Have been far better, instead downing street has said they are drawing a line under it and in fact they are saying tonight that matt hancock chose to resign, boris johnson didn t sack him. Boris johnson didn t sack him. Boris johnson has now been exposed as failing the test of leadership and demonstrating the most appalling judgment. Demonstrating the most appalling “udument. , :, demonstrating the most appalling udment. , :, :, :, :, :, judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eiuht judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eight caught judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eight caught on judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera with judgment. Gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera with mr i eight caught on camera with mr hancock, has also left her role. Rescuers are searching for survivors in the collapsed apartment block in america are having their efforts are hampered by a fire. And sydney is extended after an increase in ca
Fears of a covid i9 outbreak at a hotel in rotterdam force four teams to withdraw from the eurovision song contest opening ceremony. And fancy a job as a live in officer at a medieval castle on a remote island? well, st michael s mount in the far west of england is hiring. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The united nations secretary general has appealed for an immediate end to the fighting between israel and the palestinians. It comes as health officials in gaza report that 42 people were killed in the latest israeli bombardment, among them ten children. Israel says hamas has launched 3,000 rockets in the last week, killing ten israelis. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports from sderot, in southern israel. These were the heaviest israeli raids on gaza since this war started. It was also the deadliest day for palestinians. At the centre of the killing in the heart of gaza city, they were looking for survivors. He says, raise your voice so we
in england don t have a greater risk of getting covid 19 compared to other working age adults. politicians in ghana and the ivory coast are among the first to be vaccinated under the global covax programme which will bring the vaccine to the world s poorest countries. and coming up, the 20 year old able to hold her baby s hand for the first time, after being seriously ill and on a ventilator with coronavirus. a search is under way to try to find someone in the uk who s contracted a concerning variant of coronavirus first found in brazil. health officials fear the new strain that may spread more rapidly and may respond less well to existing vaccines although that s not confirmed. health secretary matt hancock will lead a downing street briefing in half an hour and will update mps later on the new variant called the p1 variant. there are 6 confirmed cases in the uk and health officials are trying to trace one of the people in england infected with the variant been l
weather in north america and you can see the blue tones donating denoting the cold air is as south as the gulf states, temperatures will not climb above freezing but there are indications the bitterly cold air may release its stranglehold as we go through the weekend and by tuesday we could see temperatures peaking at 21 degrees, that s 70 fahrenheit, above average for the time of year, which links nicely to what we might see as we go through the weekend. not 21, but we may get temperatures above the average for the time of year in one or two spots down in the south, accompanied by some lovely spring sunshine. back to reality now because we have seen some rain around this morning and it s been pushing its way steadily off into the north sea. behind the clouds breaking up quite nicely allowing for some sunshine to come through but always a scattering of showers further north and west, persistent rain may be to the north west of the great glen. here it stays cool ish, with