Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. A third wave of coronavirus is beginning to sweep across the European Union. France and switzerland are extending restrictions from saturday, while polish Health Officials say the british variant of the virus is so rampant, a 3 week lockdown is necessary. Infections have surged, as europes Vaccine Rollout has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. Our correspondent Lucy Williamson has more from paris. Never mind the Prime Minister. In france, it was the Astrazeneca Jab that needed a shot in the arm today. After weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear its safe and it works. But only an hour before he received it, frances Health Authority said a possible link to blood clots in younger patients meant the jab should only be used for those over 55. Last month, it said only those under 65 should take it. Lucky for mr castex that he turned 55 last year. But only 20 of french surveyed this month said they trusted the Astrazeneca Jab. As president macron held off announcing a new lockdown, cases spiralled, and paris hospitals are now scrambling to find space for patients who need intensive care. A Lockdown Lite has been imposed on the worst affected areas from tomorrow. Translation its not because its nice out, | because its spring that we put our lives in danger. Its not over. Were still facing the variants, and people should realise the gravity of the disease. Ja, ich werde mich mit astrazenica. Across the border in germany, Angela Merkel said she, too, would have the Astrazeneca Jab. Germany had been hoping to lift some of its restrictions next week, but with infections soaring there, a warning from the Health Minister Public Opinion is only half the problem. Translation there are not yet enough vaccines in europe to stop the third wave through vaccination alone. Even if deliveries of eu orders are now reliable, it will still take several weeks before the risk groups are fully vaccinated. Only then can we talk about wider openings in society. Poland is also facing a surge in cases, with the british variant expected to account soon for 80 of infections. A partial lockdown will come into force there from tomorrow. Shops, hotels and cultural and sporting venues will close. There is acceptance breaking across europe that its facing a third wave in this pandemic. Hope that the vaccines might outpace the virus has been crushed by a grinding lack of momentum, supply and public trust. As europe prepares for more restrictions, criticisms are mounting, along with costs. Empty streets can help save patients but delays in vaccines are expensive, and politicians could still pay the price. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. While many European Countries are resuming use of the astrazeneca vaccine, france has limited it to the over 55s, despite reassurances by eu medicine regulators. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson received his first dose of the Astrazeneca Jab at the hospital in london where he was treated for Coronavirus Last year. He said people should listen to the scientists, who have declared it safe and effective. The British Government is aiming to inoculate the majority of adults by the summer. Covax is an International Scheme which aims to help poorer countries get more doses of the covid i9 vaccine. It attempts to bring together governments, manufacturers, scientists, Civil Society and philanthropy to provide a Global Solution to the pandemic. The covax scheme has secured 3. 5 billion doses for middle and low income countries. But so far, only 32 million doses have been supplied thats less than i of the total number of covax doses secured. Richer countries with strong buying power have benefited and received the most vaccines. The us has had 115 million doses delivered in total, china has received 65 million, and india 39 million. But compare that to the african countries who have received the most rwanda hasjust over 321,000, ghana 300,000 and south africa, 177,275 in total. Now on top of that supply problem, look at this this is one of the difficult roads the vaccines would need to travel down. This is the delivery of another lot of medicine in south sudan by the International Development company. Talk about treacherous roads fergus drake is the ceo of a large Non Profit Company called crown agents, a uk based in country distributor of vaccines on behalf of covax. He explains which countries hes managed to deliver to. Crown agents has been involved in the covid i9 response for over a year now. Firstly, we were involved in distributing Personal Protective Equipment to over 50 countries and overseas territories on behalf of the British Government. We have also now focused on vaccines, so we have supplied over 200,000 vaccines to places like st helena and the falkland islands, and also to the Ministry Of Health in ukraine. For covax, we are working across africa, with gavi and unicef and a particular focus on zimbabwe and the challenges of south sudan that you have just mentioned. Indeed, and we saw those pictures. What are the logistical and political challenges facing these types of deliveries . We have been working in these environments for over 180 years and we currently work in 60 countries, but south sudan is probably the most challenging. We transport drugs over 100,000 kilometres on hard baked roads, as