welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. fbi director, christopher wray, says it s most likely that covid 19 emerged from a chinese government controlled laboratory in wuhan. in response, china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now three years after the start of the pandemic, they have burst out into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here, you are talking about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals to humans.
allowed girls to go to secondary schools and most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. china military launches fresh drills off taiwan. it s in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american lawmakers. and world leaders meet in an attempt to reach an agreement on a treaty to protect the world s oceans from exploitation. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. broadcasting to viewers in the uk we begin in britain, which has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. here s our medical editor fergus walsh: this is the start of a new era in covid 19 vaccines. until now, they ve all been designe
Hello, dear friends, comrades, your Favorite Program is live, 60 minutes in hot pursuit. So, putin is today in the most russian city of china, harbin, where the second day of the state visit is taking place, as they say in china, Vladimir Putins dear guest. The president began the second day in the middle kingdom by laying a wreath at the monument to soviet soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of china from japanese invaders during. In the chinese mountains, any minute putin will begin the final press conference, we are, of course, waiting for important news, including on ukraine, ukraine, putin and we discussed it in a format the day before. In great detail, president ial aide yuri ushakov reported about this, but in general, informal communication at the residence lasted for a whole 4 hours. Already today, putin will meet with students and teachers of the Harbin Polytechnic University, will visit, has already visited the only Orthodox Church operating in china, the int
Of course, in a completely natural way , there are a lot of chinese topics on todays agenda, and even some of my friends and acquaintances wrote to me, well, today i also wrote several posts on telegram, that you are talking about this china, well, from the series, you know, this is this beloved, we have a war going on there, our boys are there, and youre talking about china, about the big politics, you know, i answered them all, and if anyone has questions about why there is so much about china, i can answer that in addition to big politics, around which everything revolves in this world. China, whether you like it or not , will play a huge growing role, our partnership with him will be very important. China, in fact , is a reality that you cannot turn away from, no matter whether you like it or not, and a peaceful reality, go outside, see how many chinese cars there are, i i assure you, there will not be fewer of them, and this is reality, look how many chinese goods, look where we a
Killed ali kadi, the hamas commander who led the assault on israeli settlements last saturday. Israel says hamas is Still Holding at least 120 hostages. Israeli media reports bodies of captives have been found during raids. The united found during raids. The united naļ¬onsis found during raids. The United Nations is warning that over 2 Million People are at risk as water runs out and humanitarian aid is blocked from going into gaza. Aid is blocked from going into gaza. A palestinian rescue team gaza. A palestinian rescue team was hit by a missile while they were attempting to care for wounded among the rubble, the Israeli Military says it is destroying hamas targets in its strikes and has killed dozens from the militant group. From the militant group. Casualties are being brought to hospitals in south gaza as tens of thousands struggle to flee the shelling. Israeli journalist johan confino told gb news that if those being told to move do not do so, the death toll could rise to much hi