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nationwide tells thousands of staff they can choose where to work once the pandemic is over. delayed but not dimmed the olympic torch relay gets under way from japan s frozen north to its tropical south. and coming up on bbc news. after making the semi finals in russia, gareth southgate and his england side get their world cup campaign for qatar 2022 under way against san marino. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. mps have voted to extend till the autumn the government s power in england to impose covid restrictions that s months after we re supposed to have returned to something like normal life. the debate has raised questions about what kinds of restrictions we shoud tolerate none more so than borisjohnson s suggestion that you might need a vaccine passport to go for pint in the pub. he did say it couldn t happen till all adults have had the jab but there s still been a backlash from the hospitality industry. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg ....
we begin with the news that everyone has been hoping for, especially those who work in global trade. it s reported that a container ship, which has been blocking the suez canal since last tuesday, has been refloated. the ship was successfully re floated at 4:30am local time and was being secured at the moment, inchcape, a global provider of marine services said on twitter. ever given has stopped all shipping along one of the world s most important trade routes since tuesday of last week. about 12% of global trade, around one million barrels of oil and roughly 8% of liquefied natural gas pass through the canal each day. the blockage has held up an estimated $9.6 billion of goods each day. stephen askins is partner at tatham & co, maritime law specialists. good to see you. stephen, it would seem we have the good news we have been waiting for at last. what are the logistics, do you think? it is refloated but now needs to be moved out the way? i refloated but now needs to b ....
of ancient life on mars, as it sends back its first pictures of the planet s surface after a successful landing uber loses its case at the uk supreme court, which ruled that drivers should be classed as workers and not independent third party contractors a 20 year old woman becomes the first protester to die in the anti coup demonstrations in myanmar, after she was shot in the head and millions of texans are still without water and electricity in extreme sub zero weather conditions while their senator ted cruz flew to mexico for a family holiday hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson will pledge today to donate the majority of the uk s surplus covid vaccines to developing countries. the british prime minister is chairing a virtual summit of the g7 nations where he ll encourage other leaders, including us presidentjoe biden, to follow suit. our global health correspondent, naomi grimley reports. more and more britons are gett ....
is investigating allegations that a serving officer raped two female colleagues. the prime minister s senior adviser on ethnic minorities, samuel kasumu, is to leave the role. borisjohnson says it s not related to the controversial government report about race. i ve worked very closely with samuel in the last year or so. and he s done some great stuff, and i thank him very much, particularly on helping to encourage vaccine take up amongst more hesitant groups and communities. the nspcc says it s already receiving calls to its helpline which opened this morning for people to report sexual harassment in schools. long covid a major study suggests more than a million people were living with it in february. and coming up on the bbc news channel, as gareth southgate and others ponder their selections for the european championship, uefa consider allowing managers bigger squads than usual to overcome any covid related issues. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a 22 ....
the owner of liberty steel says he has no plans to close any of his uk plants as he races to refinance his business, after the collapse of his main financial backer. i believe in the future of my steel business. it s still a tough journey ahead, the uk has many disadvantages. the uk steel industry has been decimated for the last few decades. we still have a lot of work to do. i m not going to give up on the uk. as long as i m in charge, my plants will stay open. seven leading pro democracy campaigners in hong kong have been found guilty of taking part in an unauthorised protest two years ago. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson s black adviser on ethnic minorities, is leaving downing street. in a letter to borisjohnson in february, which he later retracted, samuel kasumu accused the conservative party of pursuing a politics steeped in division . downing street sources have rejected any suggestion that his departure was rel ....