Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. My names mike embley. Our top stories mr president. Cheering and applause a new day for America Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Weve learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed. Kamala harris takes the oath of office as Vice President making history as the first woman ever to hold the post. Getting straight to work the new president signs a raft of executive orders and says he received a personal note from his predecessor. The president wrote a very generous letter. Talk about it until i talk to him, but it was generous. The democrats take control of the Senate Swearing in new members giving President Biden a narrow majority in both chambers of congress. The inauguration ofjoe biden as the 46th president of the United States has taken place in remarkably different scenes to those witnessed previously. It took place wi
Some breaking news, the us has just topped 20 million cases of coronavirus. This come as Research Confirms the the new coronavirus variant discovered in the uk has a much quicker rate of transmission. If the new variant is now present, with this increase in the r number, all of a sudden instead of a decrease of 30 , we get a massive increase, the number of cases over the same period could triple. So, this is more or less the most serious change in the virus that weve seen. The us struggles to roll out the Covid Vaccine as it records over 20 million cases, according to thejohn hopkins university. A new era begins, as the brexit transition period ends and the uk completes its formal separation from the european union. Now on bbc news sportday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im sarah mulkerrins, coming up. 2021 is off to a flyer for bristol as the bears win to move second in the premiership and hand newcastle their first loss of the season. Amid rising coronavirus cases japans Prime Minis
This is bbc news. The headlines french Officials Say that the man who beheaded a teacher in paris on friday had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. Its thought the teacher, samuel paty, was targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. A National Tribute will take place for him on wednesday. A new ceasefire has come into effect in the deadly conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. The humanitarian truce was announced in identical statements from armenia and azerbaijan, and came after the Russian Foreign minister, sergei lavrov, spoke to both sides. A number of countries across europe have reported new record highs in their daily coronavirus cases. France, poland, cyprus and belgium are among them. The continent is now once again the epicentre of the pandemic. The rspca says its dealing with a surge in the number
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The biggest terrorist trial in french history has ended with the conviction of fourteen people for aiding islamist attacks in paris in january 2015. Seventeen people were killed in the assaults on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a jewish supermarket. The longest sentences, 30 yea rs, the longest sentences, 30 years , we re the longest sentences, 30 years, were given to one of the attackers and his girlfriend, believed to be in syria. The uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to keep christmas celebrations short and small to reduce the risk of spreading covid over the festive period. Despite warnings over rising infections from scientists and doctors, restrictions will still be relaxed between 23rd and 27th december. China has agreed to allow a Team World Health organisation scientists into the country next month to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has been reluctant to agree to an independent inquiry into the outbreak, causing a series of diplomatic rows wi
Who have been vaccinated. We dont yet know the impact on how much the vaccine impacts on how much you transmit the virus. Thats why its so important that people continue to stay at home after theyve had the vaccine. Anger in europe over vaccine delays italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. A dramatic rescue in china as eleven gold miners whod been trapped underground for two weeks are brought out alive. Here in the uk, the snp will present its National Assembly with what its calling a road map to a new referendum on scottish independence. And borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak to the new us president , joe biden, since he entered the white house. Now on bbc news. Click. In the weekjoe biden is sworn in as president , click looks at what this could mean for social media. This week, as 45 becomes a6, well talk to some of the most important voices in social media to find out what the new president might do to put right the wrongs of big t