Welcome to bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories back to work. Donald trumps doctor says he has completed his course of treatment and could return to public engagements from saturday. In michigan, the fbi arrests six men in an alleged plot to kidnap the states governor, gretchen whitmer. More fighting and more deaths in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh, but peace talks are imminent. And the acclaimed us poet louise gluck wins the nobel prize for literature. Donald trumps doctor says the president has completed his treatment for covid 19 and can return to public engagements this week. Dr conley released a statement saying that the president has remained stable since returning to the white house and responded extremely well to treatment. Our washington correspondent nomia iqbal has been reading the memo. Well, its interesting what the memo doesnt tell us, to be honest, lewis. While dr conley says that donald trump is on the road to recovery and he should be able to res
Today at six. Greater manchester is placed under tier three covid restrictions and thats without a deal with local leaders. After ten days of arguing there was no agreement over a Financial Support package borisjohnson said he couldnt wait any longer. Not to act would put manchesters nhs, and the lives of many of manchesters residents, at risk. The pub workers and taxi drivers, bookies and freelancers local leaders say its the poorest who will suffer most. Is this a government committed to levelling up this country . That is what they told people in this city, the people who drive those taxis, who work in the pubs. Many of them who may have voted for them. They said to them
they would level up. What weve seen today is a deliberate act of levelling down. Well be in bolton, hearing what people have to say about the rules and the row. The young people volunteering to be given the covid virus part of the research that could speed up a vaccine. A father who saw the Manchester Arena bomber w
This is bbc news with the latest headlines conservative mps urge the Prime Minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser, Dominic Cummings. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid 19. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the crisis. President trump has insisted he wont put the us into lockdown, and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the. Whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell. Ethiopias government warns that fighting with local forces in the Tigray Region appears to be spreading into neighbouring areas. A ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is expected to be brought foward to 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned. And diwali with a difference the festival of lights is celebrated
President trump has formally nominated the 48 year old conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat on the Us Supreme Court. Mr trump appeared alongside the judge at the white house, describing his nominee as one of the countrys most brilliant and gifted legal minds. Thousands of protesters have defed israels nationwide lockdown to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Large convoys drove tojerusalem from around the country to express their anger at mr netanyahus handling of the pandemic and his refusal to step down over corruption charges. Thousands of University Students across the uk have been forced into lockdown for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases on campuses. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self isolate in their rooms on campus for m days. Now on bbc news, its click. This week youtube cracks down on misinformation. Nick sneaks up on a robot tractor. And omars mask wearing masterclass has been postponed due to unfo
This is bbc news. The headlines further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus this is bbc news with the latest in both england and scotland. Headlines for viewers in the uk in england, the Prime Minister has and around the world. Warned of tough weeks to come. Im rebecca jones. What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus. The roll out of the oxford it is a bit unclear at the moment, astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning but if you look at the numbers the government describes it as a Pivotal Moment in the pandemic. There is no question that we are going to have to take the vaccine means everything to me. Tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. I mean, to my mind, its the roll out of the the only way of getting back Oxford Astrazeneca jab has begun to a bit of normal life. The Prime Minister says tens you know, this virus of millions of doses will have been is terrible, isnt it . Administe