This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government the fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely
all, and the huge numbers that have just, absolutely slammed us, itsjust. I never thought it would be possible. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Hello and welcome. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the re
Tonight at 10 the uk records the highest number of covid deaths in a 24 hour period, as the pressure on hospitals reaches new levels. Weve got patients on the third floor, the fourth floor. This ward goes all the way around to the other side, its 29 patients. Sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor. Another covid patient in here. Ninth floor. We meet more staff and patients at the royal london hospital, sharing their powerful testimony of life in the pandemic. How do you ever prepare for people just dying and dying and dying you know . Although its ourjob and we deal with dead people every day, this. This level, i think, has taken its toll. Its the second of our special reports from the royal london. Were also in washington, on the eve of the president ial inauguration. Joe biden was in tears as he left his home state, paying tribute to his late son, as the president tried to define his own legacy. I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. We did what we came h
Tonight at ten the Prime Minister says its too soon to say if lockdown in england can be lifted by the spring. Almost five Million People have now had their first vaccination, but borisjohnson says restrictions wont be reviewed until the priority groups have had theirjabs. I think its too early to say when well be able to lift some of the restrictions. As the uks death toll nears 100,000, a final report from the Royal London Hospital on the pandemic s impact on the nhs. Also on the programme tonight. Storm christoph brings flooding hundreds of home in the north west of england and wales had to be evacuated last night. Joe biden s first full day as president he lays out a national strategy
to tackle coronavirus and says the worst is still to come. And wuhan where it all started. A year after chinas first coronavirus lockdown, normality has returned. And coming up in sport on bbc news a strong start to the year for rory mcilroy on his return to the european tour. He leads after the openi
Tonight at 10 there are more people being treated for covid in the uks hospitals than at any point in the pandemic. We have a special report from inside the Royal London Hospital, where staff and resources are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all and the huge numbers that have just absolutely slammed us, its just. I never thought it would be possible. And we talk to some of those whose lives have been torn apart in this second wave of the pandemic. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. It really is horrible. Well have more on the plight of families and the extreme pressure on the nhs, along with more promising news about the distribution of vaccines. So far, 4 million have been vaccinated but, as we explain, the roll out is not rapid in all parts of the uk. The ayes to the right, 278. The noes to the left, nil. Mps, most of them voting from home, want to keep paying the extra £20 in universal credit, but minist