it gets over 50 degrees celsius in the summer, but it also gets waterlogged in the rainy season and i have seen whole articulated lorries lost in some of these mud craters, and you dont want to be camping in the bush in south sudan with armed groups close by. We use things like Light Aircraft and motorbikes to get to some of the most isolated communities across the country. We have just seen how only around i of doses have been received so far. When do you think this scheme will get fully under way . Well, it has been a slow start but it is great to hear that they are so many vaccines getting around the world. So there are the vision of covax was to get 2 billion vaccines out across the world until the end of this year. Now, thankfully, over 30 countries in africa have already received those vaccines, which is great, but we are expecting a very big ramp up injune. Now, that gives us time to really invest in the infrastructure things Like Community health workers, things like transport and Supply Chains so that we can really hit the Ground Running when that second phase of vaccines arrives in the middle of the year. Fergus drake. Us President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have met members of the Asian American community in georgia, following tuesdays mass shooting in which eight people were killed. Hundreds of people are attending vigils for the victims. The attacks targeted asian owned businesses and six of the victims were women of asian ethnic origin. Robert aaron long has been charged with eight counts of murder. 0ur Washington correspondent lebo diseko says the president s comments contrasted with the First Official responses to the shooting. There was a lot of backlash at the local sheriffs department, the department where these attacks took place. As you said, the spokesman saying that the suspect had had a bad day. Later on, it transpired that a facebook account which was in his name had posted anti asian or anti chinese pictures, so that spokesperson is no longer making comments or no longer speaking for the department in relation to this case. When you look atjoe biden and Kamala Harris of course, the first Asian American Vice President and their comments today, they really struck a tone of saying to the community that we hear you, we understand you and were going to do something about this. The conversation we had today with the aapi leaders, and that were hearing all across the country, is that hate and violence often hide in plain sight. Its often met with silence thats been true throughout our history but that has to change because our silence is complicity. We cannot be complicit. We have to speak out and we have to act. Everyone has the right to go to work, to go to school,. To walk down the street and be safe, and also the right to be l recognised as an american. Not as the other, not as them, but as us. A harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us. The president and i will not be silent. L we will not stand by. We will always speak out against violence, hate crimes and discrimination, wherever and whenever it occuis. Lebo, what are Asian Americans hoping for from this raised awareness of abuse to parts of their community over the past few years . Well, in short, mark, i think its that it will stop, that they will believe will be believed, and that something will be done about this. Something i have heard time and time again this week from members of the Asian American community is that we have been saying that this has been happening to us and we have not been believed and that has an impact when it comes to, for example, the statistics around this. When people report attacks on them and there is a reluctance to ascribe this to race, it has an impact on the statistics that, for instance, the government might use. How do you address something when you dont have a record of how widespread, or not, it is . When you talk about this specific attack, that has actually come up again Law Enforcement and even the fbi have been saying that this may not actually be racially motivated, it may be more to do with a sexual addiction that the suspect might have had. Asian American People here saying look, we were the targets of this. The majority of people in this attack who died were Asian American. The businesses that were targeted were Asian American. What does this make this . So it was interesting to watch the Vice President and the president try and walk this quite careful line of saying we are against racism and acknowledging that there has been a rise in attacks on the Asian American community, while kind of getting around actually ascribing what the intent or motivation of the attacker was. And on another note, president biden� s Journey To Atlanta was not without incident. His critics have, in the past, criticised his stammer. Now they are talking about his stumble . Yeah, i think that there has been a lot of hay, as you would have expect, made of this on right Wing Networks like fox news. Also, i suppose twitter always loves a meme. I guess the narrative is really around joe biden and his faculties, really and, you know, to put it bluntly, he is the oldest american president. But in fairness, when donald trump took a fall, or was slightly unsteady on his feet last year, the liberal networks also made hay out of it as well. So i think there is a bit of a tit for tat there going on and also, as i said, part of a kind of ongoing narrative around the president his age and his ability to kind of function. The white house has said that he is fine and that it was just due to wind. And i think their focus and the focus of most of the american networks, certainly, today has been the tragedy that has been taking place in georgia. Lebo diseko. