Youre going to see very different presidency for america. Wanted to worry about me throwing out flat capital messages on twitter every five minutes to you. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york, James Reynolds is in london. Were in danger of becoming numb to the staggering covid 19 death toll here in the us. More than three hundred thousand American Families will mark the holidays without a loved one. The holiday at thanksgiving is behind the latest surge in cases with christmas and new year coming up fast. It was a recording breaking day on wednesday the largest single day numbers for deaths, new cases, and hospitalisations since the pandemic began. And it ended with 3656 people dead due to covid. In california 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues. The governor of new york warns that hospitals in parts of the state could become overwhelmed byjanuary. If we slow the spread, we can avoid any more economic shutdowns. And thatis any more economic shutdowns. And that i
Wed love to hear your thoughts on the tier review. Are you hoping your area is moved down a tier . What effect would moving up a tier have on you . Should the government be reviewing the tiers at all . Do get in touch with me on twitter Annita Mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. The french president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for covid 19 after showing symptoms and will isolate for seven days. The World Health Organisation is given the green light to visit wuhan in china to investigate the origins of the virus. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops in britain face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing businesses thousands of pounds in sales. 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. Coronavirus appear
One man has been arrested. I want to take this opportunity to say how sorry i am for my breach of rules that i ask all of us to follow every single day. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special, where were expecting at around 3 oclock a Coronavirus Briefing from downing street with the possibility that more parts of england could come under the toughest coronavirus restrictions in tier 4, and any changes could be as soon as boxing day this weekend. It is of course because of the new rapidly spreading variant of covid 19 thats already affecting large parts of the london, the southeast and east of england. The communities secretary Robert Jenrick says the strain is now prevalent outside these areas, and so more action may be needed. It comes as britains covid 19 r number the rate at which the virus is reproducing has increased again, to between 1. 1 and 1. 3. Meanwhile, borders have reopened in dover, but 5,000 lorry drivers in kent are facing more delays as they have to wait
For the first few days. After an evening phone call, downing street warns that post brexit trade talks are in a serious situation. It was a night to remember for Marcus Rashford. On the field he scored twice to lift Manchester United up to sixth in the premier league off it, he was recognised by fifa for his work to try and end child food poverty in the uk. Catching up on one of the years most inspiring stories. Six year old tony hudgells raised more than £1. 5 million for charity. Well take a look at how the money will make a difference good morning. Rain is back today, heavy full some of us. Flooding likely in south wales. Windy, mild. I have your friday forecast and prospects for a brighter weekend. Its friday the 18th of december. Our top story. Millions of people across the uk are braced for tougher covid restrictions amid growing concern about rising Coronavirus Infections. From tomorrow, swathes of eastern and southern england will move into tier 3 measures. Northern ireland ha
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Watching in the uk there is increasing speculation that a trade deal between the uk and the European Union could be agreed in the next few hours. So far, the biggest stumbling blocks have been overfishing rights and business competition rules, and the two sides have until december 31st to come to a deal. Heres an update from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Most straightforwardly, theres hardly any time left. We left the European Union at the end of january, but we stayed in the status quo, the transition period. But that comes to an end whatever happens in the next few days on the 31st of this month. So, first and foremost, there just isnt very much time. It has to happen soon if its going to happen at all. But more pointedly, today, with conversations with ministers, conversations with people in and around the place, both here and in brussels, theres just a sense that this deal is now extremely close. There are