registration properly. nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office. and prince phillip has been transferred to a second hospital in london for tests for a heart condition. the 99 year old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. let s begin with the latest on kovac smack. covax is a global scheme to get coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries and it s underway. this is the president of ghana, who s become the world s first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. he received the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. and the ambition of the world health organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower income countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries. covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. the bbc s lalla see is in abidjan. today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid 19. so the government has made it a big, big
we talk to the new voice of dr hibbert on the simpsons. hello i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the number of new covid cases was declining fast here in the united states. until this past week. and suddenly the progress america was making has stalled. we don t know exactly why. it could be that more things are opening up, or people aren t wearing masks or it could be the spread of the new variants, some of which we know to be more contagious. here in the uk, six cases of a new coronavirus variant first detected in brazil have been confirmed. and again health officials are concerned this new p1 strain may spread more rapidly. three cases were found in scotland after passengers flew back from brazil via paris and london. two of the cases were from the same household in the west of england, after one person returned from brazil last month. which leaves on a sixth person who they can t trace because that person did not fill out the registration for
of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. and the coronation street actorjohnny briggs, who played mike baldwin in the itv soap, has died at the age of 85. good afternoon. the chancellor rishi sunak says people should be reassured by his plans in this week s budget. mr sunak said he would continue to support families and businesses hit by coronavirus, but wanted to level with people that more challenging times could lie ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. he also announced a £5 billion grant scheme, to help pubs, restaurants, shops, and other businesses in england to re open. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. closed for business and struggling to survive, but some comfort for companies hit hard by the pandemic as the government offers £5 billion worth of grants part, the chancellor says, of his promise to do whatever it takes to keep the economy going. and ahead of the budget a signal that he ll ke
is nasser, picking a knife up out of the box ready to behead an isis hostage. and what made them want to kill people like me? so if you and nasser saw me around cardiff, but your brother would have? he d kill me? this is grangetown, in cardiff. it s one of the most racially diverse places in wales, and it s where i was born. in 2013, two boys i d gone to sixth form college with disappeared. reyaad khan and nasser muthana went to fight for isis in syria. this is where we went to sixth form college. it was the first time that you had responsibility of yourself, so we were missing class when we could and getting away with stuff like that. but also, it was the chance to start thinking about university and thinking about the next step, or the next direction, of our own lives. man sings in video soundtrack but nasser and reyaad left all of that behind. within months of going to syria, the two 20 year olds appeared in an isis recruitment video. nasser muthana boasts about fighting f
oh. oh, my god. fox news alert. the hawaiian island of maui has burned beyond recognition. devastating wildfires have roaredthslandeyond across the ie and residents compare it to the apocalypse. ntat least 53 people have been killed already with the death toll expected to increase significantly. dozens more are missing as thede island now resembles a war zonne . oh, my gosh. look a oh, mt the harbor. baok a oh, mt the harbor. this looks like baghdad or something. the historic popular vacation town of lahaina is almost unrecognizable. thousands of people have evacuated it, leaving behind charcoal cars and homes. rescuegnizable crews are workind the clock to fight the fire. joe biden s asking for 12 billion in fema aid to help hawaii. the scorched islands home to everyone from surfersg ev to workers, retirees. even oprah winfrey owns a home surfe. rah winfrey owns a home the devastation will take years to recover from. let s turn it over to traceac gallagher, anch