and coming up in the next 15 minutes, i ll be speaking to bake off s prue leith about lockdown and coming out of it. hello and welcome to this bbc news special programme, as we await the latest number 10 coronavirus briefing, tonight led by the health secretary matt hancock, along with professorjonathan van tam and dr susan hopkins. we will be crossing to that at number 10 as soon as that gets under way. let s start by bringing you the latest coronavirus news today. thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, has recommended that prioritisation should continue down the age ranges, with people in their 40s the next to be invited for a jab. the move is a blow to those who have been campaigning for teachers, police officers and other frontline key workers to be prioritised. it comes as the latest data shows more than 19.1 million people have received their first dose of the jab. a further 3115 people have died in the uk within 28 days of a positive coronavirus t
and it s oscars season. we talk to the creator of the creator about its visual effects. no robots were harmed in the making of this programme, i promise. over the years on click, we ve seen lots of advancements in assistive technology for disabled people. one of the areas that continues to develop is prosthetics new materials and innovations are making them lighter, cheaper and easier to use. and paul carter s been to california for an exclusive first look at a revolutionary new type of prosthetic arm that s closing the gap between body and bionics. prosthetics have come a long way, from the early days of wood, tin or leather. ..to modern limbs made from carbon fibre and silicone. once basic, yet functional, they re now advanced and bionic. and here at atom limbs, i ve come to see how the latest technology is bringing the next generation of artificial arms. they re developing a prosthetic with a full range of human motion that s using signals from the brain to control those
in southeastern ukraine. fast forward to today and most of ukraine s south and east are now occupied by russian forces. russian losses are mounting however especially in the black sea. the two year anniversary comes just days after ukraine suffered a major defeat retreating from avdiivka and conceding the key eastern town to russian troops. ukrainian forces are running low on ammunition and artillery as a multi billion dollar us funding package remains tied up due to congressional infighting. but resolve remains strong. our correspondent andrew harding returned to the east of the country. he s been following the story of one ukrainian soldier, a medic working on the front line, who he first met at the start of the conflict. two years of war, seen through the struggles of one ukrainian doctor. this was the first time we met 0leg kravchenko back in 2022 in a besieged town called lysychansk. 0leg had justjoined ukraine s army as a volunteer medic. look here. he drove us
and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us government says people and businesses who have money deposited at silicon valley bank, which collapsed last week, will be able to access all their cash from today. a statement from the us treasury and the federal reserve said depositors would be fully protected and said american taxpayer would not bear any losses from the move. the same guarantees have been given to account holders with signature bank of new york, which was badly hit by the turmoil and came under regulatory control on sunday. in the uk, the government has announced that hsbc will buy the uk arm of svb, meaning customers will be able to access their deposists and banking services as normal. here s the uk s finance minister. well, there was never a systemic risk to our financial stability in the uk. the bank of england governor made that clear