a volcano has erupted south west of iceland s capital, reykjavik the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years. and coming up in half an hour, the king of horror sits down with stephen sackur, to talk about how the genre has evolved. that s in hardtalk. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. official figures show that there have been a record number of coronavirus vaccinations in the uk for a second day in a row. the health secretary has said the uk is on track to ease lockdown measures, after announcing that over half of all adults in the country had now had at least one vaccine dose. in the latest 2a hour period alone, nearly 600,000 people had theirfirstjab bringing the total to more than 26.8 million. and just over 2.1 million have now had both doses of the vaccine. despite these record numbers of vaccinations, a scientist on a government advisory body, warns summer holidays overseas, are extremely unlikely , because of the risk of travellers bringing coro
we ll have the best of the day s action. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are signs of growing frustration across europe as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. infections are on the rise as a third wave threatens to sweep the continent. delays in the eu vaccine program have not helped. today there were protests in poland, where a new lockdown has come into force, after a sharp rise in cases. there were also angry demonstrations in vienna too, with many frustrated protestors calling for chancellor sebastian kurz to step down. this protest took place in finland, which has more than 70,000 confirmed cases and 800 deaths so far. and german police used pepper spray during clashes in the northern city of kassel another city where demonstrators are angry about covid linked restrictions. germany is battling a sharp rise in infections despite months of strict rules. 0ur berlin correspondent, damian
clearly, arresting everyone involved is not feasible. it would mean surrounding them, possibly making the covid risk greater. in fact, at times, police withdrew today allowing the crowd to disperse. but tonight, police in riot gear faced abuse and thrown bottles as they cleared a park. dozens were arrested. let s go, let s go. bottle smashes well, it s the end of the day and as you can see the policing operation now is about telling everybody they ve got to go home and the command of this operation earlier said that it would have been much better if nobody had come at all. tom symonds, bbc news, central london. thousands have protested in several cities in turkey in response to president erdogan s overnight withdrawal from the world s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. europe s top rights body, the council of europe, has condemned the move. yet his conservative supporters claim the convention undermines family structures and promotes divorce. a
of iceland for 800 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are signs of growing frustration across europe as many nations reintroduce lockdown measures to control the coronavirus pandemic. infections are on the rise as a third wave threatens to sweep the continent. delays in the eu vaccine programme have not helped. today there were protests in poland, where a strict new lockdown has come into force, after a sharp rise in cases. there were also angry demonstrations in vienna, with many frustrated protestors calling for chancellor sebastian kurz to step down. this protest took place in finland, which has more than 70,000 confirmed cases and 800 deaths so far. there were also anti lockdown protests in london. they came despite a fall in infections and a fast paced vaccine program. and german police used pepper spray during ugly clashes in the northern city of kassel another city where demonstrators are angry about covid linked restrict