Be scottish author and speaker doctor Malcolm Kendrick, who says the pandemic was real and the necessary precautions were taken to prevent wide ranging spread of disease. And finally , spread of disease. And finally, well be delving back into a conversation started last week about bitcoin, wondering if its the future or not. All of that, plus plenty of discussion with my panellist, writer, commentator and chum tom buick. But first, an update on the latest news headlines. Hi there, im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. The uk says in the gb newsroom. The uk says it would support palestine gaining full member status in the United Nations when the time is right. The comments by the Deputy Foreign secretary come as israel launched fresh attacks on northern gaza in an effort to prevent hamas from regrouping , prevent hamas from regrouping, three months after claiming it had taken control of the area. Meanwhile, thousands more palestinians have been fleeing rafah in the south as israel prep
The latest news headlines. A very good evening from the newsroom. Im sam francis. Lets take a look at the stories leading the news tonight. Rishi leading the news tonight. Rishi sunakis leading the news tonight. Rishi sunak is under pressure from some of his own mps and opposition parties after a disappointing set of local Election Results this week. The conservative mayor for West Midlands , andy street, was midlands, andy street, was defeated by labours richard parker, while sadiq khan is beginning his third term as london mayor after securing a majority of 275,000 votes. Well, while opposition leaders are claiming those Election Results show that we need a general election now, they say government minister mark harper insists the conservative are focusing on the priorities of the british people. The british people. I think all conservatives now need to get behind the Prime Minister as the chairman said in his article this morning and take that message to the country. We see from the
This is the news live from berlin what will the popes aide to the leader of me and maher of his having to tread carefully because his visit to that country comes amidst a violent persecution there of its Muslim Minority and on the sausage shape the countrys de facto leader has come under fire for not stopping it also coming up bali holding its breath as awaits to see what the smoking volcano will do next torrents of cold lava are already eroding the landscape and everything is covered with volcanic ash. And defying terror the berlin Christmas Market targeted by and his longest attacker a year ago as opened for this season a first psalm the memories are still very painful. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show but francis travels to me in mars capital today for a number of highly anticipated meetings now International Rights groups are urging the pontiff to speak out for the muslim muslims as the subject right now of a military crackdown slammed by some groups as ethnic cleans
Civil war in Americas Republican Party as some senators challenge the results of the us election. Welcome. This is bbc news. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are probably about to get tougher in order to bring the virus under control. But borisjohnson also insisted Primary Schools should open as planned this week except in london and some areas of the south east where the new variant of coronavirus is rising rapidly. Mrjohnson said there is no doubt in his mind that schools are safe. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Arriving in a hurry to deliver a difficult message. The Prime Minister gave his first interview of the year this morning and warned that life with coronavirus in england is likely to get worse before it gets better. He said the government may soon impose tighter restrictions in more areas. It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I dont.
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