A 22 year old american who had the worlds first face and hands transplant talks about his surgery, saying he feels grateful for a Second Chance at life. And hundreds of players and officials at the Australian Open Tennis Championship go into isolation after a worker at one of the events hotels tests positive for the coronavirus. Event s hotels. A warm welcome to the programme. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. There s been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process, and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day , protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country s largest city. Our reporter Nyein Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Telegraph Chief Political correspondent, christopher hope, and columnist for the Evening Standard and times radio presenter, ayesha hazarika. Lets ta ke lets take a look first at tamaras papers. Tomorrows paper. The telegraph says the chancellor, rishi sunak, fears scientific advisers are Moving The Goalposts on the requirements for ending lockdown amid a growing split within the government over when to lift restrictions. The i marks the news that more than ten Million People in the uk 15 of the population has now recieved a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The metro quotes englands Chief Medical Officer saying we are past the peak of the pandemic. Professor chris whitty hailed a continual steady decline in the death toll but warned Infection Rates remained incredibly high. According to the guardian, the nhs has been urged to rethink safety for thousands of Frontline Staff after new Re
Its been a quiet year for hollywood, but the awards season is underway with female directors making history as three women are nominated for Best Director. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk over ten million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, new variants are emerging too first here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is t
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is there a way to root out the racism in Americas Police and courts and what would that look like lets get to the bottom line. When george floyd was killed last month it unleashed demands that went far beyond justice for one man some are calling it a battle for americas soul as demands for reform moved from the streets to City Councils to congress and even the white house were fortunate to be speaking with a man at the front of the battle lines our guest today is Keith Ellison the attorney general of minnesota is a man of many firsts the 1st muslim to be elected to congress in 2006 and the 1st black american to be elected to a statewide position in the state of Minnesota Attorney general allison great to be with you today i wanted to ask you your wrist about the court case in which you are now the person responsible for prosecuting those 4 officers that were involved in the case and murdering george floyd what can the public expect by way of t