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the lights on famous buildings around the world are switched off for an hour as part of a campaign against climate change. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united nations has led international condemnation of myanmar s military rulers over the killing of dozens of pro democracy protesters. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said washingon was horrified by what he called the reign of terror . there were similar statements from britain and the european union. but in a sign of how difficult it will be to agree international action its emerged delegations from china and russia were among those attending a military parade. let s get more on this with our correspondent laura bicker, who is in bangkok. laura, this development is very interesting that the presence of delegation from china and russia at the annual armed forces day, what can we read into that? it is can we read into that? it is difficult to can we read into that? it is difficult to read can we read i
they ll try again on sunday. the lights on famous buildings around the world are switched off for an hour as part of a campaign against climate change. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations has led international condemnation of myanmar s military rulers over the killing of dozens of pro democracy protesters. the us secretary of state antony blinken said washingon was horrified by what he called the reign of terror . there were similar statements from britain and the european union. but in a sign of how difficult it will be to agree international action its emerged delegations from china and russia were among those attending a military parade. our correspondent in bangkok, laura bicker, is following developments. she said the likelihood of un sanctions is slim due to the security council vetos held by russia and china. when it comes to any kind of action from the united nations within the security council, it is worth notin
is urged to swiftly clarify how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the latest efforts to dislodge the ship that s stuck in the suez canal have failed they ll try again on sunday. 5,000 people attend a trial rock concert in barcelona to test the viability of holding large cultural events during the time of covid. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations has led international condemnation of myanmar s military rulers over the killing of dozens of pro democracy protesters. the us secretary of state antony blinken said washingon was horrified by what he called the reign of terror . there were similar statements from britain and the european union. but in a sign of how difficult it will be to agree international action its emerged delegations from china and russia were among those attending a military parade. in the past half hour these pictures have arrived in the bbc newsroom. filmed in