Hello and welcome. Donald trump says that facebook s decision to suspend him from all of its social media platforms until 2023 is an insult to the millions of people who voted for him. The company says the former president s profile will only be reinstated if it can be satisfied that his posts no longer pose a threat to public safety. The ban was imposed after his supporters stormed the us capitol injanuary. Our media editor amol rajan has been examining facebook s changing role in the political landscape. We have to have peace, we have to have law and order. It was an extraordinary moment in modern american democracy. In the judgment of many independent observers, disputed by his supporters, an outgoing president incited a mob. As a result, his megaphones were taken away. Twitter banned him. Youtube suspended his account, and facebook did the same. They ve created an oversight board to give independent advice on such editorial judgements. Last month, it upheld his suspension. The pers
They are close to an agreement. Fleeing the conflict in ethiopia, as the un warns of a repeat of the devastating famine of 1984. And coventry gets set to launch itself as the uk city of culture. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: chasing a record equalling 24th grand slam title, serena williams moves into the fourth round of the french open. Good evening. The number of people who had covid 19 in the uk went up by two thirds in one week, new figures from the office for national statistics suggest. The north west of england had the highest proportion of positive cases. Meanwhile, scotland s first minister said cases today were the highest since february. It comes as the uk medicines regulator approved the use of the pfizer biontech vaccine in children aged 12 15, although the vaccines committee, thejcvi, has still to decide whether children should get the jab. For our first report tonight, here s our health editor, hugh pym. Come on in. Thank you very much. Come on in, that
here is another army ambulance bringing in more covid victims. Itjust gives you a sense of the pressure on nepal that covid is taking on their city. Authorities in hong kong crack down on any attempt to mark the anniversary of the tiananman square massacre thousands of police are patrolling the streets. And no place to hide rich nations inch towards a deal on taxing big corporations. Facebook has suspended former us president trump from all of its social media platforms for at least two years. He s been banned from facebook since january for his posts about the storming of the us capitol by his supporters, but last month a review criticised the open ended penalty. His profiles on facebook and instagram will only be reinstated if the social media giant believes his accounts are no longer a threat to public safety. In a statement, mr trump said the ruling was an insult to every person who voted for him. 0ur media editor amol rajan has been examining facebook s changing role in the