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it's wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland's former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak — is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages — as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland's pandemic resp...

america becomes the first country in the world to approve covid vaccines for babies. hello and welcome to bbc news. polling stations have opened across france in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577—seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron�*s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. i'm joined now by our correspondent hugh schofield. only two months since emmanuel macron won the ...

but one man from sheffield has tamed the conditions. this is matt fitzpatrick who takes aim here at first win at a major, in the form of his life. this is the course where fitzpatrick won amateur golf�*s biggest prize. now, nine years on, he holds thejoint lead on the last day at one of the great senior titles. rory mcilroy has gone eight years without winning one and he's due some luck. in round three, he fell back but then recoveed, still in touch, just three and all tests of brookline mean on the last day, that could all change. joe lynskey, bbc news so a great chance for matt f...

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577—seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron�*s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more a big challenge, surprising challenge, this time, but from the left. this coalition which has...

hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the british transport secretary accuses union leaders of "punishing millions of innocent people" by pressing ahead with rail strikes later this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation, and i call on them to reconsider. french president emmanuel macron�*s allies are facing a new alliance of left—wing parties in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. western leaders — including borisjohnson — warn that russia's ...