This is bbc world news. The headlines. Britain will be the first country to start mass immunisation of its population after giving emergency approval to the vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. Speaking at downing street, Prime Minister borisjohnson said it was a momentous moment. The first doses are already on their way to the uk, with 800,000 due in the coming days. Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list. Valery giscard destaing, who served as president of france from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94. Hes considered to have been a key architect of european integration. The United Nations says 2020 is on course to be one of the hottest three years ever recorded. The un secretary general has told a special bbc Climate Programme that his key objective for next year is to reconcile humankind and nature. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are christopher hope, chief Po
This is bbc news. The headlines at 6. As students protest against the downgrading of a level results in england, more confusion as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, just hours after publishing it. The common theme is anger. A lot of people are really sad and the stress, it is a really stressful time. Like, yourfuture is uncertain. I think the general attitude is, people want change. People want the government to be held accountable. Its about time that Boris Johnson takes personal responsibility for this and stops making it up as he goes along, because its far too serious for that, and i think in the next 24 hours hes got to come and explain to students, parents and teachers, how he will address this historic injustice. The coastguard says two bodies have been found after two teenage brothers went missing in the sea near Lytham St Annes in lancashire. A huge crowd of opposition more confusion over a level results, supporters gathers in the centre of
To hs2 limited last month, saying it could complete the project faster and more cheaply than current plans. Mr shapps was speaking on the Andrew Marr Show earlier i think what has happened is they have had a letter sent to hs2 limited. There has been no conversation to me as minister or secretary of state. I have to say by the way i want to get this thing built faster if it is possible. If you have a conversation, but i think the idea is when you look at what is required and what needs to be late and so on and so forth, it is an enormous project. You were not billed in five years. You will not build it in five years. Sir eltonjohn has been forced to cut short a concert in new zealand,
after falling ill with walking pneumonia. The 72 year old musician, who was visibily upset, lost his voice mid way through his set at aucklands mount smart stadium. He told concer goers i cant sing, ive got to go, im sorry. Earlier in the set hed told the crowd that hed been diagnosed with the infection,
Spains former King Juan Carlos has decided to leave the country following allegations of corruption against him. Juan carlos made the announcement in a letter to his son, felipe, to whom he handed power six years ago. A million workers are asked to stay at home in australias second city, melbourne, as it fights a rise in new coronavirus infections. The streets are already empty and curfew measures in place in australias strictest lockdown so far. President trump has changed course on the video sharing app tik tok. Hes given the go ahead for microsoft to take over the us operations. And key figures in the Northern Ireland Peace Process have paid tribute tojohn hume the Nobel Prize Winning nationalist politician whos died at the age of 83. Tony blair described him as a political titan. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me again we have anna isaac from the wall streetjournal, and Jack Blanchard from politico. Welcome back to you
p up to 50 mph in the winds could gust up to 50 mph in exposure gcioss the winds could gust up to 50 mph in exposure across the west. Strong enough again potentially to cause damage and disruption. Unseasonably windy. The headlines pressure mounts on the government over englands exam results fiasco, an announcement is expected later, amid fears similar chaos could surround thursdays gcse results. Here we are the monday after a level results wadding there is not a proper appeals process in place and wadding there is now not enough confidence in the system for gcses, is frankly unacceptable. Northern ireland scraps plans to take into account schools past performances and instead will award gcse grades based solely on teacher estimates. Anger on the streets of belarus, as pressure mounts on president lukashenko over his disputed re election. Millions of self employed workers in the uk can apply for a second Coronavirus Support grant
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