8 55 utc. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 kilometers. The center is recommending people in the area to remain observant and exercise normal caution near the sea and no action is required. Japans Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide will leave vietnam for indonesia for talks with president joko widodo on tuesday. Translator i want the two countries to work closely on various issues including the coronavirus and the economy. I want the summit to establish such a relationship. In the meeting suga is expected to emphasize that as a key member of asean indonesia is a Strategic Partner and the two countries share basic values like freedom and democracy. Suga hopes the nations will agree to Work Together over a range of regional issues including chinas growing maritime presence. He wants to arrange a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers soon. Suga also plans to accelerate negotiations on the transfer of defense equipment. Indonesia has the highest total number of coronavirus cases in so
annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
In support Ofjailed 0pposition Leader, alexei navalny. The Eu Commission president tells Pharmaceutical Companies that problems with the supply of Coronavirus Vaccines must be addressed. Military leaders in myanmar have staged a coup and declared a State Of Emergency for at least a year. Hours earlier, they detained the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and several of her fellow leaders in the National League for democracy. The military says its in response to alleged Election Fraud in novembers General Election which saw Aung Sang Suu Kyi returned to power by a huge majority. 0ur South East Asia Correspondentjonathan Head has the latest on the military s announcement. Well, they have simply announced that this is indeed a coup, they didnt call it that, but that they have seized alljudicial and legislative power, meaning parliament will not convene. The first Vice President who is a military appointee, under a constitution which does give the military still very significant pow
For Britains National Health Service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. Hello and welcome. Soldiers are on the streets of myanmar as the armed forces confirm that they have carried out a coup, and intend to hold power for at least a year. They say theyve responded to a fraudulent election won by the National League for democracy. Its head, and the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. State radio and television are off air, and phone and Internet Connections have been cut. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondent jonathan head. What more can you tell us . No more than what more can you tell us . Fir . More than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing from the pol
New figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high Income Countries. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. The Prime Minister has insisted that he didnt lie to the queen over the suspension of parliament. Hes been speaking this morning. Heres what he had to say. Prime minister, your announcement today, whats the aim behind it . Well, the uk is one of the great centres of shipbuilding and were expending that now. I think that shipbuilding is an area of industry, which is of massive promise for this country. We are exceptionally good at it, we make loads of frigates used in australia, the canadians are buying them and we are now announcing another five type 31, a new type of frigates that will be built at shipyards around the uk, so they drive high qualityjobs here in they drive high qualityjobs here in the uk, the shipbuilding programme, but they also represent a massive export opportunity for this count