Cabinet secretary. The president elect and Vice President elect are committed to a diverse cabinetand im humbled and honoured to accept their nomination for secretary of the interior. And queueing for whats known as the fat 0ne. long lines in spain ahead of its annual christmas lottery. Warehouse workers are packing vials of the newly approved Moderna Vaccine in readiness for distribution to thousands of sites across the United States. General gus perna, whos leading operation warp speed for the Us Government, said trucks would start to roll out on sunday. He said shipments would begin to reach Healthcare Providers as soon as monday. But hes had to apologise to state governors, saying hed made an error estimating the number of doses cleared for shipment. This week many have heard concerns about allegations of vaccine doses being cut. I want to assure everybody, and i want to take personal responsibility for the miscommunication. I know thats not done much, these days, but i am responsi
Twitter accounts affected included president obama, joe biden, elon musk, kim kardashian, kanye west and bill gates. Twitter said it was aware of a security incident impacting accounts and were investigating it. The body of tech ceo and entrepreneur fahim saleh was found apparently decapitated and dismembered in a flat in new york. Mr saleh was the founder of bangladesh based pathao and nigerian motorbike sharing startup gokada. Mit csail team demonstrated a robotic gripper with soft, sensistive fingers handling cables with dexterity. The team anticipates future applications could include surgical stitches and tying knots. Finally, another robot companion made its debut this week. Meet stretch rel designed by an ex google employee, the 23 kilo robot can help with housework and even play with the dog. Stretch is the first machine released by hello robot. Now i dont know about you, but as Face Coverings are becoming a normal part of life, i have struggled to find one that fits and stays
The headlines Republican Leaders in congress have said there will be an orderly transfer of power should President Trump lose novembers election. He appeared to cast doubt on the transition on wednesday again raising questions about the probity of the vote with so many ballots likely to be cast by mail. The french Prime Ministers warned its a race against time to avoid a second coronavirus wave as bad as the first. It comes as the country records a Record Number of new cases since mass testing began with more than 16,000 people testing positive in 2a hours. The british chancellor of the exchequers announced plans to replace the current furlough job support scheme for workers, as the country tries to contain coronavirus infections. Rishi sunak said his primary goal remained to support the Labour Market but he warned he wouldnt be able to save everyjob. Now on bbc news. The week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament our look back at the last few days here at w
This is bbc news, im lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Nigerian Officials Say more than 300 schoolboys taken captive by gunmen last week, are safe and well, and on their way home. A court in france jails a morrocan man for life, afterfinding him guilty of a terror attack on a paris bound train in 2015. Us Cyber Security experts say a major hacking campaign, uncovered this week, posed a grave risk to the governments Nuclear Stockpile. Politicians are blaming russian intelligence. And, the british actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played boba fett in the original star wars trilogy, has died aged 75. Hello and welcome. Hundreds of schoolboys, kidnapped in Northern Nigeria last friday, have been released. The governor of Katsina State says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. The bbcs nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano in katsina. She says the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the pa
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. Bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. This man was a prison guard at a D