in new zealand to remember the 51 people killed when a gunman opened fire at two mosques in christchurch in 2019. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a metropolitan police officer will appear in court today, charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, who went missing while walking home in south london, ten days ago. wayne couzens, who's a8, will appear at westminster magistrates�* court today. he was taken to hospital yesterday for a second time in two days, to be treated for a fresh head injury sustained in custody. a vigil planned for sarah everard on clapham common will now not take place, organisers have confirmed. charlotte wright reports. it is ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. she was walking home. today a serving metropolitan police officer, 48—year—old wayne couzens, will appear before magistrates, charged with her kidnap and murder. it follows a large—scale police investigation spanning sites in london and kent, woodland in ashford, where her body was discovered, and 30 miles away in deal, where the suspect lives. sarah's family have, of course, been informed of this development and remain supported by specialist officers. i would like at this stage to pay tribute to sarah's family for their fortitude and forbearance through what can only have been the most intensely difficult few days. our thoughts remain with them as this matter progresses. wayne couzens is part of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection unit. previously he had guarded britain's nuclear power stations. he had also served in the territorial army. since his arrest, he has been taken to hospital on two separate occasions after being found with head injuries inside his cell. for many, the disappearance of a woman just walking home has galvanised the demand for safer streets. the home office is now reopening a public consultation to help inform its strategy on tackling violence against women and girls, due to be published in the summer. the 33—year—old's death has made headlines across the world, but sarah's family and friends will remember her life. "we are very proud of her," they said. "she brought so much joy to our lives." charlotte wright, bbc news. and charlotte also sent us this update from clapham common in south london. the bandstand here on clapham common has become a bit of a focal point for people to come and leave flowers and pay tribute to sarah. we are just a few yards from where she went missing. lots of people have come out this morning to lay flowers. just standing and having a moment of reflection. and i think that is what the organisers of the vigil had hoped forfour 6pm but the organisers of the vigil had hoped for four 6pm but we have the organisers of the vigil had hoped forfour 6pm but we have now heard that vigil has been cancelled. the organisers, third group called reclaim these streets said they repeatedly tried to find a way to hold the event this evening, making suggestions like staggering start times and splitting into time slots, saying it would be socially distanced, but it is against lockdown rules to hold a large mass gathering for any reason at the moment and the metropolitan police had been keen to impress that on people that the rules say you should not hold mass gatherings and organisers of those can receive pretty hefty fines. the group say they are disappointed but they have strongly encouraged people not to turn up here this evening at 6pm when the vigil was planned and instead people are encouraged to light a candle and put it in the window are on the doorstep for a moment of reflection, fitting with lockdown restrictions. the group say they hope to raise money for charity instead, £320,000, and they say it would be the combined total if the organisers of all the vigil is planned across the country where to receive a £10,000 fine, how much money it would come to, so they hope to raise that money instead for women's charities. we're joined now by caitlin prowle, from reclaim these streets. the organisation was hoping to have a vigil this evening. you have been frustrated by the decision that it would breach coronavirus rules preventing people gathering. some questions, did you think about this before you considered having the vigil, and what alternatives are you looking at to try to mark the understandable deep concern about women's safety? fin understandable deep concern about women's safety?— women's safety? on your first question. _ women's safety? on your first question. i — women's safety? on your first question, i think _ women's safety? on your first question, i think it _ women's safety? on your first question, i think it is - women's safety? on your first | question, i think it is important women's safety? on your first - question, i think it is important to emphasise we are well aware of the context here. we wanted safely to be the top priority from the beginning and that is the reason we engaged with the local police in lambeth and the local council and the metropolitan police more widely from the beginning. as people read, our statements said we had initially quite supportive indications from police and then yesterday that changed. we are disappointed but yesterday in court we consider it to be somewhat of a win, the judge ruled the police are wrong to put a blanket ban on all protests under coronavirus legislation when it is red with the human rights act. while it has not worked out in our case, we are pleased and think it is important. your second question about alternatives, as mentioned in the report, we tried to find multiple ways through with the met police and where unsuccessful and it is a shame. but it does not end here by any stretch. we encourage people to light a candle in their street at 9:30pm to remember sarah everard and her life and the lives of so many women lost to violence of this kind. we also have a team working on online vigil events to be held this evening, to replace the physical one that we originally planned. the awful context _ that we originally planned. the awful context is _ that we originally planned. the awful context is notjust the terrible news about sarah everard, her disappearance and death, but that these kinds of incidents, while proportionally rare, they happen and continue to happen, women attacked simply by being in our public place on their own, and potential vulnerabilities exploited. what can we do in terms of behaviour? 