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Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Reporting from washington, on laura trevelyan. President obama gives donald trump some foreignpolicy advice. Urging him to stand up to russia when need a and avoid cutting convenient deals. Election be the prologue of frances president ial election . We look at the common themes. And bringing a modern touch to the messes. The masses. Reopenedthe newly London Design Museum for inspiration. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Since donald trump became president elect, the incumbent has gone out of his way to lead the transition, but barack obama had foreignpolicy advice. He urged his successor to stand up to russia if it deviates from what he called american values. And he underlined there is clear proof russia had engaged in cyber attacks. Our north america edito
Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. Britain is on the edge of losing control of coronavirus. A stark warning from one leading scientist following a sharp rise in cases in the united kingdom. The first direct talks between afghanistan and the taliban take place in qatar. The afghans say they want to end the war. Including men, women, minorities and victims of war, then both sides will be the peace heroes. Sir Terence Conran the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor has died aged 88. Boris johnson defends his plans to over ride parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement saying the eu is looking to carve up and divide the uk. And dozens of people are reported missing in a wave of Deadly Wildfires in the us state of oregon. Now on bbc news. One month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys crisis hit economy and broken political system . Hello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, zeinab bada
And students at university. This report from our health correspondent, lauren moss. Its the final weekend before new restrictions are introduced across the uk. From monday, the rule of six will limit the number of people that we can socialise with. Yesterday, there were 3500 new conformed covid cases, and scientists have warned the rate of infection is doubling every seven to ten days. I think one would have to say that we are on the edge of losing control, and youve only got to look across the channel to see what is happening in france and what is happening in spain. The french on thursday had 9800 new infections, and one can see that their hospital admissions, and indeed, their intensive care admissions are going up. The rate of infection is much lower than it was at the peak of the pandemic, when it is thought there were 100,000 new infections each day. But government advisers believe the r number, the number of people an infected person can pass the virus onto, is between 1 and 1.
Coming up at 8 30pm global questions. A month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys crisis hit economy and political system . A leading scientist has warned that the uk is on the edge of losing control of coronavirus as infections rise. Professor sir mark walport, a member of the governments sage advisory committee, said people need to limit their socialising to ensure children can remain at school and students at university. It comes as Oxford University confirmed its Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine will resume. The trial was paused earlier this week due to a participant in the uk becoming ill. This report from our health correspondent, lauren moss. 0n the final weekend before new restrictions are introduced, theres a stark warning about what could lie ahead. 3,500 more coronavirus cases have been diagnosed for the second day in a row. Scientists say, although the rate of infection is lower than it was at the peak of the epidem