peter bowes joins us now from los angeles. ock is saying it is a big step towards normalcy, normality. isuppose that imagining people were not crying out for this particularly. crying out for this articularl . ~ ~ particularly. well, ithink some parents _ particularly. well, ithink some parents have - particularly. well, ithink some parents have been| particularly. well, i think- some parents have been crying out for it. think there has been a certain amount of frustration where mum and dad have had both shots of the vaccine but the children who hadn't and it therefore made them a little more nervous about venturing out, children going to school, entering summer school and outdoor activities, where now at least if the children are in this age group you can have the entire family potentially vaccinated, it makes people feel a little more easy about the situation. in terms of the overall numbers, perhaps it won't make a huge difference percentagewise, there are about 17 million young americans in this 12-15 17 million young ameri

peter bowes reporting from los angeles.regional district of madrid in spain has won a resounding victory after a bitter election battle. isabel diaz ayuso of the popular party defied the socialist—led central government by keeping madrid's bars and shops open throughout the pandemic. her party fell short of a majority and will need the support of the far—right vox party. socialist suffered as were the result in the leader iglesias, deputy prime minister of coalition government, says he's leaving politics altogether. the country's president could now ask another political leader to assemble a coalition. for the fifth time in just two years. the colombian president, ivan duque, has called for the establishment of a citizen's forum to discuss the country's problems as protesters take i to the streets for a ninth day. mr duque said he wanted political movements, the business community and social groups to begin a dialogue to end the protests that have claimed at least 19 lives in the last week. questions over holidays remain fo

our thanks to peter bowes there.dly this year as a result of increasing demand for its coronavirus vaccine. it comes amid a debate about whether drug companies should be forced to abandon intellectual property rights to covid—19 vaccines to allow more countries to manufacture doses. courtney bembridge has the details. six months into the global vaccine rollout and only 0.3% of doses of have gone to people in low—income countries. in india, where coronavirus infections are spiralling out of control, less than 10% of the population has had theirfirstjab. it doesn't make moral sense for the majority of people to be waiting in line, dying, waiting for the vaccine, but worse still, new variants keep coming, the longer the virus remains anywhere in the world, the more variants that come that are resistant to the technology that exists, and we are back to where we were. the people's vaccine is a campaign to remove patent restrictions on covid vaccines and medicines to allow more countries to manufacture more doses. the worl

that was peter bowes.yar mir is based at the centre for international security at stanford university. he says the us decision to pull out more slowly has ramifications for the afghan government. the war is not likely to end. there are three major challenges. the first is the question on whether the taliban will attack us forces as they pull out. earlier today, the taliban issued a statement saying that they are not bound by any agreement any more now that the deadline has passed. however, they remain in consultation on whether to do that. the us military has proactively attacked some taliban ammunition dumps in the south of the country, in a bid to deter taliban violence. the second key challenge is the future of the security forces. us military is worried that these forces may not be able to withstand the challenge of the taliban, that they might collapse. multiple us senior officials have said that. and then the final concern is about the future of jihadists. al-qaeda is degraded, but it still has a pre

with me is our correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles. atement from the president. 0n the other hand, he has pretty much hinted he was heading this way, and there are those who were involved in there are those who were involved in the trump administration who basically inherited a vaccine programme that was heading that level after a slow start.— level after a slow start. yeah, it does depend — level after a slow start. yeah, it does depend on _ level after a slow start. yeah, it does depend on your— level after a slow start. yeah, it does depend on your political. does depend on your political viewpoint, how you view the progress of the covid—19 vaccine roll—out over the last few months. especially since mr bite entered the white house, but i think by most people because my account it has gone really well —— mr biden —— most people's accounts. he quite easily got to his deadlines. some credits say he wouldn't set the debar low. it does seem to be going well. i think the most interesting thing is the focus on young americans aged between 1

peter bowes, bbc news los angeles.020 national census — showing population growth has slowed to its lowest rate since the one—child policy was enforced in the 1970s. the total population is now 1.41 billion people. that's a 5.38% increase on the last time a census was held in 2010. this means the population growth rate has slowed by nearly 0.5% let's head to shanghai and speak to our correspondent robin brant. does this mean the demographic timebomb has stopped sticking or not? h0 timebomb has stopped sticking or not? ., ., , �* timebomb has stopped sticking ornot? ., ., , �* ., , or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. or not? no it doesn't. it goes on- the _ or not? no it doesn't. it goes on- the big — or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. the big picture _ or not? no it doesn't. it goes on. the big picture here - on. the big picture here is the world's most populous country according to official government figures remains the world's most populous country. there was a small increase in the number of children under 14. so lo

