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To bolster their economies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Shares on wall street closed up 5. 2 on the news the white house is planning a Financial Rescue worth up to 850 billion. Britains Prime Minister borisjohnson says the uk is on a war time footing, as he unveiled a new stimulus package. It includes 400 billion of loan guarantees for businesses hit by the fall in trade. And another Public Health message turned music video has gone viral. Wash your hands, dont touch your face a sout...

This is bbc news, the headlines President Trump has claimed cases of coronavirus in american hot spots are dropping and that more states will be in a position to reopen. He claimed the us has flattened the curve of infections, but there is concern about a second, even more serious, wave of infections in the autumn, combined with seasonal flu. American fatalities have doubled in a week, exceeding a6,000. The World Health Organization has warned of a worrying upward trend in coronavirus cases in a...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 6pm a warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases, if mps dont back new restrictions. The Prime Minister appoints Nadhim Zahawi as minister for the deployment of coronavirus vaccines. Irans president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, saying his country wont be deterred from its nuclear ambitions. Violent clashes in paris as thousands protest against a new law to restrict the sharing of ...

This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines Boris Johnson is preparing to announce tough new local coronavirus restrictions in england, as medical advisers warned of the dangers of failing to act. If we do not take measures to control the spread of the virus, the death toll will be too great to bear. The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the toughest restrictions with pubs, gyms and bookies closed. And the Prime Minister will address mps at 3 30pm this afternoon. Well bring tha...

Tonight at ten, every part of the United Kingdom now in lockdown, with more than a Million People infected with coronavirus. The message once again is to stay at home to slow down the alarming spread of the virus across the uk. With a record 60,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, the nhs needs the public to follow the rules. If people dont take the stay at home seriously, the risk at this point in time, in the middle of winter with this new variant, is extraordinarily high. Well hav...

We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. ...

Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, Annita Mcveigh the headlines a British National is confirmed as one of 61 Cruise Ship Passengers who have caught coronavirus. The ships moored offjapan with almost 4,000 on board. Literally every hour something is changing, the biggest being 41 additional passengers being found positive tested for the coronavirus. The teenager who threw a young boy off a balcony in london regulators investigatie whether warnings were missed Prince Andrew is deferring an h...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Britain announces plans to start mass immunisation against coronavirus from next week after uk regulators approved the pfizer and biontech vaccine in record quick time. The Prime Minister hails the achievment. We have been waiting and hoping for the day when the searchlights of science would pick out our invisible enemy and now the scientists have done it. A tough warning on Climate Change from the un secretar...

Nearly six months on from covid cases starting to be reported in yemen, the bbc has become the First International broadcaster to reach there and gauge the impact of the virus. Yemen is divided between the houthi group based in the north and an internationally recognised government in the south. There are reports that the British Government is planning new legislation which could override elements of the Brexit Agreement signed last year with the European Union relating to northern ireland. Its ...

This is bbc news. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. Queen elizabeth has been reflecting on the hardships of the pandemic as she and Prince Philip break tradition by staying in windsor. People have risen magnificently to the challenges of the year, and i am so the challenges of the year, and i am so proud and moved by this quiet, indomitable spirit. European Union Ambassadors get details of the christmas deal in a meeting led by michel barnier. Thousands of lorry driv...