iona? ., ., . ., �* iona? no, the chancellor didn't say an hinu iona?thing about that yesterday. it i iona? no, the chancellor didn't say anything about that yesterday. it isj anything about that yesterday. it is correct _ anything about that yesterday. it is correct to _ anything about that yesterday. it is correct to say that the age for cashing — correct to say that the age for cashing in— correct to say that the age for cashing in your pension is 55 full. it cashing in your pension is 55 full. it may— cashing in your pension is 55 full. it may go— cashing in your pension is 55 full. it may go up to 57 in april 28 and the government is consulting on whether— the government is consulting on whether to do that. as things stand, that should — whether to do that. as things stand, that should not affect anybody who is nearing — that should not affect anybody who is nearing 55 in the next couple of years. _ is nearing 55 in the next couple of years. and — is nearing 55 in the next couple of years. and i— is nearing 55 in the next couple of years, and i wou

, so long the british isles later this summer on board the iona, so long as passengers can show theye book they don't need to prove their vaccination but when they travel, they will need to prove they travel, they will need to prove they are vaccinated. this is moving at pace, as your programme has reported this morning so we anticipate by the 27th ofjune, which is our first sailing, anticipate by the 27th ofjune, which is ourfirst sailing, there will be a government accredited scheme to prove your vaccination but at the very least, then of course, a letter from your gp would suffice. saga have already announced similar rules for all of their holidays while ba have said that they are working on a covid passport app. after one of the most difficult years in living memory, glimmers of hope. alice baxter, bbc news. let's speak to our brussels correspondent nick beake. tell us a bit more about what the commission is proposing, then. imilieu commission is proposing, then. when the commission _ commission is proposing, then. when the commission started _ commission is proposing, then. ensi

iona craig is a journalist to heads of the yemen data project. we will link to your latest report., i want to wish you a very happy pre-birthday. nermeen: another pandemic birthday. amy: it will announcer: on this episode of "earth focus"... we visit oil-rich communities in california's san joaquin valley and along alaska's arctic slope, where residents are asking tough questions about the consequences of fossil fuel extraction. it's been the bedrock of their economic livelihoods for decades but is now fracturing communities and threatening the planet. [camera's shutter advancing]

iona craig is a journalist to heads of the yemen data project. we will link to your latest report., i want to wish you a very happy pre-birthday. nermeen: another pandemic birthday. amy: it will >>> thank you for joining us. from our studio in tokyo, this is nhk "newsline." >>> we start this hour with north korea. the country's state media has confirmed thursday's launch of two missiles, describing them as a newly developed technically guided weapon.

. >> sy: that fear hadn't yet hit iona cheng in late december of last year.he was running errands near her apartment in downtown oakland. >> and as soon as they got close to me, they grabbed me and pulled mto the ground. >> sy: she was left bruised, and badly shaken. the police officer who responded to cheng saw race as a factor right away. >> she told me i was the first asian american woman attacked that evening, and that they were attacking multiple asian american women. we were being pegged as a vulnerable group for an easy target. i think, because of various cultural reasons, i think there's reluctance to speak out. and to, you know, be stoic, right, and not try to cause trouble. >> sy: the racial motivations behind many of these attacks are unclear, but the group stop a.a.p.i. hate has logged nearly 4,000 anti-asian incidents since the start of the pandemic. an assault in san francisco, that killed 84-year-old vichar ratanapakdee. another in oakland just last week, that left 75-year-old pak ho dead. but most of the incidents are verbal assaults, which ch

i've been speaking to award winning journalist iona craig, who has spent years covering the conflictt later in the programme. —— we will bring you that later. to myanmar now, where an increasingly brutal crackdown by police and the military has not stopped protests against the military coup. today, security forces have continued firing tier gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danai howard has this report. this is a scene that has become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south. young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthre

