zaghari—ratcliffe — after she faces new allegations of anti—government propaganda in court. 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. 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 afternoon. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, is under pressure this afternoon over how her officers handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard — the 33—year—old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police intervened to break up the vigil and made several arrests at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. the met has defended its approach, saying with so many people crowded together there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. this report from our home editor, mark easton, contains flash photography. 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, jada. they put me in handcuffs, the beautiful women standing with me, one of them, as the pictures are circulating, she was thrown to the floor, she had police officers on her back with their knees and feet. the police say they had to act for public safety reasons. i personally didn't see anyone being at risk. as i was sat in the van, as my hands were handcuffed, i was thinking, gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women, and the fear that has been brewing for years from a very young age, we get harassed and we are aware of the abuse and violence against women. the sight of women who had come together to stand against male violence being manhandled has led to a chorus of criticism across the political spectrum. from across the political spectrum. the home secretary described the footage as "upsetting" and demanded a full report from scotland yard. the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, called the scenes "unacceptable". the leader of the liberal democrats was among those demanding the metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick resign. the focus of this weekend should be on sarah everard and herfamily, but it is right also that the police explain their actions. the police put their foot down before they put their boot in, and at every stage they made the wrong call. the metropolitan police were already being investigated for their handling of events around the sarah everard murder inquiry. last night after midnight, a senior officer emerged to defend their approach to the vigil, insisting they had to enforce the law. police must act for people's safety. this is the only responsible thing to do. the pandemic is not over. gatherings of hundreds of people from right across london and beyond are still not safe. there is 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. but the death of sarah everard sparked an outpouring of anguish that required the most delicate amd sympathetic handling. the met stands accused of getting it badly wrong. mark easton, bbc news. our reporter emily unia joins us now from clapham common in south london. emily, what is the mood like there today. ? emily, what is the mood like there toda . ., , emily, what is the mood like there toda . , emily, what is the mood like there toda . . , , . , , today. ? it has been incredibly eaceful today. ? it has been incredibly peaceful here _ today. ? it has been incredibly peaceful here all _ today. ? it has been incredibly peaceful here all day - today. ? it has been incredibly peaceful here all day today, i peaceful here all day today, actually. people have been coming in quite large numbers, i would say a steady stream of visitors to the bandstand have arrived throughout the morning and into the afternoon. they've been laying flowers, lighting candles and pausing to lip pay their respects, to take a moment to reflect what happened to sarah everard. it was a similar situation yesterday afternoon until 6pm in the evening. police say that is when the situation turned, large numbers of people began to gather, despite the fact the official vigil had been called off. they said they tried to tell people to go home and when they didn't they then intervened to disperse the crowds and we got those scenes we have all seen now. the ones i think that really shocked people on the front pages of the papers were showing women who are here to fight male violence instead experiencing it and i think that is why so many people are very upset, right across the political spectrum and we are now hearing these calls from the home secretary for answers and i think by the end of the day we will have to have some more substantial response from the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick. the? metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick.— metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick. they are saying the must dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been _ dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told _ dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to _ dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to enforce - dame cressida dick. they are saying they must been told to enforce the i they must been told to enforce the unenforceable, but i suppose if you go unenforceable, but i suppose if you 9° by unenforceable, but i suppose if you go by the strict letter of the law what is happening there behind you at the moment is flouting the law. well, this is a problem, of course. this is not an officially organised event behind me. clearly there are a large number of people. eat one of them could argue, i'm on a walk with one other person, taking my daily recreation. yes, we are pausing, laying some flowers and moving on. the question is is this an organised event? would the police want to intervene again, considering what happened last night? it is an incredibly delicate situation and feelings are running incredibly high. there are a lot of people hear it visibly upset. this has really shaken them up and they want to do something. but we are in the middle of a pandemic and there are technically restrictions, which were breached last night and they might well be being breached right now, but considering the reaction we have had overnight, what happened with the police last night here at clapham common, i can see why they are taking a very hands—off approach today. are taking a very hands-off approach toda . , ., , are taking a very hands-off approach toda . , . , ., ~ today. emily, with the latest, thank ou ve today. emily, with