rhianna has just awarded the national hero of barbados status.orange dress alongside the country's prime minister, mia mottley. it is 42 minutes past midnight in barbados. 42 minutes into the country's new life as a new republic after it removed queen elizabeth ii as its head of state. 55 years to the day since barbados gained independence in 1966. it has now formally cut ties with the british monarchy and elected its first president, dame sandra mason. you can see prince charles amongst the distinguished guests there alongside also the chief justice sir patterson cheltenham who just a few moments ago conducted the formal swearing—in ceremony stop you are watching bbc news. if you are just stop you are watching bbc news. if you arejustjoining us. we are watching events live in bridgetown barbados which has become the world's newest republic and the new prime minister there, republic and the new prime ministerthere, dame republic and the new prime minister there, dame sandra mason. :, , , : :, mason. your highness, prince of wales. mason. your hig

i was after the formal transition, the government declared singer rhianna and national hero. ah. and now the top stories on al jazeera, as the world waits on definitive information about the latest corona virus variance, conflicting claims are filling the void. global stock market stumbled on tuesday when the head of pharmaceutical company, madonna cas 1000. the effect.

the richardson side did not make any mention of the qu, who richardson, roby meeting while he's in rhianna. and i think it's also possible that the fact that he's been granted access to the country, he may have had to make some promises that this is going to be a purely humanitarian mission. now if you remember, the june test position is that it stepped in because that been electro fraud and it also takes the position, but political opponents to the qu, ot terrorists who are intent on stoking violence in the country. so i think on the political front we shouldn't expect much from this mission. it is a purely humanitarian mission, rural communities in nepal, struggling after a series of major floods. many are still dealing with the loss of their homes and businesses. the government's disaster management team says these kinds of natural disasters may get even worse and future st. petrovic. it may have been a hole where children once played or perhaps a roadside business had helped parents put food on the table. maybe a guest house for passing tourists, whatever it was, it is now and forever

last remaining colonial bones. hours after the formal transition, the government declared singer rhianna and national hero. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, as the world waits on the finish of information about the latest corona virus variant. conflicting claims are filling the void. global stock market stumbled on tuesday when the head of pharmaceutical company, madonna, cast doubt, and the effectiveness of vaccines and fighting the omicron strain. but pfizer says it's confident in its job. and oxford university says, there is no evidence. the vaccines will not work on the variant health experts are urging booster shots. although these mutations suggest a diminution of protection and a degree of immune evasion, you still from experience that we have with delta, can make a reasonable conclusion that you would not eliminate all protection against this particular barrier. and that's the reason why we don't know with that degree of diminution or protection is going to be. but we know that when you boost somebody, you elevate your level of protection very high. uganda has deployed

well, the protest sir didn't fallen out to the attention of some international celebrities pop star rhianna and also environmental act of his credit. tom burg, tweeting their solidarity with the demonstrators, tomba against the dan leave and faced allegations of an international plot against india. after she tweeted a protest toolkit, which included trips to mobilize protests online at the place in indian watson investigations, the creators of that document. last, our indian professor, doctors from cherry, a says big names sometimes have little expertise when they try to make their voices heard. this is nick, i'm on so now because a lot of these are so called wolf go. activists internationally are latching onto such causes in many countries, and they are trying to fuel the fires and spread the perception that you know, governments are going against their own people's will government or have been bought by corporate houses. and they go against the of the marginalized and the poor, and that's how they're presenting these things, which is not true, actually, the farm laws, war, mental empowere

along the way international celebrities have also got involved over this with the likes of singer rhianna and environmental activist gretta tom berg tweeting, solidarity with the demonstrators. police even launched a probe into a protest toolkit chair by tomba to help the farmers. dr. 3 ram charlie, or of the gin del school of international affairs told r t either the foreign activists should not have interfered. this is nick, i'm more concerned now because a lot of these are so called wolf glue activists. internationally are latching onto such causes in many countries, and they are trying to fuel the fires and spread the perception that you know, governments are going against. they don't, people's will double rates or have been bought my corporate houses, and they go against the of the marginalized and the poor. and that's how they're presenting these things, which is not true. actually, the farm laws, one mental empowered the poor and the marginalized bombers. and to give them access to markets and improve their income to and lightly groups. so it's really sad that some of these interna

, and the president— was attended by rhianna, and the president was sworn in.rlier on, i spoke to— president was sworn in. earlier on, i spoke to a — president was sworn in. earlier on, i spoke to a number of people, i have _ ispoke to a number of people, i have been— i spoke to a number of people, i have been doing it all week, and they have — have been doing it all week, and they have been telling me their mixed — they have been telling me their mixed opinions on all of this. some people. _ mixed opinions on all of this. some people. the — mixed opinions on all of this. some people, the majority of people say it is a _ people, the majority of people say it is a great move because it helps us move _ it is a great move because it helps us move on— it is a great move because it helps us move on from our colonial past. some _ us move on from our colonial past. some people have told me that whilst they think— some people have told me that whilst they think it is a step in the right direction, — they think it is a step in the right direction, they would have liked

also present was the singer rhianna, who has been honoured as a national hero.er where i go in the world, i take that pride with me. no matter where we go, the world will know that we're basian to the bone. i'll be a basian �*till the day i die. this is still the only place i've ever called home. barbados is one of the most prosperous and populated carribean islands. and its connection to britain can be traced back to 1627, when settlers first arrived. over 330 years later, in 1966, the queen travelled to bridgetown to mark barbados' independence — but the queen remained as head of state. then in 2020, barbados announced it would sever its british ties. sandra mason, who was then governor general, was unequivocal, saying, "the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind" and that "barbadians want a barbadian head of state". and now it has one. the journalist daniel henry describes what this change means. i think it can be difficult for people who maybe haven't been to barbados before to appreciate how many parts of the island look and feel british — we