Lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. Around 300,000 people are expected to leave hong kong for britain using a new visa route which opens on sunday. Investors respond with outrage after Trading Platforms halt the buying of shares in the us games firm gamestop and other companies. It follows days of frenzied trading that led to a massive increase in its value. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be 89. 3 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and South African Variants of the virus. As you can see from this graph, the uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by regulator. Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency will mee
we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said. in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances
homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. he told me what the reaction has been. in uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary. everyone was tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared, that s what i can tell you, because we didn t expect the bill to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon as today. you can never prepare for bad news. the international community is a
in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let s speak now to jay mulucha. he s an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~ i. . uganda. thank you so much. in u:anda, uganda. thank you so much. in uganda. at uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, - uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, the i uganda. thank you so much. in - uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so sca
hello, welcome to our viewers joining us here from the united states and all over the world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, heavy snowfall along the west coast leaves hundreds of residents stranded, and the situation across the northeast does not look much better. we will bring you the latest on extreme weather pummeling parts of the united states. a stunning admission under oath, the chair of the fox corporation, rupert murdaugh, acknowledges that fox news anchors pushed a election lies on air. reports of crumbling morale and desperation within the russian military. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin with extreme weather in the united states, as a winter storm is pummeling parts of the country with heavy snow and rain. nearly 50 million people are under winter weather alerts, across the northeast. new york s governor says parts of the state could see up to a foot of snow. schools in connec