the latest, thank you very much _ today. emily, with the latest, thank you very much indeed. _ today. emily, with the latest, thank you very much indeed. .. _ today. emily, with the latest, thank you very much indeed. .. emily - today. emily, with the latest, thank. you very much indeed. .. emily unia. i think we can actually take you to some pictures that are coming into us from holland. no, just been told we might have lost those, unfortunately, because there had been some demonstrations in holland about the restrictions imposed by the government there and police have moved in to break up the protests. in fact, i can show you some pictures here. these are not life, but they came in a while ago, so these were the demonstrators protesting against the lockdown measures by the dutch government and if we can we willjust try measures by the dutch government and if we can we will just try to measures by the dutch government and if we can we willjust try to bring you some live pictures. no, apparently not quite yet, but they have been using water cannon and batten charges to break up those demonstrations. the dutch, a certain proportion of the dutch population very much against those lockdown measures. there was even a blast just a few weeks ago, actually, at the dutch covid test centre, which appeared to have been in as well. these pictures just into us in the last half an hour or so. let's return to one of our other major stories. the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has just completed a five—year prison sentence in tehran, has again 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. nazanine's husband, richard ratcliffe, joins us now. another setback had more bad news. have you spoken to her since she appeared in court and how was she smack i have spoken to her this afternoon, yes.— afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably _ afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably was _ afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably was relieved - afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably was relieved that i afternoon, yes. and yes, shel probably was relieved that the afternoon, yes. and yes, she - probably was relieved that the court was over. as you say, she was in court on a charge of spreading propaganda against the regime. that has been hanging over her now for four years almost. that court case kept coming back and forward. so it happened, the final part of it, this morning. she met thejudge it, it was all quite calm. the judge said to her that he would be giving verdict within a week or so, so at least the court process is over and seeing the judge, least the court process is over and seeing thejudge, seeing her ring interrogates again, hopefully that is no more, at least. so we will await to see what comes next, but at least she hasn't got to go and face those trails. so least she hasn't got to go and face those trails-— those trails. so where is she now? back at her — those trails. so where is she now? back at her mum's _ those trails. so where is she now? back at her mum's and _ those trails. so where is she now? back at her mum's and david's. i those trails. so where is she now? back at her mum's and david's. so those trails. so where is she now? i back at her mum's and david's. so as you said in her intro, she finished a five year sentence last weekend and her ankle tag was taken off and as it was taken off she was given this new case. the past week she has been quite tense and stressed and we weren't sure it was going to be just one court hearing or a long, drawn—out game. and she actually went out for lunch with her mum and sister, so back at home and, you know, probablyjust trying to make sense and draw breath as to where we are. so sense and draw breath as to where we are. ., ., ., . ., are. so after the traumatic, what, three or four— are. so after the traumatic, what, three or four years, _ are. so after the traumatic, what, three or four years, including - are. so after the traumatic, what, l three or four years, including being three orfour years, including being keptin three orfour years, including being kept in solitary confinement and almost amounting to torture, really, issue beginning to get better? ida. issue beginning to get better? no, she is issue beginning to get better? iifr, she is definitely still in the middle things. i think it is fair to say that the worst of her experience was the beginning and that is when she was in solitary, that's when all the most military abuses were happening. but she is not safe, she is still in harm's way and she is still sitting facing an unknown sentence and an unknown length of time she's going to be helpful, so it is not a place where she can even if she can breeze that at least nothing more bad was going to happen today. nothing more bad was going to happen toda . . nothing more bad was going to happen toda. . ., today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she _ today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has _ today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had _ today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had to _ today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had to go - today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had to go back i today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had to go back to| the fact she has had to go back to court. did the british embassy in tehran accompany her and help? suddenly, i thought dominic raab's comments as foreign secretary was strong and i am glad he did them. have certainly been asking him to do it and i think the government's tone has hardened over the last weeks. yes, we requested the british embassy row accompany her to court. they need permission to go into court, but they don't need permission to accompany her, and they declined to, so suddenly i felt that was something they could have done i would have sent an important message of protection. what done i would have sent an important message of protection.