courtney bembridge has this report.son are among a handful of patients at this port—au—prince hospital. the baby's mother died during childbirth. the un says hundreds of thousands of women and children are at risk as the country's health system buckles under the pressures of fuel shortages. translation: we just put the generator on at night l or when there's surgery. we have stopped radiography, sonography. there's no light in the maternity ward. this is a humanitarian crisis, and one that makes no sense at all. we're not in a state of war, there is no earthquake, there are no hurricanes. we just need the bare minimum — electricity, for foreign countries to help the haitian state, but not the government. haiti has been in political turmoil since the president was assassinated injuly. the prime minister is a suspect in the murder investigation but denies any involvement. a month later, an earthquake struck, and getting aid in has been difficult because of gang violence and kidnappings. now, the country is facing a new cr

courtney bembridge, bbc news.rs meeting at the g20 summit in rome discuss providing more vaccines to poor countries and urged iran to return to talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. three are killed in sudan as thousands_ three are killed in sudan as thousands take _ three are killed in sudan as thousands take to - three are killed in sudan as thousands take to the - three are killed in sudan as i thousands take to the streets to protest _ thousands take to the streets to protest against _ thousands take to the streets to protest against the - thousands take to the streets| to protest against the military coup — climate issues are high on the agenda of the glasgow summit. south korea is one of the world's top ten carbon polluters and has faced severe criticism that its initial plan for a 26.3% reduction was not good enough. our correspondent in south korea laura bicker spoke to the environment minister and asked if the country should have been more ambitious with its targets. translation: it is possible to set

courtney bembridge reports.ts of catania were out checking the damage. translation: here, it was like a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours, half of what is recorded in one year fell. it's very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to pick up cars. mud filled many homes and in some areas, the water supply has been cut off, making the cleanup even harder. translation: it was a disaster. my mother was sleeping here. local businesses are trying to salvage what's left. translation: we don't know yet. we will try to clean these plants, but i think it will be difficult to save some of them. and the worst could be yet to come. the powerful storm is forecast to peak between thursday and friday, with more heavy rain expected. courtney bembridge, bbc news. here

courtney bembridge reporting. months of negotiations, the president said compromise and consensus were the only way to get things done in a democracy. it's a stripped down version of the $3.5 trillion plan needs to be improved by members of his own democratic party who hold the majority in congress. here is what the person had to say when he announced the new framework. it's a framework that will create millions ofjobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people. turn the climate crisis into an opportunity to put us on a path not only to compete, but to win the economic competition for the 21st century. against china and every other major country in the world. it's fiscally responsible, it's fully paid for. 17 nobel prize winners in economics have said it will lower the inflationary pressures on the economy. peter bowes says this is a significant climb down from what president biden initially had in mind. but a necessary one. it's $3.5 trillion, was originally 1.75 trillion. that still is a colossal amo

courtney bembridge, bbc news.ople who were relishing in theirfreedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeleton ribs of henry viii's _ tragic warship emerged. but even as divers work - to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another. heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the secret wealth and business dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financia

courtney bembridge reports.—old nella salminen got into step in the shoes of the finnish president for the day as part of a global intitiative to mark the international day of the girl. this whole day is like the best day i've experienced in a long time but i really feel like i was listened and had a voice and the things i talked about, they actually listened to me. hello, my name is erika jensen. i am the norwegian ambassador for the day. it's happening all around the world. from ghana to switzerland, indonesia to the us, girls have become temporary ambassadors, high commissioners, ministers and more. 13—year—old mayamkika chitata took delight in swapping roles with the british high commissioner to malawi. in reality, women remain severely underrepresented in government, and nella salminen says that has to change. i love politics, and my dream is to make a change in the world, and be a diplomatic or maybe even a president someday, who knows? in a country like finland, that wouldn't be out the ordinary. it's had

