A battle of 2 giants france says it wont make human rights a condition for arms sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris. Really. Funny and cutting a new record bob dylan sells all his songs to universal music and one of the biggest such deals. Announced and how much of the sport as europe hold its qualifying draw for the 2022 world cup in qatar details coming up this hour. Thanks for joining us we begin in the u. S. Navigating its way through a president ial transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day so the president elect joe bidens reportedly made his pick for Health Secretary one of the incoming administrations most consequential jobs and hes eyeing this man hes californias attorney general have you have a sarah for the position well in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be
But is accused of turning a blind eye to egypts human rights record. And lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. And im santa how much with the sport as europe holds its qualifying draw for the 2022 world cup in qatar details coming up this hour. Welcome to the news our hope of imminent Vaccination Programs is doing the thrill to reduce the devastating Global Impact of the coronavirus Record Numbers of people are being admitted into hospital in the us tough restrictions are also coming into force in different parts of the world on monday more than 33000000 people in Southern California in the San Joaquin Valley were hit with stay at home or does restaurants a close to in person dining in many other places like hair and nails salons museums and playgrounds have been completely shot in germany a chance and has hinted that harsher regulations will be required there she said existing measur
Coming out. British Police Identify the attacker who killed 2 people on London Bridge as a convicted terrorist who was released early from prison Prime Minister Barak Johnson visited the same as the attack on saturday he said dont convey to the terra fences that shouldnt be released early. Im rebecca read his welcome to the program. Germanys government could be soon saying a shake up after the 2nd Biggest Party the social democrats elected to new late is no but a vault of boyens and saskia esque and won the ballots and now present at the tension of threat to the parties a grand coalition with german chancellor Angela Merkel conservatives both well voltar buoyant and s. Can have been outspoken critics of the coalition of the boy and that was quick to emphasize though that the s. P. D. Want russia decision on whether to stay in the coalition or not. After the ballot valter boyens had this to say about the future of his party. Once a civil suit. Does does he and we are aware that this is
And a draw for the euro 2020 that will turn it has been made, placing the defending champions portugal in the defending champions portugal in the same group as well champions france and germany. The world cup finals croatia had been drawn in a group which includes england. At ten oclock Reeta Chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, its time for our world hidden children of bulgaria a warning you may find the following programme distressing from the very start. In 2007, the bbc film bulgarias abandoned children, exposed tragic levels of neglect in mogilino, an institute for disabled children. The film created an international outcry. As a result, with funding from the eu, the Bulgarian Government closed many of the countrys larger institutes, replacing them with group homes that house up to m people. Over a quarter of a billion euros from the eu has been invested in these reforms. But a shocking report has just been released by the Advocacy Organisation di
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The first of the victims of fridays terror attack in Central London has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near London Bridge. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in c