lockdown in dunkirk.he french port has a covid infection rate four times the national average. the situation there is alarming. ghana becomes the first country to receive covid vaccine from the covax program. but it is only a first step. biden seeks to recalibrate u.s.-saudi relations in deal only with the king and not his son who was close to donald trump. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. dunkirk is to be in local lockdown this weekend to try to stop the situation that the french health minister has described as alarming. she was at the channel port to confirm the lockdown. dunkirk has a rate of infection four times higher than the national average. one in ten people in dunkirk is now ill with covid-19. >> residents of the northern port city of dunkirk will be subject to tighter restrictions from this weekend. with a population of just over 90,000 dunkirk has one of france's highest infection rates. it has the british variant of the virus. case numbers are twice of what t

with the northern port at dunkirk has been placed under tougher anti-covid measures.hey are critical for government -- of government for not doing so. >> in this elementary school near the coast of dunkirk, monday morning brought a new schedule. at 8:50 or 9:20, students arrive in small groups, and effort by the local government to limit the spread of coronavirus. families here are mostly understanding. >> [speaking french] >> the british variant of covid-19 is spreading fast through the surrounding region. accounting for 80% a positive tests. this testing center was rushed into operation over the weekend, all residents called on to use it. >> [speaking french] >> the dunkirk mayor shares that worry. for days he and other local officials have called for the total closure of middle and high schools to no avail. but shutting down schools again entirely is not an option for this french government official. the government has announced it is raising the regions vaccination capacity. with more doses on the way. >> 412 additional deaths here in france. the total lives lost

-- implemented in coastal towns nice and dunkirk. >> the partial lockdowns are measure we need to useisely at the right time. we need to delay it as much as possible so our vaccination strategy can bear fruit. mark: the issue of vaccines and delivery of vaccines have caused a great deal of newsprint to be written and speculation online. astrazeneca taking a lot of criticism on the issue, promising in january it could deliver 400 million doses. this week, it was delivered via a source on the eu negotiating team there is a problem meeting second-quarter deliveries, too. a shortfall of something like 19 million doses. astrazeneca has come back by saying they will meet the required numbers. let's take a look at our report. >> reassurance that they are still on track -- that was the message from the ceo of astrazeneca. >> i confirm we will deliver 180 million doses to europe in the second quarter of the year, of which 20 million will go to italy. >> the comment comes amid speculation the company is falling far short of its promise to supply the bloc with 118 million doses by june. it is no

he's allowed a quarter million british to escape at dunkirk.ll of that sets the stage for the biggest blunder of the entire war, which is probably the biggest blunder in the history of military operations. the june 22 3 million-man invasion of the soviet union. at that point, everything is off the table. why does he go into russia? we will have some questions in a minute. as we said last time, most likely for a two-part reason. one, it's, it's in accordance with what he said, that the marxist, leninist, jewish bolshevik presence has to be eradicated. we need living space, german settlers will turn this into a paradise. there will be six-lane roads from germany all the way down over here to the crimaya, sort of a utopian fantasy on his part. second, he was not able to get britain to wreck, that's reconcile themselves to a normal stance. he thinks once he's done to russia, what he's done to eastern europe, just the sheer weight of the opposition will be so much that there will be people within the british government that will see the light and he

two french cities, nice and dunkirk, are spending the weekend back under lockdown to counter a spike week the number of cases in dunkirk was nearly nine times the national average. tiger woods is reportedly "in good spirits" after being moved to a new los angeles hospital for treatment from injuries he sustained in a car accident. a statement on the golfing champion's twitter account said he had received successful "follow—up procedures" at the cedars—sinai medical centre. woods suffered a fractured leg and shattered ankle on tuesday. an iceberg measuring nearly 490 square miles has broken away from the antarctic. the split was detected not far from britain's halley research station, on the brunt ice shelf. scientists, who've been predicting such an event for months, say they'll use satellite images to track the iceberg. thomas barningham leads the team at the halley station. he's currently on—board a ship travelling from antarctica to the falkland islands. it's a natural process, and it's something that happens sequentially through time, so we've been expecting a calving so we've be

we couldn't do it with 300,000 at dunkirk. you're eventually going to have to do if you're going to have a million men. you need a million men. you don't have air superiority. you have not crippled. german industry yet. the bombing campaign is very problematic. the german army is even though it's 1942 the high watermark. of the russian campaign is not failing at moscow but being very successful down here and they're all the way remember the volga and out to stalingrad all the way to here and the british were saying let's think about this. second thing the new dealers are not that suspicious of state and post socialism. and they think this i think some of you brought up that quote where stalin roosevelt says. my attitude was stalin is i just give him everything and don't ask for anything in return and i immediate his behavior. and that's not the british idea. they understand that the home office is saturated with spies that the soviet union's methodology of conducting wars analogous to hitler and so the way that they get around

