As cancers grow in the body, changes happen in the dna of the body. What happens is those tumours start shedding fragments of that dna into the bloodstream and what the grail this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk testis the bloodstream and what the grail test is able to do is detect those and around the world. Fragments of dna and they have very a call for a rethink over specific patterns associated with them which mean that we can tell Englands Covid tier system but the government defends placing most of the country under tougher whether or not it is likely to be a restrictions after lockdown ends. Cancer and moreover, if it is, where in the body that signal is coming if people do follow the rules, from so we can actually help the if we do make the tiered system doctors to figure out where to look work, then as i say, there is every reason to believe so they can determine very quickly that they could de escalate and go down a tier in time for christmas. Nort
This is bbc world news. The headlines. Britain will be the first country to start mass immunisation of its population after giving emergency approval to the vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. Speaking at downing street, Prime Minister borisjohnson said it was a momentous moment. The first doses are already on their way to the uk, with 800,000 due in the coming days. Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list. Valery giscard destaing, who served as president of france from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94. Hes considered to have been a key architect of european integration. The United Nations says 2020 is on course to be one of the hottest three years ever recorded. The un secretary general has told a special bbc Climate Programme that his key objective for next year is to reconcile humankind and nature. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are christopher hope, chief Po
Xrwr u iiulei Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg in the capital of the united states. She does so on capital of the united states. She does so on account capital of the united states. She does so on account built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Speaking at the memorial service, rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt said the latejustice had been a determined defender of peoples rights. Asa as a lawyer, she wanted equality for women and men, not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case. Through meticulous, careful lawyering. She changed the course of american law. And even when her views did not prevail, she still thought. The headlines on bbc news. A Police Officer is shot dead at station in south london by a man who was being detained. Its understood the suspect then turned the gun on himself. Hes now in a critical condition. The head of the met police paid
tribute to the officer. A minutes silence has been held at new scotland yard, as well as the croydon Custody Centre, in tribu
Speak the headlines. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. Is quite plausible by the end of next month that could be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more thani Million People across the county. At one covid hotspot in Northern Ireland a fall in cases after restrictions were introduced but a warning. We are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, lives will be lost. I can see as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. France and germany are expected
to announce new measures as cases continue to rise in europe. Charities say the death of two adults and two children in the English Channel should be a wake up call. And with just six days to go in the us election donald trump and joe biden make their very different
You, the retail and hospitality sectors have faced unprecedented challenges this year because of the pandemic, and todays announcement that all non essential shops will have to close in areas moving into tier 4, is a further blow to retailers, on the last weekend before christmas. Heres our business correspondent, katy austin. There were plenty of people shopping in londons Oxford Street this afternoon and shoppers queued to enter this Department Store in high wycombe while they still could. Nonessential stores in englands tier 4 areas must close from tomorrow along with beauty businesses and gyms. It is a blow for this mens clothes shop in kent. It is devastating, awful. Yeah, because we got another five days i think of trading up to christmas when, yeah, we would take a lot of money potentially. And we wont take a penny. This weekend, the last before christmas, would normally be one of the busiest if not the busiest
weekends of the year for retailers. Just today, more areas of englan