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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The British Government considers plans for a month Long National lockdown across england in the hope that measures could be eased before christmas. A europe wide surge in coronavirus cases has spurred a wave of tighter restrictions with belgium the latest to announce a six week National Lockdown. Rescue teams search through the rubble for survivors after a powerful earthquake hits turkey and greece. At least 2...

Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. The Coronavirus Crisis deepens in china. This is Hubei Province, the centre of the outbreak and the death toll is up and officials are being sacked. Boris johnsons finance minister sajid javid has resigned after refusing to sack his advisers. Heres his account. I was unable to accept those conditions. I dont believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions. So therefore i felt the best thing to do was to go. And Mike Bloombergs turni...

Will become windier. Showers will be here on thursday for another spell of wider and milder air on friday. This is bbc news, the headlines at seven. Another deadline extended brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on after being unable to come to an agreement. Lam afraid i am afraid we are still very far apart on some key things that where there is life, there is hope. We will keep talking in the uk certainly wont be walking away from the talks. I think people expect us to g...

Even more effective than first thought and ready for approval. More good news on a covid vaccine. Pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities and is 94 effective in adults over 65. But how quickly will we be able to get it . Well be talking to our medical editor. Also this lunchtime stick to the rules now and you could still celebrate christmas government scientists tell us all to do our bit. We are very keen that we have a christmas as close to normal as po...

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...

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 that...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 6. Nearly 18 Million People in london and south east england move into stricter tier 4 restrictions from midnight people must stay at home and non essential shops have to close. For those in tier 4, it means the relaxation of rules at christmas has been scrapped and reduced to one day, the 25th, for the rest of england. We must be realistic. Were sacrificing the chance to see our loved ones this christmas so we have a better chance of protecting their lives so ...

M v hr who try and give up will find against them are perseverance our perseverance. Those who survive our heroes and they are now conveying things, passing it forward and on the future generations and our children will also have to become those who will also convey that message, they will become the witnesses of the witnesses and never give that role up because, thanks to what they will learn, they will become those who have the power of knowledge. They know that we do not have the right or the...

This is bbc news. Im freya cole. Our top stories a deal is done the European Union and United Kingdom finally reach a post brexit trade deal after heated negotiations. Both sides hail the agreement a big success. We have completed the biggest trade deal yet, worth £660 billion a year. A comprehensive ca nada style free trade deal. It is fair, it is a balanced deal, and it is the right and responsible thing to do for both sides. Stalled over christmas a covid stimulus package, designed to revive...

Today at six the chancellors stark assessment of the cost of the pandemic on the uks economy. He says it will do lasting damage more borrowing than at any point in the uks peacetime history. Our Health Emergency is not yet over. And our economic emergency has only just begun. In its response to this pandemic the conservative government has wasted and mismanaged public finances on an industrial scale. Well be loooking at the impact on people and places, including the 2. 5 million expected to be o...