Welcome to bbc news. On his second day in office, President Biden has declared the economic crisis in the United States is deepening. He says he will take action to help families struggling to afford food because of lost income due to the pandemic. Mr biden wants to go much further hes calling on congress to authorise a 1. 9 trillion relief package. He says the time to act boldly is now. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. A nations economy buckling under coronavirus, shuttered businesses and still rising unemployment. On his second day in office, the new president laid out his hand to confront the stark reality of covid 19s impact on peoples lives. Joe biden is promising swift action to help americans who have been left without jobs and to help americans who have been left withoutjobs and some who are struggling to put food on the table. fix, are struggling to put food on the table are struggling to put food on the table. A lot of americans are hurting the table. A l
This is bbc news. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. Police in russia crack down on protests by supporters of the jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. Hundreds have already been detained across the country. These are live pictures from moscow where the thousands of demonstraors have gathered. Senior doctors call for changes in the vaccine roll out in the uk they want the 12 week gap between the first and second dose of the pfizerjab to be halved. What we do need to be assured of is that people are properly protected because if the level of protection with the second dose is compromised by a longer delay, that, of course, will impact on the doctors that i represent because they are facing the virus at close quarters
as they look after patients. Borisjohnson warns the new variant of the virus may be more deadly than previously thought. Return to wuhan, one year on from the lockdown we go back to the chinese city where the pandemic began. And back on the t
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