welcome to bbc news, i m rich preston. our top stories: british police say the murder of a member of parliament has been declared an act of terrorism. sir david amess was stabbed to death while meeting his constituents in the south east of england. police detained a 25 year old man on suspicion of murder, as politicians, including the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, paid their tributes. the reason i think people are so shocked and saddened is, above all, he was one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics. in other news, the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb blast that killed more than a0 people at a mosque in afghanistan. the us government has confirmed the 8th of november is the date when it ll be opening up its borders to fully vaccinated travellers.
have died in a series of suicide bomb blasts at a mosque in kandahar. and free to fly in again the united states is opening up its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from the 8th of november. hello and welcome. tributes have been paid to british member of parliament sir david amess who has been killed while holding a regular session for his constituents in essex in south east england. police say a man has been arrested. they re not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. david amess had been an mp for the governing conservative party since 1983. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is at the scene. forensics teams and firearms officers at the methodist church where the local mp had been
and free to fly in again the united states is opening up its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from the 8th of november. hello, and welcome to those watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. tributes have been paid to british member of parliament sir david amess, who has been killed while holding a regular session for his constituents in essex in south east england. police say a man has been arrested. they re not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. david amess had been an mp for the governing conservative party since 1983. our home affairs correspondent
to the people of essex and the whole of the united kingdom. one local councillor who was at the scene expressed the shock in the community. we have lost a very good, hard working constituency mp who worked for everyone. didn t matter who you were, didn t matter about your religion or your culture. if you had a problem, he would work for you. the police are due to make a statement shortly. we ll bring you the latest. also tonight: pcr tests are suspended at a lab in wolverhampton amid concerns that more than 40,000 people were told they didn t have covid when they did. 0verheard at the welsh parliament the queen appears to express irritation at world leaders inaction on climate change. and free to fly in again the united states is opening up its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from the 8th of november. and coming up on the bbc news channel: steve bruce as there has been no discussions about his future as newcastle manager as it is confirmed that he will take charge of their
demand we are seeing is starting to look further out now so people are starting to have confidence that the travel plans they make will actually happen. and earlier today there was more good news for those hoping to travel to the us. fully vaccinated uk travellers can visit from the 8th of november for the first time in nearly 20 months. pcr tests can be used to identify variants of concern. lateral flow tests cannot. the government have argued that the level of vaccination has changed the calculation when it comes to the type of test needed but some in the scientific community disagree on the timing of this change. we re worried about the winter, we re worried about variants. let s keep in mind despite fantastic vaccine uptake, we do have groups in the population not yet covered, particularly young people, so i think most of us in the public health community would prefer this to happen later, not immediately. the date and policy are currently only confirmed in england. the other natio