On the back and forth over mask messaging, good evening, peter. Peter good evening and shannon, White House officials are dealing with a lot. Gas shortages, violence in the Middle East, signs of a weakening economy, but none of those things are getting as much attention as this Announcement President biden had been saying was two months away about masks. Did somebody at the Biden Administration or in the biden Administration Update this guidance for political reasons . No. Peter but critics arent so sure. This iS Polldriven, look, they always say trust the science but we know what its been. Its been trust the polls, trust the Teachers Unions. Peter and leader of up influential Teachers Union just recently changed her tune about reopening schools in the fall. We must keep them open, fully and safely five days a week. Peter so why did the Biden Administration make the big Mask Announcement Yesterday . There was no scientific Knowledge Manifestation ha happened yesterday, when you look at
we have got relief agencies and government agencies involved trying to assist. plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un s refugee agency. harry and meghan make a rare public appearance as the invictus games get underway in the netherlands. prince harry founded the event to aid veterans from around the world. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has formally warned the united states and its allies, against supplying further weapons to ukraine. the kremlin said, the arms shipments could lead to what it called, unpredictable consequences . (mix screen 2 00v)speaking speaking during an interview, president zelensky, has acknowledged that up to 3,000 ukrainian soldiers have died and as many as 10,000 have been left injured, since russia invaded his country in february. meanwhile, there have been reports of new strikes on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital, kyiv and explosions have also been heard in the w
and lava flows through multiple homes in south west iceland after a volcano erupts near the town of grin avik. near the town of grindavik. we will cross to westminster as soon as rishi sunak is at the dispatch box. he is not there yet. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we will hand back if the prime minister starts speaking. the australian open tennis is where we start, and disappointment for the three time grand slam champion, andy murray, who s gone out in the first round. at 36, he s hinted again this could be his last year on the tour. murray s now lost eight of his past 12 matches including the last four. there weren t enough moments like this from the five time beaten finalist. instead, it was etcheverry on the front foot, asking questions that murray had no answer for. white studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. from studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. sorry
and a political culture tainted by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that s the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don t really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the ones that are doing very well. when you look at the mo ibrahim index, for example, mauritius is first, seychelles is second, cape verde s third. so you have three sids that are doing extremely well, but the focus is on mainland africa. but isn t that, in a sense, part of the point? you are doing relatively well. i believe your per capita income is over $10,000, which in african terms i
has quit after a report found evidence of widespread bullying, misoygny and harassment in the party. welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan, where the former prime minister, imran khan, has been remanded in custody for eight days after his arrest on corruption charges. his detention has sparked protests across the country at least eight people have died in clashes and police say about a thousand people have been arrested. if convicted, it would disqualify mr khan from standing for election , which is due this year. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has more from islamabad. waiting, watched by pakistan. this compound is where imran khan is due to appear. a night of unrest. calm now, but for how long? roadblocks installed around the entrances, hoping to stop the protesters. in the centre of the capital, clashes between the police and protesters build quickly and surge unexpectedly. the tear gas is coming pretty thick and fast now. i think we need to move ba