Police 5 balls of protesters in hong kong on the day a local election was due to be held. And el salvadors popular president accused of offering favors to imprison gang members in exchange for election support. And im only a heart in all your sports news Serena Williams battles past Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open shes still on course to equal the record 24 grand slam singles title. For the 1st time since he was shot repeatedly in the back by police and left paralyzed from the waist down weve heard a message directly from jacob blake in his hospital bed his shooting in the state of wisconsin has added to the anger right across the United States over racial inequality and Police Brutality protests which are still going on for more on that in a moment 1st reynolds report on blank slate. Well as i stand back state was speaking from a hospital bed jacob blake described his constant agony 24 hours every 24 hours as pain is not. Hers to breathe or hers. Move from side to side hers eat. Bla
Doing better than its neighbours in europe regarding the outbreak. As weve been hearing, more than 10 Million People have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with an army of volunteers giving up their time to help with this massive effort. We spent the day at a Vaccine Centre in southall in west london with a gp, dr Kamini Gautam, who takes up the story. This is the dominion centre. This is where patients come to get vaccinated in southall. This is the main hall. Patients will enter through the door that says no exit over the top of it, because its a one way flow. They will be directed by our lovely stewards. Weve vaccinated over 11,000 people here, in the last three weeks, and we rely very heavily on volunteer staff members. Can i have your surname, please . We have Reception Team members, who have been deployed from their regular practices, and the same with our clinical staff through the house. I normally work as a nurse in a respiratory, high dependency unit. Im
For a Golden Globe Awards thats the first time more than one has been shortlisted in a single year. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and Around The World. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. Theres been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi or deposed president win myint since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar and the Democratic Process and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day, protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the countrys largest city. Our reporter Nyein Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration and anger against the Military Coup. It has taken place on monday. This is the second night in a row people in general have been banging pots and pans and using their car horns in protest against the Military Coup that too
Wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls arent working. Its the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. The number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. The big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. And remembering a long life, lived well. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life. But first, The Government says its a hugely significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus. Ten Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of the Covid Vaccine. But at Prime Ministers questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the Vaccine Programme was his governments reluctance to order the complete closure of the uks borders to limit the arrival of new st
Outbreak fidelity s. Germany has sent help. Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, in vilnius, lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. There you sit in vilnius in exile. Alexander lukashenko is still president of your country, belarus, and it is now the six month anniversary since you are convinced you won the president ial election. So, im just wondering how you feel today . Oh, thank you. I feel responsibility, first of all. Respo