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Joining us momentarily and to open the show we have to get news that developed moments ago and that is the president invoking the defense production act to encourage or force some American Companies to make ventilators. Lets get more on that breaking news right now with Kayla Tausche in washington, d. C kayla . Brian, President Trump has done this just a handful of times during the coronavirus crisis, but this afternoon he issued an order that targets six medical Device Companies to procure the ...

Learned from operation century. Last year, 18 people were convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. Some of the victims were as young as m. Snapchat loses £1 billion from its stock market value as one of its most influential users, kyliejenner, tweets she no longer uses the social media site. Good morning, its friday the 23rd of february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. For every five prescriptions handed out in england, an error is made, and the governments been warned these mistakes could be lin...

A stark warning from the chancellor, but there was more cash in his Spending Review to level up the economy. Im in merseyside to find out if thats giving businesses confidence amid the gloom. The small fish thats helping scientists learn how to heal people with serious injuries without scarring. Good morning. Its a chilly start to the day. Some frost and fog but a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. Cloud at times in the south. Detailed in ten minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, 26th...

For many of us with the exception of some of us in scotland as we go through the week ahead. With that it will be turning wetter. It does mean more rain before it turns colder again next weekend. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. More than 70 cases of the South African variant of covid are identified in the uk, amid concerns the vaccine may be less effective against it. Ministers say numbers are being closely monitored. We have enhanced Contact Tracing to do everything we possibly can to s...

Seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus have been married in intensive care just before the groom was put on a ventilator. The couple were supposed to be getting married injune. Staff at Milton Keynes University Hospital found them a vicar and helped them to organise a ceremony, complete with a cake and flowers. And thankfully, a happy ending. Sarah campbell reports. A wedding photo which tells a story of our time. Simon was about to be admitted to intensive care, his condition rapidly deteri...

To italy and other european countries. Students from more than 50 universities are taking part in a rent strike in protest at how the pandemic has affected their studies. Many courses have moved to Remote Learning which has caused some students to go back home. With Mental Health also a big concern, the Higher Education regulator is calling for more financial and emotional support for students. Adina campbell reports. A lonely figure, in one of the uks largest cities. Isnt what it used to be. St...

Italys Prime Minister has announced he will resign on tuesday but in the hope of being asked by the president to try to form a new government, he lost his majority last week when a small party lost Giuseppe Conte lost his absolute majority after a small party within the coalition quit. Small party within the coalition auit. ,. ,. , coalition quit. Following that, he is trying coalition quit. Following that, he is trying to tempt some following that he has tried to tempt opposition senators to tr...

The country as well. Eventually, the milder will arrive, a cold there will be pushed away to the east and we could see south easterly winds winning. Weather france will arrive as well and that spells wetter and windier weather. As we go through the course of the week, the temperatures will steadily start to rise. A bit of non sanded and then you can see by the time we get to wednesday, temperatures in to double figures. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Police in russia crack down on prote...

Of rescuers who had been battling through freezing conditions, night after night, to reach them. The miners had been told it would take 1a more days translation the critical patient comes first before the less serious ones. Miners had been told it would take 1a days to dig a rescue tunnel. However, somehow a large ventilation shaft was cleared, which led all the way to the main group of ten. Suddenly, the rescue was happening in hours rather than weeks. Translation the rescuers checked the miner...

The us broadcaster and talk show host larry king, who has died at the age of 87. Now its time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. We have got further snow for parts of north and west scotland, north and west england, into east anglia, that will clear away eastwards this evening. Showers in west scotland overnight. Another cold night, widespread frost, ice a risk. Parts of scotland, minus eight celsius. Rain, sleet and snow continues through the morning across parts of wales, south west...