hello, this is breakfast with hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. ben will be here shortly naga munchetty and charlie stayt. with the weekend weather. but first, a summary of this morning s main news. time to talk to mike who is very excited about football coming back. there s evidence that coronavirus is spreading faster than at any time have you missed it? it s gone by in since lockdown measures were eased. the r number which shows the rate the blink of an eye. the shortest at which people are being infected has risen above one for the first preseason ever. 0f the blink of an eye. the shortest time since march. preseason ever. of course, international matches as well so it good morning welcome police are warning us not to treat hasn t really been away. the to breakfast with naga munchetty this as a party weekend , and charlie stayt. champions league finished. our headlines today: ahead of new coronavirus a sharp rise restrictions which limit in coro
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 privilege of forgetting and the stories of our victims is a story that is a vibrant, vital one and a crucial one that must be passed on. this will be awe inspiring to these children because our children will have to protect and defend democracy and
humanity that is so fragile and delicate and one must fortify it time and time again so we are uniting here today once again in order to draw that inspiration and award it to our youths so they will find in their heart, the courage so tha
supreme court could respond to a widely ridiculed texas lawsuit seeking to overturn president-elect biden s 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. we re also awaiting word from the fda. it is expected to finalize emergency use authorization for pfizer s covid-19 vaccine very soon. could do it at any moment now. that s a move that would allow vaccinations to begin here in the united states within days. the urgency is clear as the u.s. coronavirus death toll now tops 294,000 tonight with more than 15.7 million confirmed cases and covid-19 hospitalizations hitting yet another record high. let s start our coverage this hour with our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, the u.s. supreme court could deliver another major blow to the president s bogus claims about the election at any moment
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this is bbc news. i m simon mccoy. the headlines. a £4 billion cut in vat to kick start the economy but some companies say they need to keep the cash to stay in business. we re looking to pass some of that on to customers, but i think we are in survival mode right now. what it allows us to do is comfortably put on larger discounts, so we are passing it on. the health secretary says the government has ruled out making masks compulsory for office workers in england. borisjohnson confirms there ll be an independent inquiry into the government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic but not now. china warns of retaliation over huawei, as president trump takes credit for the decision to exclude it from the uk s 56 network. the biggest easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland is under way the first minister says it s the riskiest stage to date.
facing another lockdown blackburn is given a deadline to deal with a rising tide of coronavirus cases. and the statue of slave trader