report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. our money to a lab in china that wasn t up to code that was doing gain of function research and that s where this thing came from. that s what they didn t want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. i do agree with that. communist china the target of bipartisan criticism in washington on tuesday. china has not been forthcoming. where a house select committee held a hearing on the origins of covid-19. i can very well argue the lab leak theory because, you know, china cannot cooperate. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, who began his term two months into the pandemic, also pointing the finger at china. a lab leak is the only explanation credit dibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense. the chinese embassy
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focused minds are somewhat in helsinki and stockholm and pushed those two countries for the first time to apply for nato membership. so some movement by turkey regarding finland s application to join nato. giving young babies between four and six months old tiny tastes of smooth peanut butter could dramatically cut peanut allergies. that s according to new research, showing there is a crucial opportunity during weaning to cut allergy cases by 77%. the allergy has been soaring in the uk with one in 50 children now affected. scientists now say the government s advice on weaning which says no solids until around six months needs to change. let s speak to our medical editor fergus walsh. this sounds promising, tell us how it works? it this sounds promising, tell us how it works? , , ., . ., this sounds promising, tell us how itworks? , , ., . ., , it works? it is research from king s colleae it works? it is research from king s college london it works? it is research from
it certainly isn t all that we would have asked for. but it is an offer that we can put to our members. health workers say the effects of the strike action could have been avoided had the prime minister and his team responded earlier. this agreement rightly recognises the fantastic work that our nhs workers like nurses, midwives and paramedics do, whilst also being affordable for the taxpayer. we will have more details on the deal which covers all staff in nhs england apart from doctors who are on a different contract. also tonight. in eastern ukraine, a special report on the fighters in the trenches of bakhmut, trying to resist the russian advance. the russians are only 500 metres away. that is automatic fire you can hear. along this line is grenade fire, automatic fire and tank fire. the social media app tiktok owned by a chinese company is to be banned from uk government devices for security reasons. scientists identify a gene variant known to increase the risk of brea
between the brothers over what will happen to james s character lorcan after their mother s death and as the first actor with down s syndrome to win an oscar, he hopes the world of the big screen will become more open to storylines which involve disability. it s really down to the actors themselves, really, but i think we should be included because it doesn t matter what disabilities you have, as long as you can act, that is the main thing. what is crucial for representation is not making the disability the main event. after the glitz and glamour of the awards, james said the next stop is to bring the oscar home to his drama group in belfast. they hope their next project will be a feature length film and believe it was northern ireland s characteristic dark humour which helped win over the academy judges and bring a bit of red carpet prestige back home. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good evening. northern ireland had its warme