courtney bembridge, bbc news. and we will have more on that story in business coming up in about 25 minutes. staying with that theme, there is also a warning the uk is not ready for the impact of climate change stopping the environment agency says hundreds of by —— hundreds could die and floods unless the places people live are made more resilient to the increasingly volatile whether. a street in cardiff became a dangerous river earlier this month after a massive downpour. there was a similar scene in newcastle after torrential rain there. and around the same time, london was engulfed, raising questions about how we'll cope as climate change makes the weather even more violent. but the biggest shock came in germany lastjuly — a surge of water tore through communities. 200 people were killed and the fear is of disaster here on a similar scale. the weather events that we saw in europe this summer could happen here in england, and we need to be ready to save lives. we need to recognise that it's adapt or die. the env

courtney bembridge reports. california is known for its beaches, but not like this.fish. more than 120,000 gallons of oil has leaked into the ocean from a broken pipeline five miles off the coast. we are in the midst of a potential ecological disaster here at huntington beach and as the exhibits and pictures here illustrate, the oil spill has significantly impacted our community. the broken pipeline is connected to an offshore oil platform run by a subsidiary of houston—based amplify energy. the company says the pipeline has now been shut off and the remaining oil suctioned out. it has been maintained. we are investigating, if the pipeline is the source of this, how this happened. a huge clean—up operation is under way to try to stop the oil reaching sensitive wetlands nearby and people are being urged to avoid the beaches. you can feel the vapour in the air. i saw what i�*ll describe as little pancake clusters of oil along the shoreline and i�*ve described it as something like an egg yolk — if you push it, it kind of spreads out, so we don�*t want people to disturb

courtney bembridge, bbc news.te of wyoming, a coroner has said the young woman who vanished on a road trip with her boyfriend and was later found dead was strangled. travel blogger gabby petito's death had already been ruled to be a homicide. her boyfriend brian laundrie has been missing for nearly a month after returning home without his fianc e. the sequence of events that led to gabby petito's death are still far from clear. she disappeared while on a road trip in the western united states with her boyfriend, brian laundrie. this video emerged after the police responded to reports that the pair had been seen arguing, as they travelled through the state of utah. there's two people that came to us and told us that they saw him hit you. they were interviewed, but no further action was taken. the couple had been sharing details of their trip through social media, but their blog post abruptly ended in august. mr laundrie later returned home, alone. he has since disappeared. his family say he went for a hike and neve

courtney bembridge, bbc news.palamo. this is the scene. a series of tremors have shaken the ground. the volcano began erupting on 19 september, it has forced 6000 people to move from their homes so far —— la palma. that is the scene there. in a moment we will have there. in a moment we will have the top business stories. will see you a moment. hello. it was a chilly start to monday for many a morning commuter, and it will be again on tuesday morning for one or two, particularly across some southern counties of england and south wales, as well as the far north—east of scotland. it's these areas where you'll have the clearest of the skies to begin with. in between, temperatures much higher than they were on monday, and that's because of this weather front and the cloud from it stretching across scotland into eastern england. and that's going to be inching a little bit further westwards as we go through tuesday. high pressure still, though, in the far west, keeping things dry. only an isolated shower possible, still

courtney bembridge reports. over their maritime border. both countries lay claim to a 100,000 square kilometre section of the indian ocean. kenya wanted the border to run east, while somalia wanted it to follow the line of the land border, and both nations claim this triangle in the middle. the icj voted to draw a new border splitting the disputed area in two, giving somalia most of it and rejecting keny�*a argument that somalia had previously agreed to its claimed border. the court finds that there is no compelling evidence that somalia has acquiesced to the maritime boundary claimed by kenya, and that, consequently, there is no agreed maritime boundary between the parties at the parallel of latitude. kenya's claim in this respect must, therefore, be rejected. the court has no means of enforcing its decision, but the ruling could determine who has the right to exploit gas and oil in the region, and has huge diplomatic and security implications. kenya has rejected the ruling, while somalia has welcomed it. trans

with me as courtney bembridge.ressure is mounting on the richer nations to share vaccines ahead of the g20 summit. who has written this letter? ., , letter? the letter was organised _ letter? the letter was organised by - letter? the letter was organised by the - letter? the letter was l organised by the former letter? the letter was - organised by the former uk prime minister, gordon brown, the signatories are a who's who of recent global leaders, 36 former presidents and more than 30 former prime ministers and more than 100 global influential figures more than 100 global influentialfigures so more than 100 global influential figures so it certainly has the backing of a lot of heavyweight voices and i want to bring up what they have said. the crux is that over 6,000,000,000 doses have been at 7 administered worldwide but 70% were only to a handful of countries while 2% were too low income countries, so a massive vaccine inequality which we have heard since the start of the pandemic would be an issue not only is th