— message of protection. what reason do they give — message of protection. what reason do they give are _ message of protection. what reason do they give are not _ message of protection. what reason do they give are not adopting - message of protection. what reason do they give are not adopting her i message of protection. what reason do they give are not adopting her to| do they give are not adopting her to court? in do they give are not adopting her to court? , , , , court? in simple terms, they said it was short notice _ court? in simple terms, they said it was short notice to _ court? in simple terms, they said it was short notice to arrange. - court? in simple terms, they said it was short notice to arrange. i - court? in simple terms, they said it was short notice to arrange. i think| was short notice to arrange. i think generally, and they didn't say at this time, but generally their instinct is to be cautious and not put their head above the parapet. there is a logic to that, but i have to say i think it protects her at all the other british citizens who are being held hostage, for want of are being held hostage, for want of a better phrase, if the government were a little bit more visible. so i'm glad the foreign secretary has made some visible statements. i think we do need to go beyond talk and interaction, that is something i will take up with him in the weeks to come. ~ , ., i. ~' to come. why do you think there isn't that follow-through, - to come. why do you think there isn't that follow-through, from l to come. why do you think there - isn't that follow-through, from what isn't that follow—through, from what the foreign secretary says, to the people on the ground? that the foreign secretary says, to the people on the ground?— people on the ground? that is robabl people on the ground? that is probably a _ people on the ground? that is probably a question _ people on the ground? that is probably a question to - people on the ground? that is probably a question to ask - people on the ground? that isj probably a question to ask the foreign office, in all honesty. i think innately diplomats are quite cautious. yeah, they are quite cautious. yeah, they are quite cautious. i am cautious. yeah, they are quite cautious. iam not cautious. yeah, they are quite cautious. i am not sure we always see eye to eye on the best approach to protecting nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and protecting the others and certainly we have long called for a more robust approach in a variety of ways. i don't see nearly enough credibility and challenge for what is essentially torture and hostagetaking, which seems to happen with impunity. this noes seems to happen with impunity. this aoes back seems to happen with impunity. this goes back it — seems to happen with impunity. this goes back it seems to that arms due deal that wasn't completed back in the 1970s. deal that wasn't completed back in the 19705. £400 deal that wasn't completed back in the 1970s. £400 billion at the time, presumably with interest worth billions now. —— £400 million at the time. what official linkage has been accepted and made to you and nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe about the linkage to that case? and what are you urging the british government to do about that, bearing in mind america settled something similar only five years ago? settled something similar only five ears auo? ., . settled something similar only five earsaro? ., ., , years ago? you are exactly right. the us settled _ years ago? you are exactly right. the us settled a _ years ago? you are exactly right. the us settled a big _ years ago? you are exactly right. the us settled a big debt - years ago? you are exactly right. the us settled a big debt they i years ago? you are exactly right. i the us settled a big debt they owed to iran overan the us settled a big debt they owed to iran over an old arms trade in 2016 and six weeks later we were picked up. and certainly that has been the backlog all along to our case. behind closed doors, it probably depends who you ask as to what is acknowledged and what isn't. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been told by her interrogators and her prosecutor and the judge in charge of parole that she wasn't going to get out until it was paid. that has been our concrete experience. every time that debt case has come into court in london and hasn't been settled, then something bad has happened to us. where we go forward from this, i think the government has tough policy choices. i think they have to be very clear about how they have to be very clear about how they protect those british citizens, notjust nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, not just nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who notjust nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who are currently held over this issue and also make sure they dis— incentivise hostagetaking in the long run, so that iran doesn't keep on doing this. there is a problem. there are a number of citizens from britain, europe, the us who are being held as h by the regime there and it is a very dangerous state for the government to take hostages. just on his arms deal, when the americans paid, again, iran was under sanctions and the money, $1 billion plus, was paid in used banknotes. have you got any idea on if the british might be inching closer to settling that debt? is that something that you are hopeful of? ~ , ., ., , ., , that something that you are hopeful of? . , ., ., , ., of? well, the short answer as to whether we _ of? well, the short answer as to whether we know _ of? well, the short answer as to whether we know it _ of? well, the short answer as to whether we know it is _ of? well, the short answer as to whether we know it is no, - of? well, the short answer as to whether we know it is no, we . of? well, the short answer as to | whether we know it is no, we are of? well, the short answer as to - whether we know it is no, we are not kept too close to those discussions. the government is not keen for us to be too close. and i hopeful? i think it probably feels like there is more than acceptance that that is an inevitable part of what needs to happen. there is a big court hearing on that in the end of april, so the conversation i had with the foreign secretary a couple of weeks back was to say, listen, that court case gets postponed again with you just have to tell us because we are going to have to face the consequences. and we will see what we see. but have to face the consequences. and we will see what we see.— we will see what we see. but 'ust auoin we will see what we see. but 'ust going back — we will see what we see. but 'ust going back to