of anti—government propaganda, a week after her five—year sentence for spying ended. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it's the music industry's biggest awards night of the year — the grammys. this year it will be a virtual ceremony in los angelese because of the pandemic. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. there are calls, here in the uk, for london's metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after firerce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard — the 33—year—old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. but the home secretary priti patel has asked for full details about exactly what happened. simonjones has the latest and his report contains flashing images. shouting. police move in to try to break up an unofficial vigil to mark the life of sarah everard near to the spot where she was last seen. more than 1,000 people had gathered. the police said it wasn't safe under lockdown restrictions. but the organisation reclaim these streets, which had cancelled its own plans a vigil, said it was deeply saddened and angered by scenes of officers physically manhandling women at an event against male violence. this image has made front—page news. people are angry. they're angry that we were silenced, in this case, about women being silenced and women having violence against them. the police said they had repeatedly asked people to obey the law and go home, but, in a tweet, the home secretary said... the mayor of london said, although the police have a responsibility to enforce covid laws, the response was, at times, neither appropriate nor proportionate. and there are calls for the met�*s commissioner, who visited clapham on friday, to resign. the leader of the liberal democrats said cressida dick had lost the confidence of the millions of women in london. in the early hours of this morning, the police defended their actions, saying hundreds of people had been tightly packed together, posing a very real risk of covid being spread. part of the reason i'm speaking to you tonight is because we accept that the actions of our officers have been questioned. we absolutely did not want to be in a position where enforcement action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people's safety. in brixton hill, reclaim these streets lit candles to mark the lives of women killed by men. sarah everard was remembered, too, at downing street and by the labour leader. a serving police officer, wayne couzens, has been charged with her murder. he'll next appear in court on tuesday. sarah's family, who describe her as bright and beautiful, are now trying to come to terms with her loss. simon jones, bbc news. 0ur reporter emily unia joins us now from clapham common in south london. emily, we can see all the people who have come once again this morning to pay their respects to sarah and other flowers that have been left there. ., ., , , .,, , there. yeah, absolutely. peoples kee - there. yeah, absolutely. peoples keep screaming _ there. yeah, absolutely. peoples keep screaming onto _ there. yeah, absolutely. peoples keep screaming onto clapham . there. yeah, absolutely. peoples - keep screaming onto clapham common. they are coming to the band stand behind me to lay flowers, to light candles and pay their respects. it is very calm, people are social distancing and lots of people are wearing masks and of course that was the scene yesterday afternoon up until about six o'clock in the evening, which is when police say things changed. a lot more people started developing really large numbers, they say social distancing became impossible. they asked people to leave and when they didn't they say they moved in to disperse the crowds. police say objects looks thrown and arrests were made. we know for arrests in total were made but of course this morning we are seeing images that are extremely unpleasant, you know, a police officer kneeling on a warm and's back to arrest her, handcuffing her hands behind her. —— kneeling on a woman's back to arrest her. the imagery is all wrong and clearly the metropolitan police are now coming in for a huge amount of criticism from across the political spectrum. home secretary priti patel has described images are deeply upsetting and said she was like a full report. i think we are expecting a cressida dick to come out at some point today and extreme what happened. out at some point today and extreme what happened-— out at some point today and extreme what happened. many thanks indeed. emily reporting _ what happened. many thanks indeed. emily reporting there _ what happened. many thanks indeed. emily reporting there from _ what happened. many thanks indeed. emily reporting there from clapham l emily reporting there from clapham common. there has been cross—party condemnation of the met�*s handling of the event last night. i've been getting more details from our political correspondent helen catt. this week, in the last few days, we have seen this real outpouring from women about what it is like to be a woman walking down the street on your own and how women can feel safer about the issue of violence against women. the home office reopened its call for evidence for violence against women and girls on friday evening. in the first 2a hours of that, they say they got just under 20,000 responses, so there has been a huge reaction. and there has been a huge reaction. and the political language about this, the political language about this, the political language about this, the political direction has been to say, ok, we are listening, we are listening, we understand the sensitivity, and we're hearing you, and of course what we saw last night did not that message at all and was completely at odds with that and thatis completely at odds with that and that is why you are getting such a strong political reaction why there is such a focus on the way the police chose to deal with this. so, have a listen to jess police chose to deal with this. so, have a listen tojess phillips who is labour's said a domestic violence minister. i is labour's said a domestic violence minister. ~ ,., . ., minister. i think the police got it wron: at minister. i think the police got it wrong at every _ minister. i think the police got it wrong at every single _ minister. i think the police got it wrong at every single term. - minister. i think the police got it wrong at every single term. not| minister. i think the police got it - wrong at every single