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come cleaning out to make some space final preparations are under way for a mission to remove some of the dangerous debris in orbit. Today we have closed the book on apartheid, and that chapter. Cheering and applause. More than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. Nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. The trophy itself is on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. Now, this was an International Trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. Above all, this was a triumph for the Christian Democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible and thats what the voters wanted. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines europe braces for a third wave of coronavirus infections, with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. President Biden Appeals for unity during a visit to atlanta, where eight people were murdered this week six of them women of asian descent. The countdown is on for a mission to clean up space junk with magnets. Elsa d, the worlds first commercial Space Mission to start a debris removal system, will launch in a few hours time from a cosmodrome in kazakhstan. The new technology has been developed by the japan based com pa ny astroscale. With more satellites being launched, its becoming increasingly important to declutter the space environment. Heres mike lindsay, astroscales chief Technology Officer in tokyo explaining how the clean up will work. We are very excited here in tokyo, we also have a campus in the uk doing mission operation, offices in the us and israel. We are all very excited, this is a very big day for us. Can you take us through what is going to happen in this mission and why Everyone Needs to look out for a cat and mouse scenario . Laughs. Yeah, so the mission is the first demonstration of the end to end process of capturing debris and lowering that from orbit. It consists of a Service Spacecraft and the client spacecraft, and if you can see my background, it is a depiction of the two spacecraft that will be flying together. The mission consists of sort of releasing the client and then catching it with the servicer, it is that cat and mouse that you mentioned. So the mission simulates a scenario where we would rendezvous with and dock with and capture a piece of debris that is free floating in space, and then we lower it such that it re enters earths atmosphere and stays out of the way of other spacecraft and operations. So a global Tom And Jerry which will get crazier and crazier as it goes around. We have been reporting on a lot of satellite launches recently, there has been a surge it seems like from jumbojets and the spacex ones. But some people dont clean up their mess, their hardware, is that what space debris is . Certainly space debris does originate from any human made objects launched into space and not disposed of properly. Accidents do happen, sometimes fuel tanks rupture, batteries explode. Actually just a couple of days ago we saw an announcement that there was a satellite that had a debris event where several pieces of debris were found to be scattered, originated from one spacecraft. So yeah, anything from nuts and bolts and washers to paint flecks, all the way up to whole intact satellites that are no longer under control and that can no longer maneuver, they can represent space debris. You have chosen a niche industry, sometimes it is difficult for us to clean up our own houses, what do you two cleanups based debris . I was fascinated with Space Exploration as a child, i was looking through telescopes when i could, but looking through my career i worked on a number of space endeavours but with each mission i learned more about the concerns about sustainability and i became passionate about making sure that future generations can have the opportunity to launch their spacecraft and explore, so to do that we need to make sure development and Sustainability Go Hand In hand, and making sure to keep the orbits clean. Mike lindsey there from a astroscale of just a few mike lindsey there from a Astroscale Ofjust a few hours until launch. Tanzania has a new president samia suluhu hassan, whos made history as the countrys first female head of state. She called on Tanzanians To Move forward united, remarks that could be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions created by her predessor. The bbc� s zuhura yunus reports from dar es saalam. Samia suluhu hassan, taking the oath to become tanzanias new president. She was sworn in in a Brief Ceremony at state house in the countrys commercial capital dar es salaam. In front of dignitaries and lawmakers. Translation |, samia suluhu| hassan, do solemnly swear that i will do all my president ial duties for the united republic of tanzania faithfully. I will invest all my effort into fulfilling the duties of this office with all my heart. I will be fair to everyone according to the laws and traditions of the united republic of tanzania without