To try to boost peoples job prospects. Who do you think would win out of a lion, a hippopotamus and a rhino . Sir David Attenborough takes questions from the children he says hold the hope for the future in their hands. And coming up this hour. The water saving toilets wasting billions of litres every week. More than a Million People around the world are now known to have died with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres called it an agonising milestone and a mind numbing figure. Johns Hopkins University has recorded over 1. 1 million lives have been lost to coronavirus. The us has the worlds highest death toll with about 205,000 fatalities, followed by brazil on 1a1,700 and india with 95,500 deaths. And the total number of deaths from covid 19 in the uk is 42,001, according to department of health figures. 2 Million People in large parts of north east england are facing a legal ban from tomorrow on people mixing with other hou
Good afternoon. Chinas ambassador to the uk has denied reports that the country is carrying out a programme of forced sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country xingjang. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were gross and egregious human rights abuses going on and that he found it deeply troubling. It comes amid a rise in diplomatic tension between the two countries over a new National Security law in hong kong, and the British Governments decision to ban the Chinese Company huawei from the uks 56 network. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. Theres been growing International Concern over chinas human rights record, outrage in particular over its treatment of the countrys uighur minority. Men have been herded into internment camps, women subjected to forced sterilisation. It is clear that there are gross, egregious human rights abuses going on, which is why in new york, sorry, in geneva, at the un, we raised this with 27 partners, th
What a goal, Mickey Thomas but what happens now could be a real blockbuster. Andy swiss, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres tomasz schafernaker. Good afternoon. Ourfirst good afternoon. Our first autumn chill good afternoon. Our first autumn chili is well and truly upon us, it was the coldest september night for over two decades in scotland last night. In the atlantic you can see the satellite picture showing the weather system across this part of the ocean. The atlantic weather is really starting to wake up now and it will be sending weather systems in our direction. At the moment we have got a real mixture of weather over the uk, have got a real mixture of weather overthe uk, a have got a real mixture of weather over the uk, a mixture of showers and sunny spells, the best of the weather at the moment is over scotland. The coldest and windiest is around the south west and the west of the uk, with a strong current of wind coming out of the north west. Only 12 degrees there
Ifi if i saw that next to me, i think i would have a heart attack time for a look at the weather. Heres susan powell. Lots of sunshine across the uk at the moment, simon, purpose of cloud on the horizon that les bleus quys cloud on the horizon that les bleus guysin cloud on the horizon that les bleus guys in the main. Heading east across east anglia, the skies look more like this. Cloud, rain and drizzle has hung back more than we anticipated yesterday, our recent satellite picture shows the area of cloud making fortran spite across lowestoft a nd cloud making fortran spite across lowestoft and hanging back into parts of the east midlands. Brightening across the south east, this cloud should continue to stain and shrink through the afternoon but some parts of norfolk and suffolk could be struck under that cloud to the rest of the day. Dry and bright elsewhere, something about the cloud, chance of a shallow macro across western scotland and the far south west of england. Chance of showe
In the autumn, spring or even in the summer. Autumn, spring or even in the summer. But certainly the last 48 hours, we have seen a dramatic change in the weather and temperatures in the 20s to Something Like 10 degrees lower. This is an autumnal atmosphere across the atlantic. We really have changed gear. The cold air is streaming in from the north, it is a cold plunge ofairfrom from the north, it is a cold plunge of airfrom the from the north, it is a cold plunge of air from the arctic that has reached us and it is here to stay for a little while. Very chilly out there. This morning in northern scotla nd there. This morning in northern scotland it was minus five celsius. The coldest september night in over two decades, such is the extent of the cold air over us. It is single figures. The weather on friday is going to be a tale of two halves. Across the eastern half of the country, it is a very strong wind and close to the north sea coast, 50 to 60 mph gales with frequent
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