- By Rachel Graham / Mar Alliance - "With rain clouds threatening to change the course of our field day and subsequently drenching our students and team we were not sure how our Kids Meet Sharks field trip would unfold. Well, it turned into a magnificent day of sunshine, of learning and conquering of fears.
The orthodox church here broke with moscow in 2018. it was a blow for president putin, who insists that ukrainians and russians are one people in one country who should be in one russian church. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. the ukrainian president has addressed the israeli parliament becoming the first foreign leader in history to do so. volodymy zelensky, who s ofjewish heritage, questioned israel s reluctance to provide its renowned iron dome misssile defence system to his country. but in a later video update on social media he praised israel s efforts for trying to bring about peace and said jerusalem would be the right place for that to happen. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the dancing duke. the royal tour of the caribbean begins. we report from belize.
This latest phase of the vaccination programme comes as the number of cases linked to the omicron variant is climbing once again, a reminder that this virus is not yet done with us and still poses a threat to the most vulnerable. dominic hughes, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge will visit ancient maya ruins deep in the heartland of belize today, as their tour of the caribbean continues. part of their schedule yesterday had to be cancelled, however, because of a protest at a cocoa farm. our royal correspondentjonny dymond reports from belize. a visit to a cocoa farm and a chance to spread some goodwill and learn a thing or two. but this wasn t meant to be the first stop of kate and william s tour. that had to be hurriedly cancelled after some residents protested at the link between prince william and a charity working in the area.
Well, they also had to make decisions around how much they want to continue to keep their economy closed and to keep restrictions on their population. they re in a very different situation in that they ve had much higher mortality than china s seen, but they re also coming to the tail end of their omicron wave. so, that s meaning a decline in cases, and they can start to make decisions around whether or not they want to start bringing back those restrictions to allow for a more normal situation. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, the dancing duke the royal tour of the caribbean begins. we report from belize.
Especially when you re dealing with global inflationary forces that are at play. but you saw that on energy prices already £9 billion of support. it means four out of five households in england are going to receive £150 in direct cash support in april as the energy bills go up and more support on its way in october as well. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in belize for their week long tour of the caribbean. it is their firstjoint overseas trip since the start of the pandemic, but part of the first day of their tour had to be cancelled due to a protest from villagers at a cocoa farm. our royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. a visit to a cocoa farm and a chance to spread some goodwill and learn a thing or two. but this wasn t meant to be the first stop of kate and william s tour. that had to be hurriedly cancelled