live from london. this is bbc news. tens of thousands of people flee sedan�*s capital as violence claims. in the uk, the deputy prime minister's political future is in the uk, the deputy prime minister's politicalfuture is in the balance is the prime minister is handed a report on bullying allegations involving dominic raab. almost 80 people are crushed to death in the capital of yemen where hundreds had gathered to receive aid. millions of children have missed life—saving vaccinations around the world and misinformation is one of the key reasons why. space x's first on crude test flight explodes minutes after liftoff on

its maiden voyage. good evening. the united nations children's agency says millions of children have missed some or all of their routine vaccinations due to covid lockdowns and disruption caused by the pandemic. unicef says that across the world, up to 67 million children have missed out on vaccinations in some way. the organisation believes increased misinformation during the pandemic has contributed to vaccine hesitancy and the consequences are potentially, very serious. last year the number of measles cases doubled and polio numbers rose sharply. i spoke to lily capriani, head of global advocacy on health, nutrition & climate at unicef for more on this.

india is poised to overtake china as the world's most populous nation by the middle of this year. last year, when we had so much disruption of the pandemic and it was a lot harder for families to get to clinics, a lot of disruption to health services and staff being diverted onto other things. so there were lots of obstacles to the normal expected routine childhood immunisations, and a lot of children that were born either right before the pandemic or during that period are now at the age where they really should have been receiving those vaccines by now, and at 67 million happened, and that means they are unprotected. and that represents a backslide, a reversal of progress, the biggest we've seen in the last generation. it is really an alarming decline in the number of children getting just the basic essentials like being protected against measles, polio, diseases that we

take for granted that we are dealing with, but they are starting to maybe make a comeback now. it is quite alarming. in the report that was published today, we are notjust looking at the number of children who have missed vaccines, but also some new survey data that shows that the number of adults who will be for the number of adults who will be for the pandemic thought that it was important to vaccinate children, after the pandemic of that number had come down, in some countries is much is 44%. in other countries, just wanted to present, but it was 52 out of 55 countries that we surveyed, so it is a global issue and it is notjust in rich countries are poor countries, it is across all regions of the world. and that sustained decline in people's perception of the importance of vaccines is really worrying. lilli; vaccines is really worrying. lily from unicef — vaccines is really worrying. lily from unicef speaking to me earlier. live now to nigeria, cannot we have a clinical virologist at university couege a clinical virologist at university

college hospital. thank you very much forjoining us here on the programme. we have been hearing about the number of children across the planet who has missed out on their vaccines, the planet who has missed out on theirvaccines, butjust the planet who has missed out on their vaccines, but just tell us about what is happening in nigeria. thank you, i am happy to be here. what we have heard about nigeria is actually true. i lot of missed cases of vaccines. and this has been due to a number of factors. bay—side the coveted pandemic disruption, there has always been the problem of distrust in government policy a lot of organisational posts and campaigns are refusing to bring people out for vaccination. besides that, i think we need to stick to this more, because theyjerry happens to be a kind of cultural

setting where people belong to a lot of different cultural beliefs, and this also includes the fact that some of these vaccines could have some of these vaccines could have some effects on their children, leading to the children developing autism or some others believe that the vaccines are a way of causing sterility. i the vaccines are a way of causing sterili . , ., ., ., ,~' the vaccines are a way of causing sterili . , ., ., ., i. sterility. i 'ust want to ask you, first of sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all. _ sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all. i— sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all, i mean, _ sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all, i mean, we - sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all, i mean, we can - sterility. i just want to ask you, first of all, i mean, we can go l sterility. i just want to ask you, i first of all, i mean, we can go into the cultural concerns that people have come up first want to ask you about this trust in government. why is there this distrust?— is there this distrust? thank you, i think this is _ is there this distrust? thank you, i think this is likely _ is there this distrust? thank you, i think this is likely because - is there this distrust? thank you, i think this is likely because most i think this is likely because most people in nigeria, particularly the people in nigeria, particularly the people from the rural parts of nigeria have this belief that government has not done a lot for them in terms of providing food, in terms of social and security,

