hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. several people have been killed, and scores are missing, after a glacier broke free in northern india and smashed into a hydroelectric dam. one witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. a massive rescue operation is taking place, and survivors have been pulled from under the mud and rubble. it happened in uttarakhand state on the dhauliganga river in the district of chamoli. our delhi correspondent rajini vaidyanthan reports. this dramatic footage shows when the nanda devi glacier in the himalayas burst on sunday morning. as water gushed down the valley, damage and destruction. translation: i witnessed something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i ve never seen anything like it. about 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldn t be saved. and they were engulfed by the river. the situation here is still dangerous. pe
down river in northern india. at least nine people have died and officials say up to 200 people are unaccounted for. heavy snow could bring significant disruption to the south east of england in the coming hours with weather warnings issued by the met office for large parts of the uk. good evening. scientists behind the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine say it should still prevent people needing hospital treatment or dying, if infected with the south african variant. it comes after early results from one study not yet checked by other experts suggested the vaccine had only limited protection against that variant. around 100 cases of it have been identified in the uk. our health correspondent, jim reed reports. extra surge testing in the midlands to try and stamp out the latest variant of coronavirus. around 100 cases of a version first found in south africa have been confirmed in the uk to date. the worry is, a specific mutation could make vaccines less effective. no
in the uk or around the world. several people have been killed and scores are missing after a glacier broke free in northern india and smashed into a hydroelectric dam. it happened in uttara khand state a massive rescue operation has been taking place and survivors have been pulled from under the mud and rubble. rajini vaidyanthan reports. this dramatic footage shows when the nanda devi glacier in the himalayas burst on sunday morning. as water gushed down the valley, damage and destruction. translation: i witnessed something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i ve never seen anything like it. about 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldn t be saved. and they were engulfed by the river. the situation here is still dangerous. people are leaving their homes and are fleeing towards the forest. they re taking their belongings, including their quilts and mattresses. with floodwaters rising and roads and homes destroyed, an urgent rescue operation was
in northern india. wills begin the six nations campaign with a thrilling victory over ireland and cardiff. how the comedy show is going on through lifestream. good evening. scientists behind astrazeneca virus say it should still protect against the worst potential consequences of covid i9 after study suggests that it had limited effect against the south african variant of the disease. run the hundred cases of that variant have been identified in the uk in the study involving a trial of 20 people has not been reviewed by other experts. 0ur medical expert reports on the latest research and the ongoing effort to combat emerging in future strains of the coronavirus. there is concern that current vaccines being used of thousands of centres across the uk might eventually lose some of their potency as coronavirus evolves. the oxford extras the neck ofjed works 0xford extras the neck ofjed works well against the king variant for in september and now dominant in the uk. a study of 200
16 million citizens with 20 million weapons of war. the people in power acknowledging that change isn t in the cards right nowment so do we have to wait for a whole new generation before kids are safe in their classrooms? music lovers at a concert, or shoppers at the grocery store, and if we have to wait, how many more americans will die between now and then? plus, gut wrenching claims in missouri where residents who lost everything in those devastating tornados say they had warning sirens set up, but they never went off. so why not? and former vice president mike pence testing the campaign waters in iowa, but he can t escape questions about his looming legal issues in d.c. what he s saying now about the court order to force his testimony against former president trump and about his plans for 2024. but we start with those weapons of war, the ar-15 an estimated 20 million of them stored and stashed across the country as republican lawmakers refuse to address or even ackn