Least 300 inmates of escape some 36 people were killed in an isolated on a high security prison in afghanistan. Antigovernment protests show no sign of letting up in mali demonstrators are demanding the president step down plus. Im rob mcbride in and on south korea the countrys cultural hot line as it celebrates its World Heritage traditions. And in sports after almost 5 months tennis is making its official return on the palermo open is the 1st tour event to take place since the coronavirus lockdown. We begin this hour with a stark warning from the World Health Organization as the rush to find a corona virus vaccine intensifies while the w h os applauding the efforts of more than 140. 00 Research Teams around the world it says that people should not pin their hopes on the discovery of an effective vaccine. We all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no Silver Bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stoppin
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the latest Research Says an extra 100ml of sugary drinks a day about two cans a week would increase the risk of cancer by 18 . So wed like to know to what extent do you chose foods or drinks based on health . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Armed iranian boats are reported to have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the strait of hormuz before being driven off by a british warship. Media reports quoting us officials said the iranian vessel asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a royal navy frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Peter bowes reports. This tanker, the British Heritage tanker was passing through the area. It was about to cross the strait of hormuz when there
Commission. President matsuda here. Commission Vice President nageswaran here. Commissioner campbell here. Commissioner foley, present. Commissioner vergara here. And commissioner. Right here. We expect commissioner baldauf to be absent today. First on your agenda, commissioners, is general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, except agenda items with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. Please come forward if you have any comments. Not not on any agenda items. Seeing none. Public comment is closed and we can move on to department matters. Item one department announcements. Good afternoon commissioners. Richard craig, Department Staff, the only couple of items that i have for you
Good afternoon, this meeting will come to order. Welcome to the april 22, regular meeting of the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Im supervisors melgar chair of the committee joined by aaron peskin and vice chair dean preston. The Committee Clerk is john caroll and i would like to acknowledge sfor staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk. Clerk if you have any documents to include as part of todays files you should bring them to the rail ill meet you at the front. Public comment will be taken when your item of interest comes up, please line up to speak along your right hand side. Ultimately you may submit Public Comment in writing. You may do so by writing your comment to me, or you may send your written comment to see our office in city hall. That is the clerks office, one carleton San Francisco california, 91402. And items acted upon today are expected ton the board of supervisors agenda on april 20th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. Thank you,
University to conduct a new survey. Amy brittleson says its a good idea. I think the types of questions could be changed better fit the student body and also the way in which the survey was sent out. I think if it was more clear that it was like a completely uniu unanimous survey. To get examples what they were talking about. We reached out to Stanford University who said it had one of the nations highest Response Rates with 59 of all students completing the survey. A stanford spokesperson says the survey found onethird of under graduate women report kpd ped experiencing some kind of sexual misconduct. The University Said it plans to resurvey the students in spring of 2018 but it does not plan to do another survey before that. Reporting live at stanford, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thanks very much. Too long to respond the time its taking firefighters in one county to arrive at an emergency is growing. Thats not sitting well with the people who live there and with the mini heat