Executive of amazon. And the hero who inspired a nation Queen Elizabeth leads the tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100. We look at his legacy. A very warm welcome to the programme. Scientists from the World Health Organization have visited a Virology Institute in the chinese city of wuhan which some us officials have said may have been the source of the coronavirus global pandemic. Subsequent checks indicated that none of the Gene Sequences of covid 19 match the viruses held by the institute. Live now to wuhan, and our correspondent, Stephen Mcdonnell. Tell us about this visit and what has been going on . 50. What has been going on . So, this visit to what has been going on . So, this visit to the what has been going on . Srr, this visit to the Wuhan Institute of virology is probably the most contentious part of the who to china because the previous us government, the Trump Administration had said that perhaps the coronavirus had escaped from a lab inside this facility.
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
blue 0rigin, the space company owned by the amazon bossjeff bezos, is suing the us government over what it calls an unfair decision by nasa to award a big moon exploration contract to its competitor, spacex. the multi billion contract is for building systems to enable human landings on the moon. stay with us on bbc news still to come: after 20 years of conflict in afghanistan, a question being asked in the american heartland did their soldiers die in vain? the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control.
the fully vaccinated can go to nightclubs and mass events. a report by mps says former pm david cameron lacked judgement in the way he lobbied the government over the now collapsed firm greensill capital. more than 400 migrants crossed the english channel to the uk yesterday, a record number. the home office says it s acting to tackle the issue. and the world s richest man, amazon bossjeff bezos, prepares to blast off to the edge of space. good morning. the prime minister s former chief adviser dominic cummings has launched a fresh attack on borisjohnson over his handling of the pandemic. speaking to the bbc in his first broadcast interview since leaving number ten at the end of last year,
you re watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories. kamala harris has appealed to guatemalans not to come to the united states, saying the trip is extremely dangerous and only benefits people smugglers countless questions, no firm answer. the world wants to know where covid 19 came from. we ll speak to the former us security official who wants china to be more forthcoming. also in the programme. amazon bossjeff bezos says he and his brother will fly into space next month. the third seat is up for grabs, if you ve got $3 million handy. plus, we ll speak to the couple who got more than they bargained for, after buying the wrong