that was south | africa's cyril ramaphosa.i, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says, "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received two covid jabs — showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide "very high" levels of protection. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the south western ambulance service — not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there, but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend, so people are being told to only call 999 in an emergency. we're expecting to see around 3000 calls a day across the south—west, and that's a considerable amount for the resources that we have available to us. it's notjust one region, though. health bosses are warning about universal pressure on the nhs across the country. we've got these big c

basically and one of the people who expressed his happiness today was south africans president cyril ramaphosa let's listen and now we welcome the statement by the united states minister. went into lecture property protection frequently do you. know this is a. solemn truth. it goes to show. influence we. as a country working together with others. but we also need to be realistic here this is only have an impact in the long run not so much on the short run i talked to a member of the health ministers advisory committee on vaccines today and he basically said on the short run it will not to make a difference that may it takes a very long time to produce vaccines and there's only a handful of countries on the continent that having the capacity to do so in south africa is one of them but only to a limited extent there's not a single vaccine that is currently produced in south africa from scratch even if you might recall the news that johnson and johnson will produce their vaccine here in south africa it's only part way is true because basically the vaccine is sent only the fill and finishing part

exports the jobs and even access to the vaccine has prompted the ire of south african president cyril ramaphosa he said a situation in which the populations of advanced rich countries are safely inoculated while millions in poor countries die in the queue would be town to mount to vaccine up or tide our correspondent joy joins us for more joy lining it up again slow inoculation in africa x. exports from india halted of the vaccine how is this having an impact. it's had a great impact on many african countries because to start with the bigger population in africa has not been vaccinated and and that could be explained by the fact that also the bigger population happens to fall below the ages old 55 and that means that priority is being given to those who are 58 years of age and bhavin those who are categorized as working in the essential services industries and so with that these on he just about 4 percent of the bigger population that has been vaccinated that leaves the greek temple people not to yet vaccinated those who have received the 1st vaccination have now had to adjust their vaccination

exports the jobs and even access to the vaccine has prompted the ire of south african president cyril ramaphosa he said a situation in which the populations of advanced rich countries are safely inoculated while millions in poor countries die in the queue would be town to mount to vaccine. our correspondent joy joins us for more joy lining it up again slow inoculation in africa. exports from india halted of the vaccine how is this having an impact. it's had a great impact on many african countries because to start with the bigger population in africa has not been vaccinated and and that could be explained by the fact that also the bigger population happens to fall below the ages old 55 and that means the priority is being given to those who are 58 years of age and daven those who are categorized as working in the essential services industries and so with that these on he just about 4 percent of the bigger population that has been vaccinated that leaves of greek temple people not to yet vaccinated those who have received the 1st vaccination have now had to adjust their vaccination plans from the

now, cyril ramaphosa, your boss, your president, says that the governing party could and should haveevent corruption in years gone by. is that enough, or do people, senior people like you and him, need to be much more frank with the public about your own failings to deliver clean governance? we are determined to make sure that the rule of law in the republic of south africa holds the grounds. so anybody who faces fraud and corruption charges must face the law. they must go to court, explain their case, respond to the prosecution's case. and then thejudges must determine whether they are guilty or not. south africa is a law—governed society, and anybody who's accused of any wrongdoing must appear before the court, whether he's the minister of finance or he's the president of the republic, it doesn't matter, or whether you're a retired military general or whatever the case might be. if you are accused and the prosecutorial authorities, have a case against you, you must go to court and answer, irrespective of who you are. so on a personal basis, you know him very well. how disappointed

the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has announced a limit on indoor and outdoor public gatheringsmed, and that lives that could be saved are not lost. the country was hit by a devastating second wave in december and january, when a variant emerged. and there are concerns a third wave is following the same trajectory. the situation has also shone a light on south africa's lagging vaccine roll—out — only about 1.5% of the country's 60 million people have received a vaccine. as the african continent, we are pushing ahead with efforts to expand our vaccine manufacturing capacity with a view to be self—sufficient in vaccine production. south africa's one of the countries leading the charge to remove patent rights on coronavirus vaccines to help every country manufacture its own supplies. gail maclellan, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... facing possible expulsion from the french open. the japanese tennis player who refuses to speak to the media. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics e

