among the worst hit. no chemotherapy, die of the cancer or die of the pandemic, you know, i don t really have much of a choice. you re removing my lifeline. john lewis has warned of further store closures after it made a record annual loss of more than £500 million. and coming up on bbc news, max malins will make his first start for england in saturday s six nations match against france at twickenham. one of three changes to the side beaten by wales. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child s skin would be. william also revealed he hasn t spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controve
hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid i9 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to s
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