courtney bembridge reports.s the most exciting i�*ve experienced in a long time but i really feel like i was listened and had a voice and the things i talked about, they actually listened to me. hello, i am the norwegian _ actually listened to me. hello, i i am the norwegian ambassador for the _ i am the norwegian ambassador for the day. it�*s i am the norwegian ambassador for the day-— for the day. it's happening all around the — for the day. it's happening all around the world. _ for the day. it's happening all around the world. from i for the day. it's happening all| around the world. from ghana for the day. it's happening all. around the world. from ghana to switzerland, indonesia to the us, girls have become temporary ambassadors, by commissioners, ministers and more. 13—year—old maia mika to data took delight in swapping roles with the british high commissioner. women remain underrepresented in government and nella salminen says that has to change. i salminen says that has to chance. ., ., ., , change. i l

courtney bembridge, bbc news.at the g20 summit in rome discuss more vaccines to poor countries and talking about iran returning to the 2050 nuclear deal. also in rome the british prime minister wants the eu that french threats over post exit fishing licenses are completely unjustified. south korea says it aims to fight climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. south korea is one of the world's top ten carbon polluters and has faced severe criticism that its initial plan for a 26.3% reduction was not good enough. 0ur correspondent in south korea laura bicker spoke to our environment minister and asked if the country should have been more ambitious with its targets. translation: it is possible to set a higher number but whether this number is achievable. korea has always turned to the the impossible into possible. 40% is still a challenging task and some say it is impossible but we will turn this number into a reality.— into a reality. one of the bi est into a reality. one of the biggest

courtney bembridge has more. a superman as we've never seen him before.ered this job, i thought, well, if we're going to have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight, white saviour. dc comics publisherjim lee said in a statement... we have seen a lot of lgbt superheroes in the past couple of decades, and some of them are not quite household names, but when you can attach something like this to the name superman, who is known around the world, people will pay attention. the comic isn't due to be released until november, but there's been plenty of reaction online already. the reactions have been... honestly, they have been overwhelmingly positive, which i wasn't quite expecting. yes, there's a lot of trolling online, but there are so many people reaching out in so many different languages saying what this means to them. i'm seeing tweets from people saying that they burst into tears when they read the news, that they wished that superman was this when they were growing up, that they could see themselve

courtney bembridge reports.marting from a secret submarine deal between the us, australia and the uk, emmanuel macron told reporters that europe needs to consider its independence. translation: technologically, industrially. _ economically, financially and also militarily, we must build a longer europe. you know that is what i'd deeply believe in — a europe which takes its share for itself and which can choose its partners and work closely with historical allies. lam with i am with the president of france _ the biggest of those historical allies is the us but things have been frosty since it signed a military pack which meant australia backed out of a lucrative submarine deal with france. on tuesday, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was in paris. he is the first american official to meet the french president since the row and he spoke to french tv. translation: we could have, we should have, done better. in terms of communication. this is what president biden and president macron said when they spoke t

with me is courtney bembridge.larify, this is completely separate from the outage story we were just talking about, a coincidence that both things have happened at the same time. this is a whistleblower, who are they and what they say? it is whistleblower, who are they and what they say?— what they say? it is a woman named francis _ what they say? it is a woman named francis haugen. - what they say? it is a woman named francis haugen. until| named francis haugen. until recently she worked at the civil integrity unit at facebook stop she left earlier this year and on her way out she carried a series just cobbitty series of documents called the facebook files. these showed a range of things from the way celebrities and politicians were treated by the platform in terms of crosschecking information they post and the suggestion was they were treated differently to the regular public. also there was talk about instagram and body image. so the impact on mental health, young girls in particular, very vulnerable, 32%, this

