hospitals are overwhelmed and the united nations says there s nowehere safe to go. we speak to friends of a un worker who was killed in gaza. indonesian rescue teams recover the bodies of 11 hikers, a day after a volcano erupted on the island of sumatra. 12 people are still missing. and we talk to the spanish kayaker who did this setting a new record for this astonishing drop over an arctic waterfall. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. sheffield united are set to sack paul heckingbottom, and in doing so, become the first premier league side to dispense with their manager this season. the club postponed today s press conference, ahead of wednesday s league match against liverpool. it s after another heavy defeat for the blades on saturday, at the hands of struggling burnley, 5 0. united sit bottom of the table having won just once this season, conceding a league high 39 goals in m games. former manager chr
applications. companies and sales say they re being able to employ the right skill peel people but it s one of the biggest problems. in particular, they need more people with technical communication skills. in america, the unemployment rate is at under 4% and 74% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s i4% more than two years ago. in europe, they are calling the year 2023 the so called year of skills because more than three quarters of companies report difficulties finding workers with the right skill set and a quarter of medium size companies say that the biggest problem. here in the uk it s a similar picture. unemployment is hovering just under 4% and a new report shows that more than seven out of ten companies are reporting a so called skills gap. that report is fresh out from the british chambers of commerce and one of its recommendations is that companies work harder to fill the skills gap by recruiting from underrepresented groups.
sunday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the past hour spain hasjoined france, germany and italy to become the latest countries to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca jab. it s over concerns about blood clots. this is happening despite the who saying there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. earlier, the republic of ireland and netherlands made a similar decision. it means eleven european nations in total have paused their rollout of the vaccination. some european countries have stopped using certain batches of the drug as a precautionary measure. the european medicines agency is carrying out a review into incidents of blood clots. it says the vaccine s benefits continue to outweigh its risks, and that it will hold an extraordinary meeting on the vaccine on thursday. around 17 million people in the european union and the uk have received a dose of the vaccine, with fewer than than a0 cases of blood clots reported.
against a bill in parliament this week to boost police powers against protesters. they should ve been allowed to protest, to have their vigil, to come together in peace and i was very disturbed to see the police action. i think it was wrong and i m pleased it s now going to be reviewed. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin 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. the home secretary is asking her majesty s inspectorate of constabulary to look into the policing of last night s vigil in clapham common. the vigil was in memory of sarah evera