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Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the s...

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It could be costly, it is the Czech Republic on the break. Its heartbreak for scotland at hampden park as they lose their opening match of the european championship. Its disappointment for the tartan army after a 23 year wait to watch their team at a major tournament. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Denmarks players share a smile and a laugh with christian eriksen. The midfielder� s recovering in hospital after suffering a Cardiac Arrest in their opening euro 2020 game. Good evening and...

Collaborated with fema to increase surge testing just over the holidays. weve increased testing, federal testing sites for pcrs doing thousands of tests over the holiday and in collaboration with pharmacies. in that stead were able to map where the pharmacies are and special vulnerable and we can put the tests there. and then we actually put tests in our community centers as well. so a broad stretch in order to be able to get access to testing especially among those most vulnerable and of course...

Asper as well. this is a program that has collaborated with fema to increase surge testing. just over the holidays, weve increased federal testing sites for pcrs, 12,000 testing sites doing thousands of tests over the holidays. we also work with pharmacies. in that stead, we are able to map where the pharmacies are and their social vulnerability index and we can put pcr tests in areas of high social vulnerability index through all of our pharmacy partners. then we put tests in our community cent...

Just as the british public were coming to terms with news that queen lig elizabeth has covid, now, evening land is preparing to drop restrictions this thursday. whats been the reaction to this so far? >> living with covid, this plan was long anticipated really for some its welcome news. lots of people fed up with covid rules and restrictions, fed up upon with masks, fed up with sticking swabs up their noses. but for others, rosemary, this is really concerning, not least the mass testing for the ...

Now the reaction to living with covid is mixed. some are pleased. they want to see an end to masks and shopping swabs down their noses and the noses of their children. others say this will make it very hard to contain the spread of other variants. the government said it could introduce surge testing. this is not the end of the pandemic and they could act in the future. for now, its over. >> anna, the queen, how is she doing? >> reporter: yeah, quick update on the queen which is no news at the mo...

The academy of medical royal colleges says the national health service is already "under unprecedented pressure". 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. covid infections in oxford have soared to their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, mostly among young adults. from monday, the city will follow places like bolton and bedford in getting extra government support for surge testing and vaccinations. with restrictions in england due to end in nine days�* time, people a...

Levels since the start of the pandemic, mostly among young adults. from monday, the city will follow places like bolton and bedford in getting extra government support for surge testing and vaccinations. with restrictions in england due to end in nine days time, people are urged to continue wearing facemasks in crowded indoor areas. i have no problem with continuing to wear a facemask after they are not in force, because i think if it helps people to feel reassured, you know, itsjust a bit of cl...

Was needed from government. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. covid infections in oxford have soared to their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, mostly among young adults. from monday the city will follow places like bolton and bedford in getting extra government support for surge testing and vaccinations. with restrictions in england due to end in nine days time, people are urged to continue wearing facemasks in crowded indoor areas. so i have no problem with c...