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This this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. President trump is criticised after taking a ride in a motercade to greet supporters outside the medical centre where hes being treated for coronavirus. In a video posted from hospital, he says he now understands the virus. I learned a lot about the covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isnt the lets read the book school. And i get it and i understand it. Questions o...

This. Good afternoon. Storm ciara is battering the length and breadth of the uk causing widespread travel disruption. Winds of up to 90 mph are predicted to hit some areas and there are more than 200 flood warnings in place, meaning immediate action is required, with one severe warning, meaning a danger to life, in place near pately bridge in north yorkshire. The whole of the uk is under either a yellow or amber weather warning for wind, meaning more disruption to travel and power lines is likel...

The white house has been placed on lockdown after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man outside. President trump was suddenly escorted from a White House Press briefing by an agent, but returned minutes later and told reporters a person had been shot and taken to hospital. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Protests on the streets of beirut are continuing, even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down. In an angry televised address...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Questions over coronavirus Antibody Tests. Theyre being rushed out, according to a group of doctors. Labour says housing secretary, robertjenrick, still has questions to answer after new documents reveal his close relationship with a tory donor, whose £1 billion Housing Scheme he approved against the advice of his own officials. Footage shows a police car being vandalised in brixton in south london amid violent clashes with police last night. Around 2...

Xrwr u iiulei Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg in the capital of the united states. She does so on capital of the united states. She does so on account capital of the united states. She does so on account built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Speaking at the memorial service, rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt said the latejustice had been a determined defender of peoples rights. Asa as a lawyer, she wanted equality for women and men, not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case. Throu...

A breakthrough with a british Covid Vaccine and its cheap, easily stored and the governments pre ordered 100 million doses. The Oxford University vaccine is shown to be on average 70 effective up to 90 if the dose is adjusted. I can definitely see a future beyond the pandemic. I think that we will be able to roll out vaccines in the first half of next year and have a big impact here in the uk. Well be looking at when we might get the vaccine and when next year we can return to normality. Also to...

Speak the headlines. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. Is quite plausible by the end of next month that could be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more thani Million People across the county. At one covid hotspot in Northern Ireland a fall in cases after restricti...

This is bbc news. The headlines at seven. In the uk, pressure grows to shut more schools. Unions are demanding an immediate two week closure of all primaries and secondaries in england as coronavirus cases surge. This isnt about head teachers wanting to close schools. This is about head teachers wanting to open schools but in order to do that we need to have risk assessments that ensure that there is safe practice across our schools. President trump and the election now 11 republican senators sa...

Joe bidens given details of his plan to sharply increase the number of americans being immunised against covid 19 in the face of a sustained rise in cases and deaths. The president elect, who takes office on wednesday, said the priority was to inoculate everyone over the age of 65. The number of people around the world who have died with covid 19 has now passed the two million mark. Thats more than the combined total of deaths for hiv, malaria, flu and cholera in the past year. After the united ...

The prime an hour with the news that the Prime Minister borisjohnson an hour with the news that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has an hour with the news that the Prime Minister borisjohnson has now been discharged from hospital. As we have been reporting on the last few days he has been treated here at St Thomas Hospital in london and he has paid tribute to nhs staff who treated him for coronavirus saying he owes them his life. We can speak to correspondent Helena Wilkinson who is at the hospi...