to blow up an enquiry into. last year. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid i9 are offered small training rather than steroids. smell training. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. india s supreme court says the country is facing a national emergency as its healthcare system buckles under a second wave of coronavirus patients. many hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are desperately low and the number of new cases is spiralling out of control. for the third day in a row, it s registered the world s highest ever daily rise in coronavirus infections. the latest figures show more than 340,000 new cases and more than 2,600 deaths. 0ur delhi correspondent yogita limaye was given access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a
george floyd while kneeling on his neck for nearly ten minutes during that arrest back in may of last year. right now the court is breaking for lunch. when they get back in the courtroom, we ll take you to those live proceedings. let s back up for a minute and play you what jurors must be mulling over right now from the minneapolis use of force training officers. sir, is this an mpd trained neck restraint? no, sir. has it ever been? neckry s restraint, no, sir. is this an mpd authorized neck restraint? knee on the neck is not someth something is something that s authorized. for what length of time? the type of resistance you re getting. if there was, say for example, the subject was under control and handcuffed, would this be authorized? i would say no. let s go outside of that courtroom. how did the defense cross-examine this police training expert? this was a day that we ve seen where the defense made a lot of ground up. the last few days it s been
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long running protest against modi government farm law reform. but india s pinister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? my a defining moment for india? my guest today is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and prominent backer of the farmers cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? yogendra yadav, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the co ordinating committee of the co ordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers protests. we have been watching them for the last weeks and months but it does seem as though right now, they may be losing momentum. is that right? may be losing momentum. is that riuht? ., ., right? not quite. in an extraordinary - right? not quite. in an l extraordinary movement right? not quite. in an - extraordinary m
report from japan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin in greece, where pope francis has criticised what he says is the narrow self interest of european countries in the way they are responding to the migrant crisis. he spent time at a refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos. his verdict on the way people there are being treated it could lead to the shipwreck of civilisation. our special correspondent fergal keane travelled with him and sent this report. they embrace the man and the message because, at this moment, he is their most passionate advocate. pope francis arrives at the time of renewed political crisis in europe over the issue of migration. since his last visit, fences have gone up, there have been pushed back of migrants in land and at sea and globally there s no coherent political vision to tackle the problems of poverty and war that are driving people from their homes in their thousands. the pope spoke to an audience l