sometimes they would wonder why you are coming to talk to them about taking vaccines for their children, what you have not addressed some of their basic needs, like hunger, like security and so on the. so their basic needs, like hunger, like security and so on the.— security and so on the. so are we findin: security and so on the. so are we finding ourselves _ security and so on the. so are we finding ourselves in _ security and so on the. so are we finding ourselves in nigeria - security and so on the. so are we finding ourselves in nigeria nowl security and so on the. so are wel finding ourselves in nigeria now in a situation where children are dying from preventable diseases? yes. a situation where children are dying from preventable diseases? yes, that actually happens- _ from preventable diseases? yes, that actually happens. that _ from preventable diseases? yes, that actually happens. that has _ from preventable diseases? yes, that actually happens. that has been - actually happens. that has been going on, but that is on the inquest, and it is quite concerning because this is potentially going to prevent, parents of these children have allowed them to get vaccinated. and for so many reasons... what have allowed them to get vaccinated. and for so many reasons. . ._ and for so many reasons... what is happening — and for so many reasons... what is happening where — and for so many reasons... what is happening where you _ and for so many reasons... what is happening where you are _ and for so many reasons... what is happening where you are in - and for so many reasons... what is happening where you are in your. happening where you are in your clinic, in your community, our people being encouraged to vaccinate their children? {lilia

people being encouraged to vaccinate their children?— their children? 0k, yes. if it happens _ their children? 0k, yes. if it happens to _ their children? 0k, yes. if it happens to be _ their children? 0k, yes. if it happens to be a _ their children? 0k, yes. if it happens to be a large - their children? 0k, yes. if it happens to be a large city, i their children? 0k, yes. if it- happens to be a large city, probably the largest city in west africa, so you have like a rural parts, that happens to be like a kind of advanced setting. you also have... so in the large clinics in town, you would find parents bringing their children, because they would likely appreciate the need to get their children vaccinated. but the majority of children are still within the slums and within the rural part, and in those kinds of places, they are finding it more difficult to bring their children in for vaccinations and for some of the reasons... may bejust for vaccinations and for some of the reasons... may be just like one part of the children are being brought forward while you have this access 93p- forward while you have this access . a . _ ., , forward while you have this access ua., ., , , ., forward while you have this access

ua., forward while you have this access gap. indeed, as you say, lots of issues there, _ gap. indeed, as you say, lots of issues there, especially - gap. indeed, as you say, lots of issues there, especially with - gap. indeed, as you say, lots of| issues there, especially with this unicef report that has just come out about the number of children who are missing out on their vaccines. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. doctor, thank you so much for joining us— india is poised to overtake china as the world's most populous nation by the middle of this year. the united nations says india will be home to more than 1.4 billion people and that china's population is in decline. from mumbai, barbara plett usher sent this report. job hunting in mumbai. they've travelled hundreds of miles seeking a spot on the police force. just getting in for the test is a competition. india's got the largest number of young workers in the world. what i find incredible is that all of these people have come out for what is actually not that manyjobs.

police have told us there are 650,000 applicants and only 8,000 positions. third time lucky — sumeet is praying that this will be his chance. translation: if i get this job, | my life will change because i'll| receive a fixed income, i'll have job security. i'll be able to get married. if he doesn't get it, he'll still move here. the city is where the opportunities are. like sumeet, many others are fleeing rural areas. this is the life they want to leave behind. here, theyjust can't make enough money. so the flow to urban centres continues, transforming megacities like mumbai. this is a deeply unequal society. it's difficult to improve conditions for all india's people, even though its economy is growing at a fast pace.