term. notjust wrong at every single term. not just the final_ wrong at every single term. not just the final image that we see but all day yesterday and the day before the police _ day yesterday and the day before the police did _ day yesterday and the day before the police did not try and find a way fora _ police did not try and find a way for a peaceful protest. not a protest. _ for a peaceful protest. not a protest, actually, individual, a moment _ protest, actually, individual, a moment. they did not try and find a way to— moment. they did not try and find a way to work— moment. they did not try and find a way to work with women who are sad and angry— way to work with women who are sad and angry and upset to be able to, not even_ and angry and upset to be able to, not even gather but just go to clapham _ not even gather but just go to clapham common. there are a million ways that _ clapham common. there are a million ways that that could have been organised by the police put their foot down before they put their base in and _ foot down before they put their base in and at _ foot down before they put their base in and at every stage they made the wrong cait — in and at every stage they made the wrong call. -- in and at every stage they made the wron: call. , in and at every stage they made the wrong call-_ 0fi wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course, wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course. the — wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course, the mayor— wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course, the mayor of _ wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course, the mayor of london - wrong call. -- put their boot in. of course, the mayor of london is - wrong call. -- put their boot in. of i course, the mayor of london is khan made the point that the police do have to enforce the covid laws but from the images he had seen he thought that the response was at times either appropriate and the home secretary has asked for a full report from the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick. today, victoria atkins, who was a home office minister, said that that was 0ffice minister, said that that was the right thing to do. if office minister, said that that was the right thing to do.— the right thing to do. if you will for: ive the right thing to do. if you will forgive me. _ the right thing to do. if you will forgive me. i— the right thing to do. if you will forgive me, i am _ the right thing to do. if you will forgive me, i am not— the right thing to do. if you will forgive me, i am not going - the right thing to do. if you will forgive me, i am not going to l forgive me, i am not going to trespass— forgive me, i am not going to trespass on the conversation at this stage _ trespass on the conversation at this stage between the whole secretary in the metropolitan commissioner. she will he _ the metropolitan commissioner. she will he laid _ the metropolitan commissioner. she will be laid out the report, the home — will be laid out the report, the home secretary will be considering it very— home secretary will be considering it very carefully and we will be seeing — it very carefully and we will be seeing it — it very carefully and we will be seeing it what happens after that. i do want _ seeing it what happens after that. i do want to— seeing it what happens after that. i do want to make the point that we shouldn't— do want to make the point that we shouldn't tell the whole policing family— shouldn't tell the whole policing family with these incidents. i have had the _ family with these incidents. i have had the pleasure of working with police _ had the pleasure of working with police officers both as a minister and also — police officers both as a minister and also actually before when i used to prosecute criminals and i wouldn't _ to prosecute criminals and i wouldn't want people to think that that is— wouldn't want people to think that that is the — wouldn't want people to think that that is the police response more generally— that is the police response more generally to these very difficult issues — generally to these very difficult issues. ., ., ., ., , issues. now, there are going to be ruestions issues. now, there are going to be questions asked _ issues. now, there are going to be questions asked of— issues. now, there are going to be questions asked of the _ issues. now, there are going to be | questions asked of the government issues. now, there are going to be i questions asked of the government to about how the police have been put in is very difficult position of having to decide which protests over which vigil is, in this place go ahead, and i think they were going to be questions asked around should there be some sort of provision within the coronavirus legislation to allow the sort of thing? i think there will be pressure on them to explain that and this all comes at the start of quite a big week for the start of quite a big week for the government, putting forward its police crime sentencing and corpse bell cup tomorrow, which covers a huge range of things to do the criminaljustice huge range of things to do the criminal justice system, huge range of things to do the criminaljustice system, one part of which, though, is about giving the police more powers to restrict or to enforce nonviolent protest. i think the backdrop to discuss that and is properly not the one they wanted. helen katz, our political respondent. authorities in the republic of ireland have recommended temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine. while investigations are carried out into four new reports of blood clotting in patients who've received the jab in norway. let's speak to our correspondent louise cullen who's following this story. already, several of the european countries i have already suspended the use of the vaccine must listing the use of the vaccine must listing the republic of ireland?