Of the senate seats in a crucial run off contest in georgia. The second is still too close to call. Dozens of pro democracy activists and politicians are arrested in hong kong, accused of trying to overthrow the citys government. And coming up this hour, a breakdown for the motor industry, as car sales suffer their biggest slump since world war ii. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Our top story. Thousands of pupils across england, whove had their gcse and a levels cancelled, are hoping to get more details today on how their work will be assessed. It comes as englands Third National lockdown comes legally into force, with mps set to vote retrospectively on it later today. All of the uk is now under strict virus curbs, with wales, Northern Ireland and most of scotland also in lockdown. On schools, the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, will make a statement to mps and is expected to unveil a support package for young people following the closure of schools and colleges. It comes
Correspondent, katy austin. Last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. Travel corridors mean people coming to the uk from a certain list of countries dont have to quarantine upon arrival. Right now, though, we are being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. To system is being suspended. Trr protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily close all travel corridors from oaoo hrs on monday. Travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. , travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. ,. , travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. ,. ,. ,. , monday. That means arrivals from an here monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have to monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have to quarantine l monday. That means arrivals from l anywhere will have to quarantine for ten days or
It isa it is a messy start to our saturday morning. A combination of rain, sleet and snow sweeping its way steadily east but into the afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers. All the details from me throughout the morning. Morning, its saturday the 16th of january. Our top story all travel corridors into the uk will be closed from monday, the Prime Minister has announced. The change means anyone travelling to the uk will need proof of a negative covid test. Theyll also need to isolate on arrival for at least five days. Charlotte wright reports. Another measure to tighten up travel. This week saw passengers from south america and portugal banned from flying into the uk to stop the spread of a new covid strain from brazil. But the government says it may be difficult to predict where new variance might come from and so further action is needed. To come from and so further action is needed. ,. ,. , come from and so further action is needed. ,. ,. , needed. To protect us against the r
Is what citizens aspire to. They want more solidarity at the international level. You have heard the broad range of views supporting broad intervention in mali. However, we cannot abandon all made but cannot defend only the interests of one state and we need a comprehensive plan for europe. This is what were doing it with a changing europe scores. Budget negotiations on the multiannual framework are a test of that solidarity where our credibility is put to death protest. Put to the test. I would like to say that for our group, it is known as well. It was not a policy of the empty chair. You have to take your responsibility. You have to discuss the issues so that we can have a budget that corresponds to the policy that we have voted on. As for the Financial Framework, we need to set that out for young people to guarantee employment. That is why we have a budget, a budget for investment and a pooling of our resources, which is not just about the constitutional budget. We need other resou
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