A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
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Says were stolen 20 years ago. Its going to be all right you are going to get home safely to your children. And coming up meet kuno, and i did, so you were right. The hero dog whos receiving thats the way to look the animal Victoria Cross for saving at it, isnt it . British soldiers fighting it has been lovelyjust in afghanistan despite to see you again, really. You know, we dont have to stay strangers, do we . Being shot himself. Not at all. For you to have these heroes that went in, he was one. Ijust dont think he realises he actually is one, because he just did what he thought was hisjob. Usman ahmed talking to Sharon Crawford there. Details of organisations offering information and support with Mental Health are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded good afternoon, and information on 08000155 998. Welcome to bbc news. It wasnt a concession and he certainly hasnt phoned joe biden to congratulate him, but Donald Trumps green light
Pandemic. The poll showing many europeans already have their doubts, doctors are taking to social media to change plans. I hope the last moments of your life dont look like this either. Good morning. This is r. T. And iran has called on the United Nations to condemn the killing of its scientists labeled the father of runs nuclear program. The raid in officials have pointed the, finger of blame at israel for the countrys envoy to the u. N. , said tehran reserves the right to defend itself. By all means, a local reporter gave us more details about the killing, which iran has branded an act of state terrorism. Senior iranian scientist was killed on a highway near tehran. Theres not much detail about number of people involved in the attack, or number of People Killed in the incident in the skirmish, but the tag took place some 75 kilometers outside to iran, north east of tehran, near the resort city of stat. You know, apparently he did, traffic was quite less day usual in comparison to the
Survive that pandemic. They opened this cross fit 15 years ago. And now there are roughly 15,000 cross fit gyms in the world. It is really sad, you know, we have been here for 15 years. As you can see, you know, there is a Huge Community of people around us. Its a sad day. Reporter they pry themselves as a Small Business. Membership has gone down by 70 . Yet at their location, they remain high. And massive amount of money every month, no end in sight. The first wave of store closures back in april and may. Dozens of businesses shut down for good. We saw an early wave of early business closures. Thats because, you know, the margin for some of the businesses, they were really thin. What you saw is the sort of second wave that people have been able to manage to hold off on this point. The second wave could shut down Small Businesses. They will have a retail store and wholesale. And grocery stores, hotels, then were down to maybe 170 customers per delivery and they are all basically closed