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Taiwans president , tsai ing wen, has told the bbc that the island has no need to declare formal independence because it already is an independent country. Ms tsai said last weeks president ial election, in which she won a second term in office, showed taiwanese people did not like being threatened by china. Now on bbc news, panorama. Britains high streets are in crisis. Walking down here i can see lots of vacant shops. And there is a very big one here. Weve lost more than a quarter of shops on ...

This is bbc news. The headlines. A cobra meeting with the four nations of the uk is getting underway right now to try to agree a common approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions over christmas. It is hoped we will agree a common framework, albeit some details on the precise definition of household might differ to reflect the different circumstances in each nation. The bbc understands the governments may allow up to three households to meet indoors over a five day period. A further 608 people...

So its a real opportunity for independence, although theyre having a hard time at the moment, if they can continue to capture that spirit of local, going forwards, and hopefully it will help them to recover quicker. The limited time shops have had to open means december is even more vital than ever, as they face pressure to make up for lost ground in the run up to christmas. Katie prescott, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello, there. The weathers going to st...

Two people are known to have been killed, one of them a woman, in the austrian capital, vienna, during a terror attack in the city centre. Police say several gunmen opened fire six different locations. At least one gunman is still on the loose. In the last hours before election day in the us, President Donald Trump has dismissed his poor poll ratings as fake. His opponent, joe biden, says the country is tired of the tweets, and what he called the failure of the trump presidency. The hollywood ac...

Northampton and for hayes. Were shopping online like never before. Yodels now creating nearly 3,000 new roles to cope with our christmas orders. I think it will be the Biggest Online christmas ever, by some way. Certainly at yodel, it will be our biggest ever year, there will be abouti million parcels extra in our busiest week compared to last year. An industry determined to get all our deliveries on the road, but its also warning us to shop early. We think that the volumes are going to be reall...

Hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. Here are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. A warning of tougher measures in england if people dont stick to the latest coronavirus rules announced yesterday by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. We want to make sure that as we go into christmas, weve got the virus under control, we dont have the risk of a further National Lockdown with all the impact on businesses, on families, on our society, and this is the targeted approach, m...

Against coronavirus from next week, after regulators approved a vaccine in record quick time. The Prime Minister has acknowledged it will be a massive logistical exercise thatis massive logistical exercise that is of a benefit to before. Mans of dozes of the Pfizer Biontech fax info arrive in days. An exasperated election official in the us state of georgia pleads with President Trump to dial down the rhetoric levelled against his colleagues over the election result. Mrtrump is angry mr trump is...

Between tuesday and christophe. Between tuesday and thursday large rainfall totals but of concern that the ring going into the peaks and pennines where we could see 150 or 200 millimetres of rain. The met office have issued an amber weather warning and rivers are already running at elevated levels before the rain from christophe starts to arrive but it will overnight, becoming heavy and persistent, fringing into the far south of scotland, Colder Weather further north in scotland where we will se...

This is bbc newsm with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Personal attacks and feisty exchanges from the two men who want to be the next president of the United States. Millions tune into the first president ial tv debate. Bad tempered, rude, im not going to answer and full of interruptions the question because. Why wont you answer that question . Donald trump and joe biden face each other the questio...

Concerns concerns over 1 concerns over the cencerns ever the preventable of concerns over the preventable deaths of babies has played down the scale of the feelings. The media watchdog ofcom has been given new powers to force social media firms to re m ove powers to force social media firms to remove harmful content. In the us, the veteran left wing democrat Bernie Sanders has one the vital stage he needs to. First a look at what is coming up on the bbc news. At eight, we talked to the medical a...