To get your shots, a bunch of them. The pentagon has long required allu. S. Military personnel to get shots to protect against things, like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. I mean, depending on where in the world you might be serving for the u. S. Military, u. S. Troops are required to receive upto17 different vaccinations before they are allowed to deploy, before theyre allowed to serve. Well, as of today, the Covid Vaccine will be one more addition to the existing, long list of mandatory vaccines for people in the u. S. Military. This is a big deal. Its a big deal for the military. Its a big deal for the country. Its a big deal for the fight against covid19. President biden had, previously, asked Defense Secretary Lloyd austin to study whether activeduty u. S. Troops should be required to take the vaccine. Today, Secretary Austin announced that, after studying the matter, he will ask President Biden, as commander in chief, to, in fact, require those vaccinations. This a
Documents obtained by the bbc suggest David Cameron made around £7 million from the failed Finance Company greensill. Celebrations as scotland lifts almost all its remaining Coronavirus Restrictions. And a heroes welcome for the last of the Team Gb athletes to return home from success in tokyo. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel Lionel Messi leaves barcelona after 21 years, but will he land at Charles De Gaul Airport to play at Paris St Germain . Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. We are changing the earths climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways, risking widespread devastation, heatwaves, floods and droughts. Todays report from the international panel on Climate Change a group of the worlds leading scientists warns Climate Change is happening now, and it is unequivocally the result of Human Activity. The head of the un has called it a Code Red for humanity. It warns that temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1. 5 Degrees Celsius above pre industrial lev
peru s president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, it s time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that s global question sri lanka: surviving climate change. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of
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environmental challenges. and for copp 27 agreement, help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe. that is global questions sri lanka, surviving climate change. as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have a panel from here and sri lanka were going to be answering questions from my audience here. i ve got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you who s in the hot seat for this edition of global questions. ruwan wijewardene is deputy leader of the united national party, and is the president s right hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects of the climate crisis. professor mohan munasinghe is an eminent sri lankan climate scientist. he was vice chair of the un international panel on climate change when, as an institution, it was awarded the 2007 nobel peace prize with al gore for efforts to combat climate change. an