to donate to poorer countries. the un demands international action to stop a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. i am terrified of what is going to happen. i think this could be just the beginning of a wave of brutality that is going to be just even more shocking than what we have seen today. the latest attempts to dislodge the ship that s stuck in the suez canal have failed officials say efforts will continue around the clock. 5,000 people attend a trial rock concert in barcelona the latest test of how viable large cultural events are during covid. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says it s on track to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he s confident a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don t treat the easing of restrictions as a complete free for all. meanwhile, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, revealed there had been high
don t adjust your tv sets. what you re seeing is real. oil prices are falling and the more they fall, the more they fuel turmoil in america and around the world. $47.43 a barrel in crude trading today. we haven t seen a price this low since april of 2009. and then the world was in economic turmoil. back then, there was a recession that sapped the world s demand for oil. but today s story is very different. new supply, fueled in part by america s fracking boom, is out stripping the demand around the world. ands is not so much a demand problem, but a supply problem. so far they have fallen 55% from june of 2014 and industry analysts warn that oil prices might have room to fall more, below 30 or $40. you might be saying, i m enjoying these low gas prices but i m going to tell you the other side of the story. that hit u.s. stocks that fell 1% in trading. against this backdrop, the white house promised to veto any legislation in congress that gives the go ahead to the intentiona
don t adjust your tv sets. what you re seeing is real. oil prices are falling and the more they fall, the more they fuel turmoil in america and around the world. $47.43 a barrel in crude trading today. we haven t seen a price this low since april of 2009. and then the world was in economic turmoil. back then, there was a recession that sapped the world s demand for oil. but today s story is very different. new supply, fueled in part by america s fracking boom, is out stripping the demand around the world. ands is not so much a demand problem, but a supply problem. so far they have fallen 55% from june of 2014, and industry analysts warn that oil prices might have room to fall more below 30 or $40. you might be saying, i m enjoying these low gas prices but i m going to tell you the other side of the story. that hit u.s. stocks that fell 1% in trading. against this backdrop, the white house promised to veto any legislation in congress that gives the go ahead to the intentiona