This is bbc news im simon mccoy. The headlines at 103m thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in boats to escape bush fires in Australia Military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. Nothing prepares you for that bearing down of a fire front, charging at a community. I mean, were talking massive walls of fire, coming straight at you. Former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. The National Living wage is to rise in april by 6. 2 four times the rate of inflation. Heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into Civil Partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who are married. Meet the seal that commutes between the isle
of man and cornwall as record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals are reported in british waters. Coming up in half an hour, we bring you some of the highlights of the Victoria Derbyshire programme from the last year, includ
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the terrifying moment thousands of people took refuge on the shore in australia to escape bushfires engulfing their town. We were bracing for the worst, because it was black. Like, it should have been daylight but it was black like midnight. And we could hear the fire roaring. The uk government says its seriously concerned about a fair trial for the british woman convicted in cyprus of lying about a rape claim. The minimum wage for over 25s is to rise by 51 pence an hour. It means a pay rise for three million workers, and comes into force in april. Footballs law makers claim the use of the video asistant referee is being used too forensically as calls grow for changes in the use of technology. Wake up to the menopause 2019 was the year this programme broke the taboo and talked about the menopause. Well look back at the difference our coverage made for thousands of women. Good morning. Today we ar
Between police and protesters, who are angry at the governments response to tuesdays massive explosion. International donors have pledged 300 million for rebuilding the capital. Anti government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. The police say getting the situation under control. Opposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the expected result as a joke. British teaching unions have criticised borisjohnson for saying there was a moral duty to get children in england back into school at the start of setember. They urged him to boost coronavirus testing and tracing in order to reopen schools safely. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The covid 19 pandemic has inflicted huge economic damage, but it has offered the Natural World a little bit of respite room to breathe. But what wil
This is bbc news, the headlines. The russian Opposition Leader and one of president putins fiercest critics Alexei Navalny is being treated at a hospital in germany after a suspected poisoning. He fell into a coma after drinking a cup of tea at an airport cafe which his supporters believe was laced with poison. British tourists whove been on holiday to croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago now have to isolate for 1a days on their return. Thousands of people rushed back from those countries where there have been spikes in coronavirus cases before the new rules came into force. The World Health Organisation says children over 12 should wear masks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. It says theres now some evidence to suggest older children and adolescents can infect others. For children under twelve, the who advises taking into account how widespread the virus is. Its been a difficult summer for couples wanting
to get married who have had to cancel their wedding plans. Its also
Heres our arts correspondent, david sillito. Three, two, one. Happy birthday to you. We are in a basement, in a zero particle clean room, listening to happy birthday being sung over and over again. Happy birthday, dear susan. The reason . To try to find out if singing is any riskier than speaking. So, what is being measured here is what is coming out of our mouths, the big droplets that maybe go about two metres, but also the much, much smaller ones, and that has been captured by this, what is known as the aerosol. Happy birthday, dear susan. Happy birthday to you. Droplets are typically understood to fall a metre or two in front of the face and that is the basis of social distancing. The aerosols on the other hand are much smaller and they hang around in the air and until they are ventilated away, they hang around
exactly where they are. Choral singing was one of the first activities to be shut down and when lockdown was eased, singers were still told to be three metres apart. Those r