0n the outskirts of mumbai, this suburb has expanded by 200% in the past 20 years. migrants from across the country hope this is the start of something better. in some ways, life is harder here. but there are also new freedoms. ranjana followed her husband to the city to cook for him. but she found work too, and that's made a huge difference to her. translation: i can buy myself what i want. - i can buy myself a sari. or i can get something that my child needs. i no longer need to depend on my husband for everything. ranjana moved here ten years ago. she's hoping this will open up a better future for her son. the doors of opportunity are entered with both hope and desperation.

there are daunting challenges, but in india's massive population, huge potential. barbara plett usher, bbc news, mumbai. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. they're having fun making music at st paul's community hall in grangetown. but this choir also has a serious message. it aims to help empower homeless and marginalised people to achieve change in their lives. one of the first members tells me his story. my my mental health is so much better, you don't need a tablet, you need this.

the group meet once a week and say that singing is an outlet that helps deal with the stress of homelessness and living in temporary accommodation. a place like this, you can come and you can sing, socialise with other people and not have to worry about this kind of thing. and when the singing's all done, volunteers are at hand with a hot meal and essential nourishment. we come together, we sing, we feel good. we hopefully people leave with a smile on their face. notjust a choir, but a family. we're not really a unit. you're live with bbc news. the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever launched has blown up on its maiden flight. spacex's starship exploded just minutes after lift off from texas. elon musk the man behind it declared the test flight a success. he is trying to develop a re usable space vehicle that will eventually be able to carry up to 100 people on interplanetary flights as well as allowing travel to anywhere in the world in one hour or less. but as rebecca morelle reports today's test flight showed that could be a little way off. a tense wait in the final seconds...

ignition. two, one... ..as the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built gets ready to fly. we have lift—off. starship slowly pushed up into the sky. so far, so good. a few minutes into the flight, it was time for the bottom part of the rocket to separate. but starship started tumbling, and then this happened... applause. starship just experienced a rapid, unscheduled disassembly. now, this was a development test. this is the first test flight of starship. and the goal was to gather the data, and as we said, clear the pad and get ready to go again. despite the explosion, they were still celebrating at spacex h0. elon musk, the company's ceo, set expectations low. just getting the rocket off the ground was a major milestone. he tweeted. .. "congrats, spacex team, on an exciting test launch of starship.

learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months." starship has been in development for years, and the plan is for it to take people to the moon and eventually mars. it's radically different from other rockets. this is the starship launch system. it stands 120 metres tall — that's nearly 400 feet. it has two main parts. at the bottom is the superheavy booster, which has a huge number of engines — 33 of them. above this is the starship spacecraft. this can carry cargo or crew. spacex says up to 100 people. what's unique is both components will be fully reusable. explosions at spacex aren't unusual. they say it's all part of the learning process. there's been a lot of develop and fly. design and fly. that's been costly in terms of hardware failures. spacex has said it's been extremely valuable in terms

of what spacex has learned. there have been concerns about the environmental impacts of starship lunches and damage to the local fragile ecosystem. the us authorities say it passes all of their cheques. it's not yet clear exactly what went wrong, but what's certain is spacex will try again. they've got more rockets waiting that are ready to fly. rebecca morelle, bbc news. mark as an asset aerospace supervisor and i spoke to him earlier, he began by telling me more about the culture. it’s earlier, he began by telling me more about the culture.— about the culture. it's anticipated in the production _ about the culture. it's anticipated in the production and _ about the culture. it's anticipated in the production and test - in the production and test programme, they have been doing this since i have been associated with them from the very beginning, and it is a method by which they could learn to do what they need to do, and in many ways, when you are designing something like can only take it so far by computer design, and i think this was an anticipated

