we start in northern india. police say at least 200 people are still missing after a glacier broke free and smashed into a hydro electric dam. one witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. a massive rescue operation is taking place and survivors have been pulled from the mud and rubble. it happened in uttara khand state on in the district of chamoli. our delhi correspondent rajini vaidyanthan has the latest. this dramatic footage shows when the nanda devi glacier in the himalayas burst on sunday morning. as water gushed down the valley, damage and destruction. translation: | witness l something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i d never seen anything like it. about 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldn t be saved. they were engulfed by the river. the situation here is still dangerous. people are leaving their homes and are fleeing towards the forest. they re taking their belonging
a dramatic buildup, it is all go for the first grand slam of the year. hello, welcome to the programme. we start in northern india. police say at least 200 people are still missing after a glacier broke free and smashed into a hydro electric dam. one witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. a massive rescue operation is taking place and survivors have been pulled from the mud and rubble. it happened in uttara khand state in the district of chamoli. our delhi correspondent rajini vaidyanthan has the latest. this dramatic bushy footage shows when the glacier burst. as what a gust dashed down the valley, translation: i witness something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i d never seen anything like it. about 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldn t be saved. they were engulfed by the river. approximately 125 people could be missing. a power company is unable to give the figures.
least 100 people in india. former secretary of state george schultz who negotiating health and the cold war, has died. and after a three week delay, a massive logistical mission and a handful of health scares, the australian open finally begins. i m shaimaa khalil, and here in melbourne park, there is a real buzz as play gets under way. after a dramatic and challenging buildup, it s all go for the first grand slam of the year. welcome to the programme will. welcome to the programme will. we start in south africa which is suspending its full rollout of the austin 0xford astrazeneca vaccine after studies showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus was not last week, south africa received 1 million doses of the astrazeneca jab and had been due to start vaccinating people next week. here s south africa s health minister speaking at a video briefing. 0ur scientists must quickly sit together and figure out what approach we are going to use in order effe
his buccaneers terrorise the kansas city chiefs. hello, welcome to the program. we start in south africa which is to delay and review its use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. it comes less than a week after the country s president and senior ministers greeted the arrival of a million doses of the jab as they landed atjohannesburg airport and is a setback for innoculation efforts which had been due to start in the coming days. south africa s health minister had this to say. our scientists must quickly sit together and figure out what approach we are going to use in order to effectively deploy the astrazeneca vaccines. it must be clear when that can be done, what conditions need to be fulfilled, what we need to do about all of that. so that basically is the assignment that has been given to our scientists all together. they ll figure it out, they ll come back to us and say, this is the propo