Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
presidential election. tanzania s president, john magufuli, has died at the age of 61. the vice president said he d succumbed to complications related to a heart condition. birdsong and the birdsong that s almost become extinct. how the regent honey eater has almost forgotten how to sing its own song. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. uncertainty over stocks of covid vaccines is causing growing tension between the uk and the european union. with around 25 million british citizens vaccinated, the nhs has warned that there ll be a significant reduction in vaccines available next month, urging providers not to take new appointments for april. meanwhile, the eu has warned that it might need to impose export limits on vaccines from european factories. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, in northern italy, covid patients gasping for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is
to influence last year s election. hello to you. and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed, in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made but it is warning there are tough decisions ahead because of the pandemic. to be a parent in syria is to carry the world on your shoulders. forabu, his burden is constant vigilance. for years he s watched the sun set and rise from this hilltop, waiting for the next attack. he s a flight spotter, a one man early warning system, protecting the village below where his wife and five children live. at the end of anothe
and we have some news from abroad. we start in the united states and across parts of the south in particular because we have some enormous thunderstorms breaking at the moment. they will be capable of bringing some pale and later today there is a significant risk of seeing some very strong tornadoes across this kind of area. some of those could be on the ground for quite a long time so there is a risk of significant damage because that part of the united states later today. here in the uk there is more cloud than yesterday but still some fine spells of sunshine. for most of you through the afternoon. the exception is across parts of east anglia and the south east england where we have some rain which could be on the heavy side across essex, kent and sussex before that clear through. most of us than see some sunshine and if you are out of that chilly wind temperatures as high as 14 chilly wind temperatures as high as m in glasgow and around 15 for chilly wind temperatures as h
are now being invited to book their appointment for a covid vaccine. a digital travel certificate the eu suggests a way for holidaymakers to prove they ve had a covid vaccination. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. and to viewers on bbc one where we await a news conference with the health secretary matt hancock in the next half an hour. the row over covid vaccine supply between the eu and uk has been reignited, as the head of the european commission threatened to restrict coronavirus vaccine exports outside of the bloc, in order to prioritise jabs for its citizens. ursula von der leyen said this could apply to countries with higher vaccination rates than those in the eu such as the uk. ms von der leyen said countries must deliver vaccine exports in a reciprocal and proportionate way, and warned all options were on the table as the bloc faces what she called the crisis of the century . foreign secretary dominic raab has called on the commission president to explain he