this is prime minister mia mottley of the barbados labour party. pare the barbados labour party. silly _ the barbados labour party. are excellent silly -- _ the barbados labour party. fie excellent silly —— excellency, dame sandra mason. the royal highness, prince charles, excellencies, heads of state from the caribbean community. president of trinidad & tobago. the general of antigua and governor general of grenade are. my brother, colleague heads of government. chief justice of barbados, sir patterson cheltenham. national hero of barbados, the right excellent sir garfield st aubrun sobers. members of cabinet, other parliamentarians, members of the judiciary, parliamentarians, members of thejudiciary, members of parliamentarians, members of the judiciary, members of the diplomatic corps, distinguished barbadian �*s each and every one of you. it is with distinct honour tonight that i announce that pursuant to chapter 399 of the laws of barbados, the order of national heroes act. that my government will and has taken the decision to recognise that among us there are persons to whom

and also mia mottley, the prime minister and leader of the barbados labour party. h more from barbados. still to come: more cases of the new coronavirus variant and more travel restrictions around the world, it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc world news, the main story this hour: the world's newest republic, barbados, swears in its first president and loses queen elizabeth ii as head of state. the world health organization says the