with me is courtney bembridge. just tell us who is this whistleblower and what are we expecting to hear? . . , . ., 4' ., hear? frances haugen work to the company _ hear? frances haugen work to the company until— hear? frances haugen work to the company until earlier - hear? frances haugen work to the company until earlier thisl the company until earlier this year and she has accused facebook of prioritising profits over the public and over—claiming down on misinformation and hate speech. now, she has also talked about the impact of mental health, particularly young people and young girls. she says facebook had done its own research into the impact that a platform like instagram had on young girls and you how damaging it was in terms of body image and didn't do anything about it. so she has a range of claims against the company and she has spoken to 60 minutes on cbs and we can hear a little more of that. facebook has realised that if they— facebook has realised that if they change the algorithm to be safer— they c

courtney bembridge reports.s main train stations, emergency service men suit up and start disinfecting before the first commuters arrived. it comes as infections and deaths rise across russia and deaths rise across russia and it is now one of the worst affected countries in europe. authorities have blamed slow vaccination rates and are offering incentives to get more people jabbed. translation: i people jabbed. translation: ., ,, people jabbed. translation: ., translation: i obviously care about my own _ translation: i obviously care about my own health _ translation: i obviously care about my own health and - translation: i obviously care about my own health and the l about my own health and the health of my relatives. i think we should do it, the vaccination. 0therwise we should do it, the vaccination. otherwise we won't defeat covid—19. vaccination. otherwise we won't defeat covid-19._ defeat covid-19. moscow has reimposed — defeat covid-19. moscow has reimposed a _ defeat covid-19. moscow has reimposed a par

courtney bembridge, bbc news.en writing about comics for almost two decades. thank you for coming on the programme.— decades. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for havin: on the programme. thank you for having me- _ on the programme. thank you for having me- it _ on the programme. thank you for having me. it is— on the programme. thank you for having me. it is very _ on the programme. thank you for having me. it is very exciting. i having me. it is very exciting. as we mentioned, this isn't the first character. we have had others. but it is the significance that it is attached to superman, such a big name. attached to superman, such a big name-— attached to superman, such a bi name. . .~ , ., big name. that makes it a huge difference- _ big name. that makes it a huge difference. we _ big name. that makes it a huge difference. we have _ big name. that makes it a huge difference. we have seen i big name. that makes it a huge difference. we have seen a i big name. that makes it a huge difference. we ha

courtney bembridge, bbc news.nd to start the week, but on into the evening, it will be increasingly peppered with some quite heavy and squally showers. but tomorrow, though, it is a more widespread area of strong winds and some intense rain that we are up against, as we see this area of low pressure making its way in from the atlantic, and in fact it will edge into the south—west even later on this evening. many of the showers in the east tending to thin out through the evening, but some very wet weather for the south—west of england and wales. strengthening winds as well, and that rain makes it's way further north and east through the course of the night. the winds perhaps strong enough, actually, to do some damage. it is relatively mild to the south of the uk. lighter winds, clearer skies. it could get close to freezing in some of the scottish glens. scotland and northern ireland pick up a few showers on tuesday. it will be windy here, but the heaviest rain will be close to the centre of this area of low pressur

with me is courtney bembridge.e whistleblower, who are they and what are they alleging. it's a woman named frances haugen. and until recently she worked at the civil integrity unit at facebook. she left earlier this year and on her way out she carried a series of documents that's since been dubbed the facebook files. they had a range of information in them. one of the things the senate hearing will be focusing on is the impact of instagram on is the impact of instagram on young users. the company's own research found almost one third of young girls who used instagram found that it made them feel worse about their body. that is of chief concern. there are other mental health concerns related to social media that are not new to us. central to frances haugen�*s claim is the idea that the algorithm is designed to pick up algorithm is designed to pick up on human emotion and give you content that will make you angry. so that, it says, favours misinformation, hateful content, polarising content, and frances haugen says t

with me now the studios are reporter courtney bembridge has been looking into all of this for us. tell us. courtney, first of all tell us how we got here, give us the background. us how we got here, give us the background-— us how we got here, give us the background. this is all stemmed from a near _ background. this is all stemmed from a near total— background. this is all stemmed from a near total ban _ background. this is all stemmed from a near total ban on - from a near total ban on abortion which was recently introduced in texas which prohibits a woman from the training on abortion up to six weeks which is of course when before many women know they are pregnant. the biden administration launched a challenge against that and that is what this judge was considering and he's ruled that the law should be temporarily halted. so what did the judge actually say? we can talk through what he actually said and bring it up for you. through what he actually said and bring it upforyou. he wasn't mincing words. he said this court will not sanction one more day this offensive deprivation o

