good morning. we begin this hour with a look at one of the most influential and controversial figures in the world today, elon musk. it was just over a year ago the spacex and tesla ceo completed his acquisition of twitter. since then, he s had no shortage of battles, we spoke about it with walter isaacson, his biographer. talk about writing at elon musk during a volatile time of his life publicly. talk about the challenges and awards as an author you got out of that. first of all, he has been volatile his whole life. as a kid, 2018, he s going just as crazy at times as you see him in the past couple of years. when i started this book, when we first started talking about it, he was the guy bringing us into electric vehicles and the only person who could send people into orbit in the u.s. i thought, good technology story. then a year into my reporting, he is secretly buying up twitter, going to hawaii in a two- to three-night binge and deciding to take it over. it became a
uber drivers in the uk will be classed as workers, not self employed, with big implications for global employment rights. and the 99 year old duke of edinburgh returns home to windsor, after a month in hospital he s said to be in good spirits. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, following concerns about possible side effects. france, germany, spain and italy have all said they re awaiting the conclusions of an investigation by the european medicines agency, which are due on thursday. but the agency has already said today there s no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid. germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab.
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. there is a crisis on america s southern border a surge of unaccompanied children trying to get into america from mexico. from mid february to mid march, us border agents picked up some 400 children every day. now they are stuck in detention facilities, in scenes we remember all too well from just a few years ago. the reason for the dramatic increase in numbers is a change of policy. under president biden kids with no guardians are allowed to stay in america while their claims are being processed. some of the children grew up in mexico, many of them were simply passing through. they began theirjournies in places like honduras, el salvador and guatemala. joining me now for more is the bbc s central america correspondent will grant. thanks very much forjoining me. thousands of children have turned up in america crossing that border. who are they? in america crossing that border. who are the ? ~ , ., , in am
of biblical texts dating almost from the time of christ. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine following concerns about possible side effects. france, germany, spain and italy have all said they re awaiting the conclusions of an investigation by the european medicines agency which are due on thursday. but the agency has already said today there s no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid. germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab. why? the concern is blood clots. astrazeneca