Biden urges senators to postpone her confirmation. And a well below par, andy murray crashes out of the french open, beaten in straight sets. Good evening. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says its important their studies arent sacrificed because of the virus. A member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic, says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predictable. Dan johnson reports now, from manchester. For the student in need, there is one Emergency Service that always delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. Delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran outm is really rough at the moment and we are is really rough at the moment and
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Armenias Prime Minister has warned of the risk of full scale war after clashes with azerbaijani troops broke out in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Officials in the breakaway region, which is controlled by ethnic armenians, say 16 soldiers have been killed. Azerbaijan has also reported deaths. Armenia accuses azerbaijan of launching an attack on civilian settlements, and its Defence Ministry says its troops have destroyed three tanks and shot down two helicopters. The Azerbaijan Ministry of defence has denied targeting civilians and said it had launched a counter offensive against armenian shelling. The two former soviet countries have been in conflict for more than a quarter of a century over azerbaijans breakaway area. Our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie reports. Sunday morning in Nagorno Karabakh. Heavy fighting using tanks, artillery,
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. As thousands of students across the uk are forced to self isolate due to coronavirus outbreaks, the labour party calls on the government to promise students will be able to go home for christmas. Cardiff and swansea wales two biggest cities are preparing to go into tighter lockdown restrictions from 6pm this evening, with neath port talbot, the vale of glamorgan and torfaen also going into local lockdown from 6pm tomorrow. Police investigating the murder of Sergeant Matt ratana at croydon in south london on friday have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. President trump has nominated the conservative judge, amy coney barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us supreme court. Theres been more arrests at an Anti Government protests in belarus, as the exiled opposition figurehead tells supporters that they will succeed in replacing alexander lu kashenko. Were back in half an hour. Now on bbc news global questions. The growing street p
You could have asked me the same questions four years ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. Totally fake news. A stark warning from some of english footballs biggest names that the future of the League Structure is under threat without Financial Support. Appealing to the young Sir David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Anistons record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on instagram. This is my first time on instagram. And im making this move and exploring this new way of communication to me, because, as we all know, the world is in trouble. Theres mounting pressure on the government to take further action to deal with the growing number of coronavirus cases. The mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has warned the ten oclock curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants in england may be doing more harm than good. Students, too, are unhappy many starting at university in lockdown and unable to get supplies. The government says its keeping an open mind about the new regu
In south london on friday have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. President trump nominates the conservative judge, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. And in half an hour here on bbc news, the settlers billionaire backer an investigation into Russian Oligarch roman abramovich, who controls companies that have donated tens of millions of pounds to a settler organisation operating in occupied eastjerusalem. Good afternoon. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students to return to university. Thats despite several outbreaks of coronavirus which have seen many students confined to their rooms on campuses. The culture secretary Oliver Dowden said today its important that students didnt give up a year of their lives by not returning to their studies. But a member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predic