A 22 year old american who had the worlds first face and hands transplant talks about his surgery, saying he feels grateful for a Second Chance at life. And hundreds of players and officials at the Australian Open Tennis Championship go into isolation after a worker at one of the events hotels tests positive for the coronavirus. Event s hotels. A warm welcome to the programme. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. There s been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process, and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day , protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country s largest city. Our reporter Nyein Chan Aye filed this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration
annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
Sound man is accused of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill a former top intelligence official and that all suit filed in the u. S. And americas powerful National Rifle Association Gun lobby group is being sued and threatened with disillusion for alleged financial mismanagement. Are new warnings that the sports news is the biggest all star to donald trump the president says he tones off what he sees social justice protest before but says he couldnt care less who hear from him. Now french president emmanuel background has called for a new political order and lebanon while announcing measures to help beirut recover from its massive port explosion has been meeting with lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from that blast on tuesday mccrone said health work as a. It meant an International Aid will all be sent to the country over the coming days now in addition to announcing a global Fund Raising Conference he also said urgent reforms and levanon on needed just. What i
Parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president s grip on power. Remembering the victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb which killed a 140000 people. To the sport go 1st major coronavirus pandemic gets on the word as the worlds greatest players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. French president emanuel macron has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital hes visited the harbourside blast zone where angry crowds have vented their anger the government told them that french aid would not go to corrupt hands and that hell negotiate a new political pact with lebanese traitors. Its similar to our its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee to be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands. 7 while the explosion on tuesday destroyed the citys port where more t