0lder viewers will remember a0 years ago, a serial killer in the north of england, women were told to stay at home. i think our attitude has changed, why should a man's behaviour, one individual with murderous intent, stop other people living their lives in an ordinary way? what do we still need to do to make that realistic and possible and make that realistic and possible and make women feel they have that safety and control of their own lives that they can do things like walk alone on the street at night? it is an interesting question and a big question. what you are referencing they are, the decades having passed with this message to women that it is their responsibility to stay at home and stay safe, i don't think we have lost that. there has been a lot of that on social media in recent days. the police told women specifically in clapham to stay—at—home while the investigation was ongoing. i can appreciate the immediate need for safety, which is paramount, but i think what i have been thinking a lot about over the last couple of daysis lot about over the last couple of days is women don't need to be reminded or told to be safe or to be careful. certainly not speaking for myself, i don't need that reminder and i don't think anyone does. i think that is at the forefront of our minds every day. it is an immediate concern at all times. i agree we need to change the conversation. in terms of where we go from here, i heard in the report that the government are opening a consultation and i would strongly encourage people to flood the responses to that, it is hugely important and a good step to take, and overdue, i would say. more widely we have to stop looking at individual behaviours, both women and, to be honest, maine. i think a lot of men have reached out in recent days and asked what they can do as individuals to make women feel safer on the streets. that is a compassionate way to approach this and i appreciate it but you do not solve an issue as big as this with individual changes and i think there are massive structural issues at play that must be addressed in terms of criminaljustice, the charity sector and funding to support women in these terrible situations, and for me as a campaigner that is where i would start. for me as a campaigner that is where i would start-— new york's governor andrew cuomo says he will not bow to what he calls "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct. us democratic senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand havejoined the list of politicians saying he should go. paul hawkins reports. andrew cuomo, new york governor, but for how much longer? 0nce widely praised for his leadership during the first wave of coronavirus, he's now fighting for his political life. i did not do what has been alleged. period. there are often many motivations for making an allegation. seven women have now come forward making allegations against him, including sexual misconduct and assault. politicians who don't know a single fact but yet form a conclusion and an opinion are, in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. the latest of those politicians includes chuck schumer, one of the most senior democrats in congress and the senate majority leader. along with fellow new york senator kirsten gillibrand, they released a statement, saying... but, they add... already, more than 55 democratic legislators in new york have signed a letter calling on him to step down. the city's mayor bill de blasio says he should go. so too some democrats in congress, including alexandra 0casio—cortez. and as for the white house... the president believes that every woman who has come forward deserves to have her voice heard, should be treated with respect, and should be able to tell her story. there also is an independent investigation that is ongoing, of course, in the state, with subpoena power overseen by the attorney general, and he certainly supports that moving forward. andrew cuomo says he'll wait for the outcome of that investigation before deciding whether to step down. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. i'm not going to resign. but there's also another investigation, a federal one, into claims the state undercounted the true covid death toll in care homes. the pressure for him to go now could be too much. paul hawkins, bbc news. shops, schools and restaurants will close across much of italy from monday after the prime minister confirmed the country was now experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections. cases have been rising steadily with more than 25,000 new infections now reported each day. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports. it's just over a year since italy imposed the world's first national lockdown of the pandemic. now, the first country in the west to be overwhelmed by covid is in a third wave. with cases rising for the past six weeks, exceeding 25,000 a day, italy is closing its doors again. from monday schools, shops and restaurants will shut in more than half the country. for three days over easter they will close nationwide. the new prime minister, mario draghi, said urgent action was needed. translation: i am aware that today's l restrictions will have consequences l in the education of your children, on the economy and on everyone's mental health but they are necessary to avoid a worsening of the situation that would require even stricter measures. it's a bleak situation in some other parts of europe, too. poland has seen its second highest daily number of cases since november and germany is reporting a rapid rise among schoolchildren, with new variants to blame. the speed of vaccination programmes in most of the eu remains sluggish. italy has administered just over 6 millionjabs, about a quarter of the doses of the uk, with similar populations. austria's chancellor said vaccines were not being fairly distributed among the member states, with signs that some countries were striking side deals with manufacturers. