To be vaccinated. And i have every hope that it will be a success. With the pauses in the fighting that have been agreed. Do they go? will they be going on for as long as is necessary for this to be implemented, or are the aid workers out there under a time pressure to roll out the vaccinations? my understanding is that these are daytime pauses for three days with an option for a fourth day. But again, i sincerely hope that if the work isn t completed, there will be more opportunities to get every child vaccinated, because that s what will be needed. With the vaccination programme. As it stands then, with the caveats and limitations, how likely do you think it is to tackle this resurgence in polio in the area? i m sure it will be difficult for the logistic reasons that are pretty obvious. But again, if a success is achieved and a second round will be needed in september, then hopefully this transmission of polio virus will be stopped and it s really important that it is stopped. How cr
Duped by dishonest recruitment agents into going to oman. Georgina was promised a lucrativejob in dubai, but instead she found herself in the omani capital, muscat. Translation i was not allowed to rest. I was waking up at 3am and going to bed at 1am. The most difficult thing that made me desperate to escape was the boss forcing me to have sex with him. It was so painful because i had no way to say no. He threatened me and said if i shouted he would shoot me. I got badly injured because it wasnt only him. He would bring friends and they would pay him after. In oman alone, there are an estimated 300,000 Domestic Workers, most of them from africa or asia. Ekaterina runs an ngo which supports Migrant Workers in the gulf. We identify them as victims of trafficking or forced labour or other forms of exploitation. So we negotiate with their employer for them to be released. The laws that are in place prohibit a Domestic Worker to leave the employer. She cannot change jobs and she cannot leav
the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
stars of the 1950s and 60s, gina lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95. crawl back into my bedroom, take advantage of my weakness! she was one of the last survivors of the golden age of cinema, nicknamed by italians as la lollo, and judged by some to be the most beautiful woman in the world. she co starred with some of the biggest names in hollywood. later in life she became a successful sculptor and photographer, and made several unsucessful attempts to be elected to parliament. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. freezing bitter cold weather is with us for a few days but we had some lovely sunshine, enjoying views like this snowy skiddaw in cumbria which looks stunning. the other issue we have been covering is the flooding recently and flood warnings are still in force and the problems had not gone away. a lot of trouble on the river severn, avon and for ground water flooding in the river severn, avon and for ground waterflooding in parts the river s
To stay inside. Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on hamas media, calling on palestinians everywhere to fight. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding an Emergency Meeting and the military says it is striking targets in gaza in response. There are palestinian reports of Israeli Soldiers being captured. In a statement in the past hour, israels defence minister yoav gallant has said. Also in the past few minutes, an Israeli Military spokesman has said thousands of Army Reservists are to be called up. Our reporter Rushdi Abu Alouf gave me the latest from gaza. This is extremely significant. In all of the years that hamas has been in control of gaza, they have never launched a Surprise Attack on different locations, Israeli Security Officials Saying an hour or so ago there were 21 separate incidents going on. Theres a lot of video circulating, not yet verified, by the bbc showing bodies of Israeli Soldiers, some of whom