fighting his extradition to the us. a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. now he s agreed a plea deal, and legal documents show that mr assange is set to appear before a court in a us territory in the pacific ocean before an expected return to his home nation australia. paul hawkins has more. wikileaks published this clip on social media showing its founder flying published this clip on social media showing its founderflying out published this clip on social media showing its founder flying out of the country late on monday afternoon. it said it spent 9000 2/9000 days in prison for publishing what he called ground breaking stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this stories of corruption and human rights abuses i stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this period of our lives, i rights abuses in this period of our lives. i am rights abuses in this period of our live
the last couple of days. we ve also seen so many people with vigils and people have outreached directly to some of the victims families. so we do know that there s this overwhelming support as well. you have received hate mail in the last few days, since these shootings? yes. i don t yeah, i mean, what nature of things, and what does that tell you? i think what it shows is that the anti-asian hate has not gone away since this incident. it s still alive and well. and those individuals feel really still emboldened to outreach and to attack asian women in particular. what do you want to hear from the president and vice president today, and what needs to be said to them? i think i want to hear in the same way that former president trump consistently called it the china flu, the wuhan flu. that actually is something that i want biden and harris administration to do differently. consistently come out and negate that. consistently come out in favor of the asian-americ
you can send me a message by the usual ways. you can send me a message by the usual ways. thousands of women stage rallies, across australia to protest against gender discrimination and violence. martial law is imposed in more areas of yangon in myanmar, after one of the deadliest days of protest since last month s coup. further lockdown easing as more children return to school in scotland and hairdressers reopen in wales. the grammy goes to beyonce! at the grammys, beyonce breaks the record for the most awards ever won by a woman. as an artist, i believe it is myjob, and all of ourjobs, to reflect the times and it has been such a difficult time. and coming up in around halfan hour, we ll talk live to katie price as her petition to make it more difficult for online trolls to be anonymous passes 100,000 signatures. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson will chair a meeting today of the uk government s crime and justice taskforc
in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. europe has a very low vaccination rate for covid and yet today spain, france, italy and germany became the latest european countries to suspend use of the oxford/astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. the decision follows reports from norway that a small number of recipients developed blood clots. but the world health organization, the manufacturer, and many other governments insist that the vaccine is safe and that there s no evidence linking it to blood clots. the bbc s fergus walsh has more. a public display of confidence in the oxford/astrazeneca vaccine from northern ireland chief medical officer today. by contrast, you cannot have the jab in the irish republic, in france, germany and a growing list of eu countries which have temporarily suspended its use. this is a safe, effective vaccine as recommended by mhra, let s remember, this virus kills people, it kills people my age, younger people and older people. the benefit is strongly in