This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The latest headlines. Britain is on the edge of losing control of coronavirus a stark warning from one leading scientist following a sharp rise in cases in the united kingdom. This is still a very widely distributed infection, its across the whole of the uk and by every measure, the numbers are going up. Boris johnson defends his plans to override parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, saying the eu is looking to carve up and divide the uk. The first direct talks between afghanistan and the taliban take place in qatar. The afghans say they want to end the war. Including men, women, minorities and victims then both sides will be
the peace heroes. Sir Terence Conran the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor has died aged 88. And the new premier League Season begins with the champions liverpool hosting leeds united, who are back after an absence of 16 years. Good afternoon. A leading scientist has warned that the uk is on the edge of l
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me rebecca jones. The headlines at 9. The moment of crisis has come David Attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle Climate Change need to happen now as Global Temperatures reach an all
time high. This is an urgent problem that has to be solved. And what is more, we know how to do it. That is the paradoxical thing, that we are refusing to take steps we know have to be taken. Those comments from sir David Attenborough come as the bbc launches a year of special coverage on Climate Change. 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. The nhs demands Gambling Companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its effects on peoples 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. And in sport. Why children in scotland
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The us broadcaster and talk show host larry king, who has died at the age of 87. Now its time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. We have got further snow for parts of north and west scotland, north and west england, into east anglia, that will clear away eastwards this evening. Showers in west scotland overnight. Another cold night, widespread frost, ice a risk. Parts of scotland, minus eight celsius. Rain, sleet and snow continues through the morning across parts of wales, south west england, parts of Northern Ireland. Further north wintry showers. Another cold day. Looking ahead, mandy is another cold day with a few wintry showers but mostly dry. Monday is another cold day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines more than 1,500 people have been arrested in russia as police crack down on protests by supporters of the jailed Opposition Leader alexei navalny. Mr navalny s wife, yulia, has now been released after being arrested while attending a demonstration in moscow. Senior
Tens of thousands of protesters are marching in the us capital washington. Its the biggest protest so far during twelve days of demonstrations against the killing of george floyd. Thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. It comes after a service was held in minneapolis, near where he was killed. His funeral will take place in houston on tuesday. In the uk, thousands of people have gathered in cities across the country, despite warnings to stay at home because of the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but there were some clashes with Police Outside downing street on saturday evening, with mounted officers driving back some of the protestors. Now on bbc news, the travel show. From the top of the worlds tallest trees. Theres nothing else like this on the planet, and im getting an appreciation for that right now. To freezing alpine ice lakes. Im really nervous ab
abc news poll. trump s in a dead heator t with biden among suburban women. with trump providing the heatidn and biden providing the dead. wow. an so cat, the world seems like it s out of control. do you think that s because itha is or because this new of inputs social media smartphones. s oris this showing us what s bl going on all the time and now it s just transparent? i mean, i m encouraged by this number. yeah.ncourage the num right.ou i if you think about the last segment of you think everyone is so divided. nkybody isthis is a prettyd is large percentage that s united, that everything s terrible . pro yeah, i think it s probably a mix. i would say i think we definitely see more. but also, again, how often i are we always saying we live in unprecedented times, we livue in? and it really is soe unprecedented.