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Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Democratic Party in the us is about to begin its convention, the glossy event thats designed to drum up support forjoe biden and formally nominate him as the partys candidate. But this year the four day jamboree will take place almost entirely online due to the pandemic. It will be based in wisconsin, a key swing state, but instead of the usual roaring crowds, speeches will be delivered remotely by video link. Highlighting the absence of mr biden from wisconsin...

Police have been tackling a number of illegal raves across parts of the uk over the Holiday Weekend with one event on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in wales attended by up to 3,000 people. Hundreds of people have also gathered in Thetford Forest in norfolk at an event which looks set to continue on monday. West Yorkshire Police also broke up a street party in harehills, and fined eight people for holding parties around the leeds area. New rules that came into place on friday means organisers of...

Amid a surge in Coronavirus Infections in europe and asia, governments are grappling to gain control of the virus. In the last couple of hours the British Government has announced it is to impose new rules on social gathering in england from monday. Only six people will be allowed to meet either indoors or outside. South korea has just extended its lockdown in the capital seoul with the toughest measures the city has seen since the start of the pandemic. In a moment well hear from seoul but firs...

Big surprise coming up. Today, Drug Companies have vowed not to bow to political pressure. Well hear from them. There have been many dramatic moments in the brexit story. There was another one today. The uk government has confirmed its walking back some of the commitments it made in last years Withdrawal Agreement, specifically on the issue of the commitments it made in last years Withdrawal Agreement with the eu specifically on the issue of Northern Ireland. This is the Northern Ireland secreta...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the director of thejohn smith centre and former leader of the scottish labour party, Kezia Dugdale and also matt dathan, whos deputy Political Editor of the sun newspaper. Welcome back to you both. Lets go through some of the papers that weve already got in the stack. The telegraph says conservative rebels are on the brink of winning their fight for votes on covid restrictions after Boris Johnson...

Well explain why. The fraudsters trying to make easy money from a government backed loan scheme to keep Small Businesses afloat. We have an investigation. And the pledge for nature 65 countries sign up to save habitats there are many elements and wildlife at risk to the trump tax story. The democrats say the public must know who the president owes money to as a question from Climate Change. Of National Security. Well look at the political reaction in detail shortly. But if you havent seen lets t...

Police name louis de zoysa as the suspect in the killing of Police Seargeant matt rartner. The 23 year old remains critical in hospital. President trump nominates the conservative judge, amy Coney Barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. 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 cu...

President trump is rejects reports about his tax bill but the New York Times stands by its story. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. As the number of covid deaths globally heads towards one million news today of ambitious plans to transform the way we test to see who has the disease. The World Health Organisation has announced ambitious plans to roll out a new rapid test across ...

Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Im tim willcox. President trump and former Vice President joe biden have arrived in cleveland for their first debate of this years us president ial election and the stakes couldnt be higher. With a distinct lack of Campaign Events due to the pandemic, the political clash is seen as the best chance for both sides to make their case to the country. But this contest wont be quite like anything weve seen before , while as many as 100...

Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. President trump and former Vice President joe biden have arrived in cleveland for their first debate of this years us president ial election and the stakes couldnt be higher. With a distinct lack of Campaign Events due to the pandemic, the political clash is seen as the best chance for both sides to make their case to the country. But this cont...