But says it doesnt yet know how many hotels will take part. Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, best known for his role as captain von trapp in The Sound Of Music, has died aged 91. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Almost half the uk population 32 Million People should be vaccinated against coronavirus by may. The government says it expects all adults over the age of 50, as well as the clinically vulnerable and those working in health and social care to have received their firstjab by then. The uks medicines regulator says the latest Research Shows side effects from all the approved vaccines are minor and dont last long. As cases continue to fall, politicians are divided over how soon restrictions should be lifted. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. This is an immunisation production line, at Epsom Racecourse in surrey, where they are doing 1000 covid jobs per day. Th
And by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. We start where we have for what seems the past two weeks now, closer and closer to a Historic Deal between iran and several nations about limiting their Nuclear Program in exchange for a lifting of economic sanctions at one point today, word that a deal could be on the table as early as tomorrow. Here was an optimistic secretary of state kerry this morning. A very good meeting. Very positive. I think we are getting to some real decisions. So, i will say, because we have a few tough things to do, i remain hopeful. Sreenivasan but later in the day, Iranian Foreign minister javad zarif stood on his balcony and told press there was more work to be done tomorrow, and that a deal would not be finished today. The agreement would be a culmination
When we began a feeding program in that area, our humanitarian workers were attacked. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Bitter cold, persistent and spread across much of the country today. Conditions were better suited to peng wins that people and gave new meaning to the term blue states. Im wearing long underwear, i feel like im going skiing but im not. Im going to work. Millimeters of americans spent another icy day in the polar vortex, from washington, d. C. Where readings started the day in the sing glits as soon as i got out of work i will make sure i bundle up and stay there. To most of th
When we began a feeding program in that area, our humanitarian workers were attacked. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Bitter cold, persistent and spread across much of the country today. Conditions were better suited to peng wins that people and gave new meaning to the term blue states. Im wearing long underwear, i feel like im going skiing but im not. Im going to work. Millimeters of americans spent another icy day in the polar vortex, from washington, d. C. Where readings started the day in the sing glits as soon as i got out of work i will make sure i bundle up and stay there. To most of th
Quarantine on arrivals from spain. Vietnam sees its first coronavirus cases for three months and reacts by flying 80,000 tourists out of one city. Plus an update from lebanon where there are warnings it is on the brink of losing control of the virus these pictures are of an underground car park in the north of the country being used to train medics. There are calls for a new lockdown there. 0n awful lot to get through. Its been almost 6 months since covid 19 was declared a Public Health emergency and this is whats happening. The pandemic continues to accelerate. In the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. Lets take a detailed look at the pandemic, how its escalating and how its being tackled. Lets start with the headline statistics. Im afraid its stark. There are over 640,000 confirmed fatalities. And more than 16 million confirmed cases. And look at the infection rate the who was talking about. It took 38 days to go from 5 to 10 million confirmed cases. To go