This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The scramble to return home hundreds of thousands of british holiday makers, try to make it back before 4am tomorrow morning, when new quarantine measures come into effect. We decided to try and book a fiery and come home to avoid it. Ive driven for 11 hours with breaks. Getting back to make sure that i dont have to self isolate. Opening up the lanes again, as lockdown measures are further eased in parts of england from tomorrow. The strikes spread across belarus, as the unrest over the disputed president ial election grows. Anger grows across parts of the uk over a levels, as the government
faces calls for an urgent review of this years end of school exam results. Symbols of remembrance how a Younger Generation can understand the significance of the war with japan, which ended 75 years ago. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and
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This is bbc news. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. Queen elizabeth has been reflecting on the hardships of the pandemic as she and Prince Philip break tradition by staying in windsor. People have risen magnificently to the challenges of the year, and i am so the challenges of the year, and i am so proud and moved by this quiet, indomitable spirit. European Union Ambassadors get details of the christmas deal in a meeting led by michel barnier. Thousands of lorry drivers are spending Christmas Day in the camps near dover as military personnel continue to test stranded hauliers. Pope francis gives his
christmas address, urging nations to share Coronavirus Vaccines and calling for peace in war torn regions. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. In her Christmas Day message, Queen Elizabeth has praised the scientists and medical staff, to whom, she said, we owe a debt of gratitude this year. She said this christmas was tinged with s
The Prime Minister sets out a new, three tiered system of restrictions across england to try to get coronavirus back under control. For much of england, theres no change only Liverpool City Region is placed under the most severe restrictions. There, pubs and bars will close. It follows a dark warning from the nhs. If we do not take measures to control the spread of the virus, the death toll will be too great to bear. But in other areas with very high infection rates such as the north west, the Prime Minister hasnt put them in the most severe category. There are changes, though, to nottinghamshire, east and West Cheshire and a small part of the Peak District, which will have some additional restrictions. This is not how we want to live our lives, but this is the narrow path we have to tread between the social and economic trauma of a full lockdown and the massive human
and indeed Economic Cost of an uncontained epidemic. The Prime Minister, back in the commons, with news he did not want
as the billionaire pop star s eras tour gets underway in scotland. welcome to business today. i m sally bundock. more now on the results in europe as the bloc s parliamentary elections come to a close. as you ve been hearing, we ve seen a surge on the right across the region. we ve seen a surge to the right across the region. in france, the strong showing for marine le pen s national rally triggering a snap election in france called late yesterday by president emmanuel macron. the outcome of these elections are of significance because the politicians in the european parliament will be agreeing on the bloc s budget and economic policies and its position on trade. the european union is the world s largest trading bloc the top trading partner for 80 countries worldwide. with 27 member countries and an integrated economy, it has a combined population of around 440 million people. that s a vast consumer base for its own producers and exporters around the world. let s hear now