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researchers warn the world s richest people to radically change their lifestyle to tackle climate change. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. if you re over 45 and in england you can now book your covid jab, as the vaccination programme enters its next phase. everyone over fifty or in a high risk group has now been offered a first dose, according to the government, and ministers say they re on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end ofjuly. it comes as officals race to contain significant new cases of the south african variant in south london, where hundreds of thousands of residents have been asked to come forward for tests. the prime minister has warned infections will rise as the economy reopens, and urged people to continue to be cautious. jim reed reports. another major milestone for the vaccination programme. all over 50s and those in high risk groups in the uk have now been offered that first dose. at this vaccination centre in reading, they will now ....
india, china and south africa along with at least 50 heads of state and government. president putin attended by video link. he can t attend in person because of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. mr putin told the summit they re on course to meet the aspirations of most of the world s people. we also heard from south africa s leader who reflected on his meeting with china s president xijinping. take a listen. president xijinping and i discussed the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine and its significant impact on developing economies in africa and elsewhere. we both agreed on the importance of dialogue and negotiation between the two sides. lupin rahman, manages the emerging markets portfolio at investment firm pimco. she told me what investors are looking for from the brics summit. investors are looking at a more medium term outlook rather than having a near term market impacts but it s important for emerging market investors to recognise ....
to its lowest level in five years. us presidentjoe biden tours the damage and devastation on the hawaiin island of maui, after the government response to the wildfires is criticised. and the number of pieces of luggage lost, delayed or damaged by the airline industry rises to its highest level in a decade. and coming up on bbc news: where next for mason greenwood, after he and manchester united decided his future lies away from old trafford? good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. mri scans could be used to better detect prostate cancer in men, according to a new study. the scans which take ten minutes proved far more accurate at diagnosing cancer than the blood tests which are currently used to check for the disease. prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. in the uk, one in eight will be diagnosed in their lifetime. if you re over 50, or you re black, or your dad or brother has had it, you re at even higher risk. currently, men over 50 can reque ....
hello, wlecome to the programne, i m frankie mccamley. let s start with the fast moving developments in thailand. the parliament in bangkok has voted for the candidate of the pheu thai party, srettha thavisin, to be the next prime minister. mr srettha won a majority of votes in a joint session of the elected lower house and unelected senate. he heads a coalition which includes conservative, military aligned parties which have previously opposed pheu thai. the vote coincided with the return from 15 year exile of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. he s the founder and main funder of pheu thai. hours after his return he was taken to prison for corruption. mr thaksin has long argued that the charges levelled against him were politically motivated. it s widely believed that a deal has been agreed that will allow mr thaksin to serve only a short portion of his eight year sentence. straight to bangkok. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. jonathan, ....
the where a rescue operation interior minister says all people the interior minister says all eight people that were trapped on a broken cable car stranded hundreds of metres above a river bread have now been rescued. ground forces have been rescued. ground forces have been managing the operation using a zip line after the use of helicopters had to be called off after nightfall due to strong winds. these images show you the first rescue, how that unfolded, you can see the helicopter with a rope connected to it, a person is moved out of the cable car before being carried away dangling there from the helicopter, and there you can see a second child was rescued by zip wire, the child has been named locally as sammy, you can see him discerning the cable car in the dark, it must ve been so extraordinarily scary for all those children and adults, and he makes a safe dissent to the sound and is greeted warmly by the rescuers below. the group became stuck in the cable car when ....