With the aim of driving down infections. Anything we can do to improve vaccination rates, including going to below the age of18, 16, 17 year olds, clearly will be a good thing, to get as many people vaccinated as possible, with both doses of the vaccine. If you want to get in touch with your views on any of today s stories including the idea of giving vaccines to children i m. Lebanon is holding a day of national mourning to mark the first anniversary of a massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands. The belarusian 0lympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning. And coming up this hour, professor barbie. The scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus, vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. A warm welcome to tokyo and it s been another incredible day on the athletics track, with another extraordinary 400 metres hurdles final and another dizzying world rec
To a delay of two weeks. We return to meet child victims of the syrian civil war, who stay hopeful, despite the traumas they ve been through. And questions about the pressures of top level sport, after naomi osaka withdraws from the french open because of her mental health. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: gareth southgate names his 26 man england squad for euro 2020, as liverpool right back trent alexander arnold survives the cut. Good evening. For the first time since the pandemic began, there have been zero daily covid deaths in the uk announced within 28 days of a positive test. The announcement is a milestone, but it does come as some experts continue to throw doubt on whether all restrictions in england should be lifted onjune 21st that s the date set out in the government roadmap. New covid cases have remained above 3,000 for the seventh day running, and there are still large numbers of people who remain unvaccinated. But downing street reiterated that borisjohn
Being able to now have good treatment isjust going to be a game changer for us and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Ten years since mass protests in syria turned into a violent conflict that has torn the country apart, bbc news follows the lives of two children who escaped tojordan. And the unkindest cut seven players miss out as england manager gareth southgate prunes his squad to 26 for the euros. Hello and very good evening. For the first time since the start of the pandemic 15 months ago, the uk has announced no new coronavirus deaths that were recorded within 28 days of a positive test. The health secretary, matt hancock, said the whole country would be so glad to hear the news, which he believed proved the vaccination roll out was working. Scientists remain concerned about the spread of the variant first identified in india, and some experts still want borisjohnson to postpone plans to remove all lockdown restrictions in england onjune 21st that s the date se
There who have neither had this virus infection nor yet been immunised. Grand slam tennis tournaments a promise to improve the player experience after naomi osaka withdrew from the french openside a mental health issues. And we ll find out about a pioneering new drug tereatment, the most expensive in the world, that has been used to treat a five month old baby boy. We start with coronavirus because the main global health and finance agencies have told world leaders that they should share vaccine doses or risk prolonging the pandemic. The heads of the world health organization, the world trade organization, the international monetary fund and the world bank say the world has reached a perilous point. They ve appealed for a $50 billion investment fund to help end the covid 19 pandemic to prevent richer countries from being hit by imported variants of the virus. Here s the head of the world health organization. So, with those measures and vaccines, we have the means to end this pandemic q
Is booming in many areas but at what cost? we report from the wirral. Five month old arthur morgan, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, is the first in england to receive the world s most expensive drug. A special report from jordan where we go back to meet two syrian refugees, victims of the terrible conflict in their homeland. And the tennis star whose honesty about living with depression has drawn praise worldwide. And coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. England are all set for euro 2020, as gareth southgate names his 26 man squad, with liverpool s trent alexander arnold making the cut. Good evening. For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in march last year, the united kingdom has recorded no deaths linked to coronavirus. This refers to those deaths reported within 28 days of a positive covid test. The pandemic is farfrom over but it s nonetheless a significant milestone. As things stand, cases are again on the rise, linked to the variant fir