Satellite images show the Mega Berg has virtually gone. Nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on anOther planet with a Helicopter Mission on mars. Good afternoon, welcome to Bbc News. The Environment Secretary George eustice has told the bbc that the government will look at any recommendations made to change the rules around lobbying. Inquiries have begun into former prime Minister David camerons communications with Cabinet Ministers While working for the collapsed firm, greensill capital. It comes as one senior Conservative Mp warns Borisjohnson Hell lose support from former Labour Voters unless he resolves the row over lobbying. Our political Correspondent Nick Eardley has this report. David cameronS Lobbying of ministers on behalf of a Finance Company he worked for has led to wider questions about the relationship between government and the private sector and about possible conflicts of interest. A number of inquiries have been set Up To look at the issues
Welcome to our vIewers on pbs In AmerIca and around the globe. The funeral of the Duke Of EdInburgh wIll take place at WIndsor Castle on saturday. Only thIrty mourners wIll attend the servIce InsIde st georges chapel, as a result of coronavIrus restrIctIons. Many aspects of the funeral, IncludIng the musIc, were planned In advance by PrInce PhIlIp hImself. Our royal correspondent, nIcholas wItchell, reports. A husband and wIfe, plaInly happy In each other S Company a prevIously prIvate Image taken at balmoral In 2003, selected by the queen to be publIshed on the eve of her husbands funeral. OutsIde st georges chapel, wIthIn WIndsor Castle, some of the flowers left by members of the publIc have been laId out on the lawns. Close by, a wreath from the PrIme MInIster, wIth a card payIng trIbute to a man to whom the natIon owes more than words can say. There were wreaths, too, from commonwealth natIons, from canada and New Zealand countrIes whIch The Duke had often vIsIted. The earl and Cou
in england don t have a greater risk of getting covid 19 compared to other working age adults. politicians in ghana and the ivory coast are among the first to be vaccinated under the global covax programme which will bring the vaccine to the world s poorest countries. and coming up, the 20 year old able to hold her baby s hand for the first time, after being seriously ill and on a ventilator with coronavirus. a search is under way to try to find someone in the uk who s contracted a concerning variant of coronavirus first found in brazil. health officials fear the new strain that may spread more rapidly and may respond less well to existing vaccines although that s not confirmed. health secretary matt hancock will lead a downing street briefing in half an hour and will update mps later on the new variant called the p1 variant. there are 6 confirmed cases in the uk and health officials are trying to trace one of the people in england infected with the variant been l
garland. that gets under way tomorrow. the new york times reports, quote, he will almost certainly be asked about the department of homeland security s warning that the united states faces a growing threat from violent domestic extremist and the january 6th mob attack on the capitol may not have been an isolated episode. we re also learning the former president may emerge from the shadows and it will be the first time he has been seen publicly since leaving the white house shortly after his impeachment. he is expected to speak in orlando next weekend and expected to close out the program on friday, february 28th. this comes as new reporting comes up as there s an investigation for roles in the capitol hill riot. i spoke with representative stacy plasci tkeufplt. what this report says, i think it is solidifying that the president was, in fact, not only an instigator but planner of the attack on january 6th. i think it leads to other law enforcement agencies having addition