guerin reports from istanbul. this is one of the oldest state hospitals in istanbul, and here alone, they have given our 23,000 doses of the vaccine. across the country, around 8 million have had both jabs, out of a population of around 83 million, so about 10% of the population here is fully vaccinated. the door is open here at eight in the morning and we have seen a stream of people arriving, and you can now get a vaccination until midnight, the hours have been extended because the numbers coming forward fell after ramadan began, so you can come here in the evening after breaking the fast and get your vaccination. i'm with 72—year—old sevim. you have just had your vaccination, how are you feeling? how has covid changed your life in the last year? what has the last year been like for you? i am with an associate professor at the hospital. there are two vaccines available, the chinese sinovac and pfizer biontech. trials in brazil said it was only about 50% effective. are people expressing a lot of concern about

our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has more from istanbul. a solemn ceremony of remembrance in the armenian capital of yerevan. people here see the past as a burning injustice. more than a century on, it has now been recognised by america as a genocide. president biden, seen here today leaving the white house, has taken a historic step, a reckoning with history, and has given his verdict. the statement issued by the white house is damning. the president refers to the ottoman era armenian genocide and says... these painful images from 1915 show some of the horrors. skulls on public display. armenians hanging in full view. for decades, turkey has denied this was a genocide and said innocent turks died too in the turmoil of war. it has reacted angrily to president biden�*s move. i reached the senior adviser to the turkish leader, who said president erdogan had tried to talk him out of it and there would be consequences. we could not dissuade him. it's very sad because once the cat is out of the bag, you can't put it back in. we feel that this

0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. the nhs in england has started offering covid vaccinations to people aged over a5. but as the vaccination programme continues to make progress there is a warning from the prime minister — vaccinations alone won't stop further infections or even deaths and he's urging caution in how we enjoy our new—found lockdown freedoms. and today public health england have ordered surge testing in two london boroughs after discovering a new outbreak of the south african variant of covid—i9. here's our health editor, hugh pym. are you feeling well today? yeah, i'm feeling fine... a firstjab with a new vaccine — this one, supplied by the us company moderna, made available in england for the first time today, following wales and scotland last week. it's a timely arrival, as supplies of astrazeneca doses have slowed for a few weeks. thank you, i didn't feel anything! and all this as some under 50 were able to sign up for vaccinations. caroline and mark, aged a8, came in this morning, having onl

turkey has always strongly denied that the deaths were systematically orchestrated. 0rla guerin reports from istanbul. it contains images you may find upsetting. a solemn ceremony of remembrance in the armenian capital, yerevan. people here see the past as a burning injustice. more than a century on, it has now been recognised by america as a genocide. president biden, seen here leaving the white house, has taken a historic step, a reckoning with history, and has given his verdict. the statement issued by the white house is damning. the president refers to the 0ttoman—era armenian genocide and says... these painful images from 1915 show some of the horrors. skulls on public display. armenians hanging in full view. for decades, turkey has denied this was a genocide and said innocent turks died, too, in the turmoil of war. it has reacted angrily to president biden�*s move. i reached a senior adviser to the turkish leader, who said president erdogan had tried to talk him out of it and there would be consequences. we could not dissuade him. it's very sad because once the cat is out of t

guerin, bbc news, istanbul. an indonesian submarine which has been missing since wednesday with 53 crew members on board has sunk — the country's navy has confirmed. officials say debris from the vessel has been found. it follows an extensive search of an area north of bali, where the vessel disappeared. here's our correspondent richard galpin. this submarine, the nanggala 402, disappeared four days ago. on board, 53 crew members taking part in a torpedo exercise off the coast of bali. contact was lost after the crew asked for permission to dive. a major operation to find the stricken submarine was launched, with malaysian and australian ships amongst those helping. today, it became clear all was lost. the indonesian naval chief, yudo margono, told a news conference the submarine had sunk 850 metres down from the surface. but the hull could only withstand the pressure at 500 metres. as a result, he said, the hull cracked. he also announced that some items from the stricken submarine had been recovered, includi

guerin, bbc news, istanbul. the former us ambassador to turkey, jamesjeffrey, told me why this move from president biden has caused such a strong reaction on the turkish side. many of us who are concerned about the important turkish—american relationship of course cautioned against it but in the end, biden had made this commitment to his voters and he carried it out. it also has a lot of support in congress and we have to remember that many, many countries including many in western europe and russia have done this already but the us plays a special role in turkey's national security, so it has a bigger sting than anybody else to be honest. the turks feel sensitive about this not because they deny what happened to the armenians in 1915 but the use of the term "genocide", they see this associated only with nazi crimes and it's an effort to make turkey the "other" in the west even though it's a nato member. so that's the sensitivity to turks including erdogan, it's much bigger than erdogan. israel's prime ministe

guerin reports from istanbul. this is one of the oldest state hospitals in istanbul, and here alone, they have given our 23,000 doses of the vaccine. across the country, around 8 million have had both jabs out of a population of around 83 million, so about 10% of the population here is fully vaccinated. the door is open here at a dinner morning and we have seen a stream of people arriving, and you can now get a vaccination until midnight, the hours have been extended because the numbers coming forward fell after ramadan began, so you can come here in the evening after breaking the fast and get your vaccination. i am with 72—year—old sevim. you havejust i am with 72—year—old sevim. you have just had your vaccination, how are you feeling? how has covid changed your life in the last year? what is the last year been like for you? iam i am with an associate professor at the hospital, there are two vaccines available, the chinese and pfizer. trials in brazil said it was only about 50% effective. are people expre

0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. japan is facing intense criticism from its neighbours over plans to release more than a million tons of contaminated water from the stricken fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. courtney bembridge reports. it has been more than a decade since disaster struck at fukushima. during the nuclear meltdown more than 1 fukushima. during the nuclear meltdown more than1 million tons was used to call the reactors, stored in tanks ever since butjapan isjust since but japan is just approved since butjapan isjust approved a plan to slowly release it into the ocean. it says the water will be treated and deleted the radiation levels are below those that for drinking water but it has not stopped protest like this in fukushima. translation: ,, . ., . , ., , translation: such a decision is completely _ translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! - translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! i - translation: such a decision is completely irresponsible! i do i completely irres

0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. the white policewoman who fatally shot a 20—year— old black man near minneapolis on sunday has resigned from the force, as has the police chief of brooklyn center, the town where it happened. the town's mayor has said he hoped the resignations of kim potter and tim gannon would bring some calm to the community where daunte wright was killed during a struggle with police after a traffic stop. the killing has sparked two nights of unrest. from minneapolis — nick byrant sent this report and a warning that it contains some distressing images. it's a uniquely american story we've told many times before. yet another police station besieged by yet another protest after yet another shooting of an unarmed african—american. there was fury on the streets of brooklyn center last night. america's latest racial flashpointjust ten miles away from where the trial is taking place of the white police officer accused of murdering george floyd. chanting: hands up, don't shoot! it began as a boist