Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
And captain sir tom moore, the war veteran who raised tens of millions for charity during the first lockdown, has died at the age of 100. Hello. Women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured, according to first hand accounts obtained by the bbc. Its estimated at least a million men and women have been detained in the camps. China claims they are simply centres to De Radicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. 0ur correspondent matthew hill has spoken to several former workers from the camps and detainees. You may find some of what they have to say distressing. Tursanay ziyawudun is reliving a story she can barely bring herself to tell. She was held one of xinjiangs so called Re Education Camps. These Satellite Images show the site were she says she was held, sharing a cell with 13 other women with a bucket for a toilet. And shes haunted by one image masked men coming down a camp corridor, like this one, after midnight. Translation they wer
China claims nearly the entire area but thats disputed by several other South East Asian countries when hayward or some bangkok. In several areas of the South China Sea islands at holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts taiwan also claims parts of the South China Sea along with several southeast Asian Countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month a vietnamese Prime Minister opened the latest Southeast Asian Leaders Summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. While the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight against the pandemic responsible and violations of International Laws are still taking place affecting the environment of security and stability in several regions including ours the statement from u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o came a year after the Permanent Court of arbitration in th
A magazine interview saying the country needs to stop this nonsense and focus on the surging virus rather than political games referring to the white house doctor said its only reflecting negatively on them President Trump insisted Peter Navarro was speaking only for himself were all in the same day including dr felt you have a very Good Relationship with dr g. And were all in the same team we want to get rid of this mess that china sent us so everybodys working at the same line it would doing very well this rosy view of the crisis has been one point of disagreement between the president and dr funky whos warned of grave consequences from the beginning of the pandemic but i think if you talk to reasonable people in the white house they realize that was a major mistake on their part because it doesnt do anything but reflects poorly on them that there was also disagreement about the easing of mitigating measures as President Trump urged states to open up as quickly as possible and talked
Off the air ryanair s told to remove its irresponsible jab and go adverts, depicting misleading claims about coronavirus vaccinations. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life, and to pay our respects to those who have lost their lives as a result of the covid, and their families and friends. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. And coming up on bbc news, Manchester United have made a dent in their rivals Goal Difference at the top of the table after scoring nine against southampton. Manchester city are top, just they play burnley later. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The health secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, has shown the jab could