Post brexit trade arrangements. If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. A team from the World Health Organization visits the high security chinese lab at the centre of claims over the source of the covid 19 pandemic. And the queen and british Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old, after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The uk government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. So i will ensure that we mark his contribution properly and appropriately at the right moment. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces
It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
In 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. Star of the x men series and Hit Filmsjuno and inception, as well as Netflix Super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the Career Heights Actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. Now hes ready to share even more about his life. And hes invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his Mental Health, and his career in hollywood. Elliot page, welcome to the bbc. Thank you so much for speaking to us. Thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. How are you doing right now . Im doing pretty good, yeah so were here to talk about your book, pageboy. Yourfirst book, your memoir. What made you want to write the book now . Gosh well, one of the reasons was that it really. Felt possible for the first time. In the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, theres no way i could have sat down and been still with myse
so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really. felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been still with myself long enough to focus and to do something like this. so just the act of being able to do that, being able to create, feeling this all come out, was so exhilarating. and in this time now, where there sjust, you know, horrific attacks towards the trans community, constant misinformation and lies about our lives, and having this platform that i do have, it felt like the right time, i suppose, to share my story, especially in knowing how much it s meant to me when people have shared theirs. there s a beautiful quote in it by someone i hadn t heard before. the quote is, this world has many ends and beginnings. a cycle ends. will something remain? maybe
in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life, and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been