And celebrations in guinea after the military takes over in an apparent coup. Good to have you with us. The taliban are now claiming to have taken complete control of the last Holdout Province in northern afghanistan. The Panchia Province has been the scene of first fighting but the talibans claim is being denied by the national resistance front. A spokesman told Cnn Resistance forces are still in strategic positions across the valley and are continuing to fight. Meantime, a vital lifeline for afghanistan has reopened. The Kabul Airport is now seeing more domestic flights resume, and on Sunday Aid planes brought in more than 50 tons of medical supplies and food. So lets head straight now to kabul where Journalist Ben Farmer is standing by. He joins us now. So ben, we are getting these mixed reports on where things stand in northern afghanistan. What are you learning about who has control in that region after some fierce fighting there . Reporter just in the last few minutes, the taliba
Could push forward President Bidens infrastructure bill. And a disaster of unprecedented proportions, wildfires ravage all corners of greece forcing hundreds to evacuate. As local officials implement mandates and measures to curb the coronavirus, more americans are coming to terms with the severity of the Delta Variant. The cdc says more than 98 of the u. S. Population now live in counties with high or substantial transmission. 250 Million alone live in high transmission areas. Barely more than half the total population in the u. S. Is vaccinated. That is nowhere near the level required to reach herd immunity. And while vaccinations are the highest they have been in weeks, nearly a third of the eligible population, that is americans 12 and older, remain unvaccinated. All this comes as kids across the u. S. Are heading back to the classroom. And while many districts will require them to mask up, that is not the case everywhere. At least seven states have banned any sort of Mask Mandate
the argument in europe about the distribution of coronavirus vaccines has intensified with the authorities in belgium investigating a production site owned by astrazeneca. brussels wants to know why the pharmaceutical company won t be able to deliver all of the doses it promised. the eu has called for some of the vaccines made in the uk to be diverted and warned it could resort to legal action. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. the us firm novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. there were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. the results showed the vaccine was 95% effective against the original covid strain and over 85% effective against the new uk variant, giving an overall efficacy of 89%. the former head of the uk
now it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, welcome to the week in parliament our look at the highlights from all four of the uk s parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the coronavirus vaccine roll out. the home secretary announces tougher border controls. and there s to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in northern ireland which housed women pregnant outside marriage, including victims of rape and incest. wasn t their fault- that
the new lockdown craze sweeping the globe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. major trials of a new vaccine have shown it s effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. novavax is an american jab but it s being produced in the uk. it s also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines since it doesn t need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. the news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the european union over shortages. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. the us firm novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. there were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. the results showed the vaccine was 95% e