annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
In university days, he used to cook all sorts of meals. I think thats when he was trying to impress me, mary. Things like bolognese sauce and things like that. And, should the nhs pay for a woman to have children via a surrogate in the united states, because it didn t spot her Cervical Cancer . That case goes to the Supreme Court today. A london trust admits its failure led to the womans infertility. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 00am this morning. Get in touch to let me know how you voted, who you think should take over the labour party, Everything Else we are tlaking about today. First carrie has the news. Water firms in england and wales will have to cut the average annual bill by £50 within five years under plans published by the industry regulator. 0fwat is also forcing firms to invest millions of pounds, aimed at improving their performance, and wants water firms to cut water lost to leaks by 16 . The main parties in Northern Ireland are starting talks this mornin
Goes on, its all change as it gets milder, wetter and windier. Thanks darren. Also coming up around £50 million worth ofjewellery is stolen from the home of formula one heiress Tamara Ecclestone. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Boris johnson is preparing to address his new mps who have been arriving in westminster before they go to the house of commons tomorrow. Some of the 109 new mps are from labour strongholds which had never voted conservative before. Later this week the government will set out its plans in the queens speech. Its then expected to try to pass crucial brexit legislation on friday. Meanwhile, the fallout from labours defeat continues with Party Officials saying they are expected to meet early in the new year to agree the timetable for replacing Jeremy Corbyn as leader. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. On their way to westminster tory mps still over the moon at having turned the red seats blue. Bye thank you its the start of a new
Morning what Water Companies can charge over the next five years. It could mean cuts to bills, and a demand to spend more on plugging leaks. Ben stokes is named bbc Sports Personality of the year. The all rounder capped off a brilliant, world cup winning year by picking up the main award in aberdeen. You have helped a lot of people. You have helped a lot of peopleli do hope so. Dont hope so, you have. We continue to follow terrences incredible story. He touched all our hearts last week after coming on breakfast to talk about spending 20 christmases on his own. Might makea might make a frosty start with the risk of ice in the northern half of the uk. There is a lot of dry weather. Some showers in parts. More details in 50 minutes. Its monday the 16th of december. Our top story the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so
Democrats get ready to take the debate stage in ohio, joe bidens son speaks out, defending his business deals but acknowledging some poorjudgment. Did i make a mistake . Well, may be in the grand scheme of things, yes, but did i make a mistake based upon some unethical things, absolutely not. Let the name calling begin. John bolton compares Rudy Giuliani to a hand grenade, he counters calling john bolton and atomic bomb. What happened to team trump . Hello and welcome, i am michelle fleu ry hello and welcome, i am Michelle Fleury in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. British and eu negotiators are said to be very close tonight delivering a brexit deal ahead of thursdays crunch European Council summit. It is reported the uk side has given further assurances to brussels today on customs arrangements, which have advanced the talks, so there is still a lot of work to be done by tomorrow afternoon to get a draft text ready for the eu leaders. The issues are complex but time pressure