Hello and welcome. We start with an apology from americas top Infectious Diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci after he criticised uk regulators over their rapid approval of a new coronavirus vaccine. Britain on wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for mass use. Speaking earlier to cbs, dr fauci said the uk was not as rigorous as the us in its vaccine approval process. But when he spoke to my colleagues earlier on this channel, dr fauci backtracked. The point i was really trying to make, i did not make it well, which is why i welcome to the opportunity to get on your show and say it came out wrong. In the United States, there is such a considerable amount of tension of pushing back on the credibility of the safety and efficacy that if we in the United States had done it as quickly as the uk did it, and thats no judgement on the way uk did it, and even though my statement did come across looking that way, if we had a, for example, approved it
where a pivotal presidential election is heading to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his most fierce rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with a9.49%, while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always
of a police car causes shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stade de france. the cannes film festival awards have been announced. it has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. russian forces in action in eastern ukraine, where they re ma
for a record fourteenth time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stade de france. more than 60 people were arrested. and the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness received the palme d or, for outstanding film. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. russian forces in action in eastern ukraine, where they re making advances. moscow says its forces have captured the t
shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stadium more than 60 people were arrested. and, the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness, receive the palme d or for outstanding film. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline ha