Choices. The Scottish Government is set to announce whether the toughest covid restrictions will be imposed across west scotland. Ministers indicate its too early to say what restrictions will be in place once the lockdown in england ends at the beginning of next month, amid reports the tier system could be strengthened. And if youd like to get in touch about this or any of our other stories then you can contact me at annita mcveigh, bbcyourquestions. Easyjet posts pre tax losses of £1. 3 billion its first annual loss in the airlines 25 year history. Fears for thousands fleeing ethiopia as the Prime Minister says a military operation in the Northern Region of tigray is entering its final phase. Indian factory workers supplying some major british supermarkets say they are being routinely exploited. We have a special investigation. And coming up this hour. 27 hours after blast off, the dragon spacex capsule successfully docks with the International Space station. Hello and welcome if yo
To double the countrys daily coronavirus Testing Capacity, by opening two new megalabs. A crucial week for brexit trade negotiations with eu leaders hope to sign off on a deal on thursday. And if you want to get in touch on any of todays stories, please do you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says hes confident the postponed tokyo games will go ahead in front of spectators next year. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. And coming up. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit 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. Iam i am rebecca jones. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservati
Nothing. I have a long way to go. Well go live to the white house in a moment for the late es on this ongoing outgoing president and the conspiracy theories that he is sticking with here. Were also keeping an eye on this, the Kennedy Space center in florida where the Spacex Falcon 9 rocket is set to blast off in just a few hours from now. If nasas schedule and the weather holds, this rocket will blast off in a couple of hours on another Historic Mission to the International Space station. We are expecting the threeman and wone woman crew to walk out any minute. Well keep you updated as liftoff time gets closer. First, lets head to the white house and cnns jeremy diamond. Some curious messages from the president on twitter today. At one point he used some words that hinted that hes coming to terms with the Election Results, but then he backed off. Whats going on . Thats right. We saw the president today briefly enter our reality where joe biden is the president elect and where joe biden
Hospitals could soon become overwhelmed. And lifting off into the history books. Well explain why this mission to the International Space station is a first. Good to have you with us. While the u. S. Grapples with a pandemic spiraling out of control, the man currently leading the country seems focused only on his own troubles. The u. S. Passed 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases sunday. Thats far more than any other nation in the world. The outgoing president meanwhile spent the day golfing and tweeting. Donald trump finally admitted on twitter that he did lose the election before almost immediately backtracking and insisting he will not concede. Hes now once again falsely claiming victory tweeting in all caps that he won the election. He did not, of course. However, thats not keeping president elect joe biden from getting to work. He and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will talk about their economic plans monday, and discuss covid strategy with drug maker pfizer later in the wee
From cape canaveral. It isa it is a very, very busy programme so it is a very, very busy programme so lets get started. The us president elect, joe biden, has warned that Donald Trumps refusal to begin the transition following his election defeat could cost lives. Mr biden said more people might die from covid 19 unless the president worked with the incoming team to coordinate Vaccination Programmes. He also urged democrats and republicans in congress to Work Together to pass a large Economic Relief package, which aims to help workers and businesses affected by the pandemic. Our north america correspondent david willis reports at this north dakota hospital, staff are overwhelmed. Here and in other parts of the country, they are running out of bed, suchis they are running out of bed, such is the impact of a virus thatis such is the impact of a virus that is spreading with breathtaking speed. Joe biden has warned a dark winter lies ahead, but efforts by his team to come up with a plan to