Well discuss the consequences with a dr in new york. Corn, i hereby grant you a full pardon. And in washington there is one tradition that cant be ignored. The pardoning of the thanksgiving turkey. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Election day was three weeks ago and its taken until now for the official transfer of power to begin. And what a different tone joe biden struck today, as he introduced his top Foreign Policy and National Security picks, saying World Leaders have been calling to say how theyre looking forward to the us reasserting its historic role as a global leader. This as President Trump used the annual pardoning of the thanksgiving turkey to reaffirm his belief in america first. All six Major Networks broke from daily programming to carry joe bidens announcement live. And the markets have responded. The dowjones surpassed the 30,000 level for the first time in history today. And in the midst of a perilous economic crisis, mr bidens
Announced later today. Businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its Prime Minister calls a sophisticated, state based cyber attack. Facebook removes ads by Donald Trumps campaign containing a symbol used by nazi germany the latest setback in a bad week for the us president. And coming up, we return to the northern Italian Region of lombardy, which became the global epicentre of coronavirus when it saw the first major outbreak in europe. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The uk government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towar
Uk government borrowing hits a record monthly high of £55 billion in may, as the coronavirus continued to press heavily on the public finances. Theres a mountain to climb to get back into power, according to a major review of labours 2019 general election defeat, its worst since 1935. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can get in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a one billion pound boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towards a special tutoring programme for the most disadvantaged children. The rest of the money, £650 million, will be available to schools to spend on one to one or Group Tuition for any pupils they think need it. Critics say the plans lack detail and that Early Years Providers and colleges for over 16s have been left out
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