the queen s 95th birthday. welcome to world news america for our viewers in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. world leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall have begun their first face to face talks in almost two years. the uk prime minister borisjohnson urged the group of leading democracies to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic and to build back better to ensure a recovery that helps all of society. the global vaccination campaign and climate change are two of the issues at the forefront of discussions among the leaders. our political editor laura kuenssberg starts our coverage. getting to this beautiful and remote part of the country isn t easy. they ve come from five continents to cornwall. the winding last mile of the journey of the most powerful leaders in the world ended on the beach. thejohnsons, the british receiving line. coronavirus kept prime ministers and presidents and millions of us apart, but now the prime minister wants them to pull together, with a hu
Welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. The ethiopian government has called on the african union to immediately stop an inquiry into human rights abuses in tigray. Almost eight months of conflict have devastated the region. Despite repeated calls by the international community to end the hostilities, the fighting continues and aid agencies cannot reach all those in need. The united nations warns that the area is in imminent danger of famine unless drastic measures are taken. The bbc s kalkidan yibeltal has travelled to tigray and sent us this report. This boy has had heart problems since he was a child. He needed constant medical attention. But as tigray s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. Translation: we had medical appointments but roads were closed due to the war so we had to walk for three days without food. This affected my son a lot. Before the war we had hospitals and health centres. Since it started we literally had nothing. A0
Welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. One of hong kong s biggest newspapers has shut down in what s been described as a major defeat for free speech in the territory. Apple daily was often critical of the beijing government and last week, authorities seized its assets and arrested senior staff, citing a controversial national security law. This is the final edition thursday s going to the presses. These copies of the paper will be the last ones to be sold at newstands across the city. After more than 9,000 editions the finalfront page, which reads: hong kongers bid a painful farewell in the rain. The bbc s danny vincent has been following this story from last week s police raids to tonight s final printing. He sent us this report. Apple daily is known as the only opposition newspaper in hong kong. It planned one less edition opposition newspaper in hong kong. It planned one less editior it planned one less edition before closin: its it planned o
a special bbc report our correspondent travels to nagorno karabkh, investigating claims that azerbaijan destroyed armenian religious sites. and the olympic torch starts the long journey to tokyo for the delayed summer games. we re following the progress of the flame. this progress of the flame. is japan saying to the world this this is japan saying to the world, this games is going to go ahead this summer regardless of the pandemic. welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. in his first news conference as president of the united states, joe biden faced questions about america s most pressing issues. he set a new goal of administering 200 million covid vaccines by the end of his first 100 days, and defended his handling of the growing number of migrants trying to cross the us mexico border. mr biden denies that people are coming because they see him as more compassionate than his predecessor. well, look, i guess i should be flattered people are
from her fellow russians. welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin tonight with a major development in the european vaccine row. the uk and the eu say they ll work together over vaccines. this comes after leaders in brussels said they d make it easier to block coronavirus vaccine exports, which would have affected the uk s supply of doses. meanwhile, european countries are struggling to meet their vaccination targets. our europe editor, katya adler, has more. a brutal third wave. desperate lockdown protests. a deadly failure so far to get vaccines into arms. eu covid woes are deepening by the day. today, angela merkel normally seen as the european symbol of calm and control seemed to crumble, under mounting political pressure. germany has to stop the third wave of the pandemic, she said, but she changed her mind about an announced easter lockdown. a personal mistake, she said. across the eu, there s growing frustration at a vacci