Declare their defiance after wednesdays Terror Attack. Let this be the message from this house, and this nation today, our values will prevail. The archbishop of canterbury praises those who stepped in to help. There is a victory for what is right and good, over what is evil, despairing and bad. Members of the Scottish Parliament also joined together to send a message of support. And as Westminster Returns to work, mps debate how to improve Social Mobility. One study found that children in low income households hear up to 30 million fewer words by the age of three. But first, parliament gathered fewer than 2a hours after the Terror Attack that left a Police Officer and two pedestrians dead, and ended with the attacker being shot and killed by armed police. At around 2 40pm on wednesday the man drove a car at high speed across Westminster Bridge before trying to enter parliament. He was shot dead by a protection officer, after he stabbed and killed Pc Keith Palmer. More than a0 people f
Hello and welcome. A leading opposition activist in belarus has arrived in the polish capital warsaw after fleeing the country. 0lga kovalkova was told by the authorities she would face further arrest if she didnt leave the country after already spending ten days injail. Paul hawkins has more. 0lga kovalkova, another opponent of belarus president , who says shes been forced to leave the country. It was either that, or a long spell injail. Shes now in poland. Translation i consider everything thats happened to me in recent weeks to be torture. I received threats that i will be jailed for a very long time. When i fell ill in my cell, it wasnt doctors who came, but representatives of the authorities. They suggested that i leave the country, otherwise i would stay in prison for a very long time. Translation as long as belarus and belarusians are not able to speak freely about their views and beliefs, as long as repression continues, according to the decision of the prime minister, every pe
More detail then on the uk governments expected announcement that later today, whether it is going to impose mandatory Hotel Quarantine for people arriving in uk. Prime minister borisjohnson said the government is definitely looking at the possibilities. There is raising concerns about new strains of covid i9 in other countries and how best to prevent them spreading across the uk. However, airlines uk and the Airport Operators association have warned that the impact of further measures would be catastrophic. There is also concern about overcrowding at hotel airports, for example it is understood that there are only about 10,000 rooms close to heathrow, which is about the same number of people who arrive at that airport per day, or arrive in the country, should i say, per day. Lets talk this through with simon calder who is a travel expert and a regular here on bbc news. What do we think might be announced . I what do we think might be announced . What do we think might be announced . ~
Trumps second impeachment moving to the senate. Indian media reporting a fierce brawl between indian and chinese troops in flare up along their disputed border. Concern over new variants of covid i9 are leading to tougher travel restrictions around the world. One of those variants originated in the uk. This is the Governments Health secretary. As we have throughout this unprecedented crisis, we are learning more all the time, and the new variant that was first discovered in kent, which comprises now a significant number of our cases, it is spreading 30 to 70 more easily than the existing variance. And based on analysis conducted by academic colleagues in a variety of studies, there is a realistic possibility that this variant may be associated with increased mortality compared to the old variant, as well as increased transmission. Even before that statement, some countries were imposing travel restrictions. In the us, President Biden is set to impose a ban on people arriving from the u
To south korean beaches as returned to south korean beaches as the country turns the corner in the fight against coronavirus. Uk plans to start live testing a phone app in the coming days to speed up covid 19 Contact Tracing and to help the country out of lockdown. The duchess of cambridge has shown her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit via video call. Now on bbc news, Carrie Gracie presents dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im Carrie Gracie. This week another rollercoaster of
hopes and fears. There are lockdowns lifting in some parts of the globe and hopeful talk of vaccines and treatments, but elsewhere infections still rising. And warnings that half the world . S workers are at immediate risk of losing theirjobs. In fact, week by week, the economic fallout of this pandemic looks worse. And everyone wrings their hands and says we need a Global Response. So where is it . My guests, on socially distanced screens, are indian journalist