facemasks are mandatory in public and the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has announced a limit necessary to ensure that health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. the country was hit by a devastating second wave in december and january when a variant emerged, and there are concerns the third wave is following the same trajectory. the situation has also shone a light on south africa's lagging vaccine roll—out. 0nly1.5% of the country's 60 million people have received a vaccine. as the african continent, we are pushing ahead with efforts to expand our vaccine manufacturing capacity with a view to be self—sufficient in vaccine production. south africa is one of the countries leading the charge to remove patent rights on coronavirus vaccines to help every country manufacture its own supplies. courtney bembridge, bbc news. let's bring you some breaking news because the south american football federation has confirmed that this summer's copa america will not be held in argentina. the news comes just two weeks before the torunament was due t

facemasks are mandatory in public and the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has announced a limitions are necessary to ensure that health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. the country was hit by a devastating second wave in december and january when a variant emerged, and there are concerns the third wave is following the same trajectory. the situation has also shone a light on south africa's lagging vaccine roll—out. 0nly1.5% of the country's 60 million people have received a vaccine. as the african continent, we are pushing ahead with efforts to expand our vaccine manufacturing capacity with a view to be self—sufficient in vaccine production. south africa is one of the countries leading the charge to remove patent rights on coronavirus vaccines to help every country manufacture its own supplies. courtney bembridge, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: aiming high — the climberfrom hong kong who's become the fastest woman to climb everest. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the far—right nationalist israeli politici

the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has also announced that all gatherings will be limited to a and face masks will remain mandatory in public. further restrictions are necessary to ensure that the health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. delaying the spread of the virus is especially important now to allow as many people as possible to be vaccinated before the third wave reaches its peak. president macron has warned that france would withdraw its troops from mali, if political instability there, leads to greater islamist radicalisation. it follows the second coup in 9 months, in the west african nation. france currently has more than 5,000 soldiers operating across the sahel region, conducting anti—insurgency operations. the economic community of west african states — or �*ecowas�* — has also raised concerns about the military takeover. they've been holding disussions in ghana, over how to address the coup. bbc africa's, thomas naadi, has been following the story. the ecowas leaders will be holding discussions with the head of the m

must leave the party or face suspension the ultimatum of 30 days seen as a test of president cyril ramaphosa is control over the party and its commitment to tackle corruption. now in argentina a 2nd trial has started on the systematic sexual abuse of death children at a school run by the roman catholic church 2 priests and a gardener have already been sentenced now 9 more accused will take the stand including 2 nuns i know as this report from. more than 20 former students from the antonio provolone institute in the western province of mendoza have already found the courage to speak out it was their testimonies that helped put 2 priests nicola karate. in prison in 2019 both for more than 40 years. now they'll again have to bring up those painful memories as 9 more accused to put on trial the charges against them including sexual abuse and corruption of minors then ending with. gamblers who through much of their lives they couldn't communicate because they didn't have sign language school prohibited it so they couldn't describe what happened to them then no one believed them. not until a sign

the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has also announced that all gatherings will be limited to amasks will remain mandatory in public. further restrictions are necessary to ensure that the health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. delaying the spread of the virus is especially important now to allow as many people as possible to be vaccinated before the third wave reaches its peak. thousands of pro—government demonstrators have been holding a rally in ethiopia's capital, addis ababa, against what they say is, �*foreign interference' in the civil war in tigray. even though public criticism of the us is rare in ethiopia, the protesters denounced america's decision last week, to impose visa restrictions on ethiopian officials — and to limit its economic and security assistance. all sides in the tigray conflict have been accused of rights abuses. the headlines on bbc news... opposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. police in the indian ca

the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has announced a limit on indoor and outdoor public gatheringsr and january, when a variant emerged. and there are concerns a third wave is following the same trajectory. the situation has also shone a light on south africa's lagging vaccine roll—out — only about 1.5% of the country's 60 million people have received a vaccine. as the african continent, we are pushing ahead with efforts to expand our vaccine manufacturing capacity with a view to be self—sufficient in vaccine production. south africa's one of the countries leading the charge to remove patent rights on coronavirus vaccines to help every country manufacture its own supplies. gail maclellan, bbc news. a temporary ban on bailiff—enforced evictions introduced in england at the start of the coronavirus pandemic has come to an end today. charities say a00,000 tenants have already received eviction notices, or been told to expect them, as our business correspondent katy austin reports. rudolf was made redundant last year. £3,000 behind on rent, the fear his landlord could soon try to evict