production effort to go out and see what would this spaceship and racket do when it actually had to fly. elan do when it actually had to fly. elon musk said that _ do when it actually had to fly. elon musk said that this _ do when it actually had to fly. elon musk said that this is _ do when it actually had to fly. elon musk said that this is a _ do when it actually had to fly. elon musk said that this is a success. they expected, you know, this to blow up the launch pad, the fact that it actually flew for a few minutes perhaps they view this as a success. i certainly see it that way. there are a few things that are important. it did not damage the launch pad, it did not do any damage to anything that i'm aware of. but i think more importantly in our business, we have several different things when you launch a rocket, one of which is the most important and something called next kilo. it is the place where the most stress is on the racket and on the launch system, and this racket actually passed that point of stress on its way up before it did its rapid disintegration, as they say. you are yourself a space entrepreneur. your company builds... reasonable space

pains. i suppose in many ways you are dealing yourself with all of these different issues.- are dealing yourself with all of these different issues. yes, and i think when _ these different issues. yes, and i think when you _ these different issues. yes, and i think when you are _ these different issues. yes, and i think when you are looking - these different issues. yes, and i think when you are looking at - these different issues. yes, and i | think when you are looking at this in an industry, one of the things that one realises is that there is a different way of doing this. for example, space x is already five starships in production, fight boosters in production for this potential. i happen to be the first thing they ever launched on the very first rocket. it's been a long association. an you see success that's going on they will do well over 100 lunches this year in total. really pretty remarkable. looking at this event, what you have is 33 motors that actually fired, it lifted the rocket off the pad, it flew almost four minutes into flight. it didn't do any damage caused provided a huge amount of information. we are not sure exactly what happened, at least i'm not sure what happened, at least i'm not sure what happened, at least i'm not sure what happened yet, but i would agree with elon musk on this and say it

was a successful failure. he probably went better than they expected. it’s probably went better than they exected. �*, ., ,. ., probably went better than they exected. �*, ., , , expected. it's fascinating because it is so different _ expected. it's fascinating because it is so different to _ expected. it's fascinating because it is so different to the _ expected. it's fascinating because it is so different to the way - expected. it's fascinating because it is so different to the way things j it is so different to the way things used to be done traditionally. and there would be an incident like the some of the decision would be, ok, but cannot do anything more for months if not years. i but cannot do anything more for months if not years.— but cannot do anything more for months if not years. i would agree with that. months if not years. i would agree with that- i — months if not years. i would agree with that. l think _ months if not years. i would agree with that. i think we _ months if not years. i would agree with that. i think we look - months if not years. i would agree with that. i think we look at - months if not years. i would agree with that. i think we look at it - with that. i think we look at it differently than the way the space industry has done it, there are other industries that go out there and test in a similarfashion. the automotive industry, for example, does this very type of same thing, but we just does this very type of same thing, but wejust don't does this very type of same thing, but we just don't see it that way and applying those principles to what space x are doing is what is different. it is taking principles that have been used in other industries successfully and prying into an industry that did not do that before now. the into an industry that did not do that before now.— into an industry that did not do that before now. the main rocket, that before now. the main rocket, that sort of _ that before now. the main rocket, that sort of crashed _ that before now. the main rocket, that sort of crashed and _ that before now. the main rocket, that sort of crashed and failed - that before now. the main rocket, that sort of crashed and failed lots of times, and now it is a mainstay. yes, and i was on one of those failures with one of my satellites. so when you are on the other end of this, it is something that is difficult. but what you do see at

the end of the day is that they have proven many ailments of this, which is the reasonability factor, the idea that they could produce them in large numbers very rapidly to let this racket take off and do what it did commit brought itself up to the point of separation, and we don't know exactly what happened, but that is considered in our industry and for this type of the biggest rocket ever built, i would see the same degree with elon musk and say that this was a good first step. mark speaking to me a little earlier. star gazers from around the world descended on a small australian town to witness a rare solar eclipse. the sky over exmouth in western australia was the best vantage point to see the spectacle with partial eclipses visible across other parts of the country. phil mercer reports from sydney. in exmouth, day turned into night in one of nature's most spectacular shows. this was australia's first total solar eclipse in years. thousands of people gathered on a remote corner

of the western australian coast to marvel at this rare cosmic symmetry when the sun, the moon and the earth all align. here, the eclipse stretched across three hours from start to finish, but the most dramatic part, when the sun was completely blocked out, lasted for barely a minute. astronomers say this was a rare display of the power and beauty of the universe. for most of australia it was only a partial eclipse, where only part of the sun disappeared behind the moon. first landfall occurred over the north—western tip of australia, along the ningaloo coast and on to parts of east timor and indonesia. scientists have used the eclipse to study the sun's atmosphere and learn more about distant galaxies. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.

