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This is bbc news. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. The British Government is playing down expectations it could adopt a proposal to pay £500 to everyone who tests positive for covid 19, saying it could create perverse incentives, but ministers are looking at support for those who have to isolate. We have always had the £500 support payment for those on certain benefits. We have always kept that under review. We know that it is sometimes quite challenging to ask pe...

The fbi has announced iran and russia have tried to interfere with the 2020 president ial election. The director of National Intelligence said the two countries had obtained us voter information and taken actions to influence Public Opinion ahead of the 2020 election. Barack obama has sharply criticised donald trump in his First Campaign speech supporting joe biden. Speaking in philadelphia, mr obama said mr trump hasnt shown interest in anyone else but himself and criticised his handling of the...

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...

Tonight at six a whole new level of restrictions for parts of the north east of england. For the first time, you could be fined for meeting other households anywhere indoors. Newcastle, county durham, northumberland some of the places where itll now be illegal to mix with people you dont live with whether at home or in a pub or restaurant. We do not take these steps lightly, but we must take them and take them now, because we know that swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control...

Given written evidence to this committee two months ago, it has not been published, that is not down to me, i have not been invited to give evidence to the committee and yet i am somehow being accused of not being prepared to answer questions. Alex salmond was acquitted in march of 13 charges of sexual assault. The parliamentary enquiry at the heart of this row is looking into where the Scottish Government went wrong when it was investigating claims of Sexual Harassment against alex salmond, a p...

Rolls royce announces plans to axe a fifth of its workforce in the wake of coronavirus most of the jobs will go in the uk. The Aircraft Engine maker is cutting 9,000 jobs amid warnings it take years for the Airline Industry to recover the unions are furious. Nobodys trivialising the challenges we face here, but i think its rash and its premature for rolls royce simply to resort to sacking and throwing under the bus thousands of uk workers, loyal workers. Many of the jobs are expected to go from ...

Tonight at ten rolls royce is the latest industrial giant to count the Economic Cost of the pandemic. Management says the firm whose Main Business is making aircraft engines is to cut 9,000 jobs, most of them in the uk. Its about creating a Sustainable Business for the future. So that ultimately we can protect the jobs that we will have left as a result of this. Its warned it will take several years for the industry to recover from the impact of coronavirus, but the unions say the action is notj...

Tens of thousands of protesters are marching in the us capital washington. Its the biggest protest so far during twelve days of demonstrations against the killing of george floyd. Thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. It comes after a service was held in minneapolis, near where he was killed. His funeral will take place in houston on tuesday. In the uk, thousands of people have gathered in cities across the...

on this new hour of diamond, a key member of israels core cabinet has resigned. what does this departure mean for netanyahus war on gaza? also, tonight, extremism on the rise, hate group surge across america and why are migrant family still being separated at the u.s. border and being left in limbo. here with is live, lets do it. we began with an important seismic shakeup in the israeli government. benny gantz, one of the three core members of israels war cabinet and vitamin netan...

class="nosel"> members of the european parliament. who will shape the eu, as it faces defining challenges. so what are the issues driving this election? and whats foremost in peoples minds as they head to the ballot boxes? welcome to europe votes 202a. hello and welcome from sunny lisbon, where we are coming to you from today. im mark lowen, one of the bbc�*s europe correspondents. and over the course of this programme, we will bring new reports from across the continent as the electi...