hello there. we start with disney. its shares are at a record high after it swung back into profit for the last three arms of 2020. that is despite the pandemic that has seen its theme park closed and cinema releases cancelled around the world. it s all down to, you guessed it, streaming. between disney+, hulu and the sports channel espn, disney has now got 146 million paying subscribers for its streaming services, that makes it a serious challenge to netflix with its 200 million subscribers. michelle has all the details. disney s new digital streaming service is an increasingly important part of the company, even more so since the company, even more so since the pandemic pretty much shut down its other businesses. the key growth area it reported almost 95 million paid subscribers to its disney+ streaming service in the final three months of last year. helping them to make a profit of $17 million. that will be a relief to the company which has invested heavily in the streamin
a painting by vincent van gogh, has been shown to the public for the first time, after being kept in a french family s collection for years. good evening. when children in england return to the classroom the week after next, many of them will have missed nearly half a school year because of covid lockdowns. today, the government has announced an extra £400 million on top of £300 million announced last month for what s being described as a catch up programme. out of that, £302 million will be for primary and secondary schools to spend on their most disadvantaged pupils. another £200 million is for expanded tutoring programmes. and a further £200 million will be set aside for extra face to face summer schools for some secondary pupils. teaching unions and heads have described the extra cash as a good start, but say there needs to be a longer term strategy. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been to two schools in the west midlands. a haven for children as familie
and more than 300 nigerian just won t be any deal. schoolchildren are missing let s get more on this the united states is from the us with david smith about to begin its most he s the guardian s ambitious vaccination campaign ever as millions of doses of the pfizer biontech vaccine arrive all over the country. washington bureau chief. the aim is to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus has brexit, like the beatles in by the end of march. 1964, cracked america or did it us media are reporting fade away a long time ago?m that president trump and vice president pence faded a while ago. in 2016 it will be among the first people to receive the jab this week, was a massive story in america along with other key coinciding with the election of white house staff. lebo diseko has more from washington. it s been a long and painful donald trump who called himself journey, but finally, help is on its way. mr brexit and then we had the first of nearly three million doses o
an announcement today. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in ukraine for urgent talks, after warnings that russia could carry out an attack at any point . the united nations says it s intensifying its response to the volcanic eruption and tsunami in tonga. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the cost of goods and services in the uk is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. in america, the scourge of rising prices now ranks among us business leaders top concerns, according to a survey out today. our business presenter ben boulos has been gauging reaction in skipton in the north of england. good morning, yes, here at skipton market, traders and customers are already grappling with that rise in average prices. dom runs
hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. unfortunately, that is not the rat we wanted. sometimes that is the wrap that you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100% confident in our client puzzling innocence. from the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it is unfortunate, this is the united states of america, we live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent. 0bviously everyone is presumed innocent. obviously it would s