Page 33 - String Trimmer News Today

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Coronavirus tests for uk key workers through the government website were booked up within an hour of it reopening this morning. All home testing kits were ordered in less than 15 minutes. Countries around europe pursue options to end the lockdown belgium sets out a detailed plan to relax restrictions. Meanwhile a former uk chancellor calls on the government to set out how britain can ease its lockdown and rest...

Good morning, hello, im Victoria Derbyshire with you this wednesday morning, 2a hours into this partial lockdown how are you doing . Welcome to bbc news. Let me bring you the latest headlines. Stepping up the fight against coronavirus a huge makeshift hospital is to be opened in london but theres a stark warning from these a e doctors. We are seeing patients in their 20s, patients in their 30s. We dont know what the outcome of some of these patients will be. They will go to intensive care, they ...

Between police and protesters, who are angry at the governments response to tuesdays massive explosion. International donors have pledged 300 million for rebuilding the capital. Anti government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. The police say getting the situation under control. Opposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the exp...

Pandemic is now more than 150,000, according to the latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. 37,000 have died in the us itself. Italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. The World Health Organization has cast doubt on the usefulness of antibody tests for covid 19 which many countries had hoped to use to determine if people have developed immunity to the virus. Who officials in geneva said there was no evidence that having had the virus wo...

This is worklife from bbc news, with Sally Bundock and karin giannone. Apphappy mobile users spent more three and a half hours a day on their phones last year making tech firms 300 billion. So who are the big winners from our global addiction . Live from london, thats our top story on thursday 16th january. We are in love with our phones more than ever and there are now millions of apps and websites vying for our attention, in an industry worth billions each year. Also in the programme. The japa...

Tonight at ten moments of silence and moving tributes to the Three Friends stabbed to death in reading on saturday. All three have now been named. They and many more were enjoying an evening in a town park when the attack happened others were injured. Among many tributes was this gathering at the school, where one of the victims taught. Pupils past and present were there. He wasntjust a teacher, he was a human being and he had family and friends that loved him just as much as we do. I think ever...

And thousands injured by two huge explosions in the lebanese capital beirut. Many people are still missing, believed trapped under rubble. The blasts were so powerful they caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city. The lebanese Prime Minister has blamed a confiscated haul of thousands of tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate. He has promised those responsible will be held accountable. Lebanon was already facing huge economic and political difficulties, along with the covid 19 pandemic. The...

Hello, welcome to bbc news im victoria derbyshire, bringing you the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Police in hong kong use tear gas and a water cannon and arrest 30 democracy protestors, as chinas new National Security law comes into force. Its a bit of a weird stand off at this moment with the riot police here and people walking away, and some of the police are leaving as well. The water cannon truck has just been doing rounds. More uk job losses because of coronav...

This is bbc news, hello im Victoria Derbyshire, here are your headlines. Questions for the uk government about russian interference after a highly critcal report says the risk was badly underestimated. Ministers says theyre looking at new security laws. I do think its very important that were all one step ahead of that and that is why, as i say, we will be looking at the activities of hostile states and what additional powers can be granted, and whilst theres work that remains to be done on that...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 5pm the conservative party says an mp who was arrested on suspicion of rape will not be suspended while Police Investigate the allegations. The government insists that further coronavirus restrictions will be targeted locally. Theres a lot of speculation about what might happen in the future, but what were concentrating on is a targeted rather than a blanket approach. Meanwhile, the australian state of victoria declares a state of disaster and imposes new lockd...