now on bbc news, the media show. hello. the g7 summit, the nato summit, putin, biden, the world s biggest leaders were face to face in a series of meetings this week. these are some of the most intensely scrutinised meetings you can imagine. and you will have to imagine because of course none of the press were allowed in the room. so how easy is it forjournalists who specialise in diplomacy to sort fact from spin? in fact, do the politicians even want them there? unless of course it s to snap them posing grandly on the beach in those ubiquitous family photos. let me introduce you to my wonderful panel of guests. patrick wintour is diplomatic editor at the guardian. naomi o leary is europe correspondent for the irish times. rym momtaz is senior france correspondent at politico and steven erlanger is the pulitzer prize winning journalist and currently chief diplomatic correspondent at the new york times. steven, you ve been covering this week s international diplomacy from your
as italy wins the big prize. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. i m martine croxall. 13 people have died after a mountain cable car plunged to the ground in northern italy. two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. the cable car takes people from the town of stresa, on lake maggiore, up almost a mile above sea level to the top of the mottarone mountain. earlier, our rome correspondent mark lowen gave us this update. at least 12 people have now been confirmed dead in this tragedy. there are two young children who are seriously injured they have been airlifted to hospital in turin. it happened after a cable car was reaching the end of its isoo metre climb from lake maggiore up to the italian alps when it broke away and plunged to the ground. the images from the scene showed the cable car was virtually destroyed, and it was extremely difficult for rescue workers to get to the scene, because it is a very wooded area and of course very high as well. in fact, on
a new study has found that two doses of the uk s main covid vaccines offer strong protection against the so called indian variant of the virus. the public health england study the first to look at the vaccines effectiveness against the indian variant comes amid warnings that the new strain is now the dominant one in some parts of the country. here s our science correspondent pallab ghosh. today and through the weekend, people in rochdale were actively coming forward to receive their vaccinations. the latest research shows that the jabs are effective in reducing the chances of getting infected from the variant that came from india, and experts think that the vaccines are stopping serious illness as well. of the 3,000 or so cases of the variant, there have only been 31 hospital admissions and just six deaths. most of these vaccines are really good. i m definitely. i m going for my second astrazeneca jab soon and i think we ll get more refinement of that data as we go forwa
a dissidentjournalist? in northern italy, a cable car crashes to the ground, killing 14 people. and a special report on the migrant children who arrive in america. thousands are being held in detention camps. good evening. people across the uk are being urged to take up the offer of both doses of a covid vaccine when offered, after a new study showed effectivesness against the b.i.617.2 or indian variant. the research also showed that a single dose of vaccine offered limited protection against the variant compared to efficacy against the one first identified in kent. with the indian variant spreading here, and dominant in some parts of the country, our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. today and through the weekend, people in rochdale were actively coming forward to receive their vaccinations. the latest research shows that the jabs are effective in reducing the chances of getting infected from the variant that came from india. experts think that the vaccines are