including in other countries. uk ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. six republican senators join democrats in voting to push ahead with donald trump s impeachment trial. and coming up this hour the perils of the zoom call a forlorn texas lawyer tells thejudge i am not a cat , as he s defeated by a kitten filter. good morning and welcome to bbc news. england s deputy chief medical officer says it s really worrying that there s lower take up of the coronavirus vaccine among ethnic minorities in the uk. in the past hour, professorjonathan van tam, has been answering audience questions about about vaccines and covid misinformation here on bbc news, and the asian network. it comes amid hesitancy in black and asian communities about vaccine uptake. i have concerns that uptake in the minority ethnic groups is not going to be as rapid or as high as in the indigenous white
tonight we dissect three reports on the concrete material that s closed schools due to safety fears. how many opportunities to solve the problem were missed over 60 years. we ll be speaking to the president of the institution of structural engineers. also tonight warnings that africa is facing a debt crisis worse than ever before. it s choices between building new roads that will provide access for food producers, social services, health and education or servicing debts. and as we head into a new term in parliament, our expert panel will talk us through the challanges facing parties with a general election inching closer. good evening. as more than a hundred schools in england make alternative arrangements for their students following instruction from the government, newnsight has seen evidence that risks associated with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete being refered to as raac were outlined as far back as 1961. although the material was deemed safe if used with p
picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. for england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some western hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate all black women . what took them so long? number ten s change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary kemi badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a space for forgiveness . we ll talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think he s a race traitor to be a tory. also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as nhs dentistry, with minimal public access to treatment. they say, we re not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and that s really the end of the nhs. plus a conversation between this conservative mp and
no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as the country suffers its hottest weekend in half a century. 0ne climate expert says the current heatwave could last up to 17 days making it the longest since records began. in the past hour, our reporter azadeh moshiri told us about the evacuation operations currently under way on the island of rhodes. well, here in athens. i just got off the phone with the fire service moments ago, and he told us that the fire service apologises for any mess, that this is a very difficult operation for them, that they re human and they re trying the best they can in difficult conditions. now, he explained that it s exactly the reason that makes rhodes so attractive to tourists that is making it so difficult for them to contain these