check on how quickly the variants are spreading. and northern island seeing the worst violence in years. we re live from belfast. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with robin koerner. we begin with an incident at iran s nuclear facility is what is being described as a blackout. tehran says nobody was injured and there were no leaks but the timing does seem like a coincidence. fred is following the story. fred? the iranians have called this terrorists actions which seems to suggest they believe a foreign power is behind this. the iranians are saying that they believe it s some power that is afraid of what is the iranians have been doing and they are afraid of some of the advances the iranians have been making, and iran has expanded a lot of its nuclear activities, enriching more uranium and also enriching to a higher grade, and the iranians had their nuclear day and they unveiled some new se centrifuges. a day after this, the iranians are saying they reserve
in myanmar, cnn, with an exclusive look inside the country for the first time since the coup. and witnesses extraordinary acts of courage. from scotland, to the strait of gibraltar, gun salutes have honored prince philip on the second day of tributes to the duke of edinburgh. fire! and you can see, cardiff castle there. prince charles says his father would have been touched by the reaction to his death. my dear papa was was a very special person who, i think, above all else, would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him. and from that point of view, we are, my family, deeply grateful for all that. it will sustain us, in this particular loss, and at this particularly sad time. mourners have continued to leave flowers at windsor castle where the duke passed away, age 99. and we are learning more about the funeral which is going to take place on saturday, april 17. it will be a low-key ceremony, in line with the duke s
i m paula newton, and this is cnn newsroom. michigan s governor is pleading with the biden administration to rush more vaccines to that state. take a look at the surge in cases there on saturday alone. michigan reported nearly 7,000 new cases, and as hospitalizations increase, some health providers in michigan are delaying non-emergency procedures on a case-by-case basis. hospital officials call it a last resort. cnn s evan mcmorrison santoro has the latest. reporter: as covid-19 cases soar to an alarming level in michigan, a warning we re on track to see a surge in cases that s even greater than the one we saw in the fall. the state s hospitalization rates are climbing. governor wihitmer is asking schools to go remote. in the end, we all know what works and this has to be a team effort. we have to do this together. reporter: vaccinations in the state continue, but not fast enough. the government is pleading for more vaccines from the government as the supp
countries and nation all around the world are playing tribute to the late prince philip. gun salutes will be fired right across the uk at noon local time. that is in about two hours from now. they have already started in australia. buckingham palace is confirmed to confirm the funeral arrangements for prince philip at noon. he died two months shy of his 100th birthday. he was a world war ii hero and husband to queen elizabeth spending seven decades by her side. he is the father of the heir apparent prince charles. the bells of west minister of abby ringing out in honor of the duke. flowers have been placed at the palace gates even though the government is asking people not to do so because of covid-19. you can t help that people feel they want to do something. many there taking the measure of a man who had a role that was singular, unique. how are people remembering prince philip? good morning. that s right. people i was theg spoke yesterday and this morning, have been tell
so we start with the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the main witness on thursday, dr. martin tobin, a renowned expert in pulmonary critical care. he testified george floyd died from a lack of oxygen after being placed on the street on his stomach with handcuffs, a knee on his neck and a knee on his back. dr. tobin saying even a person without medical conditions would have died. cnn s sara sidner reports. reporter:. that s the moment the life goes out of his body. reporter: the prosecutor s expert medical witness did not hold back. mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we see and it also caused a pea arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. reporter: the renowned expert on breathing and lungs dr. tobin pointed to the officer s actions saying george floyd died because the officers created a scenario in which floyd s lungs were put into a vice-like grip. this was almost to the effect as