that is not the european union, that is myanmar, which we are going to talk about after the initiators have gone out after the deadliest day in the demonstrations on wednesday. we are also going to talk about the eu vaccine roll out, because there are problems are not the pace they were looking at, but crucially germany is going to use the astrazeneca vaccine in over 65 year old. germany approving the ashes in a jab for over 60 fives, saying that there was insufficient data initially to approve it for use, now it is saying it can go ahead. let s turn our attention to the situation in europe. three important elements to discuss with reference to the pandemic, starting with vaccine roll out. this began at the end of december but it is moving slower than other countries, including the uk, and supply issues are one of the reason why. here is the bbc s mark lowen. it is a move by italy s new prime minister, mario draghi, that is making the most of a new eu wide programme which was
from their school in northern nigeria. but they have yet to be reunited with theirfamilies. another 21 girls, released last october by the militants, are still in government custody. our correspondent, alistair leithead, reports now from yola in north eastern nigeria. the chibok girls are now young women and getting used to being freed from their boko haram captors. after being kidnapped by the islamists, they spent three years in the forest and are now a little overwhelmed by their new surroundings and by all the attention. the yakubu nkeke is the families representative, we met him in north eastern nigeria, heading back to chibok. he saw the girls and has the job of identifying all of them. among the 82 released was his daughter. when i fist saw her, shejumped and grabbed for me. i hold her hands, started dancing around with her. he ll show the families his pictures and prepare for their big reunion. the girls told him life was hard under boko haram, sometimes there was no
donald trump has now said he would have fired the head of the fbi, james comey, even if thejustice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and in his first interview since the news broke the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi‘s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. 48 hours after the sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake was not an act of friendship at the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he isa of the end for the fbi director. he is a showboat, a grandstand. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general. the white house had claimed that. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey. it was my decision. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white house claimed james co
he would have fired the head of the fbi, james comey, even if the justice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and, in his first interview since the news broke, the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. he s become more famous than me. 48 hours after the sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake not an act of friendship, it seems, but the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he is a showboat, he s a grandstander. .. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general, as the white house had claimed. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey. it was my decision. you were going to make the decision. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white house
even if the justice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and, in his first interview since the news broke, the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. he s become more famous than me. 48 hours after his sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake not an act of friendship, it seems, but the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he s a showboat, he s a grandstander. .. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general, as the white house had claimed. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey, my decision. it was not. you had made the decision before they came into the room. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white house claimed james comey had no