in west yorkshire is suspended after showing their class a cartoon of the prophet muhammad. on a night of world cup qualifiers for three home nations, england get their campaign under way with a resounding victory over san marino. these are the hands that touch us first. and a year after the first clap for carers, the author michael rosen, who nearly died from covid, reads his poem to thank the nhs. and coming up in sport on bbc news england will be without captain eoin morgan for the final two one day internationals of their series in india, due to a hand injury. good evening. mps have voted to extend emergency coronavirus powers in england until september, despite a large rebellion by backbench conservative mps against the plan. the government has refused to rule out extending the wide ranging powers in october. the health secretary matt hancock told the commons he expected people would continue to wear masks long after restrictions are lifted and warned cases could rise
welcome to our viewers on the bbc news and our viewers on pbs in america. we begin in europe where in the past hour the uk and the eu have issued a joint statement vowing cooperation in the fight against the pandemic. it says: we have been discussing what more we can do to ensure a reciprocally beneficial relationship between the uk and eu on covid-i9. given our interdependencies, we are working on specific steps we can take in the short , medium and long term to create a win win situation and expand vaccine supply for all our citizens. it comes after the european commission put forward its plans to toughen controls on the export of coronavirus vaccines made in the eu. here s european commission vice president valdis dombrovskis outlining the new rules. going forward, member states and commission should now consider two additional elements when assessing the impact of planned exports. first, is the country of destination, which has a large reduction capacity, r
more than 100 years, sells at auction twice. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said that astrazeneca must catch up on vaccine deliveries for the eu before exporting vaccine supplies elsewhere. european leaders have been meeting to discuss the covid crisis. cases are rising across the continent, but miss von der leyen says astrazeneca has only delivered 30 million of the 90 million vaccines it promised, even as tens of millions are sent to other countries, including the uk. from brussels, here s our europe editor, katya adler. prague is remembering its dead simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu s credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discu
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said that astrazeneca must catch up on vaccine deliveries for the european union before exporting vaccine supplies elsewhere. european leaders have been meeting to discuss the covid crisis. cases are rising across the continent, but miss von der leyen says astrazeneca has only delivered 30 million of the 90 million vaccines it promised, despite tens of millions being sent to other countries. from brussels, here s our europe editor katya adler. prague is remembering its dead simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu s credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discuss how to secure the eu s vaccine supply, ensuring c
the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said that astrazeneca must catch up on vaccine deliveries for the european union before exporting vaccine supplies elsewhere. european leaders have been meeting to discuss the covid crisis. cases are rising across the continent. miss von der leyen says astrazeneca has only delivered 30 million of the 90 million vaccines it promised, despite tens of millions being sent to other countries. from brussels, here s our europe editor, katya adler. prague is remembering its dead simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu s credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discuss how to secure the eu s vaccine supply, ensuring companies deliverjabs promised and, controversially, potentially bloc