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There are reports of protests turning violent and some looting. Now, its time for panorama. Im cashjones. Im 25 and a journalist at the bbc. Growing up, i was taught that working hard was the way to get on. I feel like the majority of us are struggling. But seven months since covid first put us into a national lockdown. Thereve been days where ive been just in my room, just crying. The virus itself doesnt seem to affect the young as badly as others, but the fallout has been devastating. No ones ...

A sharp rise in the number of people admitted to hospital with covid as cities in Northern England call on the government to give them more powers to slow soaring infection rates. Manchester, liverpool, newcastle and leeds say the current restrictions are not working, theyre confusing and some are counterproductive. We are facing the worst of both worlds here. The infection rate is going up, the economy of our city is tanking. Almost 3,000 people with covid are now in hospital in england. Boris ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Doctors in the uk are warning theyre still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. The government must make sure that it delivers the equipment, which it says it has, to the front line. This isnt about plans, this is about what is happening as should be happy now. What is happening as should be happy iiow. What is happening as should be happy now. Going from the busin...

This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im aaron safir. Us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. Researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. In the us, the department ofjustice says it will investigate the use of force by federal officers in portland, sent in as part of President Trumps crack...

Going to sugar coat them. Hospitals are under extreme pressure. And staff are under extreme pressure. The American Music producer, phil spector, who helped define the sound of the � 60s and the creator of the � wall of sound,� has died in prison, aged 81. Mass vaccinations begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow, as the foreign secretary lays out the governments targets for the rollout. The Adult Population, entire Adult Population we want to have been offered a first jab by ...

Weve got to get control of this the warning from the countrys top scientists as britain enters a second wave of coronavirus. Failure to act, they say, could lead to 50,000 cases a day by the middle of next month. You cannot in an epidemic just take your own risk. Unfortunately, you are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else. Its important that we see this as something we have to do collectively. All eyes are now on the politicians and asking them what happens next . Also this lunchtime. The s...

X by; w grieving the loss of grieving. Grieving the loss of life, the loss ofjobs, the loss of opportunities, the loss of normalcy, and yes, the loss of normalcy, and yes, the loss of certainty. And while this virus touches us all, weve got to be honest, it is not an equal opportunity offender. Black, latino and Indigenous People are suffering and dying disproportionately, and dying disproportionately, and this is not a coincidence, it is the effect of Structural Racism, of inequities in educat...

This is bbc news. Ifjoe biden has a very good night on november the third, the jewel in his new crown would be georgia. The Southern State is changing, becoming less republican and more democratic. Once a bastion of the old south, the state is younger, more diverse and more urban. The peach state is turning purple. Manchester is placed under the highest level of covid restrictions despite pushbacks from local leaders. Business owners there say they may not survive. Also in the programme. Scienti...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 7 in central mumbai. The cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the governments most senior civil servant. Ministers consider reimposing some the sounds of battle coronavirus restrictions in leicester because of a surge between life and death. Of cases there. With local flare ups, the city of mumbai has nearly its right that we have a localised 70,000 coronavirus cases, solution in terms of infection some are being treated here at the king edwa...

There are our headlines. Now on bbc news. Dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london with me geeta guru murthy. This week, all the uk governments problems seemed to assemble at once. Even the prime ministers supporters in the conservative party and the press have started to ask searching questions about the governments handling of the pandemic. As borisjohnson warns of a second wave, more restrictions and the tracing regime is clearly struggling to cope, the labour party says the gove...