the stage is set for the first helicopter flight on another planet nasa s ingenuity craft should take off from the surface of mars within hours. # money, money, money, must be funny.# - back together abba s bjorn on how the band have been meeting up ahead their new virtual tour. we meet in person with masks and, you know, tests and whatever. good morning. it isa it is a chilly start to the day on the roof of broadcasting house. chili for many of us but another warm and sunny day across england and wales, when we lose the mist and fog. scotland and northern ireland, a bit more fog, with rain in the west. detailed in ten minutes. good morning it s monday, the 19th of april. our top story. six premier league football clubs have announced plans to join a breakaway european super league. arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham have agreed to join six european sides to start a new midweek tournament. the move s been condemned by the premier
hello, welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. india s official death toll from the covid 19 pandemic is approaching 200,000, with reports suggesting the numbers could be twice as high. crematoriums in the capital delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space for its dead. but, while there has been a lot of reporting from the big cities, what is happening in smaller towns and rural areas of this vast nation of 1.3 billion people? the bbc s indian language services correspondents are based across the country and have sent this update. india s western maharashtra is the worst affected state by the covid 19 pandemic. along the with cities like mumbai and camille, it s rural areas like where i am today are also suffering from a rise in coronavirus cases. some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise, as compared to last year in the first wave. the availability of icu beds is a major cause of concern as a few districts have al
mostly at tel aviv. hundreds of people protest in glasgow to try and stop uk immigration enforcement from removing two men. police have agreed to release the men for the time being. and we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers this evening, including dawn foster. but is it 10:30 on bbc news. good evening and welcome if you have justjoined us. the prime minister says he is anxious about the spread of the indian coronavirus variant in parts of the uk and says he can t rule anything out. public health england say there are now more than 1,300 cases, up from 520 last week. bolton has one of the highest rates of the indian variant, with most of the infections thought to be among the under 25s. in blackburn with darwen, additional vaccination clinics will be opened up next week though the jab will only be available to those within the current government guidance, which is currently anyone aged over 38. 0ur correspondent dominic hughes reports from bolto
reporting undercover, as we reveal the full scale of the covid crisis overwhelming india s hospitals. and in tonight s football manchester united and arsenal look to make it through to the europa league final. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, alun wynjones will captain the british and irish lions in theirsummertour of south africa, as their 37 man squad is announced. good evening from the bbc election studio. polling stations have just closed after a day of voting in england, scotland and wales, in the biggest test of opinion since the general election of 2019. some of today s contests should have taken place last year but were delayed because of the pandemic. the results will be closely watched not only for the state of the parties and their leaders, but also for their potential impact on the future of the united kingdom. in scotland, voters have been electing a new scottish parliament, with 129 members, and in wales they re electing a new senedd or wels