i've been speaking to the award winning journalist iona craig, who has spent years covering the conflictrib has become an increasingly important city in yemen. although it was before the war really a relatively small rural town, more more people have moved to the city both this place as well as the yemeni government, really it is their last stronghold and given come some separatists have really taken control of the given city in the south, and that has really left the yemeni government to consolidate his power in marib, and also it's very important for the access of the human oil. whoever controls marib really can also effectively take control of a lot of those oilfields and, as well as the natural gases, as well, and the pipeline that ran from marib to the south. is there a sense that the houthis are pushing so hard on marib now because, with the biden administration newly installed, there could be talks and a call for both sides to stand down? yes, i think there is a sense that the houthis are doing this right now because they want to be able to negotiate from a position of strength, a

i'll bejoined byjasmine birtles, founder of the website moneymagpie and by iona bain, creator of youngor queries about yesterday's announcements and what it means for you and your finances, do send them through. by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. you can also use twitter. that's coming up at 2.30 here on bbc news. for the second day running, brazil has posted a record death toll from covid—i9. after the us, brazil is the worst—hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million fatalities to date — and it's a situation that experts warn is going to get worse. katy watson reports from sao paulo. brazil's grave—diggers are on the front line in this deepening crisis. witnesses to the growing numbers of dead with no sign of any let up. hospitals right across the country are struggling to contain the virus. some patients are being transferred to different states to get treatment. up and down brazil, intensive care units are full. most experts agree that brazil never really came out of its first wave. but the numbers are spiking again. and much of the blame has been put on the n

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we are operating holidays thisj summer with our flagship tanya and iona. —— britannia.ence given earlier today. the prime minister�*s former aide dominic cummings has criticised the department of health�*s performance during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, comparing the department to a "smoking ruin". appearing in front of a parliamentary committee, dominic cummings urged mps to take a "very hard look" at the way the government had handled the crisis. and a warning, there�*s flash photography from the start of iain watson�*s report. last autumn, the former campaign director of vote leave and the prime minister�*s most controversial adviser, dominic cummings, left downing street. and it seems some of the contents of these boxes may finally have been divulged today. he was taking a batch of documents to a committee of mps who wanted to talk about science policy. could a second wave have been prevented, mr cummings? but he also suggested parliament should soon look closely at the government�*s handling of the covid crisis. as the country emerges from the curr

just today representative iona presley announced her plan to introduce resolution calling for federalobs guarantee. as nation continues to struggle with recovery the black women civil rights leaders and economists. the proposal is that we would have thoroughly funded jobs that could be implemented locally. and the focus would address infrastructure, childcare, eldercare, environmental protection and other sort of neighborhood strengthening. those types of jobs. she really believes and i'm so excited about this that a federal job guarantee with the 15-dollar minimum wage is a part of addressing the persistent income wealth gap for black, the teen accident dig and workers it would provide community members to provide the opportunity to work with dignity. that is what is so important, right? to have true employment have to have a living wage that is right now. the idea is that it would be $15 an hour. which as somebody mentioned in the chat, it is not enough. it is a really good place to start. >> i'm going to turn it to alex to go on with the questions in the chapters. thank you all, th

. >> if you own something iona. the evil enters this for possible choices.et he's getting a new >> morehead state. >> well, north texas, right. >> and i didn't even ask about the gauchos and the gauchos by the way, are from you see santa barbara. >> now some of the other mascots that might not be well known in this nc double a tournament. you have the bodies of saint bonaventure. you have the flames of liberty and you have the dragons from drexel pj ziegler in indianapolis. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the stanford women is the only team from the bay area to make the nc double a tournament and they got their start tonight against utah valley. >> tara vanderveer in her number one overall seed in that already coming in. can a williams. she was on fire all night. and he made this 3 pointer. and guess what? she became the school's all-time 3 point lead or surpassing candice wiggins cardinal up early 18 to 3 a couple of minutes later, williams gets it to 23 6 stanford up big just roll in 2nd quarter williams hits another 3, 5, for 8 from beyond the arc 17 points

