labour s top team is in the midst of being reshuffled, as keir starmer acts in the wake of the english election results. it comes after hours of uncertainty and accusations of scapegoating as his deputy, angela rayner, was stripped of key party roles. that s what you do in leadership, you take responsibility. you don t scapegoat and blame others. you take it on the chin. they re hard calls, but it s for keir to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions that he wants us to be in. tonight, another by election looms, as a labour mp wins the race for west yorkshire mayor. also on the programme: when, not if, nicola sturgeon tells boris johnson on the question of another scottish independence referendum. rail passengers are warned of more disruption in the days ahead, after cracks were found in some high speed trains. hugs are to be, officially, 0k again in england, with an announcement due tomorrow on the next lockdown easing. good evening. in the last hour, the la
off the uk green list. for travellers who d hoped to get to one of the very few options for european holidays, it s a bitter blow i m gutted, really. but, anyway, it is what it is. i understand. but we can t quarantine. we are trying to change flights as i stand. but it s not likely that i ll be able to go. greece, along with spain, france, and italy, all remain on the amber list, meaning ten days quarantine on return, and two covid tests. as the travel industry reacts with dismay, we ll be asking if this is a foretaste of a stop start summer for british holiday makers. also tonight. the squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of asylum seekers got covid. the high court says the government broke the law by putting them there. the mother of a 14 year old boy stabbed to death in birmingham pays tribute at the scene where he died. fears that a burnt out cargo ship off the coast of sri lanka could spill hundreds of tonnes of oil into the sea. and a double century on his debut fo
hello, welcome to bbc news. the biden administration has unveiled its plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. to start, they will distribute 25 million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80 million by the end ofjune. of that initial batch, i9 million will be allocated to covax, the global facility designed to distribute vaccines fairly. the remaining six million will go directly to countries experiencing surges and neighbours. they include mexico, canada, south korea, and ukraine, among others. president biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan, has outlined the criteria for vaccine distribution. we ve received requests from all over the world, and a number of important factors went into our decision about how to allocate these first 25 million vaccines. these factors included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations and public health needs and helping as many countries as poss