the pope s easter sunday message for covid vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. hello and welcome to the programme. the half brother of the king ofjordan is being investigated for allegedly plotting with foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah bin hussein denied being part of any conspiracy but he accused jordan s leaders of corruption and incompetence. chief international cforrespondent lyse doucet reports on this unprecedented crisis within jordan s ruling family. a young prince at the heart of a major royal rift. hamzah, 41 years old, graduate of sandhurst in the uk, harvard in the us. now he says he s under house arrest. all my friends have been arrested. my security has been removed, and the internet and phone lines have been cut. this is my last form of communication. and in this video, passed to the bbc, rare public criticism from a jordanian prince. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in
the half brother of the king ofjordan is being investigated to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah bin hussein denied being part of any conspiracy, but he accused jordan s leaders of corruption and incompetence. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports on this unprecedented crisis withinjordan s ruling family. a young prince at the heart of a major royal rift. hamzah, 41 years old, graduate of sandhurst in the uk, harvard in the us. now he says he s under house arrest. all my friends have been arrested. my security has been removed, and the internet and phone lines have been cut. this is my last form of communication. and in this video, passed to the bbc, rare public criticism from a jordanian prince. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance, for the corruption and for the incompetence. today on state tv, a dramatically different account prince hamzah and others accused of plotting to destabilise the kin
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral flow tests are already being used to test secondary school pupils, families with children and those who cannot work from home. from the end of the week, they will be offered to everyone in england. these devices give a result in 30 minutes. they can be picked up from a local testing centre or pharmacy or ordered online and delivered in the post. even when people have no symptoms, they may be infected and they may be infectious. and if we can catch those people early, then we can break transmission and
sergio in the meantime, the largest ever container ship in the u.s. is headed to oakland, it s carrying 18,000, 20 foot containers. a 26-year-old man faces manslaughter in the death of a bicyclist today in san francisco. police say eric mendez was speeding when he ran down a 63-year-old man this morning. the cyclist was wearing a helmet and reflective gear. mendez did try to help the victim but the bicyclist died at the scene. no charges are expected in a deadly collision between a pickup truck and bicyclist today. investigators say a 52-year-old woman was killed as she rode down channelwith avenue. drugs and alcohol were also not a factor in that accident. three teenagers may face charges after injuring a newark officer with a rock. police arrested the three after they threw a larjt this s.w.a.t. van friday. the rock shattered the window and hit the driver who suffered a gash to his head. police say the teenagers admitted to throwing the rock and said they were sorry.
shipping containers are washing along the coast and officials are searching for more. 12 containers fell off a cargo ship friday. so far, they found a shipping container at baker beach. items from one container watched up at mory point in pacifica as well. this is what is inside the containers. empty palettes. this is used for a bakery and others for clothes. that is what is left of the freight itself. we apologize if you re unable to hear, hopefully, we ll be able to bring you more soon from sergio in the meantime, the largest ever container ship in the u.s. is headed to oakland, it s carrying 18,000, 20 foot containers. a 26-year-old man faces manslaughter in the death of a bicyclist today in san francisco. police say eric mendez was speeding when he ran down a 63-year-old man this morning. the cyclist was wearing a helmet and reflective gear. mendez did try to help the victim but the bicyclist died at the scene. no charges are expected in a deadly collision betwe