And, it takes two to tandem on a journey right around the world. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First they dont get any bigger than facebook, amazon, google and apple. These giants of global tech wield huge power and influence the world over, nowhere more than in the us. And their role has come under scrutiny in a congressional inquiry, where they were accused of being too dominant in the market while their political leanings were also questioned. All four of them put their ceos up to defend their companies. Mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, Sundar Pichai and tim cook have all been questioned. Our tech correspondent James Clayton has been watching the hearing. These four titans of tech run the companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. Today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. The richest man in the world, jeff be
Why postal ballots may pose a challenge for this years president ial election. Live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to you our viewers here in the United States and around the world, im kim brunhuber. The World Health Organization says more cases of covid19 were documented around the world in the past 24 hours than ever before. Nearly 300,000 people were affected. While the disease has struck more than 17. 6 Million People worldwide since the pandemic began, while the crisis is especially bad here in the United States. According to Johns Hopkins university, the u. S. Has suppressed 400 million cases and 153,000 deaths and its not getting better. The virus is expected to kill another 20,000 americans in the next weeks. Georgia joined at least 30 others in pausing or rolling back the reopening. Florida has had a terrible week in dealing with the coronavirus. The state has now hit four Straight Days of record deaths with 157 fatalities on friday. And its the direct result of the
Absolutely great and absolutely fine. Veryjoyous. Very ecstatic. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public from variants of covid 19. Air corridors are being closed on monday meaning visitors to the uk will have to quarantine. Theyve been fresh calls from the travel sector for suport to help the industry survive. Heres our Business Correspondent, katy austin. Last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. Travel corridors mean people coming to the uk from a certain list of countries dont have to quarantine upon arrival. Right now, though, we are being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. To protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily c
This is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. A further 1,295 people have died in the uk according to the latest covid figures. But the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. The worlds biggest Vaccination Programme gets underway in india. The country hopes to inoculate 300 Million People byjuly, with priority being given to frontline healthcare workers. Senior Police Officers in the uk says their investigations have been compromised after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the Police National computer. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States
promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. And coming up in half an hour, here on bbc news our world tells the story of the holidaymakers who found the