Now on bbc news, it s time for the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Texts for tax breaks or ventilators to save lives? labour keep up the pressure on the prime minister over lobbying. Sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. And it s all on his watch. Race in the uk the equalities minister denounces critics of a major report. The government even more firmly condemns the deeply personal and racialised attacks against the commissioners, which have included death threats. Why are our rivers so dirty? feargal sharkey gets vocal. It s time for everybody to put on their big boys pants and start taking this seriously. And planning a big wedding? think again, says an expert. The fees for a church wedding or a simple registry office ceremony are very modest indeed. All that to come and more. But first, a week dominated by the continuing row over lobbying, with labour determined to target borisjohnson as the head of what it calls a whatsapp government . The row deepened
Users privacy online. A new look, a new venue here in los angeles stopping the covidsafe oscars are well under way. Hello, thanks very much for being with us here on bbc news. International efforts are under way to help india as the country suffers critical shortages of oxygen and record daily coronavirus infections. The united states is the latest country to offer emergency medical equipment. Britain has begun flying out ventilators while france and germany will also send crucial supplies in the next few days. The indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described the surge of infections as a storm that has shaken the nation, a storm which took 2,767 lives in the previous 2a hour period. Our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from delhi. The capital is being ravaged at a frightening speed. With every pyre that burns, india s self belief is dying. Each funeral is a story of personal loss and national shame. Charanjeev malhotra has been helping to cremate the dead for decades. Now,
well, we come today as the air fresheners for minnesota. - we re trying to get the stench of police brutality out of the atmosphere. india buckles under the impact of the covid pandemic the country records the world s highest number of infections in a day. a formal uk government apology after failing to commemorate properly more than 100,000 black and asian people who died fighting for the british empire during the first world war. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has claimed the tide is turning for action after a number of world leaders, including president biden, made new pledges to cut emissions on the opening day of a global climate summit. the us, canada, japan and south korea all announced revised targets, but two of the biggest emitters, india and china, made no fresh commitments. the latest data shows china it s the world s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, estimated at 28% in 2019. the us was second at 15%, and india was third at 7%. 0ur science edi
space station propelled on a recycled rocket. india is struggling to find enouigh oxygen for the thousands of covid patients gasping for breath. nearly a million infections have been confirmed in the past 72 hours alone. the government has dropped customs duties on imports to try to boost supplies. but doctors at a hospital in the capital, delhi, say at least 25 patients have died because of a lack of oxygen. intensive care units are full and there is no room for any more beds. this report from our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, contains images you may find upsetting. patients as far as the eye can see but oxygen remains scarce. the situation right now here is really, really worse, critical and out of control. tushar maurya filmed this video inside a crowded delhi hospital, as he took a family member with covid to casualty. it is difficult to provide equal treatment to all the patients. that s why there is a high casualty rate inside, and there s a very nega
to the international space station, propelled on a recycled rocket. india is struggling to source enough oxygen for the thousands of covid patients in desperate need of treatment. nearly a million new infections have been confirmed in the past 72 hours alone. the government has dropped customs duties on imports to try to boost supplies, but it may come too late for many at one hospital in the capital, delhi, officials say at least 20 patients have died because of a lack of oxygen. this report from our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, contains images you may find upsetting. patients as far as the eye can see but oxygen remains scarce. the situation right now here is really, really worse, critical and out of control. tushar maurya filmed this video inside a crowded delhi hospital, as he took a family member with covid to casualty. it is difficult to provide equal treatment to all the patients. that s why there is a high casualty rate inside, and there s a very n