— the republic of ireland? ireland said this morning _ the republic of ireland? ireland said this morning it _ the republic of ireland? ireland said this morning it would - the republic of ireland? ireland said this morning it would be i said this morning it would be suspended vis—a—vis oxford—astrazeneca vaccine following those reports from norway. the deputy chief medical officer says it is precautionary that these reports in no way in several other countries have included what they call thrombolytic events, clots, skin bleeds and so on, and it is important to say that being around 30 of those events across europe out of 5 million europeans getting the jab, so european medicines agency, the european regulator and the world health organization have said there is no evidence to establish a link between getting the vaccine and these thrombolytic events and this has been described, as i say, is precautionary but ireland joins a list of european countries which have either suspended the vaccine also certain batches of it when investigations are being carried out as if there is a link or to establish some safety parameters. now, the national immunisation advisory committee in ireland is meeting this morning following that announcement and they should be an update later today?— update later today? thank you very much indeed- _ the number of new coronavirus cases is increasing in many european countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum. some have argued it's because eu countries are not vaccinating their populations quickly enough. meanwhile, voters in two german states will choose new regional governments today — where the christian democrats have been criticised for the rising infection rates. aru na iyengar reports. germans are frustrated with the sluggish coronavirus vaccine roll—out, supply shortages, excessive bureaucracy and, in the last week, resignations within the cdu due to a facemask procurement scandal. health officials say the number of new infections went up by a third compared to a week ago. there were more than 12,500 new infections on friday. chancellor angela merkel, in power since 2005, is not seeking re—election in september. her cdu party has a battle on its hands in baden—wurttemberg and rhineland—palatinate. it will be an early test of the christian democrats' prospects of retaining power in a federal vote later this year. italy, with the second—highest toll in europe after britain, is bringing in additional restrictions on monday. shops, restaurants and schools will close in most of the country and a national lockdown is planned for the easter weekend at the beginning of next month. poland reported more than 21,000 new cases on saturday — the biggest increase in more than three months. france hopes to exceed its target of getting 10 million people vaccinated by mid april, according to prime ministerjean castex, after the country's death toll passed 90,000 on friday. meanwhile, dutch voters head to the polls next week in a major test of a european government's coronavirus policies in 2021, with prime minister mark rutte on course to win a fourth term in office. aruna iyengar, bbc news. around two million vulnerable people will receive a text from nhs england this weekend, urging them to book their coronavirus vaccination. those with conditions such as diabetes and certain types of cancer who have not yet received a letter from their gp will be able to make an appointment via a link in the text. a british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has appeared in court, just days after she came to end of a five—year prison sentence. her lawyer says the charges involve her participating in a demonstration in front of the iranian embassy in london 12 years ago, as well as giving an interview to the bbc�*s persian service. herfamily believe she is being used as a diplomatic bargaining chip by tehran. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has been following today's proceedings. we know that she appeared in court this morning. but we know that richard ratcliffe had asked the british embassy to accompany her. we know that didn't happen. we know that nazanin herself was extremely stressed and nervous. it came out last week that she is suffering from serious mental health issues as a result of her ordeal over the past five years, so she was extremely tense and nervous, but her lawyer has said that the proceedings in court were calm, that he presented his defence, and he expressed the hope afterwards that she would be acquitted because the charges are lesser charges than those for which she has already served the five—year sentence. he did say that, legally, the court should announce its verdict in a week's time but he said that was up to the judge and there, i think, you have the wiggle room for the iranian authorities. richard ratcliffe has always said this is not a real court process, that his wife is being held as a bargaining chip over a tank debt, a debt that britain owes to iran for an arms deal in the 1970s that was not fulfilled after the islamic revolution, so we don't know what will happen. the uncertainty for the family continues. an uncertainty that is especially poignant, i suppose, on mother's day. with her daughter gabriella. it is an extraordinary painful thing that she has been separated she has been separated from herfor so long. that's right, it is an extraordinary painful thing for herfamily. i understand that it is not mother's day in iran so nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's focus will have been very, very firmly on those court proceedings today about which she was so nervous. richard ratcliffe, we haven't heard from him yet. we only have the lawyer's word and richard did tell me last night that sometimes the iranians lawyer is more optimistic and puts a more upbeat spin on things and more comes out later to worry the family, so we are waiting to hear what they have told richard today and what it may mean. we're just hearing that the foreign secretary has made a statement on her latest court appearance. he says it is unacceptable that iran has chosen to continue the case against nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. she has been put through a cruel and disgraceful ordeal by the calculating behaviour of the iranian government and this must end. the statement from the foreign secretary goes on to say nazanin must be allowed to return to her family in the uk and we will continue to do all we can to support. so, a strongly worded secretary dominic raab calling her treatment cool and disgraceful. —— cruel and disgraceful. let's go to the us now and the latest on the case of breonna taylor — where a year on federal investigators say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing the young black woman, shot in her home by police officers. police forced their way into her apartment during a botched drugs raid. they used a so—called �*no—knock�* arrest warrant that didn't require them to announce themselves. ms tay