this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of inciting insurrection in his impeachment trial. democrats are furious with the verdict. despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted. i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion. british prime minister borisjohnson is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers however urge caution. we are not going to be able to give certainty unless we are basing it

on the evidence we have got that the vaccine is doing its job. so far the prognosis is pretty good, but we have to keep monitoring it as the roll—out proceeds. more than a million people in the uk aged between 65 and 69 are now to be offered a coronavirus vaccination. thousands of protestors in myanmar return to the streets for a ninth day of demonstrations against the military coup. and skating on thin ice — a rare skating event could return to the netherlands thanks to the cold weather — but covid restrictions coould get in the way? now on bbc news, the exiles: hong kong at a crossroads. after months of increasingly violent protests in hong kong, beijing imposed a sweeping national security law. many activists now face an agonising choice — to stay, or to go.

at the age of 25, h is leaving home for the first time — going overseas alone, fleeing hong kong.

after months of increasingly violent

protests, beijing imposed a sweeping national security law injune 2020, vowing to bring back stability to hong kong. under the law, the maximum punishment for offences like secession and subversion is life imprisonment. the next day britain, the colonial ruler of hong kong for over 150 years, responded. if china continue down this path, we would introduce a new route for those with british national overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited to leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk. a move met with angerfrom beijing.

an estimated nearly 5.5 million hong kongers, including h and ah ching, now have the right to move to the uk. the latest trigger in a long—running battle over greater autonomy from mainland china was a move to introduce a extradition bill that could see people accused of certain serious offences be tried on the mainland. it turned into a larger more confrontational movement against china's growing influence.

h joined a group on the encrypted app telegram, created by a 30—year—old man we're calling ah ching. they call each other sau zuks, which can be loosely translated as "comrades".

when britain handed back hong kong to china in 1997, it was agreed that the city would continue to enjoy certain rights unavailable and the rest of china. now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: then the skies exploded with noise and colour. _ the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder.

a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since

like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore.

shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic brought the protest to a halt.

but in september 2020, on the day the government postponed the hong kong parliamentary elections, a rare demonstration took place, and ah ching took to the streets again. chanting. martin, another member of their group, went to look for him.

martin wasn't there when ah ching walked out, released on bail after being detained for more than 2a hours. police didn't press charges against him.

hello. it was a cold start to the day but i think today will be the last day of those cold, chilly, icy starts. through this week things are changing in terms of weather type. much milder, largely frost—free overnight, but quite unsettled, with rain at times and often windy this week. today we are seeing those strong winds — whenever you are it is a cloudy and windy today. outbreaks of rain moving west to east, fairly patchy rain. some of that rain may fall as freezing rain, falling into sub—zero air and onto freezing surfaces which can

create some really treacherous, icy conditions for parts of scotland and northern england. east anglia and the south—east remaining dry for a good part of the day, outbreaks of rain elsewhere, strong, gusty winds of 60—70 mph through the irish sea, big wav for antrim and down, the western isles. mild in the west, colder in the east. into the evening, cloud and patchy rain sweeps across much of england and wales, followed by clearer skies moving in for scotland and northern ireland and later on for northern england, but there could be scattered heavy downpours for the far north—west. overnight temperatures 5—9 celsius. significantly warmer than even during the daytime this past week. into monday, here is that front lingering initial in the east, that should slowly clear and we are left with the winds from a south or a south—westerly direction.

the cold air mass is clearing toward the east and these much milder yellow colours coming in from the south or south—west. monday, rain initially for southern and eastern england and that should move towards the east. further scattered showers for northern ireland, scotland and northern england. they should ease later and some sunshine breaking through. in the sunnier spells in the south—east, perhaps london reaching 14 celsius on monday — much warmer than recently. even 8—10 celsius for parts of scotland. through the week ahead — fairly unsettled, rain at times, some sunshine in between, but not as cold as it has been lately. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british prime minister borisjohnson comes under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers however urge caution. we are not going to be able to give certainty unless we are basing it on the evidence we have got that the vaccine is doing its job. so far the prognosis is pretty good but we have to keep monitoring it as the roll—out proceeds. president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of inciting insurrection in his impeachment trial. democrats are furious with the verdict despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted. i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion.