fergus walsh, bbc news. we can talk to fergus walsh now.this treatment, and they say that they hope that it will stop any further decline, but the hope is that actually, some of the things he currently can't do in terms of his development, he may actually learn to do? , ., ., , to do? yes, what was telling, talkin: to do? yes, what was telling, talking to _ to do? yes, what was telling, talking to arthur's _ to do? yes, what was telling, talking to arthur's parents, i to do? yes, what was telling, i talking to arthur's parents, was, they are not setting any goals, any ambitions, they are simply delighted that their son has been treated, because they know it's the best chance he has in order to stop this devastating condition. because bergman is the most common fatal genetic condition in childhood. and the really sad thing is that usually, it is picked up by chance at around three months of age, which was what happened with arthur, when babies don't reach development goals. —— smn—1. so, arthurwasn�*t kicking his legs, he wasn't able to lift

fergus walsh, our| you very much. fergus walsh, our medical editor.t minister mark drakeford has said everyone over the age of 18 will be able to book a coronavirus vaccination from next week — the first home nation to achieve that level of cover. and from tomorrow, anyone aged between 25 and 29 in england will be able to book a vaccination. our health editor, hugh pym, has more details. the welsh government says it'll be the first to reach an important milestone — offering all aged 18 and over a first coronavirus vaccine dose, and that's the aim by next monday. the target for the uk as a whole is for all adults to be offered a firstjab by the end ofjuly. by any standards, this is a remarkable achievement and a tribute to the hard work of all those involved in the programme, to all of those doing the complex work of planning behind the scenes, and to the thousands of people vaccinating and helping to run the clinics across our country. it was welcome news for those in cardiff we spoke to today. the fact it's opened up to everyone i thinkjust means we

fergus walsh, for cautious celebration. fergus walsh. thank — for cautious celebration. you. _ thousands of british holidaymakers are scrambling to get home from portugal before new quarantine rules come into force in the early hours of tomorrow morning. portugal is being removed from the government's green travel list — just three weeks after british tourists were allowed to return. queues have been building up at covid testing centres near faro airport. passengers need to test negative before being allowed to fly home. anyone who doesn't make it back before 4am tomorrow will have to quarantine for up to ten days. from portugal, jenny hill reports. it's not how they thought their holiday would end. faro airport in the algarve today, a last chance for those who don't want to quarantine to get home. we had to change our flight from wednesday to today and it cost us £140 each, which is disgusting. for esther and audrey, it's been a stressful weekend. like many, they struggled to secure the tests they needed for the flight home. we paid more money since we got here than wha

fergus walsh, our health editor. let's bring _ locally. fergus walsh, our health editor.our health editor. let's bring you the - locally. fergus walsh, our health editor. let's bring you the latest| editor. let's bring you the latest figures across the uk. there were more than 6200 new infections. that is the highest daily the number since the end of march. 0n is the highest daily the number since the end of march. on average, 4000 cases have been reported per day in the last week. 11 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the average number to eight. nearly 200,000 people received their first dose of the vaccine in the last 24 hour period, making the overall total nearly 40 million. that is over three quarters of the uk adult population. more than 375,000 people have had their second dose. that means nearly 26.8 million people have had two vaccinations. that's more than half of the uk population. let's talk about all of that with a cell biologist, jennifer roan. thank you so much for being with us. how worried are you about the data which does seem to be risin

fergus walsh, bbc news.c news — the bbc uncovers allegations of filth, lice, sickness and neglect, in a vast system of mostly closed off camps scattered across the us holding more than 20,000 migrant children. a warning — this programme contains discussion of subjects some viewers may find distressing. over 19,000 migrant children locked up in america. children speaking for the first time tell of disease, neglect, hunger and filth. now children are being shipped en masse to 13 new sites around america... it feels a lot more like a detention facility, a prison for kids. ..sites that are shrouded in secrecy. they go to bed hungry. the boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. this level of deprivation, which really amounts to child abuse, is very widespread in the largest facilities. what is the impact on thousands of children? and will their experiences come to haunt them? the rio grande, and a night of fear. at midnight, migrants will cross the river from mexico to america. many are

fergus walsh, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show.to love it, proper british coastline. we're on an adventure across the uk, as it opens up for travel again. yes! we're open! from rugged coastlines, to breathtaking landscapes. and natural habitats. see that? ourjourney will take us to the four nations that make up the united kingdom. and with an eye on our carbon footprint, we're in an all electric revamp of an iconic british motor. on this week's show i'm travelling the width of england's biggest county, north yorkshire. home of seaside treats... you know something's really good when you're sucking as hard as you can and you just can't get anything out. ..uphill climbs... made that look easy, guys! perfect! how you doing, guys? ..and the warmest, friendliest people you could hope to meet. say hello! hello! laughs. north yorkshire's coastline is stunning. long sandy beaches studded with old fishing villages. all on the edge of one of the country's great national parks. peace and quiet and beauty is what attracts people here, but that'

fergus walsh, bbc news.ayer of slimy sludge that's threatening the sea of marmara. it's blanketing harbours, shorelines and the sea bed, as courtney bembridge reports. this is the so—called sea snot suffocating the seabed. a thick, slimy layer of organic matter has spread through the sea of marmara, south of istanbul, threatening marine life and the fishing industry. translation: of course this affects our work. - look at the mussels and the sea snails. it kills everything. you know what it does to the shellfish? when they open up, it prevents them from closing up again because it gets in the way. all of the sea snails here are dead. the sea snails die, the fish die, they can't breathe. scientists say climate change, pollution and waste water have contributed to the problem. this vision was filmed by a team at bbc turkish. reporter neyran elden dived into the sea of marmara this week and this is what she saw. the situation there under the water was very heartbreaking. under the water, we see that all the bot

fergus walsh, bbc news.ures on the pandemic show that, in the past 2a hours, 14 deaths were reported — and 26,068 new infections were recorded. there's been an average of 19,296 new cases per day in the uk last week. nearly 138,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. this means 44.7 million people have now had theirfirstjab — nearly 85% of uk adults. over 150,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. and more than 32.8 million people have now had both doses — that's 62.4% of uk adults. there's been a temporary compromise in the row between the eu and uk about the movement of some meat products between britain and northern ireland. a ban which was meant to come into effect at midnight tonight under the northern ireland protocol of the brexit agreement will now be postponed to the end of september. but uk's brexit minister has warned that there are a large number of other issues to do with the protocol that need to be resolved. 0ur

fergus walsh, bbc news.d her child in lincolnshire. daniel boulton was detained by police — in the hubbard's hill area of louth — earlier today. lincolnshire police have named the mother and son as bethany vincent and darren henson, who's nine. the inquest into the death of the convicted terrorist who killed two young people at fishmongers�* hall in london in 2019 has heard that he was shot 20 times by armed police before he died. jack merritt, who was 25, and 23 year—old saskia jones were stabbed at a prisoner rehabilitation conference at the hall. their killer, usman khan, injured two others, before being shot dead by officers on london bridge. birmingham has become the latest city to introduce a clean air zone to reduce emissions and improve air quality. it's following in the footsteps of cities like london, bath, and nottingham. but the launch has been delayed by two weeks, after drivers reported problems with the payment system. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. watch out for s

fergus walsh, bbc news.on a flight from any of the 43 nations on the uk government's �*red list�*, has opened at heathrow airport. it follows criticism that passengers returning to the uk from either red, amber or green list countries were being forced to queue in arrival halls together. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports. when international travel restarted last month, some couldn't wait to get away. but while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list low risk countries queued up in the same hall as arrivals from high risk red list countries. since mid—february, all arrivals from red list countries have had to stay in quarantine hotels for ten days, to stop the spread of variants of concern. but before they go into isolation, some spent hours queued up alongside other lower risk passengers. despite the separate queues, some passengers felt very uncomfortable being so close for so long. from today, any arrivals coming in on direct flights from red list countrie

fergus walsh, bbc news.ed three weeks ago on a diverted airline flight — has been brought, unexpectedly before journalists at a news conference in minsk. he was there supposedly, to give more details of the incident. the bbc and other international media, as well as foreign diplomats, left the press conference so as not to validate the seizure of the journalist. jonah fisher reports. so we were invited to this briefing here in minsk, in belarus, because the belarus authorities said they wanted to give a more complete and detailed account of what happened to the ryanair plane that was diverted last month with the blogger and activist roman protasevich on board, and he was arrested of course here in minsk. so we came here at relatively short notice and they facilitated our visas for coming here, we were brought to this press conference, and then just as it was about to start a label was changed and it became clear that roman protasevich, the man detained on board this plane, was going to be taking part. in eff

fergus walsh, bbc news. now, let's turn to brazil.ntry after the us to have a covid death toll over 500,000. now experts and protesers are questioning the government's handling of the pandemic. 500 roses have been placed on this beach in rio. one for each 1000 people who've died. next to the roses a banner reads, �*half a million dead, where did we go wrong?�* well dr miguel nicolelis is a leading brazilian physician — and he has been examining the outbreak in brazil to try and answer that burning question — what went so wrong? i spoke with him a short time ago. since the beginning, the brazilian government did not prepare itself for the synonymy that was coming to brazil and when the first cases appeared, it took a long while to realise that he had to basically close the international airspace and start monitoring the situation in the country. since the beginning, the president of brazil denied any of the measures that we all know would work to prevent the spread of the virus through the entire country and he was against the lockdown

fergus walsh, bbc news.city grapples with a fast—growing covid outbreak. officials are concerned about the "extremely contagious" delta variant. the cluster of new cases marks the largest rise in infections since december. but what are the restrictions? sydney's residents have to wear masks indoors and households will be limited to a maximum of five visitors. people who live or work in central and eastern areas will also be banned from travelling out of the city. and restrictions will also be put in place at dining venues, gyms, sporting arenas and other gathering areas. norman swan who s a medical doctor and one of australia's leading health journalists. he told us how the virus returned to sydney. all infections in australia come in from overseas. we have been a fortress island for quite a long time since march of last year. and we came in from hotel quarantine, which is in an ineffective way to stop overseas people from coming into the infections and in this case, it was a limousine driver driving air cre

here's our medical editor fergus walsh.b in every arm is another brick in a wall of immunity. but will it hold back the delta variant, which has led to a sharp increase in cases? it is severely more traversable than previous strings and this led to a sharp increase in cases. ministers have just eight days before they must decide whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england. the good news is that the hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital, is broadly flat and the majority appear to be those who have not had a vaccine at all, and only a small minority are people who have had both jabs. around three quarters of all cases caused by the delta variant are in unvaccinated people. just one in 25 are in those who've had both doses. and although the variant seems more likely to cause severe illness, those in hospital are generally younger and recovering more quickly than patients admitted overwinter. scientists advising government are uncertain about what the weeks may bring in terms of the impact on the

fergus walsh, bbc news.ring charging a 20—year—old man with terrorism offences, after what they're calling a premeditated attack in the city of london, in ontario. four members of the same muslim family were run down with a car and killed. a boy aged nine, the family's only survivor, remains in hospital with serious injuries. police say it's a hate crime. based on information we collected during the course of the investigation, we believe that this was an intentional act and that the victims of this horrific incident were targeted. we believe the victims were targeted because of their islamic faith. we can cross live to london, ontario, now and speak to mustafa farooq, chief executive of the national council of canadian muslims. mustafa farooq, mustafa fa rooq, thank mustafa farooq, thank you very much forjoining us. i saw the pictures of where the incident took place, there were signs saying, love for all, took place, there were signs saying, love forall, hatred for none, no heat here. there must be a deep

fergus walsh, bbc news. war has always been contested. united nations officials admit they don't now know the true number but today one human rights group in the uk say it could be around half a million. more than 6 million syrians are now refugees. over the past few years, our correspondent caroline hawley has followed the lives of two children ? casualties of the conflict — who escaped to neighbouring jordan. she's been back to meet theirfamilies. mustafa and his little sister, douaa, survived a bombing raid by the syrian regime seven years ago. both their parents were killed in the explosion that nearly took his life, too. mustafa broke both his hips and still has shrapnel in his brain, which doctors have told him they can't remove. we first met mustafa when he was five. over the years, the one thing that's never changed is his irrepressible smile. right now, mustafa has good reason to be happy. he and douaa and their grandmother are about to be given a new home — on the other side of the world. there's t

fergus walsh, bbc news. managed to recover $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency which had been paid to hackers who shut down a major fuel pipeline last month. that was the colonial pipeline. it was hacked by a group called darkside, which the us justice department believes is based in russia. the cyberattack caused petrol shortages and price hikes across the eastern united states. i have been speaking to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, and put it to him that this was quite a breakthrough. the usjustice department is characterising this as turning the tables on cyber hackers, managing — and a lot of it was going on behind—the—scenes. one month ago when all this was unfolding, turning the tables by retrieving, as you said, a few million dollars from the almost $4.5 million that they see as a major success and i think also holding it as an example to other companies around america, really quite a stern warning that if they find themselves in a similar position, the first thing they should do is al

fergus walsh, bbc news.orth of cryptocurrency which had been paid to hackers who shut down a major fuel pipeline last month. the colonial pipeline was hacked by a group called darkside, which the usjustice department believes is based in russia. the cyberattack caused petrol shortages and price hikes across the eastern united states. bryan cunningham is executive director of the university of california's cybersecurity policy and research institute. he joins us from seattle. first of all, how did they track the money down? well, this is what _ track the money down? well, this is what were _ track the money down? well, this is what were common - this is what were common methods in mail days as caa officer. they are not going to reveal many of their tricks are -- cia. reveal many of their tricks are —— cia. they went to a united statesjudge —— cia. they went to a united states judge who —— cia. they went to a united statesjudge who had —— cia. they went to a united states judge who had the authority to act the

fergus walsh, bbc news.avy destroyer hms defender to travel through waters off the disputed territory of crimea yesterday, which led to a stand off with russian vessels. borisjohnson also denied russia's claim that it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of hms defender as it sailed 12 miles from crimea. but russia has accused britain of "dangerous and provocative actions" and said britain would be fully responsible for any consequences if a similar incident happened again. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is on board hms defender and hasjust sent this report. relative calm after the storm. hms defender now in international waters, still being tracked by the russians, but from a distance. we've reduced our manning posture down to normal cruising watches, so it'sjust nice, calm and collected here. just carry on with business as usual. the high tension of 2a hours ago is still creating diplomatic waves. russian accent on radio: if you don't change the course, i'll give fire. we are con

fergus walsh, bbc news. let's look at the changes in travel rules.om the uk are to face stricter rules when arriving in portugal, spain, malta and hong kong, as health experts express growing concern about the spread of the delta variant of the virus. for mainland portugal, people will have to show proof of two vaccinations, or have to quarantine for 14 days, as well as taking a covid test. these changes don't affect people travelling to the island of madeira. in spain, its government says all visitors from the uk must be double vaccinated or test negative for coronavirus before arriving. the change is expected to come into force later this week. and, from wednesday, malta will only admit people from the uk, who've had two vaccinations. they can bring their children, but only if they're under 12. the uk government is about to relax rules on people returning from malta, madeira and spain's balearic, putting these places on its green list from wednesday. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the latest. another cloud in the sky for internatio

our medical editor fergus walsh is here.ren start being offered this vaccine? it is not a straightforward decision here. thejcvi, an independent committee, will have to decide. the pfizer vaccine is already offered to those aged 16 and over with underlying health conditions but for the vast majority of children, the biggest time they faced in this pandemic has not been from the pandemic has not been from the pandemic but disruption to education for some thankfully, they are highly unlikely to get seriously ill. there have been cases of a nasty inflammatory disease but thankfully they have been rare. the main benefit and it could be a big one to immunising them would be preventing outbreaks in schools and further disruption to education and the delta variant does seem to be spreading in secondary schools. there would be the wider benefit of suppressing the virus and protecting older adults. suppressing the virus and protecting older adulte— older adults. what are other countries — older adults. what are other countries doing

fergus walsh, bbc news. now lets turn to brazil.ry after the us to have a covid death toll over 500,000. now experts and protesers are questioning the government's handling of the pandemic. 500 roses have been placed on this beach in rio. one for each 1000 people who've died. next to the roses a banner reads — �*half a million dead —, where did we go wrong?�* well, dr miguel nicolelis is a physician and neuroscientist and has been trying to answer that question. and you very much for being with us on bbc news. where do you think based on the evidence so far, brazil went wrong?— based on the evidence so far, brazil went wron: ? . ~ ,, , . ., went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. _ went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. it _ went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. it is _ went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. it is a _ went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. it is a pleasure - went wrong? thank you very much for the invitation. it is a pleasure to - the invitation. it is

fergus walsh, thank ou.vernment figures on coronavirus show four people are reported to have died and there have been 5,3ai new infections in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 4,785 new cases per day in the last week. more than two hundred thousand people have received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period and over a0 million people have now had their firstjab — that's 76.6 percent of uk adults. while the number of people who've had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, is over 473,000 which takes the overall number who've had their second jab, to over 27.6 million meaning 52.5 percent of uk adults are now fully vaccinated. the duke and duchess of sussex have announced the birth of their second child — a girl named lilibet diana. the couple, who have not released any photos of the new baby, said she was born on friday at a hospital in santa barbara in california. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph, and her report contains some flashing

fergus walsh, bbc news. let's speak to our transport correspondent, caroline davies.ry too. good news for some but a lot of uncertainty. good news for some but a lot of uncertainty-— uncertainty. let's start with the aood uncertainty. let's start with the good news- _ uncertainty. let's start with the good news. this _ uncertainty. let's start with the good news. this is _ uncertainty. let's start with the good news. this is the - uncertainty. let's start with the good news. this is the longest| uncertainty. let's start with the - good news. this is the longest green list we've seen since the traffic light measures and thus it means the industry are able to ramp up some of their operations a bit more but let's look at the bad news. this is also the red list is getting longer too. most of europe is not on the greenest and the same for large amounts of the rest of the world. many of the key destinations are still not on there. there is no set date for when people who are fully vaccinated will no longer have to quarantine. the government has plenty of questions to sort o

fergus walsh, bbc news.hief prosecutor of the international criminal court says she has asked judges to allow her to open a full judicial investigation into murders carried out during the war on drugs in the philippines. human rights watch says that more than 12,000 filipinos have been killed since president rodrigo duterte ordered his security forces to enforce his war on drugs policy in 2016. the trial of ousted myanmar leader aung san suu kyi has got under way, four months after a military coup removed the elected government from office. she is charged with owning unlicensed walkie—talkies and violating covid restrictions. later trials will focus on allegations of corruption and breaking the official secrets act. prosecutors have begun questioning the seven members of the medical team who treated the argentine football star diego maradona before he died. a board of experts looking into his death decided he had received inadequate care. the football star died of a heart attack last november at the age of 6

here's my colleague fergus walsh on that.en from immunisation would be in preventing school outbreaks, and we know that the delta variant does seem to be spreading more easily among secondary schools. the argument being that reducing transmission in schools helps to reduce transmission across society and in particular helps reduce the transmission of new variants. have a look at this tweet from president biden. he says... and if he's focused on a current variant, there's concern about future variants, too. this is the head of the israeli paediatric association speaking to the bbc. the argument here being that if there is any one section of the community where the virus can evolve and spread unchecked, there's a risk to the whole community. and so helping to restrict transmission is the first argument for vaccinating children. the second is that while the vast, vast majority of children who get covid aren't ill, some do still need protecting, as this us scientist notes. we are seeing fairly severe disease in some of our older

our medical editor fergus walsh talking — problems.ditor fergus walsh talking to us _ problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. - problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. we - problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. we will. walsh talking to us earlier. we will now move on. the government is banning television adverts for unhealthy food before the 9 o'clock watershed, to try to curb childhood obesity. products affected include chocolate, soft drinks and cakes. there will also be new rules on online promotions, as sarah campbell explains. turn on the tv, computer or device and currently at any time of the day our energy is promoting foods high in salt, fat and sugar. difficult enough for adults to resist, but also children who might be watching. as part of its obesity strategy the government has proposed new legislation which will restrict when, where and what foods can be advertised. what children see on ads has an immediate effect on what they prefer after seeing

fergus walsh, bbc news. that means an average of 9,778 new cases per day in the last week. over 163,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. more than 43.1 million people have now had theirfirstjab — that's around 81.9% of uk adults. over 109,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period, meaning more than 31.4 million people have now had both doses — that's 59.7% of uk adults. scotland have been dealt a major blow ahead of their final group game in euro 2020 tomorrow. there are now questions over england as well. the 20—year—old midfielder, billy gilmour, has tested positive for covid—19 and will need to self—isolate for ten days. in the last few minutes, it has been announced that england's mason mount and ben chilwell are self—isolating. this is quite a serious upset so what will it mean for both teams? {lin what will it mean for both teams? on the what will it mean for both teams? ie�*i the eve of one of scotland's's most important

here's my colleague fergus walsh on that.tion would be in preventing school outbreaks, and we know that the delta variant does seem to be spreading more easily among secondary schools. the argument being that reducing transmission in schools helps to reduce transmission across society and in particular helps to reduce the transmission of new variants. have a look at this tweet from president biden. and if he is focused on a current variant, there's concern about future variants too. this is the head of the israeli paediatric association speaking to the bbc. the argument here being that if there is any one section of the community where the virus can can evolve and spread unchecked, there's a risk to the whole community, and so helping to restrict transmission is the first argument for vaccinating children. the second is that while the vast, vast majority of children who get covid are not ill, some do still need protecting, as this us scientist notes. we are seeing fairly severe disease in some of our older teenagers as well,

fergus walsh, bbc news. and fergus is here with me now.eatment and extraordinarily expensive as well but what are the implications of this medicine? it’s but what are the implications of this medicine?— but what are the implications of this medicine? �*, . ., ., ., ., this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author— this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author and _ this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author and his _ this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author and his family - this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author and his family and - this medicine? it's a real honour to meet author and his family and to l this medicine? it's a real honour to i meet author and his family and to be there at what i think is the dawn of a new era in the treatment of these single gene disorders which are devastating, though rare, but there's so many of them for many children. and they are being trialled in a number of other different conditions. with this particular one, the clock is ticking from the moment children are born and the

fergus walsh, bbc news. hugh pym joined us.go in england for lifting restrictions onjuly all systems go in england for lifting restrictions on july the 19th but given that report, could the data yet go the wrong way? this rare the data yet go the wrong way? as we have heard. — the data yet go the wrong way? as we have heard, experts _ the data yet go the wrong way? as we have heard, experts are _ the data yet go the wrong way? as we have heard, experts are pretty - the data yet go the wrong way? is "he: have heard, experts are pretty clear that although case numbers are rising quite rapidly, the number of hospital admissions is rising a lot less fast and that the vaccines are having an impact. in fact, public health england today published new figures, quoted by the secretary of state, suggesting 27,000 lives have been saved by the vaccines and that 7 million infections have been prevented. so, that is the sort of database behind which the government are now saying, actually, they are pretty confident about going ahead onjuly t

fergus walsh, bbc news.of people, and displaced millions. more than 6 million syrians are now refugees. over the past few years, caroline hawley has followed the lives of two children, casualties of the conflict, who escaped to neighbouring jordan. she's been back to meet theirfamilies. we first met mustapha when he was five. both their parents were killed in the explosion that nearly took his life too. mustafa broke his hips and still has shrapnel in his brain, which doctors have told him they can't remove. we first met mustapha when he was five. over the years, the one thing that has never changed is his irrepressible smile. right now, mustapha has good reason to be happy. he and his sister and grandma are about to be given a new home on the other side of the world. it's time for the last play with his cousins before he goes. as always, he does his best to keep up but his injuries seem to affect him more than when we saw him last. his grandmother has looked after him for the last few years as if she was hi

fergus walsh, bbc news.since its founding. 0ver that time, its mission has, in theory, been to lead millions of underprivileged people into a better existence. yet, in the 50s and 60s chairman mao's policies led to starvation and chaos. his death ushered in a different era — captured by a new generation of photographers, unafraid to show the real china as it rapidly developed. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell spoke to one of china's most acclaimed street photographers about the massive, sweeping changes he's seen. when he was a student and his father gave him his first camera, he found his calling. soon, he was documenting china under the upheaval of breakneck development. china's communist party has produced some disastrous social experiments. mass starvation during the great leap forward. economic collapse in the cultural revolution. however, mao's death meant dong's coming to power in the period of opening up. the china he started observing from the 1980s and 1990s was now finally improving millio

our medical editor fergus walsh reports.attle against alzheimer's. for the first time, a drug has been approved which tackles notjust the symptoms but the underlying cause of this devastating disease. aducanumab is not yet licensed in the uk and available only as part of a clinical trial — like here, at the national hospitalfor neurology, in central london. aldo ceresa, who's 68, was diagnosed with alzheimer's ten years ago and had to stop working as a surgeon. he receives aducanumab every month, via infusion, and is certain it's helped him. i felt that i wasn't getting so mixed up. my cognitive tests were improving quite markedly. two years ago, aducanumab was written off as a failure and the trial aldo was taking part in was abandoned. but the manufacturers, biogen, analysed more data and concluded those on the highest doses had better cognition, memory and language. this is the brain of someone with early alzheimer's. the red areas show a build—up of amyloid, a protein which can form toxic deposits. this is the same indiv

fergus walsh, bbc news.ned calls for the uk government to delay a decision on lifting all remaining lockdown restrictions which is due to take place in england on 21stjune. some government scientific advisers continue to warn that while the uk's vaccination programme has been successful, it does not mean the battle against coronavirus is over. they suggest that even a short delay to the government's current road map could have a significant impact on the spread of the virus. world leaders have been told coronavirus vaccines must be shared with poorer nations to prevent richer countries from being hit by imported variants of the virus. in an open letter, the heads of four major global bodies warned of a dangerous gap in the availability of jabs, with low—income nations receiving less than i% of vaccines administered so far. meanwhile the world health organization has announced a new naming system for covid—i9 variants using letters of the greek alphabet. global health leaders say the move is to help simplify

fergus walsh, bbc news. out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening, 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are harriet line, the chief political correspondent at the daily mail, and george eaton, who's the senior 0nline editor at the new statesman. from tomorrow, anyone aged between 25 and 29 in england will be able to book a coronavirus jab. the head of nhs england said the country was on the "home straight" of the biggest vaccination programme in its history, which launched just six months ago. as our health editor hugh pym reports, wales is even closer to jabbing all adults. the welsh government says it will be the first to reach an important milestone — offering all aged 18 and over a first coronavirus vaccine dose, and that's the aim by next monday. the target for the uk as a whole is for all adults to be offered a firstjab by the end ofjuly. by any standards, this is a remarkable achievement and a tribute to the hard work of all those involved in

fergus walsh, bbc news. joining me now for more from new york city is dr stella safo.uk, i'm not hearing very much about it in the united states, is it here, should we be worried about it here in america? it is should we be worried about it here in america?— in america? it is definitely here unfortunately. _ in america? it is definitely here unfortunately. it _ in america? it is definitely here unfortunately. it looks - in america? it is definitely here unfortunately. it looks like - in america? it is definitely here unfortunately. it looks like it's. unfortunately. it looks like it's about 10% of the sequencing that we are doing and it looks like it doubles every couple of weeks. and so we are going to probably see it as the predominant strain of coronavirus by the mid summer, and the reason that matters is because as the reporting mentioned it is more infectious. so the chances of spreading it are higher if you have a delta version or a delta variant of covid. for us in the us everyone is focused on vaccines, even more has to be redoubled at this point because of thi

here's our medical editor, fergus walsh.b in every arm is another brick in a wall of immunity against coronavirus. but will it hold back the delta variant, which has led to a sharp increase in cases? it is significantly more transmissible than previous strains and has led to a sharp increase in cases. ministers have just eight days before they must decide whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england. the good news is that the hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital, is broadly flat and the majority appear to be those who have not had a vaccine at all, and only a small minority are people who have had both jabs. around three quarters of all cases caused by the delta variant are in unvaccinated people. just one in 25 are in those who've had both doses. and although the variant, first discovered in india, seems more likely to cause severe illness, those in hospital are generally younger and recovering more quickly than patients admitted overwinter. scientists advising government are uncertain about

fergus walsh, bbc news.n is known to have been killed and fears are growing for those still unaccounted for. james reynolds has the latest, and a warning, his report contains flashing images. amid the rubble of the apartment building, fire crews manage to find a young survivor. he's able to climb out himself. in an undamaged section, firefighters take an older resident to safety. no one yet knows how many others maybe trapped in the block, which is called champlain towers south, which partially collapsed in the middle of the night. i looked out of the window and you couldn't see. i thought it was a storm or something coming in, and then when the dust cleared, the back half of the building, or the back two—thirds of the building, was gone, down to the ground. it looks like a hole, just from the top to bottom, a section of the building just collapsed. it's crazy, it's something you'd see in an earthquake or something. this video was posted by the resident of a nearby hotel. the miami—dade fire rescue departmen

approved the use of the pfizer vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15. 0ur medical editor fergus walshbe faced to decide what happens next. an independent group of scientists, thejcvi committee, will now make the decision. but it is not clear—cut. the pfizerjab is already approved and offered to those over 16 with underlying health conditions. but for the vast majority of children, the biggest harm they have faced this pandemic is not from the virus, it is from disruption to their education. they are highly unlikely to get seriously ill. there have been cases of a very nasty inflammatory condition, but those have been rare. the biggest benefit to children from immunisation would be in preventing school outbreaks. we know that the delta variant does seem to be spreading more easily among secondary schools. the united states is going all—out to immunise children. it is immunising 600,000 a week, aged 12—15. france is going to offer the vaccine to those aged 12 and over from the middle of the month. both those countries have very high levels of vaccine hesitancy. they are not getting the

our medical editor fergus walsh has been speaking to arthur's dad, reece.t will give him the proteins he needs to help him be able to move a lot easier, he can't move it all at the moment. i able to move a lot easier, he can't move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he — move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a _ move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a couple - move it all at the moment. i imagine that had he been born a couple of. that had he been born a couple of years ago, that the outlook would have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitel . have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely- we _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been _ have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been told - have been really quite bleak. yeah, definitely. we have been told that l definitely. we have been told that if it w

a lot of the focus l thereon that delta variant. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been taking a closeris scientist modelling the epidemic had warned ministers that a final lifting of all restrictions next week would lead to a large resurgence in cases and hospital admissions, thoughjust how big a wave is unclear. they suggest a four—week delay in unlocking would reduce the peak in hospital admissions by a third to a half — as more people will be vaccinated. the next four weeks will reduce significantly the risk of a very high peak, which could cause significant problems in terms of pressure on the nhs and all the knock—on effects of that and direct deaths from covid. the hope is the increase in cases will start to fade in the coming weeks because so many people have been vaccinated. most people getting infected with delta have not been immunised and they're tending to be younger and recovering quicker. so what will covid vaccination coverage look like by the middle of next month? just over two million adults a week in the uk are receiving their second dose of covid vaccine — mostly tho

our medical editor fergus walsh reports.he battle against alzheimer's. for the first time, a drug has been approved which tackles notjust the symptoms but the underlying cause of this devastating disease. aducanumab is not yet licensed in the uk and available only as part of a clinical trial — like here, at the national hospital for neurology, in central london. aldo ceresa, who's 68, was diagnosed with alzheimer's ten years ago and had to stop working as a surgeon. he receives aducanumab every month, via infusion, and is certain it's helped him. i felt that i wasn't getting so mixed up. my cognitive tests were improving quite markedly. two years ago, aducanumab was written off as a failure and the trial aldo was taking part in was abandoned. but the manufacturers, biogen, analysed more data and concluded those on the highest doses had better cognition, memory and language. this is the brain of someone with early alzheimer's. the red areas show a build—up of amyloid, a protein which can form toxic deposits. this is the same

our medical editor fergus walsh is with me. a lot the government has to assess.king at. it is unclear what _ what will they be looking at. it is unclear what the _ what will they be looking at. it 3 unclear what the criteria are what will they be looking at. it 1 unclear what the criteria are apart from protecting our population. it would be a surprise if malta doesn't go on the green list. it has been a surprise throughout because it has had consistently low rates of coronavirus and very high vaccination rates. what has changed in the last four weeks, we have gone in the last four weeks, we have gone in the last four weeks, we have gone in the uk from having among the lowest rates of coronavirus pair head of population in the eu to now having the standout highest level of coronavirus, so it is not so much now about where the government may allow us to travel but about which governments will allow us to travel there, so in italy for example since there, so in italy for example since the beginning of the speaker have to isolate for five days, germany only allows u

fergus walsh, bbc news.ory and many others in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. it's another blow to holiday plans. from today, uk visitors to portugal must quarantine for two weeks unless they are fully vaccinated. the new rule, imposed by portugal, reflects continuing concern over the spread here of the delta variant. meanwhile, hong kong has banned all passengerflights from the uk from thursday. here's our transport correspondent, caroline davies. another cloud in the sky for international travel. 0vernight, portugal announced that uk arrivals must either be fully vaccinated or quarantined for 1h days. it's meant last—minute changes for victoria and simon, due to go there on honeymoon this morning. we woke up to my parents banging on our front door to get us out of bed to tell us that we couldn't go any more. so, we had a few hours cancelling everything and calling up ryanair, and now we're going to ibiza instead. we literally found out this morning that we couldn't fly