against alex salmond say the first minister misled them while giving evidence this month. sharp words exchanged at the first high level meeting between america s new presidential administration and china. and coming up this hour. as part of our young reporter series, we hearfrom an apprentice footballer about the pressures of trying to make it as a professional. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. germany s health minister has warned there is not enough coronavirus vaccine to stop a third wave in europe. germany is facing further restrictions because the number of cases are rising rapidly. some eu countries including germany will resume the roll out of the astrazeneca jab today, following a pause over safety concerns. the european medicines agency reviewed the jab and found that it was not associated with a higher risk of blood clots. france, germany and italy, along with cyprus, latvia and lithuania, are to restart use of the jab today w
corners were caught on safety. and one of africa s biggest rising stars burna boy speaks to the bbc about his grammy award win. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland is going into partial lockdown. germans are being told not to travel at easter. the vaccine rollout across the eu has been slow with around just 10% of the population vaccinated so far. confidence has been shaken after a number of governments suspended the rollout of astrazeneca over concerns about blood clots. but vaccinations are restarting slowly as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. never mind the prime minister, in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a shot in the arm today. after weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear it s safe and it works. but only an hour before h
Hello i Maryam Namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up russia blogs the u. N. Security Council Resolution to renew an International Inquiry into whos behind chemical weapons attacks in syria. Zimbabwes president Robert Mugabe holds direct talks with the army over his future after the militarys takeover. Cambodias Supreme Court dissolves Main Opposition Party clearing the way for one sends ruling party to win next years election. Human rights watch accuses me on montreux of using rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against rangoon muslims. And sport peru become the final teams qualify for next years world cup. I watched the whole days declared as the country returns to the finals for the First Time Since nineteen seats. Now we begin with the United Nations Security Council vote where russia has used its veto over syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an International Inquiry into who is behind chemical weapons attacks there the u. S. Ambassador to th
In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were asking for your views on a story thats gone viral injapan. A female politician there brought her baby to an Assembly Session to highlight the difficulties faced by working mothers. She is drawing support on social media. But what do you think . Is it ok to bring children to the workplace in an emergency . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. 0n the second day of his visit to myanmar, pope francis will soon arrive in the capital, naypyidaw, to meet the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The question Everyone Wants to know is how will he raise the plight of the rohingyas . More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across the border to bangladesh. An outraged International Community views it as ethnic cleansing. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in yangon. Just tell us what is the official purpose of his visit . Officially it is a diplomatic visit. This pope has
By pope francis. This is the scene at the open air mass. In the kyaikkasan ground. Myanmar has an estimated 200,000 catholics. Earlier the pope held talks with myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, whos been criticised for failing to speak out against the treatment of the rohingya many of whom are now living in refugee camps in neighbouring bangladesh. Jonathan head joins me from yangon. Take us through what is happening behind eu. This is the biggest mass of the popes four day tour. He was in the capital, naypyidaw, rather sterile place and the seat of parliament. He has met harks an su chi and the head of the armed forces which has given it a political tone. The pope has done his classic tour around the crowd behind me, in the pope mobile, an electric golf cart. There are probably 10,000 20,000 people. The catholic minority is very small and a lot had to travel long distances to get here. It is an enthusiastic and joyful atmosphere. Most people got a good view of him as he went around.