[the beatle s revolution plays] [screaming] you say you want a revolution well, you know all chanting: peace now! we all want to change the world we re tired of fulltime jobs for parttime income. You tell me that it s evolution well, you know i know nonviolence will work. We all want to change the world is this what you want to do? destroy the country? i ll destroy a whole bunch of y all. But when you talk about destruction the american embassy is under siege. Don t you know that you can count me out the country s going to get a new president next january. Don t you know it s gonna be all right we are planning today new marches. All right not knowing where they are is the worst. Just hoping to stay alive, day to day. All right i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. All right no question about it, this was a bombshell, politically. All right i don t plan to drop out. All right i think it ll be a good thing for the party. We want to deal with our
A campaign has been launched to raise money to build a memorial in st paul s cathedral to those who ve died as a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st paul s for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, st paul s cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant national events, which is why campaigners say it s a fitting site for this a covid memorial. Designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to the build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. And visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, including photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have alre
Some heavy rain sweeping in from the west and some brisk winds as well. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines: new freedoms for care home residents in england from tuesday, they will be able to visit relatives without having to self isolate when they return. India becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. New research finds that around a thousand rivers are the source of the majority of plastic waste in the ocean. And back on the dancefloor with no social distancing the covid pilot schemes testing crowd safety. Thanks for your company so far today. Jane hill will be here at the top of the hour, but before that. Talking movies looks back on the academy awards which is experimenting with a new format that includes an in person ceremony that will take contributions from multiple locations. Here is tom brook. Hello from los angeles and welcome to our talking movies 0scars review special. I am tom brook. In today s programme, we are going to
Second woman to win the best director oscar. Here in los angeles, the oscars are reaching their climax. Well nomadland win best picture or will there be a surprise? we ll know in the next two minutes. International efforts are under way to help india as the country suffers critical shortages of oxygen and record daily coronavirus infections. The united states is the latest country to offer emergency medical equipment. Britain has begun flying out ventilators while france and germany will also send crucial supplies in the next few days. The indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described the surge of infections as a storm that has shaken the nation a storm which took 2,767 lives in the previous 2a hour period. Our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from delhi the capital is being ravaged at a frightening speed. With every pyre that burns, india s self belief is dying. Each funeral is a story of personal loss and national shame. Charanjeev malhotra has been helping to cremate th
the probation officer who was in charge of the man who carried out the fatal attacks at fishmongers hall in london has told an inquest that he had no indication he was being deceived by usman khan but he admitted that there had been some prison intelligence that khan might return to his old ways . daniel sandford has more. the disastrous consequences of allowing a recently released, high risk convicted terrorist travel alone to london. the battle on london bridge, with usman khan, who had just stabbed two people to death. saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a prison education organisation whose events khan had been attending. khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. he had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. the inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khan s probation offi