of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o
if they re elected. nigel farage will be making a speech soon for reform uk. voting is under way in the first round of france s parliamentary elections, this is the scene live at a polling atation in paris. iam in i am in paris where some people are hoping for a victory for the far right. and let s go, girls! just a few hours till shania twain takes to the pyramid stage on the last day of glastonbury. hello, i m luxmy gopal. the spanish civil guard has called off the search for the missing british teeenagerjay slater. the 19 year old from lancashire has been missing in tenerife since 17 june, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. police carried out a new search on saturday with the help of dozens of emergency workers near the village of masca, in the rural de teno national park. our correspondent nick garnett has been following this story for the past few weeks. he s just left tenerife but before he left he gave us this update. well, yesterday they carried out
are being executed in the north of the country. in clinical trials, both the vaccinated people and the people who received the placebo had shown small numbers of blood clots developments. the number of thromboembolism events overall in vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the general population. the european medical agency the general population. the european medical agency investigation - the general population. the european medical agency investigation is - medical agency investigation is ongoing, we are expected to hear the outcome on thursday. but let s be clear, both the uk present medicines were regular and the world health organization have stressed there is no evidence of any connection between these vaccines and blood clots. on monday, the eu because i picks memphis, germany, france and italyjoined several other countries in suspending the astrazeneca jab. sweden, latvia, portugal, and slovenia have now followed. other countries including au
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