But says it doesnt yet know how many hotels will take part. Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, best known for his role as captain von trapp in The Sound Of Music, has died aged 91. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Almost half the uk population 32 Million People should be vaccinated against coronavirus by may. The government says it expects all adults over the age of 50, as well as the clinically vulnerable and those working in health and social care to have received their firstjab by then. The uks medicines regulator says the latest Research Shows side effects from all the approved vaccines are minor and dont last long. As cases continue to fall, politicians are divided over how soon restrictions should be lifted. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. This is an immunisation production line, at Epsom Racecourse in surrey, where they are doing 1000 covid jobs per day. Th
And mcdonalds sacks its chief executive for having a relationship with an employee. Good evening. Doctors and Health Service leaders in england, have warned the main parties against using the nhs, as a political weapon during the general Election Campaign. They say theyre already seeing the start of a bidding war, with nhs providers, who represent hospitals and other health trusts, saying promises made in the heat of an election battle, risk creating unrealistic expectations. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Its a familiar story at elections down the decades. Political Party Leaders visiting hospitals. This time, the nhs has dominated the Opening Campaign exchanges with claims about how much more money is needed, but leaders of hospitals and other trusts in england say the debate has got out of hand. We would ask our politicians to exercise a bit of self control and to make sure that the debate we are going to have is evidence based, mature, and not just political punch and judy. Hea
either. thank you for being with us. we start in the middle east were israeli forces have started to withdraw from the city ofjenin in the west bank after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a walk. the refugee camp was set up after the arab israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have i948. thousands of people have left the cams since the operation started in this latest violence at least 12 palestinians have been killed and more than 15 injured. it defence forces say one soldier has also died during the assault. separately, seven people were also injured in an attack in tel aviv by a palestinian from the west bank. rotational editorjeremy bowen is injenin with the latest. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel s enemies can expect no mercy. rapid gunfire families caught in the crossfire managed to get out overnight.
not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan lyon is a doubt for the rest of the series after suffering what s been described as a significant calf strain on day two at lord s. he arrived at the ground earlier on crutches and cricket australia say a decision regarding his availability for the remainder of the series will be made at the conclusion of the game . defending wimbledon champion novak djokovic says he salutes and applauds the decision to allow russian and belorussian players to return to the tournament this year. the all england club were fined for banning them in 2022, but djokovic says sport should be above politics. meanwhile the club s chief executive has been explaining the increase in security in response to the protests that have disrupted a number of uk based sporting events this year. we have uplifted security around the grounds this year, we work with the met police and other agencies to look at the threat and risk each year and then put mea
like this, they ve asked for a bus and trams to stop early, 40,000 officers are being deployed across the country. and this was a little earlier, this was a march lead by nahel s mother, this is in nanterre, the suburb of paris where they are from. just to remind you of the actual incident again from earlier this week a police officer pointing his gun at the driver of a car before the trigger was pulled at point blank range. earlier, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred - by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. so for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. so that was the message from emmanuel macron. you may have noticed there is a