Scientists from around the world agree the last decade was the warmest on record. Scottish fisherman demand compensation after eu importers refuse to accept deliveries due to long border delays. The next best thing to a session in the gym england on top form despite five months without top class cricket sri lanka give away their home advantage. And coming up on bbc news. Andy murrays appearance at the Australian Open is in doubt hes tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating. He has to wait for Australian Authorities to say hes safe to travel. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nearly 4. 5 Million People in england were waiting to start hospital treatment last november thats a record and yet another shocking indicator of the cost of the pandemic on the nhs and its patients. Behind the numbers are stories of operations postponed and cancer treatments delayed. The Royal College of surgeons described the situation as calamitous. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how
To long border delays. We we re we were not expecting her yet. Here she is we were not expecting her yet. Here she is a and coming up, the surprise that took nine months in the making, and thats despite a stay in hospital with covid. Good evening. Nearly four and half Million People in england were waiting to start hospital treatment last november thats a record and yet another shocking indicator of the cost of the pandemic on the nhs and its patients. Behind the numbers are stories of operations postponed and cancer treatments delayed. The Royal College of surgeons described the situation as calamitous. A further 48,682 new cases of coronavirus have been announced today across the uk. A delay in processing data means the daily death figures havent yet been published. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how coping with the surge in Covid Patients has affected the health service. The consequences of coronavirus are becoming clearer. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in birmingham temporarily hal
Was the warmest on record. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. A ban on travellers coming to the uk from south america and portugal will come into force in a few hours from now, because of concerns about a new variant of coronavirus thats been discovered in brazil. With more than 200,000 dead, brazil has the second highest death toll from the virus in the world, after the United States, but its not in lockdown. Brazils Health Minister has warned that hospitals are close to collapse in one of the main cities, manaus. Katy watson reports. Manaus, say experts, is a city on the point of collapse. These images were filmed by members of the public and doctors, and given to us by the doctors union. Evidence, they say, of the struggles manaus is going through. Hospitals with patients lying next to a body bag. Others lying on the floor, waiting for treatment. A curfew has now been dec
Was the warmest on record. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The us president Electjoe Biden has set out his plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and revive the countrys economy with a huge stimulus package. In a speech in delaware, he promised a mass Vaccination Programme, and an extension of Unemployment Benefits to millions of americans. Its a spending package totalling 1. 9 trillion. Mr biden said the us cannot afford inaction and the country needs a Recovery Plan that doesnt leave anyone behind. We not only have an economic imperative to act now, i believe we have a moral obligation. In this pandemic, in america, we cannot let people go hungry. We cannot let people be evicted. We cannot watch nurses and educators lose theirjobs when we need them. We must act now and act decisively. My fellow americans, the decisions we make in the next few weeks and months will determine whether we thrive in a way that benefits all americans or whether we stay stuck
Between our four nations. But that completely misses the bigger picture. This is a world that has been through massive economic storms where economic competition is heating up as never before, where we have to work harder than ever just to make a living. And in that world of uncertainty, we are quite simply stronger as a bigger entity an open economy of 63 Million People with the oldest and most successful Single Market in the world with one of the oldest and most successful currencies in the world. That stability is hugely attractive for investors. Last year we were the top destination for Foreign Direct Investment in europe. That is a stamp of approval on our stability and i would not want to jeopardize that. But let me be clear the central part of my economic argument for the u. K. Is not about what wed lose if we pulled apart, but what we could gain in this world if we stay together. This government has set out a longterm economic plan for britain getting behind enterprise, dealing