the meantime we are focused on getting humanitarian assistance to these countries after hurricane iona so in that sense it's part of a larger plan but obviously there are parts of this that will be on the domestic side as well. to fix the whole extent of our immigration processes class what is the administration doing right now worked with these whole countries to send a message to people that don't send your children here? >> one of the most important things is to make sure that we get indications right and the message right and i'm happy to repeat that but i think it's also important that we work with the international organizations that have very credible voices and have very good networks among migrants and communities to dispel the myth and misinformation that smugglers are using. when we talk about the border not being open and the ways in which we are trying to dissuade people from making that dangerous journey, the smugglers are conveying exactly the opposite people so we need to make sure we get that message out area that we also need to be looking at things like the cam progr

jane hill will bejoined byjasmine birtles, founder of the website moneymagpie and by iona bain, founderkle inequality. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here's jane. good afternoon. england's batsmen have struggled again on the first day of the fourth and final test against india. they were bowled out for 205 after winning the toss in ahmedabad. england slumped to 30 for 3, and although ben stokes made 55 and dan lawrence 46, they still failed to deal with spinners ravi ashin and axar patel who shared seven wickets. india were on 24 for1 in their first innings at the close. england must win to level the series. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says he won't automatically release players for international duty if they have to quarantine on their return to the uk. liverpool's brazilian players alisson becker, fabinho and roberto firmino and portugalforward diogojota could face 10 days in quarantine on their return to the united kingdom from covid—19 "red—list" countries. klopp said he had the backing of fifa. we cannot let the boys just go and then see the situation w

if you own something iona. the evil enters this for possible choices. he's a new report. >> morehead state. >> well, north texas, right. >> and i didn't even ask about the gauchos and the gauchos by the way, are from you see santa barbara. >> now some of the other mascots that might not be well known in this nc double a tournament. you have the bodies of saint bonaventure. you have the flames of liberty and you have the dragons from drexel pj ziegler in indianapolis. >> we both get strong on the gaels. yeah. locally, of course, at st mary's had no idea about i own. i own a know where that and everyone seemed to be something on that north texas team. i would have known that when mean, yeah, i would have known that when a lot of teams are tigers, though that was surprising yeah. out all the different tigers that there around the country. >> all right. we're going to go from basketball to the movies. that's coming up next. so stay with us. we'll have all the new releases for you coming up. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adv

morning announced a resumption of cruises around the british isles later this summer on board the iona need to — boarding. so when people book, they don't need to prove _ boarding. so when people book, they don't need to prove their _ don't need to prove their vaccination, but when they travel, they will need to prove they're vaccinated. that is moving at pace as your programme reported this morning, so we anticipate by the 27th ofjune, which is ourfirst sailing, there will be a government accredited scheme to prove your vaccination, but at the very least a letter from your gp would suffice. saga have already announced similar rules for all of their holidays while ba have said that they are working on a covid passport app after one of the most difficult years in living memory, glimmers of hope. alice baxter, bbc news. in a few minutes we will go over to downing street for the coronavirus briefing, but for the time being, our health correspondent katharine da costa is here. and we have had this letter from the nhs seen by the bbc suggesting there will be a significant reduction in the w

and britannia _ on two of our ships, iona and britannia.accinated guests only. we can feel very proud — vaccinated guests only. we can feel very proud as a nation how our vaccination _ very proud as a nation how our vaccination programme is going and there _ vaccination programme is going and there will— vaccination programme is going and there will be many, many people wanting — there will be many, many people wanting to come on board this time. what _ wanting to come on board this time. what were _ wanting to come on board this time. what were they had to show in order to get on board? —— what will they have. to get on board? -- what will they have.~ to get on board? -- what will they have. ~ , ., , to get on board? -- what will they have. ~ , .,, , ., ., have. when people book, they do not need to give — have. when people book, they do not need to give evidence. _ have. when people book, they do not need to give evidence. we _ have. when people book, they do not need to give evidence. we anticipate | need to give evidence. we anticipate