to speak to eu leaders this week as the row over the supply of the astrazeneca vaccine continues. it s as results from the us trial of the jab show it s both safe and highly effective. i m really encouraged to see this data, it supports all the results that we ve already seen with this vaccine. a state of emergency declared in miami as large crowds gather for spring break parties, despite covid restrictions. almost 20,000 people are evacuated from homes across new south wales, in australia as heavy rains continue to cause severe flooding. auk a uk led mission to remove is dangerous spacejunk a uk led mission to remove is dangerous space junk lifts up from kazakhstan. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. two police officers suffered broken bones, and a dozen others were injured when a protest in bristol turned violent last night. thousands of people had gathered to demonstrate against the police and crime bill, which would give police more po
be so. that system is moving away. it is still quite breezy out there this afternoon. still a wind chill to be had, not as windy as it has been. cold air, snow moving out of north west england, parts of the midland, we could see some into the hills of wales. further wintry showers along this north sea coast, the average wind speeds at the moment, down on where they have been, blustery towards east anglia and the south east, a wind chill out there. clearly a cold day, hard frost settling into night, sleet and snow clearing from central and southern england, showers along the north sea coast. they will ease. clear weather overnight, temperatures down to 5 or 6 in places, icy patches where it has been wet, cold start in the morning. with a front moving in from the north west, cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sleet and snow in scotland, windy conditions across northern scotland, we see most of the rain here, light and patchy elsewhere, sunshine towards east anglia and the sout
nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. and, serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street, looking back at borisjohnson s time in number 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning that this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, li
scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off. we ll take you back to these pictures and our correspondent when it s time for countdown. serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kreml