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BBC news with Debbie Russ.

The world's biggest manufacturer of vaccines, the Serum Institute of India, says the government has barred it from exporting the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus jab. The vaccine is seen as the best hope for developing countries, as it's relatively cheap and can be stored at warmer temperature than other inoculations. Its chief executive said India wanted to protect its own vulnerable people first.

The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic says rebel forces have seized the southeastern city of Bangassou. An UN official said the rebels were everywhere in the city.

Officials in Niger say about 100 people are now known to have died in Saturday's attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants. The villages are near the volatile border with Mali, where Jihadist groups operate.

Bosnia's Security Minister has said the situation at a migrant camp in the northwest of the country is cruel and inhumane.  Selmo Cikotic said he'd ordered the army to make the Lipa Camp habitable. Much of it was destroyed in a fire.

Islamic State militants have said they were behind an attack in which at least 10 coal miners were killed in the western Pakistani province of Balochistan. The victims were members of a minority Shia community.

The Organization of American States has condemned the death in custody of a member of the indigenous Pemon community in Venezuela. Salvador Franco was arrested in November on suspicion of taking parts in an attack on a military installation.

And Gerry Marsden, the leader of the British band Gerry and the Pacemakers has died. He was 78. The band's best-known song is their version of "You'll never Walk Alone". It was adopted by fans of Marsden's local football team Liverpool, becoming one of the most famous anthems in world Sport.

That's the latest BBC news.