fear, favour or discrimination. So help me god. The 61 year old, who is the first female president of the east african country, takes over following the death ofjohn pombe magufuli, who died on wednesday. Officials say he died of heart complications, but there has been widespread speculation that he contracted covid i9. Walking down the streets in dar es salaam, you would not know today a president was sworn in. Let alone what a historic moment it was for this country. Its first female leader. Many tanzanians followed the ceremony on their radios and televisions. Few have a doubt of how she will fare but the majority are optimistic. The new president , who will serve out the term until 2025, also inspected troops at a Military Parade and received a gun salute. In her address, mama samia, as she is known in tanzania, called her former boss a great patriot and urged tanzanians to show each other love and unity and uphold tanzanian values. And then it was down to business, Holding Herfirst Cabinet Meeting and continuing the work of government. How her style of leadership will differfrom her predecessor, time will tell. Zuhura yunus, bbc news, dar es salaam. Saturday is the united nations� annual International Day of happiness and to mark that, the un has released its World Happiness report which ranks the happiness of 149 countries. Finland tops the list for the fourth year in a row, with the report also revealing the impact of covid i9 on people around the planet. 0ur news reporter, Gareth Barlowjoins us for more on this. For lender the top. Who are the others . In for lender the top. Who are the others . ,. ,. , others . In its ninth year now, a big representation others . In its ninth year now, a big representation from others . In its ninth year now, a big representation from the | a big representation from the european and scandinavian countries at the top there. We have got fenland in first place as you say after four years there. And denmark in second place, switzerland iceland and the netherlands rounding out the netherlands rounding out the top five. Actually, the top 10 is completely European Countries apart from new zealand who have snuck in at number nine. At the other end of the scale, in an and the bottom of the list, afghanistan. Then zimbabwe, rwanda, and then botswana and listened to, completing the bottom five. Looking through the list, the wealthier, more rich, more industrialise, safer, more opportunities they have, the higher up they rank. The further down you go, you haveissues the further down you go, you have issues like poverty and instability and war impacting peoples happiness. A good example is 123, lab and on. We had years of economic instability and 2020, the explosion in the port of beirut. ~ ,. , , beirut. When they measure these thin. S, beirut. When they measure these things. They beirut. When they measure these things, they look beirut. When they measure these things, they look at beirut. When they measure these things, they look at social things, they look at social support, personalfreedom, gdp support, personal freedom, gdp and support, personalfreedom, gdp and corruption but how that they actually go about working at our . ,. ~. ,. ,. , at our . They take all of those National Issues at our . They take all of those National Issues and at our . They take all of those National Issues and at at our . They take all of those National Issues and at the National Issues and at the human element. It is the really interesting thing there. The survey goes and gets in touch with people in all these countries and ask them to evaluate their life just to say how good it is. And that gets them to think back to the day before and the positive emotions they have expressed. It might be happiness and smiling and enjoy all the negative emotions of worry, sadness and anger. Combining that the Human Emotions with the National Picture to create this National Ranking of happiness. I this National Ranking of happiness this National Ranking of ha iness. ,. , this National Ranking of hauiness. ,. , happiness. I was free last year but specifically happiness. I was free last year but specifically because happiness. I was free last year but specifically because of happiness. I was free last year but specifically because of the | but specifically because of the covid adamic, feel and had 805 deaths. Every death counts but it is comparatively little and that might explain it. Get the rest of the countries, a third state is more negative emotions but two thirds say there are more positive emotions. So the pandemic increase the move, evenin pandemic increase the move, even in china. Pandemic increase the move, even in china. They rose from 94th to 80 even in china. They rose from 94th to 80 place, even in china. They rose from 94th to 80 place, china. 94th to 80 place, china. The people who compiled the survey, talked about the commonality of the virus, how it has touched all of our lives, creates that sense of solidarity and common feeling. Positive sentiment arising in numerous countries. Many of us have been stuck in lockdown at home but now people have been saying that there are more points of interest in the days because they have taken up new hobbies or do new things. They are also potentially feeling more rested as a result because they are spending more time at home. The countries that have had an economic crisis, unemployment, having a very real impact on life satisfaction. 