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.people time to reflect on their lives — without distractions. volunteers will be invited to spend an hour alone in a glass—fronted box — perched hundreds of feet above the city. here's our arts correspondent, david sillito. it's been a really tough year for a lot of people. i'm really looking forward to it as being, really, a new beginning. we're in hull, or maybe more accurately, we're looking over hull. this is kate, one of the first visitors to a new arrival in the city. the hull vigil. wow. wow, it looks so blue. this is not how i expected it at all. i thought i was going to be terrified. she and more than 700 others will stand here for an hour at a time over the next 365 days, and gaze over the city. and think. this is an artwork about what's on our minds. my year has been very focused around two members of my family, really. my daughter, who is disabled, my elder daughter. and my dad, who's 83 and has a blood cancer. so it has been one of fear, really. you know, protecting them,

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. films helped confirm the country as a holiday destination for millions of people. but the new zealand tourism industry took a huge hit when the country shut its borders in march 2020. now the country is slowly opening up again — as shaimaa khalil reports. it is the kind of high octane adventure in new zealand is famous for. a mix of dramatic scenery, adrenaline rush, and a whole lot of cold water. it is fairly busy here today because of school holidays, which is a welcome change, but still nothing like it was before covid—19 hit. pre—pandemic, operators ran eight boat rides and our. eight boat rides an hour. this past year, it was down to only one. in this tourist town, some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. others got by relying on locals. we went from a business that was very accustomed to taking 1200 people a day, having a lot of people on the ground to do that, to suddenly having to really enjoy the fact that we might have 200. before the pa

our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports.ver is most famous and highest achieving couples in the world. wealthy beyond imagination. illand the world. wealthy beyond imagination. ill and melinda gates met at microsoft where they are best known as a power couple for the work of their charitable foundation. the news that they are planning to separate came out of the blue. they both tweeted a statement. the couple will continue to work together at their foundation but they say they no longer believe they can grow together as a couple in this next phase of their lives. the bill and melinda gates foundation has had a huge impact on the world of fine —— philanthropy with billions spent fighting causes like infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations in children. , , encouraging vaccinations in children. , ~ ., children. this is a kind of application _ children. this is a kind of application of _ children. this is a kind of application of that - children. this is a kind of| application of that general state of affairs in which t

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. denies that its practices are unfair. leah nylen is the anti—trust reporter at politico, who's been following the trial from oakland in california. she explained its significance epic is really bringing claims that get to the root of apple's entire business model. they are challenging apple“s ability to regulate its app store, one of its biggest revenue centres. what they really want is they want to reduce the commission is that developers have to pay. they right now... apple charges all developers of digital goods a 30% commission. epic would like that to be lower. they also would like to offer apps within the app store, like other app stores, essentially, within apple“s app store. so you could go to epic“s app store and download games from there instead of from apple, and that would sort of completely upend apple“s business model. that's what epic wants, if it wins, but it is sort of a legal tricky area here in the us. it's something that they call the sort of very frontiers of comp

our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes has this update.s has come as a shock to a lot of people, certainly that one of the world's wealthiest couples, best—known couples in the charity world now and, of course, bill gates with microsoft which he founded in 1975, that they should be going their separate ways. significant i think from the statement you read a little passage from that they will continue to work together. they have put a lot of effort into their relationship, and decided to go their separate ways as a couple because they do not believe, just paraphrasing, that they have a future together, at least in a romantic sense. but they will continue that charitable work which really has been the emphasis for both of them since they started in the year 2000, and the charitable foundation benefiting hugely from the financial success of microsoft and the sums of money in stocks that bill gates transferred into the foundation. together, they are worth billions of dollars. clearly we are not privy to any financial relationship they have, an

delay to their departure, until september, has angered the taliban. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowesvelopments. i think there are mixed feelings across this country. of course, this is america's longest war. we've heard president biden refer to it as the forever war, we heard president trump talking about endless war. they both had the goal of bringing all us forces back home but with a different timetable. in fact, today, the 1st of may, was to have been the deadline set by the trump administration, and this is why the taliban is seemingly so angry that the united states has apparently broken that agreement and why, over the next few months, with the new deadline of september 11, there will initially be an increase in the number of forces, a tightening security, with the fear of reprisal attacks. but i think across the country, there is some ambivalence towards afghanistan. it's interesting looking at surveys, public opinion polls, over the 20 years about people's opinions in this country towards the us presence in afghanistan. it has shifted and moved. initially, there was strong s

