island of ischia. i m nancy kacungira. thank you forjoining us. rare anti government protests have taken place in china including calls for president xijinping to resign amid public anger over continuing and stringent covid restrictions. after china s zero covid policy was blamed for people not being able to get out of a burning building there were protests on the streets in western china, on student campuses, and in major cities like nanjing, shanghai, wuhan, and these latest pictures are from the capital beijing as protesters gathered near the liangma river in the centre of the city they re holding up blank pieces of paper, in what is a symbolic protest against censorship. from beijing, our china correspondent stephen
there were protests on the streets in western china, on student campuses, and in major cities like nanjing, shanghai, and beijing. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from there. it s not unusual to see acts of defiance in china, but this was something different. a crowd of protesters in shanghai chanted, calling for the country s leader xijinping to stand down and for the communist party to give up power. entire cities are still being locked down. the government says easing their zero covid policy would lead to significant death toll, but has
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sensible and the rules must be relaxed gradually. the scottish government hope they can left the remaining restrictions here next month on the 9th of august. the country s largest vaccination centre has just closed its doors, while one third of young adults have not had a first dose. drop in clinics from shopping centres to student campuses will try to convince them to get the jab. health and care workers are being left behind in efforts to vaccinate the world against covid 19 7 according to the international council of nurses. new figures suggest tens of millions of frontline workers have yet to be fully vaccinated worldwide. the bbc s global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar, reports. ever since this outbreak began, health and care workers have been putting their lives on the line to protect ours. the world was caught woefully unprepared for covid 19. we ve had doctors tell us that they feel like lambs to the slaughter. protective equipment was in short supply
what you have to say. i ll never forget, a.d. nixon, the one who invited him was relieved to hear you re coming, because it would look kind of silly you re not being in the church since it s your church we re holding the meeting, but when dr. king saul that and heard the voices, he emerged. what i ve seen in america, all the student campuses, the prisons, the young spirits i ve talked to, the native-american movement, et cetera, et cetera, you have found we are resplintant with hope, with articulation, with young people who knows exactly what to look for. they ll shape the detail that s necessary, and you ll see a microcosm of all of this down on wall street. i feel a great sense of faith and hope in what s going on, and i know it will escalate. ahead, at a time of protests for fairness, there s no better time to honor dr. martin luther