successful female sailing olympian of all time. the belarusian olympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. good morning. the uk government s vaccination committee is expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 milliom teenagers would be included in the new roll out. some countries including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. tim muffett reports. it began with the elderly and most vulnerable. since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got low
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist rachel shabi; and former government special adviser, and now ceo of music industry body uk music, jamie njoku goodwin. tomorrow s front pages. the metro reports that the number of new covid cases is continuing to fall and says hopes are being raised that the uk may be past the peak of the third wave of coronavirus infections. the telegraph leads with the hijack of an oil tanker in the gulf of oman it says iranian backed forces are suspected of carrying it out. the i says the government is set to roll out covid jabs to over 16s. according to the times, the over 16s vaccination programme could begin within the next fortnight. and that story makes the front page of the daily mail as well underneath a picture of more british olympic medal winners. the guardian carries an interview with the labour leader sir keir starmer, in which he claims internati
city residents say they have had enough, says president biden s open border policies overwhelm the country from brownsville, texas to boston, massachusetts. i m sandra smith. look who is here. good afternoon. bill: i m bill hemmer, in for john roberts and welcome to america reports. got these deep blue sanctuary cities sounding the alarm over school classrooms packed with migrant children and neighborhood sidewalks filled to the brim with migrant families and 0 help coming from the white house. sandra: and in texas, the governor there says he is ready to appeal a judge s decision that he says will make securing the border even more difficult. bill: michael waltz joins us in a moment. sandra: first our team of reporters to kick off the hour, garrett tenney in chicago, bryan, live in new york city, the first day of school. how is everybody handling the influx of migrants? sandra, it s what everyone is thinking about. some 21,000 nonenglish speaking migrant children
shower cloud moving its way from west to east and really know where is immune to catching some of those heavy showers through the course of the afternoon. if you do catch one there is some hail and thunderstorms mixed in as well and the gusts of wind are still a feature, about 30-40 wind are still a feature, about 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an houraround 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an hour around exposed coasts particularly the north and west. it s windy out there, temperatures between 8 12 but feeling colder than that where you are exposed to the brisk wind and with the heavy showers, the hail and thunder mixed in too. there also sleet and snow over the highest ground of scotland so turning quite icy here during the course of the night. elsewhere the show as he is away tonight through central and eastern parts of england but further west across england, wales and northern ireland, will continue to see more showers blowing through on the brisk b
aircraft at airport in california. good morning. it is wednesday, february 22. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government has won its legal battle to stop thousands of british citizens from bringing their foreign husbands or wives to live in the uk without a minimum income. for the last five years, the uk based spouse has had to prove they earn at least £18,600, for them to support their migrant spouse. that figure is £22,000 for couples with a child. but the supreme court also ruled that the rules, as they currently stand, are defective and need to be changed, because they do not take enough account of the welfare of children affected by them, and do not take all sources of earnings into consideration when calculating income. 0ur correspondent dominic casciani is at the supreme court. it is not an entirely clear decision? no, it is very complicated. there is a belief that the couples have been degraded by this fear income rolling. the supreme court has in practice ruled