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Hello, and welcome to sportsday. im gavin ramjaun. 0n todays programme — newcastles trip to aston villa on friday is off. its the first top flight match to fall victim to coronavirus since the premier league resumed. details on the way. big boots to fill for whoever steps in for lewis hamilton. the f1 champion misses this weekends race following a positive covid test. and var in the spotlight again — questions over how the technology is used following aston villas defeat to west ham. also co...

Cdc recommends. >> thank you for explaining that to us. head of the fda dr. stephen hahn making an unusual appearance at the white house. chief of staff mark meadows calling him there to explain why the agency hasnt moved faster to approve the coronavirus vaccine. i bring in kaitlan collins and why was the white house insisting this meeting be in-person and what can you tell us about this conversation? >> reporter: they insisted it happen in-person because were told the commissioner stephen ha...

Can do is live stream. >> reporter: in germany, most of the traditional christmas markets where tourists flock, will be closed f. but for those who cant do without festive cheer, theres an innovation forced by the pandemic, the drive through. in italy, the former european epicenter of the virus, the prime minister is urging people to avoid another tradition, holidays on the slopes. meanwhile, switerland zerland i allowing skiing with precautions. >> translator: theres no big difference. i think ...

Efficacy of masks. was on a 130-day detail set to expire this week. november was the darkest month of the pandemic so far with more than 4 million infections reported. more than double the number of cases in october. the u.s. is averaging more than 160,000 cases a day. to put that in perspective, were seeing more cases every day than the nation of japan has seen over the entire pandemic. ill say that again. we see more cases in a day in this country than japan has seen for the entire pandemic. ...

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Whole sport. the impact of slotting sweeney to expand that and i think there is no more risk in skeleton and there is an skiing or alpine skiing for example. the sport still has questions to answer to ensure a skill which is brought britain such rewards does not come at a long—term risk. we had some big upsets over the weekend in the second round of the fa cup. the draw for the third round takes place in the next 20 minutes or so. the non—league teams will be hoping for a plum tie against a ...

The time. >> thats completely false. i dont gamble a ton. >> this was the troubling picture coming together for police, a guy with possible money problems, kidnappers who were friendly to his mom, who then let him drive himself to rob his own credit union with a bomb that turned out to be a fake, and no trace of any criminals themselves. they figured he had to be somehow involved. >> theres just too many things. you -- you have the -- the ability and the access to do it, okay? so thats why i thi...

World number one judd trump was the first player to reach the last 16 of the uk snooker championship. he beat liang wenbo of china 6—1 in milton keynes. john higgins also made it through. he beat wales jackjones 6—2. the 2025 womens rugby world cup is going to see an increase from 12 to 16 teams to reflect the growth of female participation in the sport. next yea r‘s world cup in new zealand will be the last before the new format. police are investigating a protest by celtic fans yesterday...

Thank you very much indeed for joining us. the government says it will wait for the results of a review by the police service of northern ireland before deciding if there should be a public inquiry into the murder of pat finucane. mr finucane, a 39—year—old solicitor who represented both republicans and loyalists during the troubles, was shot dead in his family home in north belfast in 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries. a review commissioned by the government found agents of the state had been...

Reluctant to help in the ways that theyre supposed to. i mean, theres a lot of additional challenges layered. what are the potential weak spots you think we need to be particularly on top of and focussed on? >> well, in terms of populations, rural populations as well as communities of color are of concern. we simply dont have the same kinds of capacity with respect to, say, hospital systems, or pharmacy retail chains in some of these rural parts of the country. and so the logistics of distributi...