The Vice President ial candidate, is due to formally accept her nomination forjoe bidens ticket. Former president barack obama, and former first Lady Hilary Clinton will top the list of speakers on the third night of the largely virtual event. A 16 year old boy from sudan who disappeared at sea while apparently trying to reach the uk in a makeshift boat has been found dead on a french beach. Its believed the teenager is the first migrant to lose their life in the English Channel this year. Opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus, as eu leaders agreed to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and Election Fraud in belarus. They described violence against demonstrators as shocking and unacceptable, and also accused president lukashenko of rigging the poll to claim a landslide victory. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. Its exactly a year since a historic power sharing agreement was signed between the civilians and
Tonight at ten doctors say Record Numbers of people waiting for routine hospital treatment shows the calamitous impact of covid 19 on the nhs. Almost 4. 5 Million People were on waiting lists for treatment in november in england including Cancer Patients who are getting desperate. Ive got this tumour and ive had it for at least 12 months, and to have had no treatment is frightening, its frightening. Another hospital this one in york tells us how pressure on the front line has now spread well beyond the south east of england. Were getting very close to the kind of scenarios that were already seeing down in london, where hospitals have reached the capacity for even, for their surgical capacity for covid. The Mass Vaccination Programme continues. Today, the first figures show how some areas are doing far better than others. Also tonight. From tomorrow a ban on travellers coming to the uk from south america and portugal, as concern grows about brazils coronavirus variant. After almost 20 y
The headlines on the second day of the Democratic Partys Virtual National convention, joe biden has been formally picked as the partys election nominee. On an evening where the theme was Leadership Matters former us president bill clinton and political rising star Alexandria Ocasio Cortez both endorsed him as the man for america. President Ibrahim Boubakar keita has appeared on state tv in mali to announce his resignation and the dissolution of the government and parliament. He and the Prime Minister were arrested by the military in an apparent coup attempt. The move has been condemned by the United Nations secretary general and france, the former colonial power. The postmaster general of the United States has said hes suspending changes to the postal service, which led to claims that he was trying to interfere in novembers president ial election. Louis dejoy, a financial donor to president trump, says he expects postal ballots to be delivered on time. Now on bbc news, Zeinab Badawi sp
More than 23 Million People in england will be living under the most severe coronavirus restrictions when lockdown ends next week. Greater manchester, birmingham, leeds and sheffield will be among places in the highest tier, level 3, says the Health Secretary. Liverpool and london will be tier 2. Only three areas are in the lowest tier. To keep people safe and to keep the gains that are being made, more areas than before will be in the top two tiers. This is necessary to protect our nhs and keep the virus under control. Business owners say its more dreadful news for the Hospitality Industry. Weve all agreed it feels like the
government have been playing a game of carrot and stick with us. We are going above and beyond what they ask us going above and beyond what they ask us to do. Then the goalposts to change the following day. Well have reaction live from around england, and ask how the decisions were reached. Also this lunchtime. The chancellor defends his decision to freeze the pay
It is about 2 30 a. M. , you are up to date with the headlines. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Deja vu all over again, as the uk sets out its red lines for brexit talks. We want the best possible trading relationship with the eu, but in pursuit of a deal we will not trade away our sovereignty. Plans to eradicate rough sleeping not before time, say labour. The cost of a decade of austerity has been over 700 deaths last year on the streets. And huge numbers of children and families in bed and breakfast, and temporary accommodation. Also in this programme questions about how the Police Protect children at risk. There are concerned findings around the detention of Vulnerable Children, children too often being detained in custody when they should not be. And in these situations not being appropriately safeguarded. But first the uk has warned the eu it will walk away from trade talks in june unless there is a broad o