good evening. officials in belgium say they ve discovered the first case in europe of a new variant of covid deemed to be of huge international concern. there are fears that the variant, which has been circulating in south africa, might be more transmissible, and that vaccines may be less effective against it. from midday today, the uk suspended direct flights from six countries in southern africa and from 4am on sunday, anyone arriving here from those countries will have to quarantine at their own expense for ten days in an approved hotel. this afternoon, the european union also said that air travel to and from the six countries should be halted. with ourfirst report tonight, here s our medical editor, fergus walsh. after months of opening up, a new coronavirus variant means travel restrictions are back. at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. i feel extremely relieved, because, yeah, who knows how long this is going to last? we ve been told w
is gaining ground on his opponent. the clear politics average polling data shows him leading by less than two points. with over a week until election day. we begin this hour with mark meredith live in newport where he just wrapped a speech in his meeting with supporters. good afternoon to you, we are here in newport new virginia, we saw glenn yanking as he wrapped up into her all around the state he lost the bus to her yesterday and tried to see much as virginia because as you were talking about the pull show this is a close race you can see the crowd behind me there pretty fired up to hear from glenn he wrapped up his speech a few moments ago. what s been interesting the republican has a shot at the governors manchin that was considered not possible not that long ago but as he said that is not the case anymore. nine days out, nine days out from making the statement that is absolutely going to send a shockwave across america. a statement to say not here, number progressiv
this is all about election interference. this is all biden run. and donald trump on his criminal trial a date is set for april 15, on charges relating to alleged hush money paid to a porn star. and coming up on bbc news the pressure is on, but the wales players are relaxed ahead of tomorrow s playoff final against poland. they need to win in cardiff to get to this summer s euros. good evening. the 15 countries which make up the un security council have for the first time adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. the us abstained from the vote, rather than blocking the measure a change in position from israel s main ally. let s go straight to the un in new york and our correspondentjohn sudworth. well, reeta, after all of the geopolitical brinkmanship the squabbling over semantics and there is no doubt that for many observers this is a highly symbolic moment. it also, i think for many peop
particles really exist. 0n newsnight at 10:30pm, we are on the road for the last of four special programmes taking the pulse of the nations ahead of the general election. that is newsnight from the imperial war museum at duxford, bbc two. 10:30 p:m.. good evening. the 15 countries which make up the un security council have for the first time backed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. they also called for the release of all israelis hostages. israel s main ally, the us, changed its position and abstained from the vote rather than blocking it leading israel to accuse america of abandoning its policy in the un. it also cancelled a scheduled trip to the white house this week. here sjohn sudworth. please raise their hand. this time, for the first time, none of the five permanent security council members used their power of veto. abstention? instead, the us only abstained. after multiple failed attempts, a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire was fin