after europe s medicines authority says the jab is safe and effective. the french prime minister announces a new month long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas, warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus. and joe biden says the us will hit its target of getting 100 million vaccine jabs into people s arms tomorrow that s over a month ahead of schedule. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it was billed as a chance to re set relations between the world s two biggest economies, but there s no indication so far that these two giants are warming up to each other. america s top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite numberfrom china, against the snowy backdrop of alaska. but in their opening remarks, the two sides leveled sharp rebukes of each others policies. today, we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better understand our administration s intentions an
we ll be looking at the likely effects of the shortages during april. also tonight. a review of historic cases of sexual abuse in football strongly criticises the football association for failing to protect children in the clubs affected. a leading charity says many thousands of children in syria could lose access to education, if britain cuts its foreign aid. and, in tonight s football, chelsea become the third english team to make the quarterfinals of the champions league. and coming up in sport on bbc news. tiger roll shows he still has what it takes, making a fifth win at cheltenham with victory in the cross country chase. good evening. from the end of this month, there will be a significant reduction in the availability of coronavirus vaccines. the shortage of supplies is expected to last a month. the nhs has written to local health organisations, urging them not to take any new appointments from the 29th march. those who already have bookings are not expected to lose th
he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. help is on the way. reporter: tonight on day 50 for president joe biden the first mission accomplished. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. reporter: the house passing biden s number one priority, the sweeping $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. and biden planning to sign it into law on friday. we have passed historic, consequential and transformative legislation. reporter: the bill broadly popular nationwide with 61% supporting the measure according to a cnn/ssrs poll and 66% saying the bill will help the eco