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The coronavirus testing problems will take weeks to resolve says the Health Secretary, with the system is facing an enormous challenge. Thousands of people across the uk are struggling to get tests and results after a sharp rise in demand. Its been very stressful, very frustrating. We are still waiting on the results, still self isolating, not able to go to school, not able to go to work. The pinch point is the laboratories which are struggling with demand. The government is looking to prioritis...

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands injured in a huge explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The blast was so powerful that it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city. The lebanese Prime Minister says a confiscated haul of Ammonium Nitrate caused the devastating blasts. He has promised that those responsible would be held accountable. Countries from the region and beyond have offered supp...

Shape his relationships with the rest of the world. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. A pause comes, but after the us and iran walk right up to the brink. We had a statement at the white house area and it seems that president weber is calling the situation. Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. Also in iran a plane crash kills 176 people, but officials there wont give up the black box fuelling questions a...

Ratcheting up the tension with china the uk looks set to suspend its extradition treaty with hong kong. Beijing accuses the uk of brutal meddling in its internal affairs. Britain says it cant ignore whats going on in china. Im not going to be sort of pushed into a position of becoming a knee jerk sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti china. But we do have serious concerns. Well be gauging the damage this could do to anglo sino relations with our diplomatic editor. Also thi...

This is bbc news. Im kasia madera. The headlines at 8pm the number of people in england waiting more than a year for hospital treatment hits a 12 year high as nhs staff battle the second wave of the pandemic some hospitals are once again cancelling non urgent treatments. Im in quite a lot of pain. Some days are worse than others. Sometimes ijust go into a spasm. You are just left in a wasteland with no idea whats going on. The uk economys Roller Coaster ride a big rebound over the summer, but si...

The headlines as the number of cases continues to rise the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported in the philippines. Meanwhile 11 more british nationals are on their way back from wuhan the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. The Prime Minister reveals his demands for a post brexit trade deal. Well be looking ahead to tonights bafta awards. Joker leads the way with 11 nominations but its the First World War epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of best film. En...

Donald trump has said hell rebuild the troubled city of kenosha, during a brief visit in which he described several nights of violence there as domestic terror. Mr trump ignored pleas from local democrat leaders to stay away, amid accusations that the trip was an election stunt. Mr trump did not visit the family of an unarmed black man, jacob blake, who was shot and paralysed by a white Police Officer last month the event which triggered the violence. Mr blakes family say they need a president w...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A month after the devastating blast in beirut, rescuers continue to dig for possible survivors as a minutes silence is held for the victims. Controversial former australian Prime Minister tony abbott is appointed as a trade adviser to the uk despite critics describing him as a homophobe, misoygynist and Climate Change and Climate Change denier. I dont agree with those sentiments at all, but i dont agree with e...

It is possible, i suppose, gorilla mums might be a bit chary about you getting too close to their offspring so we getting too close to their offspring so we might have to meet more to find out but a nice story. Great story if you get the opportunity to visit it. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Hello. After what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. Still pretty breezy ou...

From iraq and afghanistan. Acting defense secretary Christopher Miller made the announcement. 2,000 troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan and 500 troops from iraq before President Trump leaves office. The un is warning of a full scale humanitarian crisis unfolding in ethiopia as thousands flee the fighting in the Northern Region of tigray. Renewed clashes have broken out near Thailands Parliament in the capital, bangkok, as Lawmakers Debate possible changes to the constitution. Police used w...