advising the government have given the go ahead for 16 17 year olds to be given the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation held a news briefing this afternoon. let s take a look at the key points. thejcvi says it s advising all 16 17 year olds to receive their first dose, with the second dose some time later. they say there have been big changes in the way covid 19 is spreading in recent weeks particularly in younger age groups. and went on to say, as the adult vaccine roll out has progressed successful more safety data has come available so it was important to review the advice for the vaccination of young people. in response, the health secretary sajid javid says the government is accepting the advice and has asked the nhs to prepare to vaccinate those eligible as soon as possible. the devolved administrations of scotland, wales and northern ireland have confirmed 16 17 year olds there will also be offered a vaccine. the prime m
as the taliban insurgency in kabul continues. i am sarah mulkerrins in tokyo, where day 12 is underway and we have had a gold for brazil in the women s swimming marathon here below me in tokyo bay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the belarusian sprinter who refused orders to fly home early from the olympics is due to leave japan in the next half hour. officials from belarus had tried to send her home after she complained about the events the committee had entered herfor. but poland has granted her a humanitarian visa, and she s about to fly to warsaw. in moment we ll be live in tokyo and kiyv, but first our correspondent sarah rainsford has this report from minsk. she s a young athlete thrust into a political row she never sought. when sprinter krystina timanovskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for
which has no detail yet, on the timing of a second jab. also today, a record breaking performance by team gb in tokyo. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre win gold in the sailing. hannah is now the most successful female olympic sailor of all time. it s been one of the hardest weeks of my life, i m sure for eilidh as well, just every day, feeling sick, not being able to eat, just nerves building up, and yeah, the emotion ofjust, we ve done it. it s over, we ve done what we came here to do. and 13 year old sky brown took bronze in the skateboarding, to become britain s youngest olympic medallist. being in tokyo and eating my favourite food, spending time in the village, just is honestly one of my best memories. and at trent bridge test cricket is back, as england struggle against india. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the olympic dream is over for katarina johnson thompson in tokyo she pulls out of the women s heptathlon with a calf injury, ending her games. ka rsten kar
embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. borisjohnson is expected to visit renewable energy projects and meet police officers on a two day visit to scotland. but he s not meeting nicola sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. and at 2:30, your questions answered. we ll be putting your questions on vaccinations for teenagers to the experts. more than a million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. it s understood that this afternoon, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. at the moment, only under 18s with underlying health conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. here sjim reed. 46 million adults have already received a covid vaccine. now the jab is set to be r
windier and wetter. the temperatures coming up at 14 degrees as the low pressure scoops up milder air. the front will be with us for the weekend. it is looking unsettled for august. central and eastern parts will start to dry with sunshine through the morning, before the wind picks up and the cloud increases and rain in the west reaches the east and some of the rain will be heavy and some of the rain will be heavy and perhaps thundery. and it is followed by heavy and blustery showers in the south west. temperatures high teens for most. here is friday, low pressure on top of the country and this feature runs across southern areas into the start of the weekend and it will remain windy, particularly for england and wales and showers or longer spells of rain for friday and into the weekend. some of the rain could be torrential. but there will still be some sunshine in between. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news te