courtney bembridge, bbc news.n writing about comics for almost 20 years. he says the significance here is the scale of the character.— here is the scale of the character. ~ . , ., ., character. we have seen a lot of lgbt superheroes - character. we have seen a lot i of lgbt superheroes in the past couple of decades and some of them are not quite household names, but when you can attack something like this to the name superman, who is known around the world, people will pay attention.— the world, people will pay attention. . ., , attention. what have you been ickin: attention. what have you been picking up _ attention. what have you been picking up about _ attention. what have you been picking up about the _ attention. what have you been picking up about the reaction l picking up about the reaction to this? ~ ., picking up about the reaction to this? ~' ., ., to this? like tom taylor said, it has been — to this? like tom taylor said, it has been mostly _ to this? like tom taylor said, it has been mostly positive. l

courtney bembridge, bbc news. do stay with us on the bbc news.e the money pumped into fossil fuels comes from in the latest in our climate change theories. —— series. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, . rapping a hole — in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath - for the men they called the 33. and then, — bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let outi an almighty roar. welcome back. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. let's t

courtney bembridge, bbc news.w with the uk about post—brexit checks. fears of stock shortages in the run—up to christmas as britain's biggest commercial port, felixstowe, struggles with a backlog of shipping containers. £4 trillion a year — that's the sum countries will have to spend on clean energy if the world is to reach its target of becoming net zero by 2050. a charity has warned that care organisations in england are struggling to recruit staff, with more jobs unfilled than before the pandemic. skills for care says there are more than 100,000 vacancies and that the number is rising. the government says it has provided extra funding and is running regular recruitment campaigns. with more on this, here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. so nurses have been up today, the bandages were too tight but they are all right now? yeah, they're fine. this visit to 103—year—old margaret will help her with her lunch and personal care. she has recently returned home after a four—week stay in hospital. how do you fee

courtney bembridge, bbc news.ingle "rest of world" category. in addition, people coming back from countries which aren't on the red list who can prove they're fully vaccinated — no longer have to take a pcr or lateral flow test before setting off for the uk. let's talk now to lisa minot, travel editor at the sun newspaper. hello. good to have you with us. is this leading to a big increase in holiday bookings? it this leading to a big increase in holiday bookings?— this leading to a big increase in holiday bookings? it definitely has made many _ holiday bookings? it definitely has made many peeple _ holiday bookings? it definitely has made many people think, - holiday bookings? it definitely has made many people think, yes, - holiday bookings? it definitely has. made many people think, yes, they can get away, now it is less hassle, less admin and less cost. i think it is going to be a really positive mood. but we still need to find out what is happening with the second stage of these restrictions are easing, which

courtney bembridge, bbc news. time for the weather. or wet at the week as it was at the weekend. weekend weather has now moved away. next system will come in and that will in some torrential rain and squally winds. as we go through the rest of today we have the combination of sunny spells, various amounts of cloud rolling around and also again those sellers being blown in on the brisk wind coming in from the west drifting eastwards, some of those heavy and thundery with some heel. temperatures between 12 and 17 . you can see the next band of rain waiting to come our way later. fishing north, north eastwards through the course of the night, and whenever you can see those colours you can expect heavy downpours. as much as 30 to a0 millimetres of rain fell and squally winds around this band as well. for scotland and northern ireland it is a different story with some clear skies, a cold night, particularly in sheltered clients were locally it will be cold enough for a touch of frost. tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland a fair bit of

