After our Special Report on the torture and rape of uighur women in chinese camps, the us and British Governments promise serious consequences for beijing. A Hotel Quarantine scheme for uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots is expected to come into force on the 15th of february. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or Around The World. We start in washington where President Joe Biden has made his first majorforeign President Joe Biden has made his first major Foreign Policy speech as president. Diplomacy is back he said. And america is back ready to work with others to solve global challenges once again. It was a huge shift in tone, and in direction from the last four years. The president said he was prepared to talk to americas adversaries and pointed to an early example the extension of a treaty with russia to limit Nuclear Weapons stocks. But he also had a warning for moscow. At the same time, i made it clear to President Putin in a manner very different fro
the social media company twitter has begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. it s thought its new owner elon musk, who s the world s richest man, might reduce the platform s workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an e mail to the personal accounts that it was the last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. in some cases, some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. f
could badly affect access to sexual health services. an unprecedented spring heatwave hits part of spain, with temperatures of more than a0 celsius in some places. two people are taken to hospital after a stand hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the australian opposition labor party leader, anthony albanese, has said he is humbled by his party s victory in australia s general election. addressing supporters, he pledged to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower and to work towards lifting wages and profits. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. this is the labour party s first election victory in almost a decade and it will be led by one of australia s longest serving politicians. we should be making change and, you know, that s what we hope that this government will do. it s been a long time in the darkness and now, finally, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised voters safe change as he worked to kick
even 80 years later is vital. evenjust to name somebody, to give somebody a name, i you re restoring some semblance of dignity to them. for blanche, the pictures bring back memories a song that she learnt in her brief time in france. # quand j etais mademoiselle, mademoiselle, mademoiselle. # quand j etais, mademoiselle, mademoiselle j etais.# you can reach me on twitter i m @ bbc maryam. a ridge of high pressure brought a cold and frosty start, but it beautiful that right across the country, hardly a cloud in the sky for many. temperatures did recover to highs ofjust under 14 degrees, in swanage in dorset.
i m @ bbc maryam you re watching bbc news. stay with us. hello there, there was a north south divide with the weather this weekend. whether france brought more clout a bit more of a breeze, shower outbreaks of rain as well. high pressure hanging on across england and wales. the cloud did develop as we went through the afternoon with some warm sunshine and a high of 22 degrees. whether cloud and rain lingered and where we had half an inch of rain through the day, it was a fairly great affair at times and that rain is still sitting there, chiefly to the north west of the great glen but certainly more cloud along western fringes, quite a murky start on the day with a few isolated showers as well. the best of the sunshine and warmth, it would draw