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And a draft government report suggests it could reach 3,000 a day, next month. Mr trump has admitted lifting lockdown restrictions will probably mean the virus kills more people. Virgin atlantic has announced plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs in the uk, and to end its operation at gatwick airport. Virgin blamed what it called the devastating effect of the pandemic. Its another major blow for gatwick, the second Busiest Airport in the uk, just days after British Airways said it could not rule out...

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...

And a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. But it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and thats whats happening here, in wiltshire. Its a really good Hunting Ground for birds of prey. David butlers farm isnt organic, but its still a haven for wildlife. The grey partridge, here filmed in a different location, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor water quality, then were not going to have high yields of crops and w...

Taiwans president , tsai ing wen, has told the bbc that the island has no need to declare formal independence because it already is an independent country. Ms tsai said last weeks president ial election, in which she won a second term in office, showed taiwanese people did not like being threatened by china. Now on bbc news, panorama. Britains high streets are in crisis. Walking down here i can see lots of vacant shops. And there is a very big one here. Weve lost more than a quarter of shops on ...

Aimed at minority communities. Now on bbc news, panorama. Im cashjones. Im 25 and a journalist at the bbc. Growing up, i was taught that working hard was the way to get on. I feel like the majority of us are struggling. But seven months since covid first put us into a national lockdown. Thereve been days where ive beenjust in my room, just crying. The virus itself doesnt seem to affect the young as badly as others, but the fallout has been devastating. No ones telling us whats going on. Its quit...

The headlines. Dozens of countries are imposing travel bands to and from britain were a new fast spreading variant of coronavirus has led to the countrys highest daily number of recorded cases. After months of recorded cases. After months of wrangling, republicans and democrats in the us congress have reached agreement on a 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package. The measure includes increased Unemployment Benefits and stimulus payments are millions of workers who lost theirjobs millions of work...

This is bbc news the headlines at 9pm. Nearly 18 Million People in london and south east england move into stricter tier 4 restrictions from midnight people must stay it is with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot carry on with christmas as planned. In england, those living in tier 4 areas should not mix with anyone outside their household at christmas. The new restrictions are blamed on new variant of the disease. Travel is banned except for essential business with others across englan...

Cash grants titsu it mt zir ranch getting cash grants directly from the government and through the local authority and the government should immediately announce the suspension of all requirements to pay any form of all requirements to pay any form of taxation, vat, national insurance, income tax, it doesnt mean to say that businesses will not have to pay them eventually but at least they can hang onto that cash now because that may make the difference between surviving and dying. Now its time ...

To a teacher beheaded by a knifeman in a suburb of paris, saying he was killed for advocating freedom of expression. He called him a victim of an islamist terror attack and declared that obscurantism and violence would not win. Britains Prime Minister borisjohnson has said the country should prepare for ending the brexit transition period without a trade deal at the end of this year. He said this could only be avoided if the European Union fundamentally changed its negotiating position. Official...

This is bbc news. Welcome to fortress washington. The impeachment is over, the inauguration lies ahead and the nations capitol is on edge. Officials in washington, dc are bracing for the worst and hoping for the best as security is tightened all over the city and the nation. Troops and boarded up shops are now the norm as authorities try to prevent further violence and Business Owners and locals hunker down for whats ahead. Authorities have been rounding up those responsible for last weeks riots...