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Hotspots is expected to come into force on the 15th of february. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in washington, where President Joe Biden has made his first majorForeign Policy speech as president. Diplomacy is back, he said. And america is back ready to work with others to solve global challenges once again. It was a huge shift in tone, and in direction from the last fo...

Former President Donald Trump refuses to tesify under oath at his Impeachment Trial next week after House Impeachment Managers asked him to do so, to look at his role in the lead up to the events of january the 6th. The most expensive 30 seconds of television this years Super Bowl Ads feature some of the biggest names in hollywood, who have spent most of this year sitting on the sidelines. Hello, im Christian Fraser in london. Laura trevelyan is in new york. Rolling back the America First agenda...

Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskay...

The big Silicon Valley Tech Companies had a hugely successful 2020, prompting more questions about their overwhelming dominance in financial and business terms. From san francisco, James Clayton reports. There have been winners and losers from this pandemic, and some of the biggest winners are also some of the Richest Companies in the world, based around san francisco. Take here at apple, last week, the Company Posted record Quarterly Sales of more than £80 billion. At that rate, during this 2....

Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the natio...

Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls from covid 19 in the world. Clive myrie� s film follows staff at the Royal London Hospital as they try to cope with a second wave. A warning this programme contains content which some viewers may find distressing. Shes young. Shes someone� s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pa...

Lets start with the Military Coup in myanmar. Police have filed several charges against the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She hasnt been seen since her arrest on monday and remains in custody. The charges she faces are unexpected. First, shes charged with breaching the countrys strict import and export laws. Shes also accused of possessing Unlawful Communications devices, and we know that is related to six walky talkies used by her Security Guards and which the Authorities Say were found in A...

Injured. He said by and large the vast majority of these men and women are decent, honorable people. What did he mean by that . The vast majority part, exactly what he meants go ahead, kristin . Thank you, jen. President biden has been very clear that one of his core charges to the country is to try to unify the country. How can he do that while the Impeachment Trial is going on next week . Well, he were focus his efforts, exactly what hes doing, on delivering necessary relief to the american pu...

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac, and Chief Executive of the think tank new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. Tomorrows front pages start with the metro. A National Treasure is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, whos died in hospital at the age of 100. Hed been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. The i describes the Secon...

Lockdown will be extended beyond mid february. And coming up this hour storm orlena hits americas north east coast heavy snow and high winds bring New York City to a near standstill. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, a...