so it is probably going to become the dominant strain in the united states. this could spike a new epidemic. barnett: plus heat wave danger, skyrocketing temperatures set to sear the west. barnett: florida s manatees, big, beloved and now dying in alarming numbers. it is depressing. barnett: and later pandemic project, one dad s big idea to get the kids out of the house. how cool is this. it s amazing. this is the cbs weekend news, from new yorork, here s jericka duncan. barnett: good evening, everyone, i m errol barnett, jericka duncan is off tonight. president biden is in belgium tonight ahead of talks with nato and european leaders. it is the second stop on an eight day foreign trip, his first as president. but it s his face to face summit president vladimir putin that is attracting the most attention. america has an agenda of grievances for putin. cbs ed o keefe is in brussels tonight with more, ed, good evening. reporter: errol, good evening, the presi
charitable foundation bill and melinda gates announce they are to divorce after 27 years of marriage. hello, welcome. few if any places on the planet have been untouched by the covid crisis. while much attention is paid to major cities, it s also crippling remote areas of the globe places like the amazon in brazil which are hard to get to and hard to help. brazil itself continues to struggle with high coronavirus infection rates and deaths, but the government is now trying to speed up its vaccination programme following criticism it s been moving too slow as it struggles with vaccine shortages. our correspondent, mark lowen, has been to the islands of bailique in the amazon, and has this report. as day breaks over the amazon, it s a race to protect its people. we re on a journey to one a brazil s most remote corners, the archipelago of bailique, following health care workers as they deliver covid vaccines to the isolated communities overcoming every obstacle. here, clos
welcome to the programme. bill and melinda gates, the couple who founded the world s largest charitable foundation, have announced they are to divorce after 27 years of marriage. in a joint statement posted on twitter, the couple said they would continue to work together at the foundation that bears their name, but that they could no longer grow together as a couple in the next phase of their lives. i spoke to our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes. he said this news has come as quite the shock to many. i think this has come as a shock to a lot of people that certainly, one of the world s wealthiest couples, best known couples in the charity world now and of course, bill gates with microsoft, which he founded in 1975, they should be going their separate ways. significant, i think, from the statement that you ve read a little passage from, that they will continue to work together. they say they ve put a lot of effort into their relationship, but decided to go separate w
king s march from selma in alabama to the state capital in montgomery. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. tens of thousands of people have taken part in anti lockdown protests across several european countries including the uk, germany, austria and poland. infections are on the rise as a third wave begins to sweep the continent but there are signs of growing frustration as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. aru na iyengar reports. in germany, up to 20,000 people in a mass demonstration against coronavirus restrictions. police used water cannon, batons and pepper spray to disperse them, some don t believe the pandemic is real, others say the curbs imposed to rein in the virus infringe their rights. translation: i consider coronavirus to be a serious disease like the flu, which can also be serious, but to make a pandemic out of it with many restrictions on our basic rights, i do not think that is right. covid cases in ge
long lasting symptoms after being treated in hospital for coronavirus, with more than two thirds continuing to experience symptoms more than five months later. north korea fires two ballistic missiles in to the sea ofjapan. the japanese prime minister calls it a threat to peace and security . retail giant h&m faces a backlash and a potential boycott in china because it won t source its cotton from xinjiang province over concerns about the alleged use of forced labourfrom uighur muslims. goats and alpacas in the centre of london. for50 goats and alpacas in the centre of london. for 50 years there s been wildlife in the urban areas of london. eu leaders are holding a summit today to discuss tougher controls on vaccine exports, as they try to boost their covid vaccine supplies and improve the roll out ofjabs. the european commission has blamed pharmaceutical companies primarily astrazeneca for not delivering promised doses to the eu. it will ask eu leaders to support plans