in sort of pop-up venues to deal with overflow of patients. thanks, there, to oksanna pyzik, a global health expert at university of college london. we are learning new details about the fire that broke out at parliament building in cape town, south africa earlier this morning. an official provided an update just a few minutes ago and he described the fire as now quarantined, adding that it is still being fought. crews are dealing with a roof collapse in the old assembly chamber. so far, no injuries have been reported. the cause is under investigation and once again, you are looking at pictures there of that fire at the south african parliament building in cape town. and we will keep you updated on the latest information as we get it. now, the leaders of the u.s. and ukraine are expected to speak today about upcoming talks aimed at easing military tensions with russia. the latest from moscow is just ahead. and opponents of brazilian president jair bolsonaro say they re hopeful
delivery. and that s going to be a huge problem, as well as many more patients having to split up covid wards. so we re already planning, much like in previous waves, for care outside of hospitals, in sort of pop-up venues to deal with overflow of patients. yeah, certainly the picture you paint, unfortunately, gives us flashbacks to what we really had going on in the beginning of this pandemic. and that tlehat leads to this fatigue, right? there are pockets of protest in europe over the restrictions, but how best to combat these covid surges when the resistance to restrictions and in some cases the vaccine just seems to be growing? well, certainly, there s always going to be pockets of opposition and a very noisy minority that are against restrictions and in some cases, even against vaccines themselves. but i think it s very important that we continue to communicate the sciences as clearly as
they re all covid safe and have all invested in existing buildings to ensure they are covid safe. we also have pop up venues across the city that are predominantly outdoor in terms of ventilation, so they re covered and pretty open to the elements, so you might want to take a coat and jumper. but the great thing about it is we can get more people enjoying those performances. and we have looked to change spaces. for example, there is a venue in castle terrace car park, right below the castle, so we have stayed away from using green spaces and we have looked at the hard standing spaces we have in the city to transform them. barcelona have announced their all time top scorer lionel messi will be leaving this summer after failing to agree the terms of a new contract. messi joined the club more than 20 years ago, at the age of 13.