saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. the u.s. the bloomberg u.s. dollar index. crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. they re going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. agrees to ease cuts more gradually. gold about 1/10 of 1% lower. bitcoin using some of its sheen and declining s extensive 1%. with all that in mind, let s find out what is happening in new york. karina: we start with the news on pfizer. it slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. anthony found she is taking the u.k. for rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u.s. economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forw
deep south and fears more bodies will be found after tornadoes kill and the top story in the uk: at least 23 people in alabama. and as bushfires rage theresa may has vowed to tackle on across several australian states, we talk to a prominent winemaker on the economic impact. good morning. it s 9am in singapore, i am in london, and 9pm in the capital of venezuela, caracas, where thousands of people have welcomed the return of the man who claims to be the country s interim president. opposition leaderjuan guaido had been visiting countries in the region to get support for his bid to replace the current president nicolas maduro. but now mr guaido could face arrest, as the bbc‘s will grant reports from caracas. juan guaido could have been arrested the moment he stepped off the flight. instead, he breezed back onto venezuelan soil, and into the arms of his supporters. for those who see him as their president, his return is an important step on the road to removing nicolas maduro
down on wednesday. wing commander abhinandan but this time, the spacecraft touching down on the surface varthaman was handed back has a unique job. at the wagah crossing point. so for mission control, pakistan described the move getting there was a huge relief. touchdown confirmed. as ‘gesture of peace‘. relations between india and pakistan, two nuclear powers, have plummeted in the last week. amid all the celebrations, on tuesday, india carried out air they would be checking that strikes on what it said everything is working, was a militant camp in pakistan. so the science can begin. the military action followed a suicide bombing that killed nasa is not the only team exploring mars. at least a0 indian troops others are busy there, as well. in indian administered kashmir in february. amazingly, there are six spacecraft in orbit around the red planet, taking pictures and gathering data. india and pakistan have fought three wars since 1947. all but one were over kashmir. th
hello, and welcome to bbc news. the family of an american student who died after being jailed in north korea have rebuked president trump for praising kim jong un. otto warmbier was sentenced to 15 years in 2016 after being accused of stealing a poster. he was in a coma when he was released 17 months later, and died soon after returning to the united states. let s get the latest from washington and our correspondent, chris buckler. you can only imagine how difficult it has been over the last few years for otto warmbier‘s family. at times, watching pictures of them deeply distressed in north korea, watching them watching him sentenced to north lake hard labour, and having him returned just days before he died, clearly suffering from brain damage. at times, president trump has been a support to the family. indeed, he was there in accompanied them to be state of the union address last year in washington, and at times he has had extremely warm words for them. but at the s
that he did not know about oscar warmbier‘s mistreatment and failing health. despite the series of events that led to their son s death, they made a decision not to speak out during the process of the summit, they wa nted the process of the summit, they wanted that process to continue without them speaking and getting involved in it. but afterwards and after president trump return to washington they felt that they had to speak out, saying that mr kim and his evil regime bore responsibility for what happened to their son. but there has been response from mr trump today. he tweeted this. he did say north korea, not kim jong un. however, clearly his family are upset about the comments. and just to emphasise what they are again is what he told reporters, he, referring to mr kim, told me i didn t know about it and i will take him at his word. clearly otto warmbier‘s family feel that they cannot trust mr kim and do not take amat is word. to put it in context, it could be the st