TODAYS BBC news update

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Vaccination for over-18s to start amid shortages

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India is due to begin vaccinating all adults over the age of 18 amid a deadly second wave of infections.

India's Covid vaccine shortage: The desperate wait gets longer
India started its vaccine drive in January, amid plummeting cases and a fair bit of optimism.

The country's very own Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine maker, was meant to supply most of the jabs as the country headed towards an ambitious target - covering 250 million people by July.

Afghanistan car bomb kills 30 at guesthouse in Logar province

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High school students are among 30 people killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan, local officials say.

The bomb went off late on Friday close to a guesthouse where the students were reportedly staying in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of eastern Logar province.

Dozens of people were hurt. Witnesses described roofs collapsing and victims being trapped under the debris.

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