Between police and protesters, who are angry at the governments response to tuesdays massive explosion. International donors have pledged 300 million for rebuilding the capital. Anti government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. The police say getting the situation under control. Opposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the expected result as a joke. British teaching unions have criticised borisjohnson for saying there was a moral duty to get children in england back into school at the start of setember. They urged him to boost coronavirus testing and tracing in order to reopen schools safely. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The covid 19 pandemic has inflicted huge economic damage, but it has offered the Natural World a little bit of respite room to breathe. But what wil
This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump was escorted from a White House Briefing after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man. Minutes later, he returned and told reporters a man was taken to hospital after the shooting. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Anti establishment protests on the streets of beirut are continuing even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down after last weeks catastrophic explosion. The prime minister, hassan diab, blamed a corrupt political establishment for the countrys many problems during an angry tv interview. In belarus, clashes have continued between police and protesters, angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Police say a demonstrator has died in the second night of protests after an explosive device went off in his hand,
as he tried to throw it. That is it from us. We are back tomorrow. Now it is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The covid 19 pandem
One area of one area of concern as particularly one area of concern as we have a severe warning here. Severe gales, take your pick, basically. The uk underneath this area of low pressure, we are all in for it in one form or another. The strongest winds still to come for some areas this afternoon, perhaps the peak will be across scotland this evening, it could get up to 85mph. My graphics appear to be going backwards, and that is really not helpful for you. But it doesnt really matter which way they go to day, the picture is pretty bleak. We have got a line of squally showers and for england and wales, that means the stronger winds to come to the south later on. For central scotland, and on we go through the evening, and storm ciara is off into scandinavia but the winds are still strong. The showers are turning white across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Colder air is flooding into the uk on what is still a strong westerly or
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The white house has been placed on lockdown after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man outside. President trump was suddenly escorted from a White House Press briefing by an agent, but returned minutes later and told reporters a person had been shot and taken to hospital. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Protests on the streets of beirut are continuing, even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down. In an angry televised address, the Prime Minister blamed last weeks catastrophic explosion and the countrys economic problems on a corrupt political establishment. Coronavirus cases have now surpassed 20 million world wide, with the official number of global deaths standing at more than 730,000. The us and brazil have suffered the most fatalities. Many nations are being forced to re introduce economic and social restrictions as the disease continues to spread. It is about liz30am. Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardt
Joe bidens given details of his plan to sharply increase the number of americans being immunised against covid 19 in the face of a sustained rise in cases and deaths. The president elect, who takes office on wednesday, said the priority was to inoculate everyone over the age of 65. The number of people around the world who have died with covid 19 has now passed the two million mark. Thats more than the combined total of deaths for hiv, malaria, flu and cholera in the past year. After the united states, brazil and india are the worst affected countries. Police in guatemala have arrested 600 migrants accused of entering the country illegally. Theyre part of a group of about 3000 people who set off from honduras hoping to walk several thousand kilometres to the united states. Most say they are seeking a better life in the us. Ever since the new variant of covid emerged in the uk thereve been questions about its impact on children and whether they are more likely get it or help spread it.