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Told president Electjoe Biden that his transition can formally begin a move that apparently has the backing of president trump. Us president Electjoe Biden has begun naming his picks for key government roles. Antony blinkin is nominated for secretary of state, while john kerry will act as a special envoy on climate, four years after he signed the paris climate agreement. Overall results from Oxford University and astrazenecas vaccine trial show it protects 70 of people from covid 19. That increa...

Good evening welcome along to the programme. Its been away forjust a few short weeks but the premier league is back and back with a bang if you were watching liverpool against leeds united this evening. An extraordinary game, full of intensity and incidents, which eventually ended in a 4 3 win for the defending champions and alex gulrajani was watching. Two title winners with different ambitions for the season ahead. Jurgen klopp said liverpool will not defend their liverpool two premier league ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. Stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click and collect services. The worlds biggest Vaccination Programme gets under way in india. The country hopes to inoculate 300 Million People byjuly, with priority being given to Front Line Health Care wor...

Tonight at 6pm plans are being drawn up to make christmas as normal as possible, say government scientists. Looking for some festive cheer, but there are warnings that a few days of family gatherings may mean many more days of tighter restrictions on either side of christmas. Coming into christmas we need to be very careful about the number of contacts that we have to reduce transmission before christmas and get our cases as low as possible. Well be asking how tight restrictions may need to be t...

This is bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories rallies to celebrate juneteenth, the day americans mark the formal end of slavery 155 years ago. It is about a reminder that we are not truly free, that there is so much work that needs to be done. In the city of tulsa, site of a notorious massacre 99 years ago, the reverend al sharpton is preparing to deliver a juneteenth speech. Brazils coronavirus epidemic hits over a million cases with almost 55,000 new infections over the past 2a hou...

Youre watching beyond one hundred days. There are thousands of protesters and a lot of guns on the streets of an american city. Richmond, virginia is today ground zero in the countrys long running struggle with gun control. Theyve come from around the country carrying assault weapons, rifles and handguns to oppose new laws they say impinge on their right to bear arms. President trump rejects the democrats impeachment charges less than one day before his trial starts in the senate. China says cur...

This is bbc news. Im simon mccoy. The headlines at 2pm. Oxford University Announces that its Covid Vaccine works. Overall the vaccine is 70 effective and in some dosages 90 . Its also cheaper, and easier to store than those already announced it really looks as if there is a vaccine which has the potential to protect against the disease, and importantly, in any one who had the vaccine, there were no admissions to hospital, no severe disease. With one more week of lockdown in england borisjohnson ...

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...

This is bbc world news. The headlines the us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. More than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. Amid a surge in Coronavirus Infections in italy, leaders of the 620 countries have promised to do whatever it takes to minimise the damage to livelihoods. They say 5 trillion is being injected into the global economy. South africans have been stocking up ahead of a three week nationwide lo...

Translation it would be a lot more acceptable to have 80 of the catch in british waters rather than nothing at all. 60 of the catch . Ah, that is not viable. But if there is some sort of financial compensation, maybe. At boulognes markets, buyers choose fish for french restaurant tables. Three quarters of britains catch is sold to the eu. No deal risks a sort of mutually assured destruction for fisherman on both sides of the channel. Will navigation of these contested waters prove easier in boul...