hello and thanks forjoining us. there s been another night of sustained israeli airstrikes on gaza despite reports that the two sides are close to agreeing a ceasefire. earlier, a senior hamas official said he was predicting a pause within days. president biden has called on israel for a serious de escalation. the conflict has already cost more than 200 lives, including dozens of children. mark lobel reports. more trauma and tears in a gaza hospital. behind this crowd, a palestinian father killed alongside his pregnant wife and daughter after an israeli air strike hit their home as they cooked a family meal. israel continues to shoot down rockets fired from gaza. a near miss here as an israeli family fled this house moments before a rocket struck. the us presidentjoe biden has told benjamin netanyahu he expects a significant de escalation. i do think that president biden has been appropriate and actively engaged, although today s public statement may be the first time he is m
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. there are signs of growing frustration across europe as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. infections are on the rise as a third wave begins to sweep the continent. there ve been protests in poland, where a strict new lockdown has come into force, after a sharp increase in cases. there were also angry demonstrations in vienna, with many frustrated protestors calling for chancellor sebastian kurz to step down. this protest took place in finland, which has more than 70,000 confirmed cases, and where 800 people have died so far. there were also anti lockdown protests in london. they came despite a fall in infections and a fast paced vaccine programme. and german police used pepper spray during ugly clashes in the northern city of kassel another city where demonstrators are angry a
nearly 80,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, and has been registering record numbers of deaths this week. the country is battling a more contagious variant which is taking a heavy toll on young people. freya cole reports. the start of another hectic day for intensive care workers in sao paulo. the ward is full of covid 19 patients, relying on ventilators and constant monitoring so they can stay alive. for the head of intensive care, the biggest concern now is a sharp rise of younger people being admitted in a serious condition. translation: today we face | the prospect that the situation will get worse because the patients we are witnessing have a slightly different profile than before. we are seeing more younger patients with very serious conditions and no underlying health issues. covid i9 has left a trail of death across brazil. a local variant is highly contagious. in the last 21 hours almost 3000 people died, the second highest daily death toll since the
good afternoon. the health secretary matt hancock has announced that more than half of adults in the uk have now had a first dose of covid vaccine. more people received the jab yesterday than on any other day. despite this, a scientist on a government advisory body warns summer holidays overseas are extremely unlikely because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. it comes as france and poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in infections in recent weeks. richard galpin reports. here in germany the authorities are warning that the country is now facing a third wave of coronavirus. infections rising exponentially. and this particularly worrying as just 8% of the population here has had a first dose of vaccine. there are now calls for lockdown measures to be brought back in. the situation also serious here in france, with covid cases surging. more than 20 million people now facing restrictions. pol