today. pope francis is leaving easter sunday mass and the archbishop of canterbury leads a service from canterbury cathedral. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. trials ahead of so called covid passports will get under way in england later this month, as the government looks to restart mass gatherings and indoor events safely. the passes would show whether a person has been vaccinated, has had a recent negative test, or has a natural immunity with a positive test in the last six months. the first pilot event will be a comedy night in liverpool later this month where audience members will be tested for covid before and after the show. the pilots will last until mid may and include the fa cup semi final and final, the world snooker championship in sheffield, and several events in liverpool including an evening at a nightclub. downing street also confirmed countries will be in a risk based traffic light system when foreign holidays resume. the
fredricka whitfield. we start this easter sunday with the race to vaccinate and efforts by health officials to ward off a new covid surge this at a time when americans are gathering to celebrate the holiday. churches like st. patrick s cathedral in new york seeing long lines of people waiting to get in to attend mass at 50% capacity. there s reason for optimism, more than 4 million vaccinations were administered in the u.s. on friday, setting a new record, and bringing the seven-day average past 3 million a day. however, the average of new cases is rising above 60,000 once again. and as the u.s. closes in on 555,000 deaths from the disease health experts warn we are not in the clear just yet. at this time we really are in a category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world. at this point we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic. in terms of the united states we re just at the beginning
by deep sea mining. the stark warning from environmental campaigners. and the find of a lifetime. archaeologists unearth an ancient egyptian pompeii close to some of the world s best known monuments. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we are going to start in the united states. president biden describing gun violence is an epidemic and an international embarrassment. on thursday he put forward a series of measures to try to tackle the problem. the president said there was widespread public support for stricter rules, despite the efforts of the gun lobby. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. let me say it again. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. and it s an international embarrassment. they want to rein in the proliferation of so called ghost guns. these are guns that are home made, go from a kit, and include instructions on how to finish the firearm. you can go by the kit. they have no serial numbers. so when they show up at
now on bbc news weather world. this time on weather world, spring is in the air here in the uk. after a winter which delivered something increasingly rare proper cold. the uk records its lowest february temperature in over 60 years. and texas, colder than alaska, we look at the science behind winter s big freeze. also on weather world. oh, my goodness. washed away, the shift in global weather patterns that have turned parts of australia wetter and wetter. plus, carbon crisis as levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide reach record post industrial levels. it was only a matter of time. i m not surprised. it s very sad, it s very. disappointing, but it s, you know, unless we do something about it, - it is inevitable. and from the skies to the stars what the rest of the year has in store for us astronomically. whether it s a solar eclipse or a shower of meteors, i will be letting you know when to look out for this year s celestial highlights. welcome to the latest weather wor