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US President Joe Biden has signed 10 executive orders to tackle the Covid-19 crisis which has killed more than 400,000 Americans.
He described it as a "war-time undertaking" as Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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America's foremost infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci on Thursday addressed the World Health Organisation in his first appearance with the world body as a leading member of US President Joe Biden's coronavirus response team.
His appearance with the W-H-O cements the Biden administration's move to reverse former president Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from it.
UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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Officials in the state of California say vaccinating everyone over the age of 65 could stretch into June unless the federal government increases shipments.
Several counties in the state say they are already running out of supplies.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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US President Joe Biden is to sign 10 executive orders to tackle the Covid-19 crisis on Thursday.
More than 406,000 Americans have died so far according to Johns Hopkins University.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Thousands of people in northern England and Wales have been evacuated from their homes due to flooding from Storm Christoph.
'Severe danger to life' warnings remain in place, as heavy snow also hits the region.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Ghana's Supreme Court has set Tuesday, January 26 to hear an election petition filed by the opposition political party, National Democratic Congress. The presidential candidate of the opposition party, John Mahama wants the court to overturn the EC's results of the 2020 presidential polls, which declared incumbent Nana Akufo Addo as winner.
Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Accra.
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A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and the EU over the status of the bloc's ambassador in London.
The UK is refusing to grant the ambassador the same diplomatic status as other envoys in the British capital.
Chris Jones has more in London
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Britain said on Wednesday it was helping Kenya prepare to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, as African nations race to ensure their populations are inoculated.
Daniel Kijo reports.
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