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Has arrived in warsaw. And in the uk, all 16 and 17 year olds will now be offered a Covid Vaccine around 1. 4 million teenagers will be eligible. We start in lebanon. Violence has broken out in beirut as the city marks a year since it was devastated by one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. Over 200 People died when a Warehouse Storing Ammonium Nitrate exploded. A year on, No One has been held to account. And theres anger. This was the scene in beirut earlier. In the past few Hours Violence broke out. Tear gas was fired. Here are more pictures of the chaos. Thousands of protesters took part in the rally demanding truth about the disaster. Its been a day of remberance too. Elsewhere in Beirut Hundreds attended a ceremony for the victims in the ruins of the port. A Minutes Silence was held and each of the victims names read out. Families held up their photos. An investigation into the blast is still on going. So far 25 People have been detained as part of that investigatio
With the aim of driving down infections. Anything we can do to improve Vaccination Rates, including going to below the age of18, 16, 17 year olds, clearly will be a good thing, to get as many people vaccinated as possible, with both doses of the vaccine. If you want to get in touch with your views On Any of todays stories including the idea of giving vaccines to children im. Lebanon is holding a day of national mourning to mark the first anniversary of a massive Warehouse Explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands. The Belarusian 0lympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy In Tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning. And coming up this hour, professor barbie. The scientist who designed the Oxford Coronavirus, vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. A warm welcome to tokyo and its been another incredible day on the athletics track, with another extraordinary 400 metres hurdles final and another dizzying World Record. Th
Hello. Welcome to Bbc News in the uk and around The World. After months of uncertainty, and a Build Up marred by controversy and resignations, the delayed 2020 Tokyo 0lympics are finally under way. Although the japanese capital is under a State Of Emergency because of covid, 0lympic officials still managed to pull off a thoughtful Opening Ceremony watched by millions globally. Lucy hockings is in tokyo there wasnt exactly a party like atmosphere in tokyo today, still a lot of Fear And Anxiety around the rising Covid 19 Infection Rates is the city in the State Of Emergency or bars and restaurants are shutting at eight oclock and people are being told to stay home and stay safe because of the pandemic and because of these on games and the pandemic means theres been a lot of protests. Recent Opinion Polls say that over 55 of the japanese public didnt want these 0lympics that over 55 of the japanese public didnt want these olympics to happen and even of the olympics there has gone it away.
Larger Infrastructure Plan the democrats try to push through on their own using a legislative maneuver to get around the filibuster. Not the only major piece of legislation introduce new voting Rights Legislation named after John Lewis this week. The bill is likely to contain some of the key protections outlined in the initial Election Reform Proposal that has been stalled in the senate for months now. Nbc news reports that House Members are working on Voting Legislation preempting harmful laws already passing in State Houses across the country. This is the type of action that the texas democratic lawmakers that have been in d. C. For almost three weeks now have been pushing for after leaving their state in order to break the quorum. This is the right advocates have been calling for, as well. This Weekend Hundreds of demonstrators marched across texas straight to the State Capitol to protest how republicans are trying to restrict Voting Rights and demand that they take action. Johnson