Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
A severe effect on the territorys reputation. Government will double funding for Prince Andrew faces calls to apologise to the victims of sex research in the next parliament, the offenderJeffrey Epstein. Biggest ever increase in support for the American Woman at the Centre Research and development. And we of misconduct allegations involving proudly back business across this borisjohnson says hes country because we understand that ignored her and blocked her phone calls. It is they, you, who are creating the wealth that actually pays for the wealth that actually pays for the nhs. And by the way, because the Prince Andrew is facing calls nhs is the nations priority, our to apologise to the victims ofJeffrey Epstein for his Close Association with the convicted sex offender. Priority, and because we believe emphatically in fiscal prudence, i a lawyer who represented epsteins alleged victims has told breakfast hope you wont mind if i also that the duke showed an astonishing lack of empathy
The town that has laid claim to the this historic first. Now, the Prime Minister says that an airfield is ready. That commercial planes have been chartered. Indeed, that 500 individuals are ready to get people on to those planes, and 300 more are on training. Now for those that can do quick maths, five, six, seven, 800 people there ready to work on this scheme. The question is , this scheme. The question is, will they be able to send even 800 people to rwanda . It all sounds terribly optimistic and expensive, doesnt it, tom . It certainly does. And this it certainly does. And this is after months and months. It was three Prime Ministers ago that the rwanda scheme was first proposed. Thats actually not that long in terms of time is it . I dont know the average length of time that a Prime Minister is a Prime Minister these days. How long is a piece of string . Well, there you go. But but of course, today is the day. Rishi sunak seeming incredibly confident at that press conference that m
1am in the morning in london and 8 30am in north korea, where kimjung un is mulling his next move after world powers failed to Reach Agreement over fresh sanctions. President putin of russia warned of a global catastrophe unless a diplomatic solution is reached. He said more sanctions would be useless. North Korea Remains defiant with a top diplomat threatening the United States with more gift packages. 0ur correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. Off the eastern coast of south korea, today it was that navys turn to show its strength. The commander of this fleet said they were training to bury the enemy at sea. South korea has held military drills for two days now in response to the norths nuclear test. Pyongyang claims it successfully made a Hydrogen Bomb that can be fitted onto missiles capable of reaching america. At a un conference in geneva, north koreas ambassador was defiant. The recent self defence measures by my country, dprk, are gift packages
Hello world nor does their life and im asking denis also coming up palestinian reconciliation a senior faster delegation goes to hamas controlled gaza to try to end the ten year rift thats left nearly two million gazans more deprived than ever. The u. S. Secretary of states diplomatic efforts in china to ease the north korea crisis is a waste of time to it says balsa President Trump plus the emotional Family Reunion as puerto rican struggle to put their lives back together almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria. First the official results are in from catalonia as controversial succession referendum which happened on sunday more than two million votes were cast ninety percent of them voted to split from spain the voter turnout was quite low it was around forty percent even thousands of even in madrid the spanish capital files of people celebrated the yes vote. President meanwhile says the region one the right to become an independent state thats why this Prime Minister says the recessio