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Welcome to bbc news, im sally bundock. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets a very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses re open in brazils biggest city but the countrys still gripped by coronavirus, the president s taken a test after showing symptoms. Parts of the us report reco...

Tonight at six. Trials for a second Coronavirus Vaccine bring yet more hopes of a way out of this pandemic as britain buys up 5 million doses. This one, also from america, has proved almost 95 effective. The boss of the Company Moderna is delighted. I broke into an ear to ear grin when i hear the numbers. It really exceeded our best hopes and it is an incredibly exciting moment for us. Its brilliant news, absolutely brilliant. Thats the second penalty now. That has also gone into the back of the...

This is bbc news. Im rebecca jones. The headlines at 11pm the queen issues a statement about harry and meghans future. She says shed have preferred them to remain full time members of the royal family, but supports their wish for an independent life. Princes charles, william and harry were also at the talks today at sandringham. The queen says the couple made it clear they dont want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives. Borisjohnson at stormont, as Assembly Members return for their f...

More positive news about a Coronavirus Vaccine the oxford team says its research is showing good results so far. The team has had a promising immune response in people over 60, offering hope to the age groups most at risk of the virus. What weve demonstrated is that, in the lab, we can measure good immune responses in adults of all ages, including those over the age of 70. What we need to do next is to see whether or not this translates into actual protection from infection, so protection from g...

Tonight at six china says its not sure if investing in britain is safe any more for chinese companies. Beijing says the uks decision to drop huawei from its 56 networks has severely undermined mutual trust between china and britain but President Trump has welcomed the move. We convinced many countries, many countries and i did this myself, for the most part not to use huawei, because we think its an unsafe security risk. Well be asking how serious chinas talk of retaliation could be. Also tonigh...

We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. ...

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Donald trump accepts a formal transition should begin forjoe biden to take office. He says the agency overseeing the handover must do what needs to be done but he doesnt concede and says the fight goes on well have the latest, live, from washington. Also this lunchtime. As the Health Secretary confirms that things should get back to normal after easter were still waiting for news on the four nations plans for christmas test negative and well reduce your quarantine the new rules for people travel...

Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, Annita Mcveigh the headlines a British National is confirmed as one of 61 Cruise Ship Passengers who have caught coronavirus. The ships moored offjapan with almost 4,000 on board. Literally every hour something is changing, the biggest being 41 additional passengers being found positive tested for the coronavirus. The teenager who threw a young boy off a balcony in london regulators investigatie whether warnings were missed Prince Andrew is deferring an h...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Britain announces plans to start mass immunisation against coronavirus from next week after uk regulators approved the pfizer and biontech vaccine in record quick time. The Prime Minister hails the achievment. We have been waiting and hoping for the day when the searchlights of science would pick out our invisible enemy and now the scientists have done it. A tough warning on Climate Change from the un secretar...