This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A german air ambulance carrying russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has taken off from russias omsk airport. It is heading to berlin where hes to receive treatment there after falling into a coma. Lightning strikes spark several hundred more wildfires in california including some of the biggest ever seen in the state. Protestors in belarus form a human chain across the capital, as the Opposition Leader tells the bbc the campaign against the president goes on. Just we have no right to step back now because. If not not, well be slaves. The World Health Organisation says the pandemic could be over in two years could volunteers choosing to get infected play a part. Hello and welcome to bbc news im aaron safir. We start in russia where an hour ago a german air ambulance carrying russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny took off from siberias omsk airport. It is heading to berlin where he will undergo
This is bbc news, im aaron safir. Our top stories. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has been driven out of hospital in siberia and is expected to travel by air ambulance to germany he remains in a coma the governor of california says lightning strikes have sparked several hundred more wildfires including some of the biggest ever seen in the state. A human chain across the capital in belarus, the latest protest against the president , as the Opposition Leader tells the bbc she won t give up. We have no right to step back now because if not not, we will be slaves. And swifts gift why a london student is celebrating her taylor made donation. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start in russia where in the past half hour News Agencies citing eyewitness accounts say the seriously ill opposition politician Alexy Navalny has been driven out of hospital. His spokeswoman says an air ambulance will take him to germany for treatment. His supporters say he was intentionally poisoned and they
This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government the fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely
all, and the huge numbers that have just, absolutely slammed us, itsjust. I never thought it would be possible. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Hello and welcome. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the re
This is bbc news. The headlines thousands of holidaymakers race to get back to the uk before new quarantine rules come into force early tomorrow. People returning from places including croatia and trinidad will have to isolate for two weeks because of a rise in coronavirus cases. I dont really have a huge support network, and obviously, its the work factor which is going to put a scupper on quite a fewjob opportunities and working. The sentences given to the three teenagers who killed pc Andrew Harper are referred to the court of appeal to assess whether theyre too lenient. Lockdown restrictions are tightened in oldham, blackburn and parts of pendle. From midnight on saturday,
people are told not to socialise with anyone from outside their household. The government is to extend the ban on rental evictions in england until 20th september. Belaruss exiled Opposition Leader calls for more defiance in the face of what she says is intimidation from the people who stole the president ial ele
This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely slammed us, its just. I never thought it would be possible. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny are arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government outgoing us President Donald Trump orders covid travel bans to be lifted only for president elect joe biden to say he will maintain the restrictions. The fbi vets all 25,000
National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. And risking temperatures of up to 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Welcome t