peter bowes, who's in los angeles.at ambition by independence day is well within reach. if you look at the pace of the rollout, and i think the big concern at the moment is just extending the age groups that receive the vaccine. he talked about children, especially those aged between 12 and 15. pending authorisation by the food and drug administration, expected at the beginning of next week, that age group of young teens should be eligible by next week to get the vaccine and that is significant, a group of about 17,000,000 young people. it's been causing some concern around the country that in fact a number of new infections from children has been increasing to about 22.5 per cent. at least in those states that records those new cases according to the age group. up from 3% at the same time last year. with children travelling more during the summer and back at school, there is a real impetus to get them vaccinated. a number of incentives like free drop—in centres. so they are trying to make it easier for young so they a

north america correspondent peter bowes joins us now from los angeles.for the fda to say to 12 to 15—year—olds and to the parents of those kids they should go and get theirjab? i of those kids they should go and get theirjab?_ and get their “ab? i think that's and get theirjab? i think that's exactly _ and get theirjab? i think that's exactly the - and get theirjab? i think that's exactly the point. | and get theirjab? i think i that's exactly the point. the parents of those children have been really clamouring for that, and as we have just heard the evaluation is that the vaccine is safe for 12 to 15—year—olds in the frustration i think millions of families around the country is that mum and dad up at the vaccine to the children have not. the many family activities. it means it will be easier to continue to reopen schools in the summer months are coming, summer schools, outdoor activities. and it just schools, outdoor activities. and itjust signals once again that a step towards that sense of normal activity. and a move towards, well we are talking abou

our north america correspondent, peter bowes, told us more about republican party infighting over lizng that within the republican party? members facing some would say quite a simple choice. either you back donald trump and everything he stood for and continues to stand for with a very powerful voice that he has or you turn your back on donald trump and move forward. and move forward and talk about the policies that the republicans stand for, policies that may well be different of course to those ofjoe biden as they look ahead to the next election cycle at the end of next year. in the meantime, there's going to be a lot of rancour, a lot of disagreements and i think a lot of bad taste between republicans is they really try to resolve this. they have two of course replace liz cheney. she, as we heard her tonight are pledging to go on and on and on in terms of her campaign to keep donald trump out of the white house should he decide to stand again. what's striking is that although those voices may be minority voices in terms of the republican family, as it were on capitol hill and among

peter bowes is in los angeles. over these days, on social media. it marriage is over these days, on social media.— marriage is over these days, on social media. it seems to be, yes, ou're social media. it seems to be, yes, you're absolutely _ social media. it seems to be, yes, you're absolutely right. _ social media. it seems to be, yes, you're absolutely right. i - social media. it seems to be, yes, you're absolutely right. i think - you're absolutely right. i think this has come as a shock to a lot of people, certainly one of the world's wealthiest couples, best known couples in the charity world and bill gates with microsoft, which he founded in 1975. they should be going their separate ways. they will continue to work together. they say they put a lot of effort into their relationship. they decided to go separate ways as a couple because they do not believe, just paraphrasing, that they have a future together, at least in a romantic sense, but they will continue that charitable work which really has been the em

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our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes, says this news has come as quite the shock to many. this is come as a shock to a lot of people, certainly that one of the world's wealthiest couples, best—known couples in the charity world now and of course bill gates with microsoft that he founded in 1975, they should be going their separate ways, significant from the statement you read a little passage from that they will continue to work together. they have put a lot of effort into their relationship, and decided to go separate ways as a couple because they do not believe, just paraphrasing, but they have a future together, at least in a romantic sense. but they will continue that charitable work which really has been the emphasis for both of them since they started in the year 2000, and the charitable foundation benefiting hugely from the financial success of microsoft and the sums of money in stocks the bill gates transferred into the bill gates transferred into the foundation. together they are worth billions of dollars. we are not ready to any financial relationship they have,

our north america correspondent, peter bowes, is following developments.untry, of course. this is america's longest war. we have heard presidentjoe biden refer to it as the forever war. we have heard donald trump talk about endless walls. —— wars. they both have the goal of bringing all us poses home but at different times. the1 all us poses home but at different times. the 1 may was to have been the deadline set by donald trump's administration. this is why the taliban, seemingly so angry that the united states has broken that agreement, and why over the next few months with the new deadline of september 11, they will initially be an increase in the number of forces and tightening security with the fear of reprisal attacks. i think across the country there is some ambivalence towards afghanistan. it is interesting looking at surveys, public opinion polls, over the 20 years, about people's opinions in this country towards us presence in afghanistan. moved. initially there was strong support. even now the deep wound of the attacks of 9/11 is very much part

