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This is bbc news. Im kasia madera. The headlines at eight. After hundreds of protesters stormed the us Capitol Building last night, President Trump has been blamed for inciting the violence, both from senior members of his own party and from president Electjoe Biden. Yesterday, in my view, one of the darkest days in the history of our nation. An unprecedented assault on our democracy. The democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, has called for President Trumps removal and here, the Prime M...

Good morning welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Our headlines today a clock projected on the walls of downing street one of a series of events announced to mark the moment the uk leaves the eu. After the fires, the storms heavy rain brings the risk of flooding to parts of australia. After years of campaigning on period poverty, free sanitary products will be made available to schools good morning. And colleges in england from monday. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munche...

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...

The world shuts its doors on the uk more than a0 countries ban arrivals amid fears of the new variant of covid. The eu tries to work out a joint strategy as some freight across the channel to france and into the uk is still blocked. We believe the risks of transmission by a solitary driver, sitting alone in the cab, are really very low and so we hope to make progress as fast as we possibly can. It has been branded tonight in westminster as a real emergency. The government grappling with a covid ...

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...

Edition. If you can donate please do it. Well tonight, breaking news as we come on the air involving the vaccines. A cdc panel voting late today on who will get a vaccine first and how soon, as the head of the fda is summoned to the white house today and is asked why the Pfizer Vaccine hasnt been approved yet for emergency use. His answer, as hospitals now buy freezers to store the vaccine at my nut 94 degrees. And there is new guidance from the cdc coming in tonight if youve been exposed to the...

Tonight at six. The Prime Minister says he hopes to avoid a Third National lockdown in england but doesnt rule it out. The virus is spreading faster again across the united kingdom, with the crucial r number now back above 1. Hospitals are very active at the moment, a lot of them are operating at capacity, as weve said, and to add a third spike on to that, a post christmas surge i think potentially is extremely serious. Also on tonights programme. Mass testing for more than five Million School p...

Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2. Stop using inflammatory language Princes William and harry issue a joint statement denying a newspaper report speculating about their relationship. With his wife meghan joining on a conference call, prince harry prepares for a crucial meeting with the queen, his father and brother to discuss their future role. A historic moment for Northern Ireland as borisjohnson arrives in stormont to mark the restoration of devolution in Norther...

The biggest terrorist trial in french history has ended with the conviction of fourteen people for aiding islamist attacks in paris in january 2015. Seventeen people were killed in the assaults on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a jewish supermarket. The longest sentences, 30 yea rs, the longest sentences, 30 years , we re the longest sentences, 30 years, were given to one of the attackers and his girlfriend, believed to be in syria. The uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to keep ch...

Hello, im karin giannone, this is outside source. The un warns of a humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia after nearly two weeks of conflict in the tigray region. We are needing desperately to have access, unhindered, unconditional access to the refugees. 30 000 ethiopians have fled to neighbouring sudan almost half of them are thought to be children. Well look at the regional implications with our sub sa ha ran security analyst. The ceos of facebook and twitter defend the role of their tech plat...