This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk government urges members of the public to continue following lockdown rules. Its because one of its top scientific advisers has resigned after admitting breaking the guidelines on social distancing. Professor ferguson has obviously set out that he should have abided by the rules, it was a lapse, an error of judgment. And those rules on social distancing are very firmly still required. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, is expected to announce the further relaxation of restrictions today including the return of bundesliga football. President trump is to scrap the Task Force Co ordinating americas response to coronavirus, despite a steady increase in infections and more than 70,000 deaths. You have people that are not going to stand for this,
and i understand them very well. And we are going to put out little embers and little fires and maybe some big fires, but we still have to go back to wo
Captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell tonight, the mystery childrens illness. The alarming disease possibly linked to covid19, impacting kids, putting 15 in intensive care, a health alert sent out to all doctors in new york city to be vigilant, one dads heartbreak. It was the scariest point in my life. There was nothing anyone could do. One at pents n and what it fan th e whiseblower a scientist says he was ousted for raising the alarm with the white house about unsafe drugs and the lack of masks and other protective equipment. The president unmasked traveling across the country for the first time in months, the president tours a factory in arizona, recently retooled to make n95 masks, but hes not
wearing one. Racing to a cure tonight, the First Americans receive an experimental vaccine amid word of a mutant strain more contagious than the original strain from china. Wheres the beef and the pork . Wendys cant keep burgers on the menu at all of its stores. The higher prices at the grocer
This is bbc news. Hello, im Victoria Derbyshire. Here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. On the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning, as families of the 22 victims look for answers. And just, the feelings of apprehension, the feeling that you might never get the full story of what has gone on, whos to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day only the us now has more covid infections. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. Hello. The uk government is planning new legislation which could change the nature of parts of the Brexit Agreement signed with
This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 8pm a warning that the country is at a critical moment in the coronavirus pandemic, as thousands of students prepare to return to universities across the uk. Tighter coronavirus restrictions for bolton this evening as the council says the citys infection rate has risen to 99 cases per100,000 people, perweek, the highest in england. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back to the office, quickly but unions say the attitude is outdated. Borisjohnson criticises protests by Environmental Campaigners, Extinction Rebellion, targeting three Printing Presses owned by rupert murdoch. In sport, well have all the action from the Nations League, as Raheem Sterlings late penalty gives england a dramatic win against iceland. Good evening. As thousands of students are preparing their return to university, data now shows the highest number of detected infections of coronavirus is in young people. A leading epidemiologist
Tonight at ten, the uks four nations are trying to agree on a common approach to covid in the Christmas Period. It all depends on the rates of infection coming down in the coming weeks in time for the festive season. Every administration is trying to find common ground. Public Health England says it would like families across the uk to celebrate together. We are very keen that we have christmas as to close normal as possible. That requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period, and even in early december, to get the cases as low as possible. But any relaxation of the rules would come at a price. Well have more details. Also tonight more encouraging news about the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. Its 94 effective in people over 65. An official report says suppliers of protective equipment to the nhs who had political connections to the uk government were ten times more likely to get contracts. In ten years time, the sale of new diesel only and petrol only cars wil