This is bbc news. Im ben brown. The headlines. A momentous day in the global fight against coronavirus. 90 year old Maggie Keenan is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Vaccine outside trials. The moment marks the start of the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. Well have the latest on the roll out from across the uk, as hundreds follow margarets example. I say go for it. Go for it because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened. Please go for it, thats all i say, you know . If i can do it, well, so can you. Ijust urge people to contain their impatience. Its a very, very exciting moment, but theres still a lot of work
to be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. After months of disruption for schools and their pupils, the Scottish Government says next years higher and advanced higher exams will be cancelled. We will adopt the new model that has been developed and base awards on teacher judgement of evidence of learner attainment.
The way. Indra petersons is tracking what you need to do. Im miguel marquez. Im christine romans. Is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin in iraq where secretary of state john kerry is getting a sobering assessment of whats happening on the ground. Iraq is facing a new reality. It comes a day after he sat down with Prime Minister, Nuri Al Maliki. Meantime, the isis push toward baghdad is getting louder with conflicting reports of who has control of the Largest Oil Refinery in iraq. More red on the map, the more the extremist footprint continues to grow. Lets get to baghdad live with the latest. Oil officials are telling us the southern part of the country where twothirds of the oil output is safe. When you look at the red stain spreading through iraq, clearly is a very, very difficult time right now. Bring us up to speed. Reporter it is incredibly tense. That tension is ratcheted further with the claims of who actually does have control of the major domestic refinery here in iraq. We are
And a new leader for zimbabwe supporters of incoming president emerson god what are lighting up the streets of harare to welcoming welcome him back home after Robert Mugabe stunning resignation on tuesday is due to be sworn in as president on friday. And i north korean soldier defects to the south we have the footage of his daring escape as he crosses the border under heavy fire. On little rock its a pleasure to be with you about the former Bosnian Serb Army chief accused of leading the massacre of eight thousand muslim men and boys has been found guilty of war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide judges at the u. N. Tribunal in the hague have sentenced mothers to life in prison lets listen to the presiding judge reading out the ruling earlier today. The chamber finds. Guilty as a member of first joint command enterprises of the following counts count to genocide count three persecution the crime against humanity all the atrocities committed by this took place in the early to mi
Border activists now say that my grandparents are withdrawing legitimate asylum claims just to get their kids back faster and in the world cup drama too iberian heavyweights jolted for a top spot in group b. Spain struggled for the rock a while portugal faced on the wrong side fighting for aggression all the action coming up straight ahead. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. With a renewed push underway by e. U. Leaders to stem the flow of migrants italy is stepping forward to demand a tougher stance italys new populist interior minister my tail visited libya on monday and called for Screening Centers to process migrants in north africa meanwhile italy has blocked a ship carrying more than two hundred migrants from talking on it shores following through on solving these earlier warning that italy would not be taken taking in one more refugee. Stranded at sea these migrants have been stuck on the ship since thursday after they were rescued from rubber boats off
Vehicles cleaning up the citys bus fleet in the process. Welcome drama to i. B. M. The ranks of jokes for top spot in group a spike struggled with morocco portugal staved off a night staff from iraq. Welcome to the program. Italys Prime Minister said the contrary has announced that the latest migrant rescue ship to be turned away by several European Countries including his own will be allowed to dock in malta bolton has also previously turned away a lifeline and has not confirmed mr khan to statement accepting some of the two hundred migrants on board the vessel would represent a major about face for italy which has recently toughened its stance on migration. Sea sick malnourished and facing conditions the organization operating the ship have called a disaster. These migrants have been waiting for a port of call since being rescued off libyas coast on thursday. The german operated vessel lifeline refused entry by spain and italy. The ngo has warned the situation on board is critical. S