ramallah. palestinians have come out to protest and also to clash with israeli soldiers and they re expressing solidarity with the people of gaza. what s interesting here is these are not all hamas supporters. this is not traditionally a hamas stronghold. there are other palestinian factions that hold sway here. but all of the palestinian factions are coming together right now. the reason i m looking around is we re trying to see if there is tear gas coming from the israeli soldiers right now. you might bible to see there is a drone up in the sky, and that drone is either an israeli drone, either taking photographs of us or it could drop tear gas. it is something the israelis do quite a bit. instaud of launching tear gas, they will fly a drone and drop it into the crowd. it sounds like the israelis the palestinians are trying to fire fireworks to disrupt or confuse the drone. the but that is what we are seeing here. there have been volleys of tear gas, and everyone is runni
of natural history, and not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm for today s grand reopening and its new work of art. an object that s affected us all. we re here face to face with the thing we ve all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it s made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i d been working for months and months and months during lockdown on my own listening to radio, television, hearing about this dreadful, evil virus and it was just strangely beautiful. it was kind of hauntingly beautiful, and that kind of took me aback. and unveiling it was someone who knows it all too well, the lead developer of the oxford vaccine. it s quite a chilling thing to look at because this is the
dateline london. hello, i m shaun ley. this is the programme that brings together leading commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who film and report for audience back home from the dateline london. this week, how patient will people be as the number of covid patients declines? peaceful but persistent in myanmar, but what will make the generals listen? and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. the dateline panel this week we re hoping to bejoined shortly by the italian journalist and documentary film maker annalisa piras. jef mcallister is already with us. he s a former white house diplomatic correspondent and ex london bureau chief for time magazine. he is also a lawyer, so i will be minding my ps and os. and with me in the studio, celia hatton, the bbc s asia pacific editor. great to have you with us again, celia. now, let s begin with the practical questions of the world not being able to vaccinate itself out of the covid pandemic. so althoug
good evening. here we are again the capitol under threat once more. capitol police saying they obtained intelligence of a quote, possible plot to breach the capitol by an identified militia group tomorrow. house members worried they are likely cancelling going to work tomorrow. and asked about the intelligence by confirming her department and the fbi raised the alarm. senator, we issued a bulletin last night co-authored with the fbi about discussing march 4th and march 6th, is that what you re referring to? a joint intelligence bulletin we released last night around it was very late. midnight, i think. so with concerns about a new attack front and center, you would think understanding the last one would be a priority especially to the senator she was actually replying to, republican ron johnson. after all, he was interested enough in what might happen tomorrow to make it his very first question. when it comes to what already has happened, though, not so much, except it
the case a smear campaign hello, i m shaun ley. this is the programme that brings together leading commentators, specialists and commentators who film reports for the folks back home. this week, for the folks back home. this week. how for the folks back home. this week, how patient for the folks back home. this week, how patient will people be as vaccinations declined. peaceful in myanmar but what will make the generals listen. and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. we hope to bejoined by annalise. jeffrey is already with us. a former white house diplomatic correspondent and ex london bureau chief stop he is also a lawyer so i will need to mind my peas and cues. and celia hatton, the asia pacific editor. great to have you with us. let s begin with the practical questions of the world not being able to vaccinate vaccinate itself out of the covid pandemic. although the uk s progress in inoculating citizens has been widely praised, the statement expected on mo