to get to the small town of les anglais, you have to take the coastal road.yes, and the road snakes through earthquake—scarred villages and even through a river. this is what's left of the town's church. a mass christening was about to begin just before the earthquake struck. the church had been filling up with people. dafica had woken up excited. her daughter was one of the dozens of children to be christened that day. translation: the church already had a lot of people inside, _ so i was looking for a good place to sit. i put my bag down and just as i was about to sit down, the earthquake struck. everyone started running but each side of the church was full of people. i was holding my baby. i tried to get out of the front. i was so nearly out and that's when it collapsed on me. dafica suffered injuries to her head, back and legs, but survived. her daughter esther died in her arms. translation: we were inseparable. when we went to the church, we were two, but i came back alone. i will never forget her. this is a town still in mourning. 22 people died here in

james clayton, bbc news, les anglais. show there were 37,311! new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means, on average, there were 31,336 new cases per day in the last week. 6,4a1 people are currently in hospital with the virus. 114 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 98 deaths a day in the past week. on vaccinations, 87.4% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab, and 76% have had two jabs. meanwhile, northern ireland has recorded its highest daily number of positive coronavirus tests since the start of the pandemic. data from the stormont department of health shows 2,397 people tested positive in the latest 24—hour period. previously, the highest daily number was 2,1a3, recorded last december. four out of ten ambulance trusts in england have confirmed they're receiving help from the military to deal with rising demand this summer. the coronavirus pandemic has stretched resources already under pressure due to record call—outs. here's our health editor, hugh pym. yeah,

james clayton, bbc news, les anglais.reed to work together in a formal partnership at holyrood, putting the greens into powerfor the first time anywhere in the uk. the deal gives the scottish government a majority to pass legislation, including a new independence referendum bill. but the agreement isn't a formal coalition, as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 0n the royal mile in edinburgh, the fringe is in full swing. crowds are back, performers putting on shows. the big political show in town today, the deal between the governing snp and the scottish greens, their co—leaders arriving, smiling, as they take the greens into government for the first time anywhere in the uk. this, an agreement built on co—operation and consensus, according to scotland's first minister, and one which she said gives momentum to calls for another referendum. i am determined that there will be an independence referendum in this parliament. i said in the election this agreement reiterates that. it's not about making it more likely

james clayton, bbc news, les anglais.r has approved the world's first dna vaccine against covid—i9 for emergency use. the three—dose zycov—d vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study. previous dna vaccines have worked well in animals but not humans. vaccine makers cadila healthcare say they're planning to manufacture up to 120 million doses of india's second home—grown vaccine every year. dr syra madad is senior director of the system—wide special pathogens programme for new york city health & hospitals — and also principal investigator at the city's centre for global healthcare preparedness. she explained how the dna vaccine works. the way that it works is that it uses a dna plasmid which basically has a small amount of genomic information of the spike protein, and it enters the cells, and as the nucleus and essentially it is transcribing to an mrna molecule, the mrna molecule leaves the nucleus —— nucleus and is translated into the spike protein and that is what elic

james clayton, bbc news, les anglais. the headlines on bbc news...ulfor talks about establishing a new government. thousands continue to crowd the perimeter at kabul airport, desparate to escape the taliban. greece has erected a 40km fence on its border with turkey amid wanings of many afghan civilians fleeing their country. australian police have clashed with thousands of people protesting against covid lockdowns in melbourne and sydney. it comes as a record number of covid cases were recorded in new south wales — the home of the country's biggest city, sydney. here's the state health minister. we are in a very serious situation here in new south wales. with this particular variant of the virus. and if you can get either one of the divine night vaccines that have been made available, just go and get it. just go and get it. if you fit within the categories, go and get the vaccine. the bbc�*s phil mercer is in sydney. tell us more about what is going on. there was chaos and violence right in the heart of australia's second biggest city, melbourne, for

james clayton, bbc news, les anglais.of the north—eastern united states as tropical storm henri continues to strengthen. it's expected to hit portions of long island and connecticut on sunday. it would be the first hurrricane to hit the region for 30 years. the headlines on bbc news. senior taliban figures — including the group's co—founder, mullah baradar — arrive in kabulfor talks about establishing a new government. thousands continue to crowd the perimeter at kabul airport, desparate to escape the taliban. greece has erected a aokm fence on its border with turkey amid wanings of many afghan civillians fleeing their country australian police have clashed with thousands of people protesting against covid lockdowns in melbourne and sydney. it comes as a record number of covid cases were recorded in new south wales — the home of the country's biggest city, sydney. here's the state health minister. we are in a very serious situation here in new south wales with this particular variant of the virus. and if you can get eithe

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