of reconciliation as one roman catholic nun joins demonstrators, and prays with police. president biden s climate envoy, john kerry, calls on the world s most polluting nations to do more to tackle climate change he s been talking to bbc news. chanting. and, the schoolgirl left for dead by the taliban, who went on to win a nobel prize. malala yusafzai tells us about her new multi million pound television deal. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s royal family and its advisors are reeling from a list of damaging allegations made by the duke and duchess of sussex in their interview with oprah winfrey. meghan said that she considered taking her own life, and that there had been conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie s skin might be. oprah winfrey has said it wasn t queen elizabeth or the duke of edinburgh who asked prince harry about the colour of his son s skin. so far, buckingham palace has not responded to a
Good morning. Its wednesday, the 30th of december. Our top story. Millions more people in england are expected to be moved into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, after a record rise in infections. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, will make the announcement in the house of commons this afternoon. Anisa kadri has more. The centre of southampton empty, after the toughest coronavirus restrictions came in on boxing day. Today, the government is expected to announce more areas of england will enter tier 4. And theres also talk of whether four tiers is enough. Yesterday, the uk announced another 53,135 covid cases, a record daily figure. Its partly down to a christmas lag in reporting, but also reflects the fast spreading new variant of the virus. And nhs staff say theyre at risk of becoming overwhelmed. The peak is not going to come for maybe two weeks from now, three weeks from now . And the big thing for us will be weve had the christmas social mixing. People will do the sa
World in paris, Pierre Cardin, takes the town by storm. And tributes to one of the biggest names in fashion design, Pierre Cardin, who has died at the age of 98. Hello and welcome. Us president Electjoe Biden has been further outlining us efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic under his forthcoming presidency. While congratulating President Trump for finally signing the covid relief stimulus package, mr biden criticised him for what he described as a slow roll out of the vaccination programme. The president elect once again pledged to deliver 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office. Im going to move heaven and earth to get us moving in the right direction. Im going to use my power under the defence production act when im sworn in and order private industry to accelerate the making of the materials needed for the vaccines, as well as protective gear. Vice president harris and i have been speaking with county officials, mayors, governors of both parties to speed up the dist
In the senate. And one of the biggest names in fashion design, Pierre Cardin, has died at the age of 98. As coronavirus surges worldwide, the uk has set another record for the number of infections reported in 2a hours. 0ne senior medical officer has expressed extreme concern at the situation. Official data puts the figure at 53,135 new coronavirus cases in the latest 24 hour period, and a14 deaths were reported. These figures come ahead of any changes to englands lockdown restrictions, which could be announced tomorrow. This report from our Health Correspondent Catherine Burns includes flash photography. We all wanted to have a few days off over christmas, but instead we have been asked to come back to work. This time, its a wave. This time, weve seen a massive increase. If we continue with the current rate of admissions, we are very close to being overwhelmed. It is affecting everyone. People are just exhausted, its been such a long year. Doctors and nurses from the nhs front line tel
But said he will ask his partys mps to back the deal to avoid a no deal. This morning, the European Commission president ursula von der leyen and European Council president Charles Michel signed the International Treaty ratifying the post brexit trade deal, due to come into force on january 1st. The agreement is on its way to london, where the Prime Minister borisjohnson will add his signature. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent nick eardley. He is at westminster for us. Just talk us through what is going to happen in the commons this morning. Good morning, it is going to be a busy day here at westminster because suchis busy day here at westminster because such is the length of time left, one day until this trade agreement comes into force, things are going to have to be rushed through the commons and the lords, it is all going to happen in there today. It could be another 20 minutes or so before we hearfrom the Prime Minister, just because parliament has been recalled, they nee