to the island after fleeing abroad in the face of massive anti government protests. and spectators gather in rwanda for its annual gorilla naming ceremony. hello, and welcome. it s good to have your company. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can t restart nordstream one because of an oil leak in a turbine, and that it will remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. the pipeline has already been completely shut for three days. moscow denies weaponising energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. but that s not how the move has been seen in european capitals, the president of the european council took to twitter to express his disapointment. charles michel said. before going on to say. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam explained more about what russian gas giant gasprom has been saying. let me show you a map of
and a swimming cap designed for athletes with black or afro hair gets approval for use in top level competitions. hello, and welcome to the programme. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today, unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. our correspondent pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital,
fukushima nuclear disaster we ll visit a site transformed and meet those still clinging to the past. the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid 19 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to schools. it
hello to you. 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 brazil, they ve mounted a vaccination campaign reac