See. I would criticised very widely. So lets see. Iwould not criticised very widely. So lets see. I would not bet on him become chancellor yet. Chancellor yet. Really interesting. Thank ou chancellor yet. Really interesting. Thank you very chancellor yet. Really interesting. Thank you very much. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. A lot of the snow has melted. We are looking to the north west to see some showers coming in. Those continuing to get blown across Northern Ireland into parts of england and wales for a while overnight with clear skies returning later in the night. It will be chile tonight. Temperatures close to freezing and it brings the risk of some icy patches especially where we had that snow earlier on today. Heading into tomorrow it will look different for eastern parts. For any parts of England Wales it will be dry and sunny. Not my showers at the north west but more cloud coming into scotland and is renowned, some showers here. The bu
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns has begun in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi has said such an ambitious project has never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began india has confirmed over 10 million cases thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of 1. 3 billion, sanitation worker manish kumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. I everyone should get the vaccine because this is how we save our country. The countrys Prime Minister used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Staff take priority in this initial roll out. At another hospital
Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. India launches one of the worlds biggest Covid Vaccination programmes the government hopes to inoculate three hundred Million People in the coming months. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. Germanys christian democrats have elected Armin Laschet as their new leader a key moment in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. Calls for more support for the travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. Senior Police Officers say their investigations have been compromised after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the Police National computer. Now on bbc news, click. This week, it is the Consumer Electronics show, but not as we know it, featuring a tv camera crew with a box. Wow a payment chicken. And,
Hello and welcome to the programme. All 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of president electjoe biden s inauguration on wednesday. National guard troops have been deployed to washington dc, in case of a repeat of the deadly riot on the sixth of january. Much of the city in a state of lockdown. But heavy security is notjust confined to washington. Police was out in force around public buildings in state capitals around the country, with security outnumbering trump supporter sin several places. This is st paul in minnesota, where a small group of some 50 protestors gathered on saturday. The mayor of washington dc, muriel bowser, says shes glad the military has pledged its support for a smooth transition of power next week. Its a place in our history that im sad that weve come to. American troops, should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. But what we saw was an unprecedented attack on our democracy, in the cradle of that democrac
He is promising 100 millionjabs in 100 days, 100 Mass Vaccination Centres around the country and mobile units to get into areas that are hard to reach. The president elect also had a blunt warning for americans things, he said, would get worse before they get better. Parts of the uk saw heavy snow overnight. A met Office Amber Weather Warning is still in place across the east of england. Police in norfolk said reports of collisions were burdening already stretched Emergency Services and have urged drivers not to make unnecessaryjourneys. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Good evening. The start of the weekend brought snow for some of us, much of that turned back to rain and then cleared away during saturday. And for sunday, its looking like a drier day. Should be fine for most places with some sunny spells. There will be some showers around as well and through this evening and overnight we will see showers drifting south eastwards out of scotland and Northern Irelan