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President trumps nominee to the Us Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett has refused to say whether she would vote to overturn laws on abortion, healthcare or gay marriage. The democrats Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris is among senators questioning judge barrett on day two of her confirmation hearings. Mr trump is trying to shore up support ata is trying to shore up support at a rally in pennsylvania at his Second Campaign outing since his covid 19 diagnosis. It is an important state for mr...

Appear to be fading fast. The European Commission president was quoted as saying that prospects for a deal were now in negative territory. British Scientists Say they have identified what could make some patients more likely to develop severe covid 19 symptoms. The researchers analysed mutations in the dna of more than 2000 critically ill patients. The pro democracy Hong Kong Based businessman, jimmy lai has been charged with conspiring with Foreign Forces to endanger chinas national security. H...

The us broadcaster and talk show host larry king, who has died at the age of 87. Now its time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. We have got further snow for parts of north and west scotland, north and west england, into east anglia, that will clear away eastwards this evening. Showers in west scotland overnight. Another cold night, widespread frost, ice a risk. Parts of scotland, minus eight celsius. Rain, sleet and snow continues through the morning across parts of wales, south west...

This is bbc news, im ben brown. The headlines at 5pm. The uk records a further 1,610 daily covid deaths the highest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began. New figures show the scale of coronavirus in the uk. The number of people in the uk with covid 19 antibodies doubled between october and december to one in ten people. Nicola sturgeon says scotlands current lockdown restrictions are beginning to make a difference, but will stay in place until at least the middle of february,...

Hello, its thursday, its 10 oclock, im victoria derbyshire, and were live from new broadcasting house. Last year we exposed the shocking conditions some families were living in, on a council owned block on a regeneration site in north london. They were living with cockroaches, security doors that didnt work so drug users and anyone else could come in at any time. We still have to live with the cockroaches, the mice, the rats, being broken into. This time the conservative Council Leader Daniel Th...

Of 11; degrees. For of 16 degrees. For most house of 16 degrees. For most sundays looking like the better day of the weekend. Fewer showers around but it will feel that little bit warmer with temperatures 11 to 15 degrees during the day on sunday but things turn unsettled and autumnal once again into next week. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Coming up on bbc news. Interviews often seem to be running out of t...

They dont have enough food to eat. This includes 30 million adults, and as many as 12 million children. It is wrong. It is tragic. It is unnecessary. It is unacceptable. We will extend Emergency Assistance for 43 million children and their families enrolled in the snap programme. Through the rest of this year. It will help are ahead restaurants prepare meals for the hungry. Provide food for the hungry. Provide food for the hungry. Provide food for the families who needed. We will invest 30 billi...

Today at six the pressure on hospitals, with covid admissions on the rise and difficult choices for the nhs. We get access to a busy hospital in newcastle, where doctors say theyve learned valuable lessons, but the virus is still a major threat. It continues to make people critically ill. Peoples organs fail. It continues to cause death. And while the pressure intensifies, hospitals seem to be managing tojuggle their demands more effectively. Doctors now know so much more about covid and about h...

England and scotland have been ordered into new lockdowns to contain a surge in virus cases threatening to overwhelm health systems. Schools will be closed to most pupils, also non essential retail and hospitality. Borisjohnson says the weeks ahead will be the hardest yet, as a more infectious variant spreads. Donald trump and joe biden are campaigning in georgia ahead of two crucial runoff votes for the senate on tuesday. At an event in the city of dalton, mr trump said if democrats took the se...

This is bbc news, the headlines on the eve of his inauguration, us president Electjoe Biden has led a powerful tribute to the a00,000 plus americans lost to the coronavirus, as he arrived in washington. With Vice President elect Kamala Harris also attending the memorial, mr biden said the United States must heal as a nation. President trump has released a farewell video on his last day in office and wished luck to his successorjoe biden. However, he did not name the president elect. Mr trump als...