Charges of bank fraud. And, im Sarah Mulkerrins In Tokyo on day 13 of the olympic, where more medals will be up for grabs. And ill be talking to a five time Gold Medallist, former australian swimmer Ian Thorpe. Live from our studio in singapore, this is Bbc News. It is newsday. Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and 3am in lebanon, where a day of rememberance for the victims of the huge explosion in beirut s Port A year ago has descended into violence. The deaths of more than 200 people were commemorated at a multi Faith Event in the shadow of the ruins, where the blast happened. Relatives of the dead observed a silence, and each of the names of the victims who died was read out. But a little later, near the Parliament Building in the centre of beirut, Angry Crowds gathered, to voice their frustration at what they see as a lack of accountability for the disaster, and failures in government. By nightfall, th
Figure in the development of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. Science has offered us tools to beat the virus. Are we making the most of them . Professor sir andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, there. It is pretty much seven months since that historic day when the uk began the Roll Out of the vaccine you were intimately involved with developing. That is the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. In those seven months, has the impact of that vaccine been what you expected . Well, there has over that seven months been the most enormous impact. I mean, theres now A Billion doses of the Oxford Vaccine which are out the door. And those vaccines are already having that impact. Theres almost certainly now hundreds of thousands of lives that have been saved already this year from the vaccine. So the impact is enormous, and i think its probably more than we could ever have hoped for, given the predictions from even a year ago about how long it would take to get to this point. But i do think that, de
Live from our studio in singapore, this is Bbc News. Its newsday. Welcome to Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Its 6am in the morning in singapore and 1am in the morning in lebanon, where a day of remembrance for the victims of the huge explosion in beirut s Port A year ago has descended into violence. The deaths of more than 200 people were commemorated at a multi Faith Event in the shadow of the ruins where the blast happened. Relatives of those who died observed a silence, and each of the victims names was read out. But a little later, near the Parliament Building in the centre of beirut, Angry Crowds gathered to voice their frustration at what they see as a lack of accountability for the disaster and failures in government. Security forces fired Tear Gas, and several fires were started. By nightfall, the situation had worsened. More Tear Gas was used, and police equipped with Riot Gear were trying to disperse the crowds. More than 50 people are repor
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers wIll be brIngIng us tomorrow. WIth me are olIvIa utley, assIstant Comment EdItor at the Telegraph And Rob merrIck, deputy PolItIcal EdItor of the Independent. It always seems to be that tIme of nIght wIth me. Good job theyre goIng to do most of the talkIng but before they do, I have to brIng you up to date on the front pages. The metro leads wIth the announcement that all 16 and I7 year olds In the uk are to be offered fIrst doses of the CovId VaccIne before they go back to school. The fInancIal tImes reports on a warnIng from the the world health organIzatIon, who say Booster Shots In rIcher natIons should be delayed untIl poorer countrIes receIve more vaccInes. The I wrItes that there wIll be changes to the TraffIc LIght System forforeIgn holIdays, wIth arrIvals from france to england no longer havIng to quarantIne If they have been fully vaccInated. In the past few MInutes Scotland has also announced It wIll follow england w
On day 13 of the olympics, where more medals will be up for grabs in the mens hockey, and ill be talking to a five time olympic Gold Medallist, the former australian swimmer ian thorpe. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. Its 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in the morning in lebanon, where a day of remembrance for the victims of the huge explosion in beirut s Port A year ago has descended into violence. The deaths of more than 200 People were commemorated at a multi Faith Event in the shadow of the ruins where the blast happened. Relatives of the dead observed a silence, and each of the names of the victims who died was read out. But a little later, near the Parliament Building in the centre of beirut, Angry Crowds gathered to voice their frustration at what they see as a lack of accountability for the disaster and failures in government. By nightfall, the situation had wo