Military carries out as strikes against ethnic quran fighters along the border with thailand and they called him the forgotten astronaut we remember the unsung hero of the 1st moon landing has died at the age of might. U. S. President joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america in a wide ranging speech to congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden promised trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education but in response the Republican Party attacked him for what he says are empty words and broken promises wasnt jordan reports from washington. When the us president speaks to Congress Legislators jostle for position hoping to shake his hand as he makes his way to the podium this year kovac forced everyone to fist bump or use elbows or sit 2 metres apart its also given joe biden the most important challenge of his presidency and a significant moment in his 1st address 100 days ago americas house was on fire we had to act after i pr
The country. Well also talk live to the ruling bjp about growing anger. Welcome to bbc news, and this special programme, as india grapples with a devastating second wave of covid 19. The situation on the ground is becoming more and more harrowing. New cases have topped 300,000 for a week, the official death toll today passing 200,000. The Health System is under enormous pressure. People are queueing up in places like delhi. Where there is an acute shortage of beds and oxygen supplies. In some cases, people are dying on the streets. The government is now considering lockdowns in 150 of the worst hit districts, as the pandemic is hitting the country hard not only in big cities, but also in the countryside. It was the worst, worst Night Of My Life and i was not able to save her. No money, no contact, nothing helped me out. Translation this disease can be dangerous but our system i is even more dangerous. It has scared us. Nishi and sachin are living indias nightmare. He shouts this is sac
Are very peaceful tolerant muslims who belong to the tolerant person of islam so all these points to one day and that is that the religious zealots and bitter in different communities is not going to be that in the subsequent months and years to come ok we must leave our conversation there mr thank you very much thank you thousands of demonstrators in sudan are the military headquarters at a mass city and demand civilian rule the protesters in khartoum say they will not retreat until the army hands over power to the people military leaders have said they want to retain control of sudans transition following the fall of Omar Al Bashir its also the first time judges have joined the opposition protests morgan joins us live from khartoum how significant the judge is going along with with part of the protests how significant is that. Well peter theyre adding to the number of people or a number of professions who have been protesting against president ahmed bashir and later against the milit
With allegations of corruption south africas ruling party faces a major challenge ahead of elections. Two reuters journalists have been freed from the me and mar jail wallowing in killers so who are serving a seven year sentence for violating me and laws official secrets act they were released under a president ial amnesty the pair were convicted in december in a case that Drew International condemnation but arrested in twenty seventeen while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Refugees in iraq on a statement immediately after his release while on thanks to people around the world who lobbied for his release. Only to see you thank you. Im very happy with my family my colleagues and i can with my use right now. Shortly after their release the journalists were reunited with their families and some of their colleagues this was the scene in young gone as they finally returned home last month they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting one of journalisms highest on reut
of the day s news with clive myrie. first, the home secretary, amber rudd, has said that all but a handful of nhs trusts are now back to normal after the global cyber attack which has disrupted health services in england and scotland. one of those trusts affected was in wigan. our correspondent judith moritz is there. at this hospital they have been affected to a certain extent but they worked quickly to shut down computers to make sure that the virus did not spread even further. that is something that you did first of all, isn t it? yesterday afternoon, when did you first noticed there was a problem? just after two o clock we got our first notification of the ransom we re first notification of the ransom were appearing on one of systems. we closed down internal communications within minutes, meaning that the virus could not spread any further. we now know that reigned about 30 of out we now know that reigned about 30 of our desktops and laptops have been affected and about f