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More than 1500 lorry drivers are still stuck in kent, over fears the new strain of coronavirus might spread to the continent. 650 lorries are backed up on the m20, with another 873 in a lorry park. Mandatory testing of drivers could allow the border to reopen. Testing of some sort is part of the discussions that the transport secretary is having with his counterpart in france right now. Road hauliers say frustrated drivers are being offered little refreshment, and toilet facilites are difficult....

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im maryam moshiri. A hundred days a hundred million shots. Joe biden lays out an ambitious coronavirus vaccination plan warning things will get worse before they get better. Truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. Infection rates are 34 . More people are being hospitalised because of covid i9 than ever before. Countries in europe react angrily to a warning by the Drug Company Pfizer that itll reduce the n...

Lets talk about david copperfield. Hello, good morning this is ok, fine, so, this is a new adaptation by armando iannucci, brea kfast. Which is kind of notable for two hello, good morning this is breakfast. Here is a summary of the reasons, one, for playing up the comedic elements and for finding main stories today from bbc news. 56 the kind the modernists, surreal, absurdist comedic elements in the source. People are now known to have died and also for its brilliantly inclusive colourblind ense...

Emphasizing the effectiveness of masks protecting others and yourself. We also covered tonight, the coronavirus emergency unfolding across the u. S. New measures this evening in new york city. The staggering new numbers just in tonight more than 193,000 new cases in just the last 24 hours. New yorks restrictions going into effect in hours. New york citys mayor tonight alerting families that schools could shut down, turning to Remote Learning as early as monday. In massachusetts, theyre reopening...

This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. Im mike embley. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets are very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses reopen in brazils biggest city, but the country is still gripped by coronavirus....

A Major Incident is declared after a train derails in aberdeenshire. Dozens of Emergency Services vehicles including an air ambulance are responding as smoke billows across the countryside. I have just i havejust come i have just come off a car with network rail and Emergency Services. Although details are still emerging, im afraid to say there are early reports of serious injuries. Well be live at the scene. The other stories this lunchtime students in england may be able to use their mock exam...

In police custody, in minneapolis. The us house of represenatives has passed a Police Reform bill. The manner of his death has led to a global wave of protests, calling for Police Reform and an end to institutional racism. The us is facing a new coronavirus spike, after lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Texas has now suspended plans to further re open the economy, because of a significant rise in covid 19 cases. Across the country a record 35,000 new cases were identified in a single day. Ther...

And Overall Results are up. More disadvantaged students have already been able to get university places, and the clearing process is busy filling up the remaining courses, but there are suggestions that smaller class sizes in private schools will have favoured those students. The nature of the process that quual have applied means institutions with larger cohorts in given subjects are the ones that are most vulnerable to the statistical vagaries of the system. While there is so much to celebrate...

This is bbc news the headlines at five. Tributes pour in forJack Charlton who played in englands world cup winning Football Team and managed the republic of ireland has died at the age of 85. Another one of the 66 world cup squad to die but, you know, obviously he will be remembered very fondly. He was a great character. He was a great character. Open air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools re opened today, in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. Labour calls for the uk gover...

Of his planned cabinet, saying it would be a team to re unite america and lead the world. Mr biden said the us was strongest when it worked with its allies, not against them. Earlier, donald trump made an unexpected address at the white house after the dowjones Stock Market Index hit 30,000 for the first time. Mr trump called it a sacred number. The United Nations has expressed concern about possible war crimes ahead of a threat by the Ethiopian Army to start an assault on the northern tigray re...