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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Uk government ministers meet to decide how to manage rising coronavirus cases in england, amid warnings that a new variant of the virus is causing faster transmission. It comes as more than two thirds of those living in england 38 Million People are now subject to the toughest restrictions in tier 3. Americans are to get a second coronavirus vaccine, as the moderna injection is approved in the us. Italy impose...

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is on his way to berlin for treatment, two days after falling seriously ill. Navalny is on a german air ambulance that took off from siberias omsk airport. He remains in a coma. There are claims he was poisoned. The governor of california says lightning strikes over the past 2a hours have sparked several hundred more wildfires in the region. Some of the fires are the biggest recorded in the state. 12,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, and more than...

Hello, im babita sharma. Welcome to outside source. Theres another stark warning from the World Health Organization about the coronavirus pandemic. Its director general is warning of ten million infections and half a Million Deaths by next week. The virus thrives on division but is thwarted when we unite. We look at the situation across europe amid warnings that the continent faces a resurgence of covid 19 as lockdown restrictions are relaxed. As the uk experiences its hottest day of the year, a...

Different quarantine rules for different uk nations the government admits its confusing. Holidaymakers are angry and frustrated as scotland and wales impose new restrictions, while theres no change in england and Northern Ireland. Obviously not very happy. We feel as though weve lost two days of our holiday. Its cost us an arm and a leg. Well be live with our correspondent in portugal. Also this lunchtime. Claims of a looming crisis in britains supply chains and possible shortages when the brexi...

Supreme court could respond to a widely ridiculed texas lawsuit seeking to overturn president elect bidens victory. Tonight the top House Republican has joined more than 100 lawmakers in the house and 18 red state attorneys general in backing the effort to throw out millions of certified votes. Were also awaiting word from the fda. It is expected to finalize emergency use authorization for pfizers covid19 vaccine very soon. Could do it at any moment now. Thats a move that would allow vaccination...

This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Theres been a steep rise in gcse grades in england, wales and Northern Ireland pupils have been receiving them after a uk government u turn means marks are now based on teacher assessments. Meanwhile, chaos for hundreds of thousands of pupils as btec students are told they wont get their marks, just hours before they were due to be published. We are working very closely with ucas, with the independent regulat...

Tonight at six. High hopes for the Covid Vaccine that britain is pinning its hopes on. Researchers in oxford working with astrazeneca say the latest data suggests theirjab works well on older people as their trials reach their final stages. Our results are really, really encouraging because this means we might be able to offer protection to the vulnerable age groups, the elderly, who are particularly susceptible to severe disease. The government has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine enoug...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im Laura Trevelyan in washington. Our top stories. President trump says he wont attend the inauguration of his successorjoe biden as the speaker of the house threatens impeachment proceedings following this weeks unrest. A Murder Investigation has been launched into the death of a Capitol Hill Police officer who was caught up in wednesdays riots. Hes the fifth person to have died. And im kasia madera in london...

The headlines joe biden and Kamala Harris have been setting out their vision for the us in their first joint appearance since he chose her as his Vice President ial candidate. Mr biden said he had no doubt he had picked the right person. Senator harris said the country welcome to bbc news. Is crying out for leadership. Im mike embley. Our top stories in belarus, people have come out in the capital, minsk, for a fourth joe biden appears in public night of protests for the first time with his agai...

Joining us today on this interactive show getting answers. We will be here every day at breaking news as we come on the air. New developments in the Deadly Police confrontation involving a black man in rochester, new york. The major late today suspending at least seven officers following the death of daniel prude. The officers pinning him down. He stopped breathing minutes later. He died days after that. The mayor saying the police chief had told her he died of a Drug Overdose in police custody....