Aid officials and the un are saying up to 6 Million People in yemen are being denied desperately needed aid because Houthi Rebels are blocking it. The houthis, supported by iran, have been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia, the us and uk for five years. Chinas leader has made a public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to combat the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. At least 1,000 people have died so far, 42,000 cases have been confirmed. The us state of New Hampshire is in the spotlight as voters get ready for tuesdays primary election. Analysts see this as a vital moment for former Vice President joe biden, and some of the other democratic candidates, to boost theirflagging campaigns to become the partys nominee to fight donald trump for the presidency. A 58 year old man has died in hampshire after a tree fell on his car during storm ciara on sunday. Weather warnings remain in place
The headlines quarantine squads in wuhan in china are detaining people suspected of being infected by the new coronavirus. And the authorities in beijing have banned large social gatherings. The number of deaths from the epidemic has risen to more than 700. That surpasses the toll from the sars outbreak almost two decades ago. Democrat Party Candidates vying take on President Trump have held their latest debate in New Hampshire ahead of the primary election to be held on tuesday. The current front runners are mayor Pete Buttigieg and senator bernie sanders. Two key witnesses in Donald Trumps impeachment process have been removed from their government posts. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman has been sacked from his white housejob. The Us Ambassador to the european union, Gordon Sondland issued a statement saying he was being recalled from his post. The tv presenter, Phillip Schofield, has revealed hes gay. Hes been married for almost 27 years and has two daughters. He decided to go
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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Some breaking news, the us has just topped 20 million cases of coronavirus. This come as Research Confirms the the new coronavirus variant discovered in the uk has a much quicker rate of transmission. If the new variant is now present, with this increase in the r number, all of a sudden instead of a decrease of 30 , we get a massive increase, the number of cases over the same period could triple. So, this is more or less the most serious change in the virus that weve seen. The us struggles to roll out the Covid Vaccine as it records over 20 million cases, according to thejohn hopkins university. A new era begins, as the brexit transition period ends and the uk completes its formal separation from the european union. Now on bbc news sportday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im sarah mulkerrins, coming up. 2021 is off to a flyer for bristol as the bears win to move second in the premiership and hand newcastle their first loss of the season. Amid rising coronavirus cases japans Prime Minis
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans to impose localised lockdowns in england will be unveiled later. The government will explain how its test, track and trace strategy will deal with regional outbreaks of covid 19. If there is a flare up in one particular community, and that could be on quite a small scale like a particular workplace or school, then measures can be introduced, local lockdowns may be introduced which hopefully the public will get to tackle regional outbreaks behind, enable us to control of coronavirus in the future. The virus in that locality. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will be questioned by senior mps theres no timeframe yet, later amid continued calls for his top adviser but the government says itll Dominic Cummings to resign. Be part of the test, track and trace system. Some Health Officials are concerned elsewhere riot police in hong kong fire pepper pellets to break up about getting the public on board