film and dvd releases, that s in the film review. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across continental europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister who said there isn t enough vaccine supply across the continent to prevent a third wave. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. paris in the spring, a city where the mood is darkening. the french capital is descending into another lockdown, part of the effort to stop a third wave of the virus taking hold across europe. translation: i would say i am more pessimistic, - but that s just because we don t have an end date. the curfew
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon faces growing calls to resign after a committee of msps concluded that she misled them. the army s new specialist unit designed and equipped to fight the wars of the future. sunday is census day, the compulsory survey painting a picture of the population. for the first time sexuality is included. and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival s top jockey, but she s beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela m
started doing people that were younger than 16. you remember their vaccine is for 16 and older. but as you mention, let me show you, this is some of the youngest trial participants that we ve now heard. over 6,000 people age 6 months to 11 years. and then you have 3,000 adolescents, age 12 to 17 years. what s happening now is they re going to trial these, again, very young participants with various doses of the vaccine. 25 micro gram, 50 microgram, 100 mi microgram. they re trying to figure out two things, is this safe in people of that age and what is the right dose to give as well. after that, if those things sort of if they get the information they need and sprois proven safe, they can bridge these trials to existing trials. meaning, hey, we get a lot of information. they could get some results early. as you heard, dr. fauci said by the fall potentially high school students potentially could have a vaccine. i was going to ask you about the timeline there. so if this go
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The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Speak out on the stuff that you know . And they have shifted gears so much on that, i think that its interesting to say its from that investigation that develops, but at best, he spoke too soon. So the president has said he wants this russia thing to go away, he wants people to stop talking about it, stop asking about it, but hes the one whos bringing it up. So here we are a couple of months away from the midterm elections, so how important is it to get out in front, change the narrative, when the president keeps bringing it up. Every day, the news of the day is dictated by what the president tweets. One thing we can all appreciate about the president s twitter account, is that we dont not know what hes thinking in the more. I think as we were talking about in the previous segment, republicans want to talk about the economy, they want to talk
about jobs, the Unemployment Rate and yet the president is talk about other