royal crisis injordan a former crown prince says he s under house arrest. prince hamza s accused of being involved in a plot to destabilise the country. and a scaled back easter sunday, although the choir was able to perform at canterbury cathedral. while at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. now on bbc news: global questions talks to two former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have two distinguished former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, answering questions about why women still have to endure discrimination. that is gglobal questions: sexism and violence against women in a patriarchal world. to bring you this a
new rules for care home visits in england. two people as well as babies and young children will be allowed for indoor visits from 12th april. president biden says he s heartbroken at the death of a police officer killed as he was guarding the us capitol building in washington dc. italy goes into an easter lockdown as the country struggles with the latest wave of the coronavirus. and, the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession. now on bbc news. global questions talks to two formerfemale presidents, one from africa and one from europe, who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have to violation of their right. this week, we have to be v
female presidents one from africa and one from europe who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. with me, zeinab badawi. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have two distinguished former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, answering questions about why women still have to endure discrimination. that is global questions sexism and violence against women in a patriarchal world. to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and specialists are joining us via video link from all over the world. let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. well, we have two leading global stateswomen who were co chairs of the women s leaders network of the africa europe foundation. mary robinson was the first female president in the republic of ire
washington yesterday, which means that, for the first time in his life, mitt romney tasted pepper i m more of a salt guy. alternatively, no seasoning at all. that s right, mitt romney marched in a black lives matter protest yesterday. and wow, he is easy to spot, isn t he it s like he is in a children s book called there s waldo. now you have your answer if you were wondering who kept chanting on the downbeat, black! lives matter black lives! matter. former secretary of state colin powell announced he will vote for former vice president joe biden instead of president trump, and said that trump has, quote, drifted away from the constitution. drifted away i mean, he was never anywhere near it. it s like saying the jets drifted away from the 2020 super bowl though, who knows? maybe when the nfl comes back every time you fumble, you get ten points the rules might change, in which case, they re closer than i think. while in maine on friday to meet with fishing industry lead
trading in sunshine for showers today and into the weekend with rainfall through the day today and showers continuing all the way through sunday. expect high temperatures to remain in the low 50 s with morning lows not quite as cold as we had been seeing them earlier this week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is ssfrom the maze to sf. ( darya ) ( darya ) a big story this morning. lanes on the richmond-san rafael bridge are now open after large pieces of concrete fell from the upper deck on to the lower deck, prompting a lengthy bridge closure. now caltrans is expected to permanantly fix the bridge this weekend.( james ) some were the size of a football. they fell on a car late yesterday morning . prompting chp to close the bride after caltrans did some saftey checks, the bridge reopened. but soon after . more concrete parts began to fall onto the lower lanes. so just as rush hour began . the bridge was closed to make temporary repairs. < nothing you can do. you have to