Also in the programme the belarusian president accuses the west of trying to strangle his country in his first coments since he diverted an Eu Passenger Flight in order to seize an Opposition Journalist. 0ur issues have changed their methods of attacking the state. And were in the Polish City of gdansk where Manchester United are chasing their first major trophy in four years an extraordinary day in the story of the pandemic in The Uk. Borisjohnson s former top aide Dominic Cummings has given hours of evidence to a parliamentary committee about the governments handling of Covid I9. And he didnt hold back in his criticisms of himself, of the Prime Minister and many others too. In the next few minutes we will work through all the key moments of his testimonty. Before we do. Rob watson, political correspondent. Rob, you can explain to our viewers Around The World what a moment this was. It Around The World what a moment this was. , Around The World what a moment this was. ,. , Around The
serves but i know many people will have been very disappointed. but as i say, i think it is very premature. the government has set up a task force to look at these issues and we are contributing that and putting our ideas in about how we can stage a restart of international travel over the summer months and i think that really needs to be the focus rather than talking in the press about the prospects of travel over the summer. you say premature but perhaps realistic, you know, bearing in mind that we have got new variants and we ve got many countries in europe going back into lockdown. the government has been very clear and we support the view that it is going to take a cautious approach into reopening international travel. it has already demonstrated that cautious approach as aviation was the only sector not to have its own road map just over a month ago. we are waiting for a report of the global travel taskforce on the 12th of april and the government has already been clear
thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. for months, tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting in india. their movement has attracted global support, from celebrities including rihanna, lily singh, and the climate activist greta thunberg. so why are the farmers protesting? the bbc s south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, explains what it s all about. from their fields and their land, they came on tractors, trucks, on horseback in a roadside resistance. tens of thousands of farmers determined to peacefully protest new laws. it s become the biggest challenge facing india s prime minister, narendra modi. narendra is not listening to us. the government is so stubborn. for those farmers under ten acres, they ll die. they ll die. explosion. tensions have been building for months. this is a fight over the future of farming in india. those of us who have worked on the reforms for 50 years, t
the worst flooding in a century, some of australia has been hit by severe flooding. the australian prime minister has offered emergency funds to those affected. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geraldine scott, westminster correspondent at the yorkshire post and giles kenningham, political commentator & former conservative party press chief. lovely to see you both. tomorrow s front pages. starting with. the financial times reports on a last ditch appeal by the prime minister who will this week ask eu leaders to help stop the bloc banning exports of the astrazeneca vaccine. the guardian follow suit and says an eu ban on covid vaccine exports could delay the uk roll out by two months. below a striking image from today s protests in bristol the metro leads with the record number of covid jabs administered in the uk on saturday. in a deliberate dig at the european union the daily express also reports on the s
there is now a nationwide internet blackout underway in myanmar. there are also troop deployments around the country which has seen mass demonstrations against the military coup which took place two weeks ago. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country s military to refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians after reports that security forces have opened fire to disperse a protest. armoured vehicles have been seen driving round the streets of central yangon for first time since the coup two weeks ago. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. our reporter nyein chan ay filed this report from yangon just before the blackout began. for the first time since the coup, for the first time since the military have returned to central yangon. tonight, the generals want to send a powerful message to those planning to take part in a nationwide strike on monday. tensions are high across the city. as news of more arrests filter out and people