information age, knowledge is power as never before. the western web was meant to democratise knowledge, making it free and universal. the chinese approach to media on and off—line prioritises surveillance and control in service of social order. in a long statement, the chinese government said it opposes... it also says it does not recognise the correspondents club and says its... next year, the world plans to descend on beijing for the 2022 winter olympics. but which china will they be allowed to see? amol rajan, bbc news. a covid—friendly grammy awards will kick off shortly in los angeles. because of the pandemic, there's no audience and performers will be on five separate stages. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. peter, welcome to you and what can we expect from yours? in can we expect from yours? in fact, can we expect from yours? in fact, it hasjust got under fact, it has just got under way. it is a very different grammys ceremony because of the coronavirus. trevor nola started by appearing outside in downtown moss i know mike angeles —— trevor noah. what we could see behind him wasn't a zumba screen, it was a real building. a walk inside —— a zoom screen. multiple stages for the artist to perform on. bands performing to each other and it was harry stiles who was the first performer of the one direction fame. he had no grammy success with his group, but he is certainly vying from a number of awards. he performed his big single, and really got to show off to a really got to show off to a really good start. this is all about the performances on grammys. there are 84 categories that most of them are handed out before the show. there's only about ten or a dozen or so of the actual categories that we'll hear and see being awarded during the show. it really is all about the performances. during his introduction, trevor noah really did reflect what we've all gone through over the last year and he talked about celebrating music that saved our souls over the last year. and help us forget our problems. i think we can probably all agree with that. take us through some of the awards that have been announced so far. �* , ., ., so far. billie eilish won for no time — so far. billie eilish won for no time to _ so far. billie eilish won for no time to die. _ —— another winner is lady gaga. she won for best pop duo. she beat bts, the south korean boy band with their first nomination this year, but no match for lady gaga. perhaps breaking records towards the ends of the night is beyonce, with a total of nine nominations for black parade which came out last year at the height of the black lives matter protests across the united states following the killing of george floyd. that case is very much in the headlines again because of the opening trial. very much a song and anthem of our times. if she wins in four and anthem of our times. if she wins infour of and anthem of our times. if she wins in four of the categories, beyonce could become the most successful female artist of all time at the grammys.- time at the grammys. peter bowes, thanks _ time at the grammys. peter bowes, thanks very - time at the grammys. peter bowes, thanks very much. l time at the grammys. peter - bowes, thanks very much. more on the awards. that's it from me. you can follow me on twitter. hello. last week, the uk took quite a battering from strong winds. there was some heavy rain at times, too, and we spent a lot of time talking about low pressure. for the week ahead, the biggest difference will be lighter winds. we're going to be focusing on high pressure, trying to build in. this high here, pushing up from the south—west. it's not an entirely straightforward story, though. we will see some weather fronts running into the north of our high. that will mean some showery rain perhaps across the south—east of england first thing on monday, and then some more clouds generally pushing in to the west as the day goes on. some rain across northern ireland, a little bit for western scotland, wales and the south—west on monday afternoon. the winds, much lighter than we've been used to. the sunshine in the east should just about cling on until the evening. temperatures about where we'd expect for the time of year, perhaps a degree or so above. through monday evening, overnight into tuesday, the warm weather front continues to push its way eastwards across the uk. this cold front pushes down from the north, but the air around it has actually come from the atlantic. so don't be too concerned about the temperatures falling behind this front as it slides south during tuesday. some cloud, some light rain across england and wales first thing, but a lot of sunshine come the afternoon and temperatures looking pretty healthy, perhaps up to 14 degrees. mayjust get a bit of cloud lingering across the south—east of england. could turn a little chilly overnight tuesday into wednesday, with clear skies under the high. but for wednesday, the high well established, a lot of sunshine on the way, perhaps a little bit more cloud at times coming into the far east of england. more cloud for scotland could give us the odd light shower here. but with plenty of sunshine, a fine day with temperatures up to maybe 12 or 13 degrees again. from midweek onwards, though, particularly wednesday night, quite a significant change to come. the highs still there, but this low runs down into scandinavia and it switches our wind direction to a northerly or northeasterly. and as it does so, we not only see the wind strengthening, but we see much colder airflooding in. we lose that mild air that came from the atlantic, and it's replaced by pretty cold arctic air for thursday and friday. so, here's your week. we start off feeling pretty spring—like — a lot of fine weather and some sunshine. by the end of the week, though, it could start to feel quite chilly, potentially with rather raw northeasterly wind. this is bbc news, the headlines: activists in myanmar say the security forces have killed at least 39 people in one of the deadliest 24 hours since demonstrations began, against last month's military coup. authorities say martial law has been declared in parts of the nation's biggest city, yangon, after days of protests. the head of britain's metropolitan police says she does not intend to resign, and welcomed a review into the police's handling of a vigilfor sarah everard, after criticism of the way women, who were protesting about the harrassment they face, were physically removed. the biden administration has ordered the us government's major disaster agency to assist with the surge of migrant children arriving at the us—mexico border. they will spend the next three months helping to care for children arriving without parents or legal guardians. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.