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has accused the uk government of "perverse nationalism" for trying to get its own trade deal with the us. he said the eu, uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. what the eu wants to do is resolve these issues through negotiation. to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are and try to accommodate their concerns. that's what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we have had enough of that on brexit. at least three people have been shot dead by the security forces in myanmar, as protests continue across the country against last month's military coup. two men were killed in front of a police station in thaketa township in yangon, while a woman was shot dead in mandalay. images posted online show several severely injured people, including a buddhist monk. let's speak to aung now, an anti—coup protester from mandalay, where some of these killings happened. can you tell us what is happening when people turn out and strike to protest? fist when people turn out and strike to rotest? �* ., ., , ., ., ., , protest? at our demonstration it was a lot more calm _ protest? at our demonstration it was a lot more calm than _ protest? at our demonstration it was a lot more calm than what _ protest? at our demonstration it was a lot more calm than what happened | a lot more calm than what happened in mandalay. the demonstration where the monk was shot, three people were killed. 0ne clarification i would like to make, the rally was at an end when the police showed up. they were basically they are not to break up were basically they are not to break up the protest or crack down on the protest, they were there to kill people, they killed three people and shot a monk. people, they killed three people and shot a monk-— people, they killed three people and shot a monk. presumably organisers are very careful— shot a monk. presumably organisers are very careful about _ shot a monk. presumably organisers are very careful about how— shot a monk. presumably organisers are very careful about how they - are very careful about how they disseminate information about where protests will take place and presumably the protests are quite short and sharp to prevent them becoming targets for this kind of action. , ., ., , ., action. yes, for example today the rotest action. yes, for example today the protest started _ action. yes, for example today the protest started gathering - action. yes, for example today the protest started gathering at - action. yes, for example today the protest started gathering at 9am i protest started gathering at 9am today. the police showed up at 10am. by today. the police showed up at 10am. by then the rally was already over, as i said. they were there to kill. they didn't have to, they didn't have to fire a single shot. people were about to disperse. but the shot anyway. were about to disperse. but the shot an a . ~ . , ., ., anyway. what is the thing that would chan . e the anyway. what is the thing that would change the situation _ anyway. what is the thing that would change the situation any _ anyway. what is the thing that would change the situation any positive - change the situation any positive for you, change the situation any positive foryou, in change the situation any positive for you, in myanmar? change the situation any positive foryou, in myanmar? as change the situation any positive for you, in myanmar? as much as you would hope for a more international help, beyond sanctions it is unlikely there will be much else concrete to change things. can you change things within the country or will this pattern carry on where you try to protest, they try to kill you, another protest somewhere else, more death and injury, stuck in a terrible cycle of death and no resolution? we terrible cycle of death and no resolution?— terrible cycle of death and no resolution? we are stuck in a terrible cycle _ resolution? we are stuck in a terrible cycle of _ resolution? we are stuck in a terrible cycle of death. - resolution? we are stuck in a terrible cycle of death. we i resolution? we are stuck in a | terrible cycle of death. we are tired of waiting for the international community to help us. it is good to call for r2p and it is good that crp h and the doctor are trying to raise awareness but i would call for full immunity for those in the security forces choosing to defect from their ranks. i don't think they are in love with their superiors, i don't think they are in love with theirsuperiors, paid i don't think they are in love with their superiors, paid well enough fed well enough. we believe when they are told to crackdown on protests, they are given one meal, breakfast, that is it. if we are able to and if the crp h could give them immunity from prosecution, i believe it would bring mass defection. believe it would bring mass defection-— believe it would bring mass defection. ., ~ , ., , defection. thank you. there is opposition _ defection. thank you. there is opposition saying _ defection. thank you. there is opposition saying the - defection. thank you. there is opposition saying the military| opposition saying the military regime should not have happened. now to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history, $27 million, to the family of george floyd. he's the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle in the civil case for damages. seperately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here's the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. today marks the one—year anniversary of the killing by police of breonna taylor in her apartment in the us. the police shot 26—year—old ms taylor eight times and no criminal charges have ever been brought over her death. her death sparked protests in her home city of louisville, kentucky, and across the country, and it became part of the wider black lives matter movement. we can speak now to professor kehinde andrews from the university of birmingham. those cases happening relatively close together and focused huge attention on the much longer a problem in the us. how have they changed the political debate do you think? the changed the political debate do you think? .. , ., changed the political debate do you think? , ., ., , ., think? the fact it is a one year anniversary — think? the fact it is a one year anniversary of— think? the fact it is a one year anniversary of the _ think? the fact it is a one year anniversary of the killing - think? the fact it is a one year anniversary of the killing of. anniversary of the killing of breonna taylor, they have not brought in a new prosecutor, it sure is not much has changed. it is good