0n satisfaction. On average, 12 decline. The final question is, if you are a happy country, which ones would you be . Still in new zealand which ones would you be . Still in new zealand i which ones would you be . Still in new zealand i think because they went down a point, didnt they . They went down a point, didnt the . , they went down a point, didnt they . But they . Eighth to ninth. But still a happy they . Eighth to ninth. But still a happy place. They . Eighth to ninth. But still a happy place. Not. They . Eighth to ninth. But| still a happy place. Not too bad. Still a happy place. Not too bad still still a happy place. Not too bad. Still top still a happy place. Not too bad. Still top 10. Still a happy place. Not too bad. Still top 10. Thank still a happy place. Not too. Bad. Still top 10. Thank you. A silver cloud there in the wake of coronavirus. Finally to iceland where a volcano has erupted south west of the capital reykjavik. Icelands Meterological Office has warned of falling rocks, boulders and landslides. This area has recorded more than 50,000 earthquakes in the past three weeks. In 2010, the eruption of another volcano brought air traffic to a halt across europe however this eruption isnt yet spewed out much ash or smoke so an aviation issue shouldnt arise. Lets hope not. And before we go, with spring just around the corner, greece is in full bloom. Athen� s hillsides are filled with poppies and daisies. In the northern part of the country, its not the cherry trees that blossom but the peach trees. The annual festival celebrating this was cancelled due to coronavirus. Hopefully next year, everyone can enjoy the display. Notjust on the television but in real life, remember that . Goodbye. Hello there. For most of us, the weekend promises a fair amount of dry weather, the amount of cloud will vary a bit from place to place, and there will be somejumps around in temperatures as well, as we will see in a moment. This was the Satellite Picture then from friday, showing we had some decent sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland. That was how the sunshine looked in the highlands. Not far away from that, in sterlingshire, we have the highest temperature in the uk, up to 17 celsius, very mild for the time of year. But it wasnt like that everywhere North East England had a really chilly day on friday, just 6 celsius. A big jump upwards in temperatures, though, on the way later today. Why the change . Well, yesterday, we had the winds coming in from the north east. Its all down to the wind direction, you see. These north easterly winds brought those low temperature to Eastern England because they were travelling over these really cold seas. The temperature in the water just 6 degrees at the moment. But the winds today are changing direction in a big way. They are coming in from a north westerly direction, hence that big jump upwards in temperatures widely across eastern areas of england. Now, heres the Weather Picture over the next few hours. Weve got cloud across england and wales, a few gaps in the cloud for scotland, slowly filtering into parts of northern england. And on account of the cloudy skies, its not cold, temperatures around 6 7 celsius. 0n into saturday then, this Weather Front is going to go nowhere fast, staying across Central England and wales all day. Another cold front will push into the far north of the uk, Bringing Rain To Northern Scotland late in the day. Could be an odd patch of drizzle as well from that slow moving front across england and wales. Thats why its going to stay cloudy here, but well central and southern scotland, and particularly North East England, thats where the best of the sunshine is going to be, and its going to be a much warmer day across North East England. In the warmest spots, temperatures reach 17 celsius. But those north westerly winds bringing some cooler weather into North West England and north wales as well. Sunday, while a cold front will have moved across most of the uk bringing cloudy weather across England Wales again, what that cold front is going to do, well, its going to introduce cooler and fresher air. So sunday, temperature wise, temperatures not quite as high, still, though, managing to reach double figures for most of us. What about next week . Well, of the area of High Pressure bringing the settled weather is going to continue to influence our weather, but it will probably gradually turn a little more unsettled across the north west. This is bbc news, the headlines countries across the European Union are bracing themselves for a third wave of coronavirus infections. New Lockdown Measures have come into force in poland and across large parts of france including around the capital paris. Switzerland is among other countries extending their restrictions. European leaders have shown support for the Astrazeneca Jab. The french Prime Minister, jean castex, received the vaccine and urged the public to do the same after eu regulators found it didnt cause blood clots. Here in the uk, borisjohnson also received his first astrazeneca injection. President biden has appealed for unity during a visit to atlanta, saying many Asian Americans now live in fear. His comments came in the wake of a Killing Spree at Massage Parlours in atlanta which left eight people dead, six of them women of asian descent