and celine dion on the illness that s kept her away from the stage and how she s determined to sing again. i ll be on stage. i don t know when exactly, but trust me, i will. and the fans start preparing early before scotland kick off tomorrow against germany at the start of the euros. and coming up on bbc news scotland fans are ready on the eve of the opening game of euro 2024 against hosts germany. we ll have the latest from the camp. good evening. sir keir starmer has unveiled labour s plan for government if they win the election. their manifesto promises that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority. there were no policy surprises with previously announced details including 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers as well as the launch of a new border security command to tackle gangs organising small boat channel crossings. sir keir promised not to raise personal taxation or vat, except on private sch
particularly with penrith in scotland where it will also be windy and cool. temperatures around 10 12 full stop otherwise for the rest of the uk it is a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and those temperatures are still pretty poon those temperatures are still pretty poor. the average is around 17 for the time of year so it is another cool day. more of the same into the weekend. but this time there will be some heavy rain working into eastern scotland and some stronger winds working into southern england. showers again will be widespread with some thunderstorms developing into the afternoon. the temperatures not changing a great deal. perhaps a bit cooler for parts of eastern scotland. more showers in the forecast for sunday. but briefly next week we might see temperatures get back to average stop it doesn t last long. cooler showery weather returns later in the week. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six. now it s t
the european union proposes a new digital passport to get tourists back on these empty beaches in time for summer. we ll look at who ll be eligible. us police say it s unclear whether a shooting at three massage parlours in atlanta was racially motivated but say the suspect had problems with sex addiction. six of the victims were asian women. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s national health service has written to local health organisations, telling them to expect a significant reduction in the supply of vaccine doses from the end of the month and lasting for a month after that. the problem is being blamed on the amount of vaccinations coming into the country. the number of first vaccine doses administered each day in the uk had been steadily climbing since december reaching more than 400,000 a day mid february.the health secretary says the issue will not affect those who ve already been offered a jab. here s our political editor laur
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. vaccine nationalism is rearing its head around the world. today the president of the european commission said she will do whatever it takes to get more shots for eu nations including stopping factories inside europe from exporting doses that were meant for other countries. ursula von der leyen s comments come as many eu countries are teetering on the edge of a third wave of infections. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, northern italy, covid patients gasp for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is now real. the continent is also facing a vaccination crisis. it is not getting the doses it ordered and today, a warning that the eu would do everything needed to get its fair share. all options are on the table. we are in the crisis of the century and i am not ruling out anything for now, because we have to make sure that europeans
up at a yard sale for peanuts that ended up making its new owner a very tidy profit. i m katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. any discussion over the migrant situation at the us border is inherently tricky. historically, one side of the us political spectrum has used words like invasion and illegal aliens to convey a sense of emergency. the other side works terms like dreamers into the political vernacular. they want to highlight the positive elements of america s long history with immigration. but the word that is being used across the divide is crisis although the biden administration still fights shy of using that term despite the chaos we are seeing at the border. on capitol hill today, republican lawmakers took turns slamming the current commander in chief for what they perceive to be a softer approach, undoing all the progress they would claim has been made in the last four years. the biden administration has created chaos where there was