Its been a quiet year for hollywood, but the awards season is underway with female directors making history as three women are nominated for Best Director. 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. Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk over ten million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, new variants are emerging too first here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is t
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and for the royal fans, the waiting is almost over. celebrations marking queen elizabeth s 70 year reign are about to finally begin. hello and welcome. the actorjohnny depp says he has his life back after he won a libel case against ex wife amber heard. a court in the us has ordered the actress to pay $15 million in damages over an article in which she claimed she was a victim of abuse. she says she s heart broken by the verdict. our correspondent david sillito s been at the trial in the state of virginia and sent this report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, the fans chaired. johnny depp s lawyers emerged to a hero welcome. johnny depp s lawyers emerged to a hero welcome. to a hero welcome. today s verdict confi
as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries, with russia now in control of 20% of his country. after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at whyjohnny depp lost a similar libel case against the sun newspaper in the uk. hello, welcome to the programme. queen elizabeth has overseen a fly past of 70 aircraft on the first day of events to mark her platinum jubilee. the 96 year old british monarch wasjoined on the buckingham palace balcony by family members for the aerial display. and a short while ago, thousands of beacons were lit across the uk. in light of her recent health issues, she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. and this evening, it was announced that she will not be attending tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at st paul s. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. windsor castle this even
also in the programme: as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries with russia now in control of 20% of his country. and after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at why johnny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. queen elizabeth has overseen a fly past of 70 aircraft on the first day of events to mark her platinum jubilee. the 96 year old british monarch wasjoined on the buckingham palace balcony by family members for the aerial display. she also attended the lighting of beacons at her residence, windsor castle. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about local communities creating their own special memories, in the end, it s all about her. after all, there wouldn t be a platinum jubilee if there weren t a monarch who ser