a main challenge in things to increase the cap on its nuclear warheads by 40 percent. the netherlands goes to the polls in the 1st major electoral test for coronavirus policies in europe. the european medicines agency says it s firmly convinced the benefits of the astra zeneca shot outweigh the risks edges he commissioned investigation into a few reports of blood clots of people who have gotten the vaccine a number of countries have temporarily suspended their use of the product the ear of you should conclude on thursday that the agency says there s no indication the vaccine is linked to blood clotting john mccain is live for us from berlin dominic what more can you tell us. the central question the e.-m. is being posed revolves around the efficacy but also the safety of this vaccine from astra zeneca specifically is it the cause of the incidence of blood clots that have been reported by several different european countries which cause so much concern in those european countr
Poorest nations in south america and it also has the highest murder rates in the world its the opposite with the headlines on aljazeera plenty more news on aljazeera dot com coming up next sits inside story. I swear every. First came the protests and then the resignation of government minister in pakistan has steps down after days of destructive protests and accusations of blasphemy it was organized by a new Political Movement so how powerful are all groups like these this is inside story. And i there and welcome to the program im noriko protest leaders in pakistan have called off a three week sit in in the capsule after a government minister resigned it was a victory for the protest leaders who had been demanding zite hammad step down over the wording of a palm entry they accused him of blasphemy the ministers apologized saying it was a clerical error. Pakistan political boss he led by the scala dean hussein lisbie says the change in wedding represented a softening of the states posit
And london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 am in singapore, midnight in london and 3 30 am in iran where more protests have been taking place in cities across the country. The us has dismissed claims by iran that the countrys enemies have stirred up days of Anti Government protests. The United States says it wants an emergency session of the Security Council to discuss the situation in iran. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. In tehran, squads of Motorbike Police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. The protests have changed since they started last thursday. Gunshots to begin with, they were about the economy. Most of the protesters are young men. More than 50 of iranians are under 30 and perhaps 40 of them are unemployed. But pent up political frustration is spilling out and much of it has been directed at this man, the Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei. He is the powerfulfigurehead of the islamic republic, and attacks
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 4 30am in iran, where more protests have been taking place in cities across the country. The us has dismissed claims by tehran that the countrys enemies have stirred up days of Anti Government protests. The United States says it wants an emergency session of the Security Council to discuss the situation in iran. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. In tehran, squads of Motorbike Police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. The protests have changed since they started last thursday. Gunshots to begin with, they were about the economy. Most of the protesters are young men. More than 50 of iranians are under 30 and perhaps 40 of them are unemployed. But pent up political frustration is spilling out and much of it has been directed at this man, the Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei. He is the powerfulfigurehead of the islamic republic, and attacks on
Are but those killed since monday. Also for starvation abductions and looting Amnesty International blames me a mass military for ethnic cleansing of regular muslims. And israeli media is reporting that police will recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges. Plus we travel to one of bulgarias most polluted towns and look at why the government there still loves coal. Welcome to the news hour almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense air strikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by Government Forces since twenty thirteen four others died in province which has been the target of recent Chemical Attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks now russian bom