and advice to work from home. do you think measures should be brought in? get in touch with us this morning you can tweet me @annita mcveigh or use the hashtag bbc your questions. also this morning. figures released this morning show the rate at which prices are rising jumped to 3.2% last month. it s the sharpest rise in inflation since records began. labour is leading a commons debate later on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit. it s currently due to be scrapped in october. south korea has tested its own ballistic missiles after north korea fired two into the sea overnight. ip coins are being made again after a pause of two years. lockdowns means a lot of coins have been left down sofas and in pockets at home. and the first ever all civilian space flight will take off later today with an entrepreneur, a healthcare worker, a scientist and a data analyst on board. the roll out of coronavirus booster jabs for more than 30 million people across the uk i
container ship that s been wedged across the suez canal for almost 48 hours. and the tokyo olympic flame is lit as the torch relay gets under way injapan. the delayed games are expected to start injuly. the global demand for covid vaccines has reached a peak just as the number available appears to run into problems, at least for some countries. joe biden will talk to eu leaders on thursday and they will be hoping to get more cooperation over supplies as the us continues to enforce an export ban. on wednesday, india suspended all major exports of the astrazeneca covid vaccine following a surge in the number of infections there. officials said it was a temporary squeeze to meet domestic demand for the jabs. the serum institute of india, the world s biggest manufacturer of vaccines, produces the astrazeneca dose under licence. the institute has already delayed shipments to countries including brazil and the uk. the who backed covax scheme is also affected. 0ur correspondent ni
and it known as the french disruptor for his strident anti immigrant right wing views, the bbc has an exclusive interview, with speculation he may run for presidency. welcome, the top us envoy to afghanistan, zalmay khalilzad is stepping down from his role less than two months after american forces withdrew from the country. zalmay khalilzad was born in afghanistan and grew up in kabul. he is a veteran us diplomat holding previous positions under format presidentsjoe biden, donald presidents joe biden, donald trump, presidentsjoe biden, donald trump, barack obama and george w bush. he led the us dialogue with the taliban, but months of diplomatic talks failed to prevent the militant group from seizing power in august. in his resignation letter, zalmay khalilzad acknowledged that the political arrangement between the afghan government and the taliban did not go forward as envisaged, and he was saddened for the afghan people. zalmay khalilzad is paying the . ., disasterous exi
hello and welcome to our pbs viewers in america and around the globe. a court in new york has found the american singer r kelly guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in connection with the abuse of underage girls and women. over the course of a five week trial the prosecution laid out in lurid detail how r kelly ran a criminal enterprise that had recruited children and women for sex. recruited children and women forsex. he recruited children and women for sex. he now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. the bbc has the details. # i believe i can fly.# to the world, he was the king of r&b and one of the bestselling music artists of all time. to his victims, he was their worst nightmare. today, they finally gotjustice after he was found guilty on all racketeering and sex trafficking charges brought against him by the government. in rendering its verdict today, the jury delivered a powerful message to men like r kelly. no matter how long it takes, the long arm of the law
been more than 2200 buildings have been destroyed and others have been been destroyed and others have been damaged at a cost of $6 billion been damaged at a cost of $6 billion. but far more devastating than any material loss is devastating than any material loss is the loss of precious lives, loss is the loss of precious lives, of loss is the loss of precious lives, of mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons and daughters, wives that can never be replaced. now, we are engaged in the difficult work of searching for survivors, reuniting of searching for survivors, reuniting separated families and identifying the remains of those and identifying the remains of those we and identifying the remains of those we have lost. there are now those we have lost. there are now 470 those we have lost. there are now 470 search and rescue workers now 470 search and rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing workers and 40 search dogs combing through the hundreds of burned