And spain and italy are through to the semi finals of euro 2020 after beating switzerland and belgium. Hello and welcome. The un security council has met to discuss the crisis in ethiopia s tigray region. Eight months of fighting means hundreds of thousands of people are now at risk of starvation. The ethiopian government has denied allegations that it s been blocking aid getting through this is after tigrayan rebels took control of much of the northern region this week. The un world food programme says it s up and running again but access is still difficult. Courtney bembridge has the latest. Cheering and chanting. An extraordinary moment after months of brutal conflict. Cheering. Horns blare. Celebrations on the streets of tigray s capital mekelle after rebel fighters took over the city. They have declared victory over the government troops, but eight months of fighting has left its mark. More than 400,000 people are estimated to have crossed the threshold into famine and another 1
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. nasa has released truly remarkable images of its space rover landing on mars, the first of their kind from the planet. it shows those final minutes of last week s tense descent with clouds of dust and grit blowing around as the vehicle is lowered to touch down on mars, 293 million miles. 472 million kilometres from earth. the rover, perseverance, has been sent to an ancient lake crater to search for signs of life, from billions of years ago. our global science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. the parachute has deployed. from the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. first look at the surface. an out of this world view mars as never seen before. as the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. touchdown confirmed. perseverance safely on the surface of mars! ..and the landing system is jet
hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. we ll bring you the latest in a moment, but first.. myanmar s military authorities have warned that armed authorities have warned that forces day is being celebrated armed forces day is being celebrated by the country. this is a large parade which marks the anniversary of the foundation of the army. lots of firepower is on show here. previous processions, and we have seen this already, have shown troops will. .. have seen this already, have shown troops will. which can be seen there, a lot of armoury is welcome including tanks, jets and missiles, and also a fly passed by the army chief and the june fly passed by the army chief and thejune to head. he may well be speaking, but this is a really big show of strength by the military. you remember remember, of course, that the country at the moment is in the midst of some turmoil. this is since february the 1st when the generals ousted and detained the civilian le
boats are involved in the operation. and coming up at 4230, we put your questions to the experts in world questions. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is preparing to roll out booster vaccines from september to protect people from new variants of the coronavirus. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, told the daily telegraph he expected there would be eight different vaccines available by the autumn, and they d be offered first to the over 70s as well as care and health workers and the extremely vulnerable. simonjones reports. on track, the government is confident of offering all adults the first of two doses of a covid vaccine by the end ofjuly, but now it s looking further ahead. the vaccines minister has told the telegraph that the most vulnerable could be given a third dose as early as september. nadhim zahawi says the boosterjabs, if needed, would initially go to people over 70 as well as nhs workers and care home staff. manufacturing in the uk will
kyi and other senior government leaders for what it called election fraud. the military also detaining a member of parliament and declaring a one-year state of emergency. the white house has warned, quote, the united states opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede myanmar s democratic transition and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed. cnn s will ripley joins me now from hong kong with more. there are those saying that this is a violation of a constitution the military actually helped write and just days ago said it would abide by. what are you hearing? what s the latest? reporter: it s extraordinary, michael, to think that this civilian government came into power just five years ago led by aung san suu kyi, who for so many years was this kind of darling of the movement for freedom and democracy around the world because she was kept in house arrest on and off for 20 years by the same military that has now