least 12 people in the country it's not clear what sparked the series of blasts in the building in tamil nadu state but 26 others have been injured the factory is in a district known as india's firecracker capital its business is of course safety records in the past the u.k.'s economy has recorded its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the coronavirus its g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent last year it's the largest decline among g 7 countries but it did grow one percent at the end of the which means person prevented another recession. and more than 14000000 britons have now received at least one dose of a crime virus vaccine countries an occupation program has been seen as a relative success story but some communities a still has a 10 about guessing the chap he's barker explains from london. there's something wrong with britain's baxi rollouts the country's way ahead of the rest of europe but vaccine has didn't see could derail government plans to give every adult in the country a dose by september. the hesitancy is down racial lines in a country w

people have died in a fireworks factory explosion in india fashion 7 people have been injured and tamil nadu state after a series of explosions triggered a blaze in a factory it's unclear what exactly caused the accident. how countries across east asia marking the lunar new year this time it's the year of the ox in taiwan thousands for up to temples to pray for luck and prosperity people are required to wear a mask and the government has also cancelled some of ends taiwan has been applauded for its handling of this pandemic meanwhile hundreds of people also went to buddhist temples in china's capital despite the gates they're being locked worshipers raid incense and flowers outside beijing's loman temple before being led away by authorities the temples close to prevent the spread of covert 19 officials in beijing have been discouraging travel in the lead up to this holiday after the discovery of new cases well normally the lunar new year is a time for families to come together and to make travel plans but the pandemic is forcing many people to simply stay at home from abroad reports now from