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The COVID-19 vaccine-maker Pfizer/ BioNTech has begun the process of applying for full approval from US drug regulators.
It’s the first COVID-19 vaccine to be assessed for full- not just emergency- endorsement from the US Food and Drug Administration.
The news comes as Pfizer celebrates two studies showing its vaccine is highly effective against new variants.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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Most adults in the UK under the age of 40 will now be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, due to a link with rare blood clots.
Whilst the risk of clots is extremely low, it is found to be slightly higher amongst younger age groups.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a crucial by-election in the north of England.
Its candidate recorded a convincing victory in Hartlepool, a seat that had been held by Labour since the constituency was formed nearly 50 years ago.
It's a huge blow to Labour's Sir Keir Starmer in his first election test since taking over as leader.
The vote was held as millions of ballots were also cast for the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments, as well as councils and mayoralties across England, with results expected over the coming days.
Our UK Correspondent Benji Hyer reports.
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Following yesterdays National Security Committee meeting, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that repatriation flights out of India to Australia will begin on May 15.
Travel into Australia from covid ravaged India was halted last week in a controversial move by the government that threatened a possible jail sentence for anyone that failed to observe the ban.
Shaun Bindley reports
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The Hong Kong government is facing pressure to relax its quarantine rules for close contacts of COVID-19 patients. Currently all residents of buildings in which a COVID variant infection is found, must undergo three weeks of quarantine at a government facility. But thousands of people have signed petitions calling for the rules to be eased.
Richard Kimber reports.
A protest that saw dozens of French fishing vessels descend on the island of Jersey has come to an end. French fishermen, in 60 boats, had convened at the island, a dependency of the United Kingdom just off the French coast, to express their fury at new fishing rules, introduced under the Brexit deal signed last year. Both the UK and France sent military ships to monitor the protest. From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Around 60 French fishermen descended on Jersey's port to dispute new fishing laws in the English Channel.
The protesting is now over, as UK Correspondent Olly Barratt reports.
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The EU Commission says the UK has imposed 'additional conditions' and in doing so has breached the post-Brexit trade deal.
UK Correspondent Olly Barratt has this.
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