The taliban continues to send fighters to crush the last remaining organised resistance in afghanistan. Two divers are presumed to have died after they failed to return to the surface while exploring a wreck off the cornwall coast. And Wheelchair Racer Hannah cockroft wins her seventh paralympic title in the t34 800 metres. Hello, if You Havejustjoined us, welcome to Bbc News. Labour says theres a strong case to vaccinate children aged between 12 and 15 against covid to prevent any further disruption to learning. Ministers have asked the chief medical officers of the uks four nations to consider the broader implications after the uks vaccines advisory body decided yesterday not to recommend jabs for all youngsters in that Age Group. James reynolds reports for many young teenagers in america, the highlight of a travel free Pandemic Summer may have been getting the covid jab. The us, israel and several European Countries have all pressed ahead with vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds. It
the historic procession. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello. yes, this is sportsday. you re live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher on a packed saturday of sport. coming up.. the women s six nations might look a bit different this year but little has changed for defending champions england. thomas tuchel tastes defeat for the first time as chelsea boss. walloped by west brom. and tomorrow s boat race will look a bit different. moved from the london due to the pandemic we ll introduce to the new tranquil setting in cambridgeshire. lots of stories in the premier league and the scottish cup to bring you but let s start with the women s six nations. it s a bit different this year. it s moved to april so it doesn t clash with the men s tournament. there s two groups of three with a playoff round to decide the winner and it s all being shown on the bbc. so much is different but on the pitch nothing s changed for england. the defending champions continue to b
limiting investment by american companies in the chinese tech sector because of serious national security risks. it would require us firms to disclose investments in sensitive areas such as artificial intelligence and ban some investment altogether. beijing has reacted angrily saying it is gravely concerned about the order. a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in washington says the curbs seriously undermine the interests of chinese and american companies and investors. republicans have said they do not go far enough. this is a new front in the tech war between two global superpowers, the restrictions prevent american private equity and venture capital firms from investing in high tech sectors investing in high tech sectors in china, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence and advanced semiconductors. the goal is to stop us capital in know how speeding up the development of technologies that could help china develop weapons for use against america in a military c
full scale invasion. for a second night running, targets in the port city of odesa have been hit, killing one person. three others were seriously injured. the anniversary has been marked by a meeting of the un security council, which was told by the secretary general that the conflict was an open wound at the heart of europe. and in the last hour, the eu commission chief ursula von der leyen praised the extraordinary resistance of the ukrainian people, as she arrived in kyiv. she was travelling alongside the prime ministers of italy, canada and belgium. this is the live scene in kyiv on the morning of that second anniversary. vincent mcaviney reports. two years on from the biggest attack on a european nation since the second world war, the uk is marking the anniversary by reaffirming its commitment to ukraine. the government has pledged an additional £245 million towards producing artillery shells for ukraine and announced further sanctions on russia. the prime minister st
said it was the most unfair election in years and he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. aru na iyengar reports. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t even contain myself. i thank god. big celebrations, but they don t show that this was the biggest challenge to mr erdogan s authority in years. he became prime minister in 2003, later becoming president. to build up that position, he has stifled all opposition. his non religious rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, says the election was unfair. mr erdogan had one big advantage almost total control of the media. mr kilicdaroglu s chp party had campaigned against crackdowns on dissent, and for a return to an independentjustice system and parliamentary democracy. a sombre mood her