the northern dunkirk region rising to similar levels as nice, raising the specter of further restrictionso come. >> let's get more from the united kingdom where boris johnson has been describing his route out of covid lockdown with a four step plan. let's bring in our correspondent. can you tell us more about boris johnson's four step plan? >> yes. so, in two weeks from today, on monday that 8th of march, that will be the first step. remember, we're in a third lockdown. since the beginning of january. that will be the reopening of schools and two people will be allowed to meet for a coffee. at the moment, one's only allowed to go out for exercise. you can't sit down and have a coffee. you can't have a picnic or barbecue. so, that would be important, because it will be the very first step, of the easing of the lockdown. then the second half is on the 29th of march. that will be outdoor gatherings of six people or two households that will be allowed. there will also be the very, very timid beginning of outdoor sports. they will be allowed to resume as well. step two will see shops, hairdres

lockdown in dunkirk. the french port has a covid infection rate four times the national average.n there is alarming. ghana becomes the first country to receive covid vaccine from the covax program. but it is only a first step. biden seeks to recalibrate u.s.-saudi

dunkirk — seen here — in the north and nice, along the mediterranean coast, have seen some of the sharpestw coronavirus restrictions which come into force on monday. all schools, including primary settings, will be closed, and police will carry out spot checks to dissuade people from moving between districts. meanwhile, new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a week—long lockdown in the country's biggest city, auckland, after the discovery of a new coronavirus case. that means the temporary closure of all but essential shops and services. in the uk, the funeral of captain sir tom moore has taken place, with his family paying tribute to the military veteran and charity fundraiser. sir tom captured the hearts of the nation after raising tens of millions of pounds for national health service charities, by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. he died earlier this month. 0ur correspondent john maguire reports. his was a story born out of lockdown, and as the hearse left his house this morning, pandemic restrictions meant people adhered to the family's wi

dunkirk — seen here — in the north and nice, along the mediterranean coast, have seen some of the sharpestails of new coronavirus restrictions which come into force on monday. all schools, including primary settings, will be closed, and police will carry out spot checks to dissuade people from moving between districts. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has announced a week—long lockdown in the country's biggest city, auckland, after the discovery of a new coronavirus case. it will mean the temporary closure of all but essential shops and services. here in the uk, the duke and duchess of cambridge have been making a series of video calls to members of the public, urging them to put aside their concerns about the covid vaccine and get the jab. william and catherine spoke to two families with long—term health conditions who have been shielding over the past year and are now eligible to receive the vaccine. their royal highnesses talked to asthma sufferer fiona doyle and shivali modha, who has type 2 diabetes. just like this condition, like this virus, the idea of this vaccination

dunkirk, seen here, in the north, and nice, along the mediterranean coast, have seen some of the sharpesttic survey has released pictures of a huge iceberg, which has broken off from the "brunt ice shelf" in antarctica. cracks in the ice first appeared ten years ago, so it's not entirely unexpected. the iceberg which covers nearly 1,300 square kilometres — is expected to move slowly away, before grounding itself once more. here in the uk, the funeral of captain sir tom moore has taken place — with his family paying tribute to the veteran and charity fundraiser. sir tom captured the hearts of the nation after raising tens of millions of pounds for national health service charities by walking a hundred laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. he died earlier this month. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire has the story. his was a story born out of lockdown, and as the hearse left his house this morning, pandemic restrictions meant people adhered to the family's wishes to stay at home. soldiers from the yorkshire regiment, the modern equivalent of captain sir tom moore's wartime unit, who wer

we know in the north french city of dunkirk, we'll likely hear about more restrictions.n, the capital of stockholm, people will be told to avoid leaving it and traveling. a 27% increase in cases over the last week. a number of hot spots emerging. and of course, with it making fast progress across the european union, every fifth case now with the uk variant, it is all that more important that the european union finds its way to allowing people to once again travel freely even protecting its population. the vaccine passports are something you're going to hear more about over the coming weeks, rosemary. >> melissa bell, many thanks. >>> ahmaud arbery's mother will never forget how her son's life was taken one year ago. >> to be honest with you, ahmad is the last thing i thing about at night and the first thing i think about each morning. now, she's taking action to hold those involved accountable. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. with audible, i can be transported somewhere that is impossible to go