hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us house of representatives has just voted to pass presidentjoe biden s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill. the cash would be extended as emergency financial aid to households, small businesses and state governments. unemployment in the us is close to 10%, with some ten million jobs lost in the pandemic. the vote comes in the same week the us passed 500,000 coronavirus related deaths the largest figure of any nation in the world. the republicans who say it is too expensive had fought to get it defeated in committees. 0ur washington correspondent lebo diseko sent us this update. it s not a surprise that this bill has passed in the house. democrats hold a majority there and it was just a simple majority that was needed to get it through. the real battle will come in the senate. democrats are using a special process called budgetary reconciliation and it means that there are two in the senate it willju
but will the ex president stay in command his party? more parents wait and pray in nigeria after the latest school kidnapping: more than 300 girls abducted from the state of zamfara. the uk chancellor of the exchequer plans new measures to help people buy their own homes, as he prepares his budget next week. trumpets play. and tributes are paid to the record breaking british charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore, at his funeral. family members say his spirit will live on. and in sport, wales secure the triple crown with a rugby six nations win over england. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. us president, joe biden, has welcomed the passing of his $1.9 trillion, coronavirus aid bill , in the house of representatives. the republicans said the plan was too expensive and voted against it. but the democrats slim majority pushed the bill through. it s the third major us spending package during the pandemic, slightly smaller than the $2 trilli
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us house of representatives has just voted to pass presidentjoe biden s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill. the republicans, who say it is too expensive, had fought to get it defeated in committees before it reaches the house floor. this was the moment when the speaker gave the final tally to members. on this vote, the yays are 219, the nays are 212. the bill is passed without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. applause its passage faces challenges in the senate, whose rules expert blocked a section of the bill that would double the mimimum wage to 15 dollars per hour. the american rescue plan would pay for vaccines and medical supplies and send a new round of emergency financial aid to households, small businesses and state and local governments. our washington correspondent lebo diseko sent us this latest update. it s not a surprise that this bill has passed in the house. democr
contactless store in the uk. the violence in myanmar will be discussed at the united nations security council on friday, as international leaders condemn the actions of the military. the british prime minister borisjohnson has said he s horrified by what s happening. and washington has just announced fresh export controls. thursday has seen fresh protests in myanmar, as our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports. every revolution has its martyrs, and 19 year old kyel sin has been made a symbol of this unequal struggle against a powerful and merciless military. she was given a hero s sendoff in her home city of mandalay. one of 38 people, shot dead in a day of violence, when the security forces opened fire on demonstrators here and in other cities. at least eight died here in the yangon suburb. makeshift shrines dotting the road where they fell in a hail of gunfire. but if the intent was to terrorise people off the streets, it failed. people were out again in la
had people lining up to get them in. they are still millions and millions of unused doses around europe that aren t getting in actually vaccinating people and i think you should focus on supporting national government to fix that problem and they would not need to worry about that. , , ., ., , that. it s interesting that at times as well as focusing that. it s interesting that at times as well as focusing on that. it s interesting that at times as well as focusing on this. - that. it s interesting that at times as well as focusing on this. it s i as well as focusing on this. it s picking up their new vaccination targets. it inoculated 4.6 million people. compare that to the uk. germany has changed their mind when it comes to the efficacy of the astrazeneca vaccine for over 65 year olds. there was a concern they did not have enough data to make that case for that but they had a change of heart. the? make that case for that but they had a change of heart. a change of hea