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Tonight at ten, the High Speed Rail link hsz, whose future has hung in the balance, will be given the go ahead by the government, the bbc has learned. Hs2 will link london to birmingham, manchester and leeds, with drastically cutjourney times. Today, we have our confirmation that we will build the railway that will close the north south divide and bring our country together again. But opponents are angry about the cost, the damage to the environment, and the disruption to residents near the rout...

This is bbc news. Im James Reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Anger on the streets of beirut protesters call for reform as donors pledge 300 million to rebuild the lebanese capital. For years, lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement. But its this catastrophe that has brought the country to its knees. Aides of the Hong Kong Media tycoonjimmy lai say hes ben arrested for suspected collusion with foreign forces. Australias vict...

The headlines us media reports say President Trump has decided to nominate the federal appeals Courtjudge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of the liberal icon ruth bader ginsburg. The nomination comes weeks before the us president ial election. The United States has now had more than 7 million coronavirus cases, according to a running tally byjohns hopkins university. The figure for cases confirmed by tests is the highest in the world. More than 200,000 a...

This is bbc news, the headlines chinese and indian troops have clashed along the disputed himalayan border between their countries , the most serious in several decades. The Indian Army Said 20 of its soldiers were killed in the confrontation. Beijing acknowledged that it had also suffered casualties, but did not say how many. The Trump Administration is suing the former National Security advisor john bolton to block the release of a book about his time in office. The Justice Department said the...

Welcome to bbc news. Im rich preston. Our top stories one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think somebody may still be alive under the rubble of this building. Joe biden visits kenosha where he spoke by phone to jacob blake, whose shooting by police triggered days of unrest. South korea imposes a near lock down on its capital. Why experts suspect some of the countrys churches may have worsened the latest coronaVirus Outbreak. Facebook announces new measures to...

Panel will vote tonight or tomorrow and bay area icu availability dropped to 17. 8 . 15 i tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. Just in, an Fda Advisory Panel giving the green light for the Pfizer Vaccine here in the u. S. The panel recommending emergency approval. Scientists and doctors on the panel saying the fda should move forward. The vote a short time ago, 174. So, who were the four who voted against it and what weve learned tonight about their reason why. And a volunteer in pfizer...

The uk is at a perilous turning point says the Prime Minister as new restrictions are introduced across the uk amid another big rise in coronavirus cases. The new measures are being imposed for six months in england, with a warning there could be more to come. If we fail to act together now, we will not only place others at risk, butjeopardise our own futures with the more drastic action that we would inevitably be forced to take. The push to return to the office is over, as people across englan...

Eight Million People face the highest covid restrictions more than 50 mps write to Boris Johnson over the north south divide having put their areas into lockdown the mps want to know how he plans to get them out of it we are asking people to give up huge civil liberties, businesses to close, people to live on two thirds of their normal wages. I dont think its unreasonable to say that the other side of that coin should be show us the way out. We want to build back better across the north of engla...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im victoria derbyshire. The uk signs deals for 90 million doses of Coronavirus Vaccines being developed overseas on top of a pledge for 100 million of the Oxford University vaccine. There is a very high degree of confidence but we will be entering trials, will need half a Million People to be able to trial these vaccines Going Forward through the winter. But its a really important part of their development. A ...

At least 17 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in kerala. Many of the injured have been taken to local hospitals. The aircraft with around 200 people on board broke in two afterfalling down a ravine, but didnt catch fire. The lebanese shia movement, hezbollah, has denied any link to tuesdays deadly blast at the beirut port. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster, with widespread medicine and food shortages. 154 people are now known...