courtney bembridge reports. countries in europe. authorities have blamed slow vaccination rates and are offering incentives to get more people jabbed. translation: i obviously care about my own health| and the health of my relatives. i think we should do it, the vaccination. otherwise we won't defeat covid—19. moscow has reimposed a partial lockdown and only essential shops like pharmacies and supermarkets are allowed to remain open. president vladimir putin has also ordered a nationwide shutdown of workplaces from saturday, and many russians have decided to use the paid leave for a holiday. translation: there is a very large flow of tourists. - prices have rocketed for all the destinations that we provide. due to this lockdown, people are leaving. honestly, i'm not scared. they're trying to keep on top of this, including the hotels. it's not my first holiday this year. it's probably my fifth. they're trying to follow and observe the rules. plus i'm vaccinated. that won't save you, but it will still help, so eve

courtney bembridge reports. a superman as we've never seen him before.ght. wen. i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, weu. hi more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we are i more. when i was offered this 'ob, i thought, well, if we are going i more. when i was offered this job, i thought, well, if we are going to i thought, well, if we are going to have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight white saviour. di: opportunity to have another straight white saviour.— white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee said _ white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee said in _ white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee said in a _ white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee said in a statement, i white saviour. dc comics publisher jim lee said in a statement, we i jim lee said in a statement, we couldn't be prouder to tell this important story.— couldn't be prouder to tell this importan

courtney bembridge, bbc news.r tom jones, with the plot of the 18th century novel tom jones by henry fielding. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been finding out more. # na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na...# tom jones — not that one — singing the hits of tom jones. 18th century literary creation and 20th century welsh pop sensation merged together for a new musical, what's new pussycat? tom jones was much, much, much worse. henry fielding's tom jones was published in 1749. it told the tale of a young handsome man sleeping his way through society. the 1963 film version won best picture at the oscars... # my, my, my, delilah...# ..prompting a young welsh singer who at the time was performing under the name tommy scott, to start using tom jones. # it's not unusual to be loved by anyone.# now, almost 60 years later, the two toms have finally collided for this show. how much do you channel the tom jones singer on stage, and how much tom jones from the novel? i'd say it's about 60% tom jones from

courtney bembridge, bbc news.ers who signed a letter accusing israel of apartheid and calling for its international isolation. the israeli publisher of her first two books has told local media that her latest novel, beautifulworld, told local media that her latest novel, beautiful world, where are you, will not appear in hebrew. and one lucky ticket holder could be on the verge of the biggest lottery history if they scoop tonight's euromillions draw. there is an estimated jackpot of £181; million, more than 5000 times the average salary. you're watching bbc news. now, carol is here with the weather. today isn't as wet in scotland as it was yesterday and it won't be as mild as it was in the ease today as yesterday either. a fair bit of cloud around. we have a weather front currently draped across parts of western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, through the midlands, north wales and in towards east anglia. and it is gradually moving westwards. so behind it, beautiful afternoon across the north—east o

courtney bembridge reports.ily, we must build a stronger europe. you know that is what i deeply believe in, a europe which takes its share for itself and which can choose its partners and work closely with historical allies. i am with the president of france... the biggest of those historical allies is the us. but things have been frosty since it signed a military pact which meant australia backed out of the lucrative submarine deal with france. on tuesday, the us secretary of state anthony blinken was in paris. he is the first american official to meet the french president since the row and he spoke to french tv. he speaks french. translation: we could have, we should have done better. in terms of communication. this is what president biden and president macron said when they spoke two weeks ago. but, above all, we sometimes tend to take for granted such an important relationship, a relationship as deep as the one between france and at the us. president macron was less enthusiastic. we will see. ijust believe i

courtney bembridge, bbc news. equity. he's been speaking to the bbc. countries have over—ordered and they're overstocked and they're not getting the vaccines out quickly enough, so a lot of vaccines could be wasted past their expiry date, and we know that nobody is safe anywhere until everybody is vaccinated everywhere. i think that today you will pass this terrible figure — five million deaths already from covid — and what the world health organization is saying, that there will be another five million more deaths unless we act. we've had 2115 million cases of covid. there could be 200 million more in the next year alone. and that's why we've got to act, because if the disease spreads in the poorer countries, then you have new mutations of the disease, new variants. they will come back to haunt us. and even the fully vaccinated here, like you and me, we will be vulnerable to this disease in a new form. that's why we've got to vaccinate everybody. former uk prime minister gordon brown. e—cigarettes could soon be p