Hello, youre watching afternoon live im martine croxall. Today at 2. 00 iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran killing all 176 people on board. Including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth the Iranian Regime must open up to the international community, including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth as quickly as possible, to give the families of the victims an understanding of what happened to their loved ones. Bbc presenters samir ahmed wins an employment tribunal. The duchess of sussex goes back to canada amid talks to try and find new roles for her and prince harry. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane latest on harry kanes injury. Thank you very much, and helen has all the weather. Climate statistics available for australia. Yes, and we will talk about that in the next hour. And what is heading into
Its11am and these are the main stories this morning. The moment of crisis has come David Attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle Climate Change need to happen now as Global Temperatures are the second highest on record. This is an urgent problem that has to be solved. And what is more, we know how to do it. Thats the paradoxical thing, that were refusing to take steps that we know have to be taken. Prince harry will make his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan announced theyll be stepping back from their roles as senior royals. Figures show the number of knife crimes in england and wales are the highest
theyve been in a decade. The nhs demands Gambling Companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its impact on Mental Health. An aide to Donald Trumps lawyer claims the president knew exactly what was going on when ukraine was pressured to investigate his democratic rival. Tv cameras are to be allowed to film in crown courts in england and wales for the first
This is bbc news. The headlines wales faces tougher new corona restrictions pubs across the country will be banned from selling alcohol in the run up to christmas. Singer rita ora has apologises for breaching lockdown rules, the Prime Minister every member of the public, including celebrities should follow the rules. Borisjohnson calls for his mps to show unity and resolve as he tries to head off a rebellion over his new tier system in england. Coronavirus infections in england have fallen by about a third. Some of the worst hit areas see the biggest improvements but experts warn the figures are still too high. Moderna is filing for us and european emergency Regulatory Approval of its Coronavirus Vaccine so that it can be recommended for widespread use. Thousands ofjobs at risk as sir philip greens retail empire, which includes topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins, verges on collapse. And coming up before 3 oclock wildlife cameras show beavers back and building theirfirst dam on exmoor
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. The headlines. 12,000 jobs likely to disappear from the high street, as debenams goes out of business. It comes just hours after topshop owner, arcadia, collapsed into administration, putting another 13,000 jobs at risk. Devastating for all those employees, and no easy time, but coming up to christmas, the uncertainty now for 2021, i really do feel for all the individual employees and their families. Mps are debating plans to introduce a new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions across england tomorrow. This is the scene live from the house of commons. We cannot afford to relax, especially during the cold months of winter. Police in germany have arrested
the driver of a vehicle that ploughed into pedestrians in the city of trier, killing at least two and injuring at least ten more. A High Court Ruling on the treatment of children who say theyre transgender a woman who was prescribed puberty blockers when she was 16, says shes delighted. The governmen
And as you know, i worked for senator moynihan, and i know you have an item on one of your menus named after him, and we all appreciate that. Thank you very much for joining us. Really appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Well, that is tonights last word. Msnbcs coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues. Well, good evening once again. Day 1,159 of the trump administration. 225 days until our next president ial election. And if you were watching the White House Briefing earlier tonight, then you know nothing but good news. The president says it will be over very soon, that businesses will be open very soon, and we should await the okay to get going. He says the vaccines are coming along very quickly. They are fixing the problem. He emphasized this is a medical problem, not economic, and he said the mortality rate number may be lower than people think. Now, we should point out in the real world, the u. S. Has the highest rate of increase in the world, and our numbers rocketed up