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.now from los angeles. some people will regard this as gossip, almost like a west coast gossip, almost like a west coast gossip story, but it is a significant couple with significant implications. significant couple with significant implications-_ implications. yes, and it is interesting _ implications. yes, and it is interesting that _ implications. yes, and it is interesting that people - implications. yes, and it is. interesting that people here implications. yes, and it is- interesting that people here as far as i can tell are not treating it in as i can tell are not treating it in a gossipy way. there is a huge amount of respect for this couple not only for what they have achieved but what they are dealing with, this personal situation. acknowledging they have had problems and will go their separate ways but pivoting to their separate ways but pivoting to the future of their foundation. this colossal organisation that started in 2000. it has spent billions around the world on globa

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes. a powerfulforce in the republican party. on balance liz cheney represents a minority view. yes. it really does seem to be like open warfare doesn't it be doing that within the republican party? members facing some would say quite a simple choice. either you back donald trump and everything he stood for and continues to stand for with a very powerful voice that he has or you turn your back on donald trump and move forward. and move forward and move forward. and move forward and talk about the policies that the republicans stand for, policies that may well be different of course to those ofjoe biden as they look ahead to the next election cycle at the end of next year. in the meantime, there's going to be a lot of rancour, a lot of disagreements and i think a lot of bad taste between republicans is they really try to resolve this. they have two of course replace liz cheney. she as we heard her tonight are pledging to go on and on and on in terms of her campaign to keep donald trump out

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.e i am at home and we are desperate to get back to work. please keep your comments coming into us. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. yesterday it was pretty wet and windy and today we are looking at another cool day ahead and also won with sunshine, a lot of cloud and showers. all courtesy of the theory of low pressure pushing into the near continent, still tightly packed isobars, coming from the north—west which means it will feel cool forever you are. so as well as the wind we have a lot of showers, some of those through the day will be heavy and thundery with pale, wintry on the mountain tops in scotland, some of them urging especially a north—west england, the midlands, east anglia. these black circles represent the strength of the wind, as you see, although not quite as windy as it was yesterday, it still is going to be a noticeably windy day and temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in the north, to 13 or 14 in the south, so still below average for th

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.smaller every year. the food availability on the island is highly fluctuating and insufficient, so it is justifying in supporting the need for the translocation of the giraffe to the mainland. he speaks his own language. the team has been using satellite images to plan the move. the digital africa platform contains data that until recently was only available to a handful of people. now the team can see changes in water levels and vegetation cover in the region going back several decades. it�*s a new tool for conservationists responding to africa�*s increasingly unpredictable weather. these erratic patterns means that we have to deploy real—time data and information to support conservation efforts both by citizens and governments to ensure that they plan effectively and try to mitigate the devastating impacts of these climatic changes. on the mainland, the barge must be carefully brought to the shore. the rest of the herd have already made this perilous journey and they are waiting for

peter doocy is at the white house as the president biden bows to pressure and quadrupled refugee cap.00 per year that number is not going to be reached this year. and he made an announcement where he said in part this erases the historically low numbers set by the previous administration of 15,000 which did not reflect america's values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees. biden is blaming trump for the low number but initially resisted raising that cap himself. and he had progressives all over him last month. alexandria ocasio-cortez said it was completely and utterly unacceptable of biden at the time. jayapal of washington says president biden has broken his promise to restore our humanity and senator dick durbin said "say it ain't so president joe." we are well passed president biden's 100 days in office and the dhs secretary mayorkas saying they still need more time to rebuild the immigration system. >> the president has been committed to the refugee program and to rebuilding it. we had to start a humanitarian process while we rebuilt the system in its entirety. we know

yes, peter brought jasper down for us and he is a little television star. >> bill: i want to know where you got the bowm for making that happen. it felt good. >> bill: jasper is looking great, too. before we go want to share this with you. you are on the boat. >> dana: i would be terrified. >> bill: listen and watch here, huh? >> dana: this is why i do not go whale watching. look at that. so amazing and i love to see it but i'm terrified. how does the whale know not to knock the boat out of the water? sometimes it doesn't. >> dana: i always find an example where it happens. i would love to see that but on video. >> see you friday. >> dana: that would be tomorrow. here is harris with "the faulkner focus". >> harris: far left democrats have unleashed their anger. president bide to the israel/hamas battle. i'm harris faulkner. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says an emphatic know to president biden's call for de-escalation. netanyahu says the operation will, in fact, continue. quote, unquote, until its objective is achieved and