they ll be getting that check soon either by direct deposit or a check from the treasury, and they re going some will get it as early as this weekend. the moment of jubilation came just one day after the president s first prime time address where he set some bold new goals for vaccine distribution and the path to recovery. i ll direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. i need every american to do their part. if we do this together by july the fourth there is a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day. on july fourth with your loved ones is the goal. last hour i spoke with dr. francis collins director from the national institutes ever health. if he thinks i asked him if he thinks placing a marker like the fourth of july is a good idea when dealing t
it is only the second time that an indian prime minister has won a third term. it is the win of our commitment to a developed india , narendra modi told his supporters. but it isn t the victory he wanted, winning fewer seats than the last election, which will damage the air of invincibility that has surrounded him and the bjp over the past ten years. perhaps the biggest shock came from ayodhya, where prime minister modi inaugurated a grand hindu temple injanuary at a site that had been disputed by hindus and muslims. ..expected to galvanise hindu voters, but the ruling party was defeated here by a large margin. this is how the opposition congress took in the results, with an almost equal fervour. it is rare to see this kind ofjubilation amid the losing side, but that is because over the past ten years the congress party has suffered humiliating election defeats. and what that has resulted in is a party whose confidence was so low that they didn t believe that they could actu
seen across greater manchester will have seen a across greater manchester will have seen a significant increase in the number of armed officers on mobile patrol and at static points across the city. we have been supported by forces from across the north west and beyond and this forms part of oui’ and beyond and this forms part of our well tried and tested plans for any major terrorist attack. obviously with the announcement from the prime minister last night of the increase in the threat level to critical, you will be aware that the military are supporting policing gci’oss military are supporting policing across the country under the codename operation temperer. this is about the military being used to guard iconic sites and other sites outside of london and across parts of the north. this frees up armed police officers to then give the police service capacity to deploy them to places like manchester as pa rt them to places like manchester as part of our plans for keeping
now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. how well has india s economy whether the cash ban on big notes? we find out when the government releases economic growth figures later today. and we are nearly halfway to the year. for and we are nearly halfway to the yea r. for investors and we are nearly halfway to the year. for investors it has been a steady climb upwards, but could there be trouble spots ahead? welcome to asia business report. we start with india, and the latest economic growth figures due later today. gdp data generated in the march quarter should offer clues on any more effects from the controversial cash ban. the south asian economy has been expanding at a rate of around 7%, lower than previous quarters due to this sudden withdrawal of two of the most commonly used banknotes late last year. so, our businesses there feeling the pinch? our team and by when to find out. in mumbai. funky music it is difficult for us to get to the 7% plus
here in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, dc, web donald trump is under new pressure over his sacking of the former fbi director. where. james comey will give evidence on thursday about whether he was given any pressure to drop an enquiry into links between a senior white has official and russia. and written testimony has been released injames comey. in it, he says he believes that the president asked him to drop the investigation into general michael flynn. here are the key lines from his statement. 0ur washington correspondent says that the evidence is eagerly anticipated. they are saying that this could be a bigger box office, if you like, as far as capital hill is concerned, then the clinton impeachment hearings, all watergate. it will very closely watched. we have this opening statement released on the senate intelligence committee website. or watergate. on the senate intelligence committee website. orwatergate. it reveals, amongst other thin