hello, i m anna foster. we begin with some breaking news about the rafah crossing, the exit of foreign citizens from gaza it appears has been stopped for now. none of them have come out of the crossing so far today. the egyptian authorities are suggesting that no foreign passport holders will be permitted to cross into egypt from gaza until injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafa. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped from gaza into egypt through the crossing in the last few days. i vejust been through the crossing in the last few days. i ve just been talking to our producer in cairo and he says that what is unclear at the moment is what is unclear at the moment is what bar is being put on this, whether it is all of the injured in hospitals in gaza or whether it is a question of the numbers actually rising again because there was nearly 80 injured palestinians who left through that crossing on the first day it was opened and that number has droppe
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic that s the point the disease was confirmed as a truly global problem. covid 19 has so far claimed 2.6 million lives but there s hope on the horizon as vaccines reach some of the furthest corners of the world. our global health correspondent naomi grimley has been looking at the pandemic one year in. it s been a year that most of us will remember for the rest of our lives. one of grief and loneliness on a scale none of us could ve imagined. it s exactly 12 months since the world health organization officially sounded the alarm about the seriousness of covid 19. we have therefore made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterised as a pandemic. and yet, after a whirlwind of scientific discoveries, we re now seeing vaccines being distributed to some of the most remote communities on earth. in bra
Pa rents interviewing the head of the Chibok Parents Association, who hasjust been released by the broker her islamist s. The boko haram is my list. In case you didnt see me play a little of what donald trump has been saying on us tv, let me play you some of that interview right now. Hes a showboat, a grandstand. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that, i know that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. On monday year met with the Deputy Attorney general. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did was, i was going to fire comey. You had already made the decision . was going to fire comey. You had already made the decision . I was going to fire comey. The Prime Minister and pulling no punches as to why comey was fired from the fbi. I have been speaking to a president of law at a big Us University and i asked her how she thought the president came to take the decision. I think he got sacked because he d
Pa rents interviewing the head of the Chibok Parents Association, who hasjust been released by the broker her islamist s. The boko haram is my list. In case you didnt see me play a little of what donald trump has been saying on us tv, let me play you some of that interview right now. Hes a showboat, a grandstand. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that, i know that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. On monday year met with the Deputy Attorney general. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did was, i was going to fire comey. You had already made the decision . was going to fire comey. You had already made the decision . I was going to fire comey. The Prime Minister and pulling no punches as to why comey was fired from the fbi. I have been speaking to a president of law at a big Us University and i asked her how she thought the president came to take the decision. I think he got sacked because he d
World news. It newsday. Thank you forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has tried to reassure her members of parliament are telling them, ive got us into this mess and i am the one who will get us out of it. It has left the uk in political turmoil, not least over brexit. The State Opening Of Parliament where the queen reads out the governments agenda may be post owned. The Opposition Labour Party says the government is in chaos. The bbcs Laura Evans Berg reports. Kuenssberg. Band plays. The band plays on, in theresa mays backyard. Strangely, Business As Usual at the back gates. At the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the Prime Minister seemed relieved enough to chat to the cat. After she had fessed up her mistakes to mps. Theresa may said that she got us into this situation and shes the lady whos going to get us out of it. Humble in recognising the difficulties but forthright in tackling