hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world i m kasia madera. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant of the virus. a new lockdown has begun across large parts of france. switzerland is extending its restrictions and poland is closing most public venues from saturday. infections have surged, as europe s vaccine roll out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. but it may begin to pick up again, as several political leaders have gone out of their way to demonstrate their support for the astrazenica vaccine, after fears that it might cause blood clots. our correspondent lucy williamson hs more from paris 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 he received it, france s health
from her fellow russians. welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin tonight with a major development in the european vaccine row. the uk and the eu say they ll work together over vaccines. this comes after leaders in brussels said they d make it easier to block coronavirus vaccine exports, which would have affected the uk s supply of doses. meanwhile, european countries are struggling to meet their vaccination targets. our europe editor, katya adler, has more. a brutal third wave. desperate lockdown protests. a deadly failure so far to get vaccines into arms. eu covid woes are deepening by the day. today, angela merkel normally seen as the european symbol of calm and control seemed to crumble, under mounting political pressure. germany has to stop the third wave of the pandemic, she said, but she changed her mind about an announced easter lockdown. a personal mistake, she said. across the eu, there s growing frustration at a vacci
in sport, speculation that ole gunnar solskjaer is set to leave manchester united after senior figures at the club met last night. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the missing chinese tennis star peng shuai has taken another twist. a new video has been posted online which appears to show the 35 year old at a youth tennis tournament in beijing. the women s tennis association says the footage released on sunday by state media is insufficient and does not address their concerns over her safety. the former doubles world number one had not been seen or heard from publicly since she posted online accusing the former vice premier zhang gaoli of coercing her into sex. so let s show you those pictures of her at this tournament in beijing. the video was shared on social media site twitter by a reporter from the global times in china. peng is seen signing oversized tennis balls for children at the at the fila kidsjunior tennis challenger fina
and concerns grow over the whereabouts of chinese tennis player peng shuai, who s not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top chinese official. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in new york, where two of the three men convicted of killing the civil rights activist malcolm x are expected to have their convictions thrown out. in the 1960s, malcolm x was one of the most charismatic leaders of the civil rights movement in the united states and at times one of the most controversial. his murder in 1965 shocked the world. but more recently, there have been doubts about the supposed guilt of two of the three men who were jailed, not least following a documentary about the case that aired on netflix. i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis a short while ago and asked him how this turn of events has come about. that s right, all starting fro
haze over the capital delhi. and concerns grow over the whereabouts of chinese tennis player peng shuai who s not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top chinese official. announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london and 8:00 in the evening in new york, where two of the three men convicted of killing the civil rights activist malcolm x are expected to have their convictions thrown out. in the 1960s, malcolm x was one of the most charismatic leaders of the civil rights movement in the united states and, at times, one of the most controversial. his murder in 1965 shocked the world. but more recently, there have been doubts about the supposed guilt of two of the three men who were jailed, not least following a documentary about the case that aired on netflix. i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis a short while ago and asked him how this turn of