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after europes medicines authority says the jab is safe and effective. in france, the prime minister announces a new month—long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas, warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation. we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. it was billed as a chance to re—set relations ...

in china begins today — a canadian embassy official claims he has been barred from entering the courtroom. italy, germany and france will re—start the rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine — after europes medicines regulator says the jab is safe and effective. in france — a new month—long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas — the prime minister warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we sta...

a third wave of coronavirus we start with those first top level meetings between the us and china sincejoe biden became us president. in the last half hour, us and chinese officials have begun a second round of talks. its a chance to re—set relations between the worlds two biggest economies. americas top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number yang gee—air chur against the snowy backdrop of alaska. beijing has said the "serious difficulties of the past" should not co...

also on the programme tonight... pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. its understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the "predatory practices" of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery ...

There continues to be less fighting in Syria despite the continued presence of numerous mutually antagonistic groups in many parts of the country So far this year there have only been a few hundred killed each month This is a trend that has been contin

There continues to be less fighting in Syria despite the continued presence of numerous mutually antagonistic groups in many parts of the country So far this year there have only been a few hundred killed each month This is a trend that has been contin

National correspondent jennifer griffin following all of this tonight from the pentagon. >> good evening, bret. the state department pushed back on reports that an international chemical weapons team had reached the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack outside damascus, adding the delay may have given the russians more time to tamper with the site. >> our sources, which we consider to be reliable, indicate that the team has not yet been able to enter douma. that is our understanding of th...

There are no absolutes here. if the united states wanted to lead in this situation they could lead in lots of ways. with greater military strikes, larger sanctions. if they wanted to do less, they could pull out. the problem is the president and this white house has not decided. the united states, especially special operators, are stuck on the ground. theyve taken most of the territory. they have a lot more isis fighting to go but they dont know whats coming next. they dont know if theyre going ...

>> it costrossed a lot of linesr me. when you kill innocent children, innocent babies -- babies, little babies -- with a chemical gas that is so lethal that people were shocked to hear what gas it was that crosses many, many lines. beyond the red line. many, many lines. >> kevin, hes talking about many, many lines. i want to ask you what happened next. i think back on that last attack, the response that you heard from the foreign ministry of iran, for instance, saying that that wasnt verifiable ...

September 2013 wafer the first and the worst chemical weapons attack. 1,400 syrians killed outside damascus. he now has a different position. he said that the images after last tuesdays chemical weapons attack changed his mind on this. do you think it is important though for the president to explain why he had this change of mind because we saw -- most of us who follow the news saw the same types of images back in september 2013, innocent people, many of them children, some of them babies, dying...