City of louisville. In the uk, the government says it will take weeks to resolve a backlog in coronavirus testing. Some nhs staff are having to stay off work because they need a test and cant get one. Weve got this story, about wildlife in australia. I saw isawa i saw a big blow in the horizon, i thought thats a big dolphin well, it wasnt a dolphin. It was a humpback whale, part of a group found miles inland up a river which is infested with crocodiles. In the past few minutes, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalise relations with israel at a ceremony at the white house. All three along with the us are calling this historic, though other countries have different words for it. President trump invited a thousand people to the event. He spoke earlier. For generations, the people of the middle east have been held back by old conflicts, hostilities, lies, treacheries, so many things held them back. Actually, lies that the jews and arabs were enemies and that al
There will be extreme cases where people cannot get to test locations within that radius but that doesnt mean that, you know, Public Health england are not working night and day to boost capacity. Us President Donald Trump visits california and denies the role of Climate Change in the wildfires devastating the region the number of young people in the uk without a job arises. If that is you, get in touch. People living in birmingham and other parts of the West Midlands are banned from visiting other peoples homes from the day after an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Commemorating the battle of britain its 80 years today since the raf fought off two massive attacks by germanys luftwaffe. Britains home secretary priti patel says its unacceptable that people cant get coronavirus tests after hospital bosses in england warned that a lack of testing was leading to Staff Shortages. Health Officials Say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. But ms
Job support schemes. Ive always said that we will adapt and evolve our support as the Health Situation changes and thats clearly whats happened. Over the past few weeks we are seeing areas move into tier 2 restrictions and thats having a particular impact on hospitality businesses which is why we are keen to support those businesses with extra cash grants and a more generous job support scheme, helping them keep those employees in work. Thejob support scheme announced a month ago helps firms who cut the hours staff work, rather than letting them go, by topping up wages. Previously the government paid a third of the hours not worked. Now the government will pay 62 of hours not worked with employers only paying 5 . Under the scheme announced a month ago staff would have to work at least a third of their normal hours. Now they will only have to work a fifth of normal hours or one day a week. The governments critics say it should have happened much sooner. Last quarter we saw a record rise
Some rain, but very mild, whereas in the north, drier, clearer, some sunshine, but also some showers in the north west. All the details in ten minutes. Its monday, 21st december. Our top story a growing number of countries have shut their borders to britons in response to the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. France said it would not accept any passengers from the uk for 48 hours. The government said it expects severe disruption at ports in kent. The Prime Minister will discuss the growing crisis at an emergency cobra meeting later today. Jon donnison has this report. After queues of up to 20 miles into dover last week amid brexit uncertainty, things could be about to get worse. The port is now shut to all outbound freight and passengers after France Closed its border with the uk for 48 hours, amid fears about the spread of the new strain of coronavirus. This is an absolute hammer blow after all the queues we have had at ports in the last week caused by brexit stockpiling, and
This this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. President trump is criticised after taking a ride in a motercade to greet supporters outside the medical centre where hes being treated for coronavirus. In a video posted from hospital, he says he now understands the virus. I learned a lot about the covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isnt the lets read the book school. And i get it and i understand it. Questions over how and why 16,000 coronavirus cases were missed out of the official figures last week. It has been picked up and it is being dealt with. I dont think theres anything we can change about history, we can only change how we make sure these sort of errors do not happen again in the future. Does that affect your trust in the test and trace system . Do lead us now. test and trace system . Do lead us now. Do lead us now. Rescue operations are stepped up in france and italy, after storm alex brings