medicine versus pseudoscience and traditional therapies looks like one that will continue for quite some time. nikhil inamdar, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: the un security council has been told that a famine in the eithiopian region of tigray is now affecting more than 400,000 people, and that the situation could rapidly deteriorate. the last us troops have left bagram, their main military base in afghanistan, as the biden administration says it s on course to withdraw completely from the country by the end of august. canada s national holiday has been marked by protests, following the recent discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former schools for indigenous children. thousands of people joined a cancel canada day rally. catherine karelli has this. traditionally a day of celebration, but this year, canada has
we don t have a full picture of how many children died in residential schools, and the circumstances of their deaths. indigenous leaders have said that as investigations continue, they expect more graves will be found. catherine karelli, bbc news. here in the uk, one of the government s advisers on coronavirus has warned that ministers are facing a very difficult decision about lifting all of england s restrictions on 19july, given the continuing rise in cases. here s our health editor hugh pym. as more jabs go into arms, officials are confident that vaccines are reducing the risk of serious illness. the office for national statistics says hospital admissions are much lower than they would have been without vaccines. but, even so, the head of the 0ns told me that making the right call on ending restrictions in england won t be straightforward. this decision is the most difficult that the government has to make. we are watching with laser focus every day the data, so that the government
catherine karelli has this. no pride in genocide! traditionally a day of celebration but this year, canada has found itself reckoning with its colonial past. cheering. this was the scene in winnipeg, demonstrators pulling down a statue of queen victoria. cheering. across canada, thousands of people took to the streets protesting a dark chapter of their country s history the residential school system. they murdered thousands of children hundreds of thousands of children we don t know yet. but we are here to tell you today that that was wrong. you all know that it was wrong. we are here today to stand with everybody to oppose the ongoing genocide of the canadian government and state against indigenous peoples. between the 1870s and 1990s, more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from theirfamilies. they were made to attend church run boarding schools. there, they were forced to abandon their native
have a full picture of how many children died in residential schools and the circumstances of their deaths. indigenous leaders have said that as investigations continue, they expect more graves will be found. catherine karelli, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the rush to source the minerals needed to make batteries for electric cars. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge fireworks display was held in the former colony. the chinese president jiang zemi said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world s first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep.
is always this new invention on what the direction will be. over the past year american museums and art galleries have been working to broaden their collections. it is part of a wider cultural reckoning over racism in the us that started in 2020. this marks the start of a new chapter in the art world. but how it will play out remains to be seen. catherine karelli, bbc news. crowds have been flocking to the new dubai eye the world s largest and tallest ferris wheel. the giant structure stands at 250 metres tall. together the pods can carry 1,750 visitors in a single rotation lasting 30 minutes. it was officially opened with a laser and firework display. it s the latest attraction to open in the region s tourism and business hub after the waxwork museum madame tussauds opened earlier this week. dubai is hoping to attract millions