Wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls arent working. Its the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. The number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. The big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. And remembering a long life, lived well. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life. But first, The Government says its a hugely significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus. Ten Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of the Covid Vaccine. But at Prime Ministers questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the Vaccine Programme was his governments reluctance to order the complete closure of the uks borders to limit the arrival of new st
i m christine romans in today for alex. it is two pm on the east coast. 11 am out west. we begin this hour with campaign bus lighting at new hampshire. we countdown to tuesday s first-in-the-nation primary. closing arguments are underway with mikaelyan donald trump making their pitches in person to voters in the granite state. while ron desantis has turned his gaze south campaigning in south carolina today. on the democratic side, supporters of president joe biden are staging a write in campaign over a fallout over the first democratic primary left him off the ballot there. today biden s challenge is congressman dean phillips and author are out there stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. you can see new hampshire primary voters favoring ticking haley as the republican candidate who do best head to head against president biden. trump is widely expected to win the republican primary on tuesday. l spk a name rally in manchester tonight. meanwh
all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your business with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. sandra: fox news alert, u.s. bases under attack and startling admission from the u.s. military. fox news is confirming u.s. air defenses at a base in syria were not working when iranian drones hit the base killing one american and wounding six others. any moment now we expect to hear from the pentagon and explanation why the troops and other americans were left unprotected. john: after the deadly attack, president biden ordered airstrikes on iranian proxies, and with our adversaries in the rearview mirror now, the president is making the case to bolster joint defense during his visit to canada. the white house says they need to counter iran s actions in the middle east but what does that look like? this is how texas republican senator ted cruz sees it. the biden administration has gone incredibl
19 people have died and around 30 have been wounded in a suicide bomb attack at an education centre in the capital, kabul. most of the victims were teenage girls who were sitting a practice university exam. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show, we are day tripping across the uk. come through here, and this way. goodbye! let s go. with autumn coming into full swing here in the uk, summer seems like a distant memory with its record high temperatures and bounce back in tourism, after two years i stopped at travel restrictions. earlier this year we dropped in on some of the uk s top attractions and destinations, meeting the people getting as excited about travel again and hearing how they have had to adapt to survive. if you are watching last week, you would have seen at inverness in the far north of scotland is sprucing up the castle and how local businesses adapt to meet changing demands. but this week, we looking back at what the story was in england
cooler. showers across the northern part of the country this evening. to the south, cloud will increase with outbreaks of rain through the english channel, possibly reaching south wales by the morning. it will keep temperatures in double figures but elsewhere a fresher night. a dry and bright day for many on sunday. southern counties of england and wales, the chance of some cloud and outbreaks of rain. not sure how quickly that will clear, but it will be crucial for the london marathon. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. ukraine s president responds to russia s annexation of four of its regions by making a fast track bid to join nato and says his country will continue to defend all of its territory. millions of people in the uk begin paying more for gas and electricity as the new energy price cap comes into force. large parts of britain s train network grind to a complete halt with only around one in ten services running, as 50,000 workers stage a walkout in the biggest