This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans for a huge increase in covid testing in britain. Operation moonshot aims to do ten million daily tests by early next year. The idea is to have a test which would be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test that provides a very quick result, and that would completely revolutionise things. Senior uk ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials later over the governments plan to override parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Thousands of migrants desperately seek shelter after a camp on the greek island of lesbos was destroyed by fire. Three people die as wildfires continue to rage in california, which is in the middle of a 20 year mega drought. Wildlife populations are plummeting across the world according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Hello and welcome if you re the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and ac
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. History in the making in doha, as the Afghan Government and the taliban sit down for peace talks. And we have to prevent the destruction and killing in our country. We also firmly request the other side to act according to those things that have been agreed. Americas west coast fires burn out of control. Half a Million People in oregon are under evacuation alert. On the edge of losing control of coronavirus a warning from one leading british scientist as 3,500 uk cases are recorded for a second day. And britains last night of the proms goes ahead with the song that caused controversy, but without the crowds. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. There have been calls for an urgent ceasefire in afghanistan, at the end of the first day of long awaited intra afg han peace talks in qatar. These are
Whit ur m. ;itit u15 u mum a fltr putting in place. I want have been putting in place. I want to put on the record my thanks to those in bolton council, the leader, david greenall, he has been doing an excellent job. The david greenall, he has been doing an excellentjob. The director of Public Health and the chief executive. It has been a difficult challenge in bolton. Thankfully, what we have learnt from this sort of local action elsewhere in the country, is that we dont see large scale country, is that we dont see la rge scale numbers of country, is that we dont see large scale numbers of people travelling nearby, to nearby other areas. Where there is a problem. We havent seen that yet. Of course we remain vigilant on that and all of these measures, but im sure that these measures, but im sure that the people of bolton will understand how significant this problem is and will follow the guidance and indeed the new laws that we will bring in to back up the proposal so we have made tod
And a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. But it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and thats whats happening here, in wiltshire. Its a really good Hunting Ground for birds of prey. David butlers farm isnt organic, but its still a haven for wildlife. The grey partridge, here filmed in a different location, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor water quality, then were not going to have high yields of crops and were not going to have healthy animals, were not going to have healthy food, and that directly then feeds through to people. Humans are managing nature for their own benefit, whether its for grazing animals orfor building on, and its having a dramatic impact all over the world. And Scientists Say we can see this now by the pandemic were living through. Research suggests the emergence of covid 19 could be linked to bats. Were fairly confident that the driving forces that have led to the spread of
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Britain announces plans to start mass immunisation against coronavirus from next week after uk regulators approved the pfizer and biontech vaccine in record quick time. The Prime Minister hails the achievment. We have been waiting and hoping for the day when the searchlights of science would pick out our invisible enemy and now the scientists have done it. A tough warning on Climate Change from the un secretary general. In a special bbc broadcast, Antonio Guterres says we face a moment of truth. The state of our planet is broken. Immunity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back and it is doing so with Gathering Force and fury. And Valery Giscard destaing, the french president who oversaw sweeping social reforms, has died at the age of ninety four. Just how britain plans to roll out a Mass Vaccination Campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer,