Rains and tropical storm winds. We will have the latest. Welcome to all of those watching Around The World. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Its now 1 30 afternoon in teHran. Irans State Media is reporting that Ibrahim Raisi has won by a landslide. An estimated 62 of the got he received with 90 of the ballots counted. Landslide victory for the handpicked favorite candidate. No surprise. Take us what this means for iran, first of all, in the direction of the country, frederik pleitgen. Reporter if you look what has been going on on this morning is the iranians are starting a transition of power and quite interesting. A couple of minutes ago, the outgoing president rouhani met at the judiciary where raisi has been the head of that until he will take over the office of president. Rouhani graduated raisi and said important for the transition of power take place in a clear and also in a peaceful way as well. For iran, itself, of course, it means that much of society will move further
Good evening everyone, traitor, thats how former Vice President Mike Pence was greeted by some fellow republicans at a s conservative conference in florida. I want to thank my friends for those generous words. I am a christian and conservative and republican. I am honored to stand before you guys. Heck lers shouting down penc, angry because they are still following trumps lead. Of course there was Nothing Pence could have actually done on January 6th. Joe biden won fair and square. Donald trump still refuses to accept it and admit that his lies are what drove his supporters to storm the capitol. We have more videos tonight. Of Trump Supporters storming the capitol. I will warn you the video is hard to watch. In case you had any doubt of what that man was there to do. He then told us he was a baton man. Well [ bleep ] storm them and well storm the [ bleep ] capitol. [ bleep ] you. Any questions . Hes been charged with 12 criminal counts now. Thats just the latest video. Last night this
Younger children, ages 2 to 11. Meantime, more than 31 of the u. S. Population is now fully vaccinated and some of the hardest hit states are reopening. In new york, new jersey and connecticut, most Covid Capacity Restrictions will end in a couple weeks. That means busy restaurants, 24 7 subway service, and broadway plays will all be returning. Despite promising signs here, in india there are still overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortages, and Funeral Pyres Outside Crematoriums as the number of covid cases there now tops 20 million. Starting today travel from india to the United States is now restricted for nonu. S. Citizens. First, i want to begin with the promising news. Pfizer is with us with cnns elizabeth cohen. Two big headlines in this race to vaccinate children against covid19, tell us what youre learning. Reporter right, ana, i think what this means is that children 12 to 15 could be getting vaccinated, maybe even next week, and as far as children ages 2 to 11, that will likely
New Pop Up Courts to open in england and wales to help victims of the backlog of more than 50,000 criminal cases. And its off road and all the cars are electric the new Global Motor Racing event being launched this spring. And coming up on bbc news. Rafa nadal s bid for a 21st grand slam title is over, as Stefanos Tsitsipas fought back from two sets down to reach the Australian Open semifinals. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The duke of edinburgh has been taken to hospital in london after feeling unwell at Windsor Castle for the past few days. Prince philip, who will be 100 injune, was driven to the King Edward Vii Hospital last night. Buckingham palace says his admission is not related to coronavirus and he is in hospital on the advice of his doctors as a precautionary measure. Heres our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. Awarning, a warning, his report contains flashing images. Fanfare plays. Hes been retired for more than three years now, and hes remained larg