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Hello, this is bbc news. A tougher three tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the lockdown ends in ten days time but therell be a relaxation over christmas. And pubs and restaurants in england could be allowed to stay open longer with an easing of the 10pm curfew. The nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but the chancellor warns of tough times ahead for the economy, as the country deals with the consequences of the pandemic. The economy is experienci...

Tonight at ten, the uks four nations are trying to agree on a common approach to covid in the Christmas Period. It all depends on the rates of infection coming down in the coming weeks in time for the festive season. Every administration is trying to find common ground. Public Health England says it would like families across the uk to celebrate together. We are very keen that we have christmas as to close normal as possible. That requires all of us to make every effort over this national restri...

The Prime Minister heads to brussels for dinner with the European Commission president. On the menu at the talks with ursula von der leyen, a meal deal on post brexit trade. The Prime Minister says theres still cause for optimism. I have absolutely no doubt that from january to first, this country is going to prosper mightily. Hes absolutely stuck and dithering between the deal he knows that we need and the compromise he knows his backbenchers wont let him do. Well be getting the latest live in ...

This holidaymakers in quarantine tourists told to self isolate and two schools here closed as the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread. Hundreds of tourists are told they cant leave their hotel in tenerife after an italian doctor there tested positive for the virus. We have just got to stay in the hotel. We cant leave the hotel. We can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there is a cordon around the hotel and police. In iran wiping sweat from his brow 2a hours after th...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans for a huge increase in covid testing in britain. Operation moonshot aims to do ten million daily tests by early next year. The idea is to have a test which would be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test that provides a very quick result, and that would completely revolutionise things. Senior uk ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials later over the governments plan to ove...

This is bbc world news, the headlines the head of the World Health Organization is warning that the world is at a Tipping Point with respect to the coronavirus outbreak. He said the window of opportunity to contain the virus was narrowing. Russia has rejected accusations in the us that it is attempting to help President Trump win the election in november as paranoid pronouncements. Mr trump has called it a hoax. Jurors in the Sexual Assault trial of the former american film producer, harvey wein...

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Tonight at 10 there are more people being treated for covid in the uks hospitals than at any point in the pandemic. We have a special report from inside the Royal London Hospital, where staff and resources are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all and the huge numbers that have just absolutely slammed us, its just. I never thought it would be possible. And we talk to some of those whose lives have been torn apart in this second wave of the pandemic....

Tonight at 6pm plans are being drawn up to make christmas as normal as possible, say government scientists. Looking for some festive cheer, but there are warnings that a few days of family gatherings may mean many more days of tighter restrictions on either side of christmas. Coming into christmas we need to be very careful about the number of contacts that we have to reduce transmission before christmas and get our cases as low as possible. Well be asking how tight restrictions may need to be t...

Welcome to bbc news, im sally bundock. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets a very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses re open in brazils biggest city but the countrys still gripped by coronavirus, the president s taken a test after showing symptoms. Parts of the us report reco...