a couple of weeks ago, emmanuel macron, the french president sparked anger by saying that europe should not be a vassal in the us china clash. he set it on a recent trip to china. he flew into a storm of criticism after he made those remarks, especially when it came to a potential conflict between the us and china over taiwan. now, president macron has since spoken with presidentjoe biden, some developing news in the last few minutes. the two had a phone conversation and in that conversation, president macron reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the taiwan strait. we will bring you more on that story in the next few minutes. goodbye to world viewers. sorry... now,

it's the london marathon on sunday the first time it has been staged in april since before the pandemic. today the environmental protest group extinction rebellion which is staging a four day protest in westminster near the finish line have vowed to help the race run smoothly. britain's sir mo farah who will be running it for the last time has urged people not to disrupt the race and remember the broader value of the marathon. here'sjoe wilson. these are the images that say business as usual at the london marathon. it's back in its spring weekend. sir mo farah returns for his final marathon. he confirmed that today. it should be a celebration of his career. well, this month, a lot of the sports news has involved protests, the grand national delayed, world snooker championship disrupted byjust stop 0il. the marathon might offer another opportunity. well, here's the mo forrest perspective. london marathon is huge. yeah, you get to see the elite like myself, but we're just a small portion. so with all that going on, would you say to people, please don't disrupt it?

i think the key thing is just knowing what is the london marathon doing is there's people going out there running for loved ones. so for charities. for charities and making it different and making changes. the london marathon will finish here on the mall on sunday. extinction rebellion will be holding a big eventjust half a mile away. now they've promised marathon organizers they won't disrupt the race. extinction rebellion says there's a unity agreement not to disrupt involving 200 groups, including just stop 0il. their spokesperson says they'll continue to target events and wouldn't say if that included the marathon. these marathon runners deserve better than running past the houses of parliament, knowing that everything they know and love is being jeopardised by the decision of their government. you take the point though, indigo, surely that so much money is going to be raised for such good causes during the marathon. and why would anybody seek to stop that? it's amazing that so many people are getting out on the streets in the name of so many wonderful causes, and i hope that they understand that the demands ofjust stop oil will protect

all of those things that they know and value. some 16,000 will compete on sunday, raising around £60 million for charities, including causes tackling climate change. the organisers believe in the right to protest and also the right to run and the ability of both things to exist in harmony. joe wilson, bbc news, in central london. is taking on the big boys. hundreds of rare pictures of king charles have been rescued in los angeles. the photographs, which have spent a decade collecting dust, are now up for sale with dealers hoping to fetch a royal mint as the coronation approaches. jane hill has been taking a look. many of these remarkable photos have never been seen before. they tell the story of a young royal who became prince of wales and is now king. but they also give an insight into the man behind the crown, with a keen love of sport, carrying out his duties

as a royal and perhaps the most intriguing shots, the candid ones of him just having fun with proof that we can all have a bad hair day. these photos lay discarded in a warehouse for ten years after they were sent to the us to be digitised. when the company went bust, they were destined to be lost to history. they were discovered almost by accident by an la—based art dealer. with interest now at an all—time high in the run—up to the coronation, these snapshots give a remarkable insight into the man who will shortly be crowned king. that is sent from me and the team. now here's the weather with darren bett. hello there. it's been a very colourful day today, lots of blue skies. but over the next few days, the weather is going to start to change. this high pressure that's been dominant and bringing dry weather is moving away. as pressure falls, things will turn more unsettled.

already seeing that weather front bringing some rain in from the near continent.