Threat and we but they are staying relatively stable. In terms of the 6. 72 variant, one thing also remains the same which is our current assessment of the vaccine likelihood being effective remaining what it was which we think it will probably protect against severe disease and hospitalisation. We are not so confident about the degree to which it protects against mild disease and transmission and that is because we don t have the data. The thing which has changed is the very clear view it now that everyone is looked at it that this is more transmissible than the b 117 and we expect over time this variant will overtake and come to dominate in the uk in the way that beat woman seven took over and indeed other variants have taken over prior to that. beat ii7. Indeed other variants have taken over prior to that. beat 117. As a prime minister say, there are some things we want to look for and the most important is it is a bit more traversable or a lot more, that would imply we have a
Edwin poots is what the leader of the democratic unionists party in northern ireland. And coming up and a half an hour, foreign correspondence joined a half an hour, foreign correspondencejoined me a half an hour, foreign correspondence joined me to give an outsider view of events in the uk. Stay with us for dateline london at 7:30 p:m. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson is said the new variant of coronavirus could make a serious disruption to tackle the coronavirus and relaxing restrictions. Speaking earlier, the premise reset the second vaccine dose for over 50s would be accelerated to keep ahead of the virus. Cases of the indian variant have more than doubled in a week with over 1300 cases and most in england. The government says there is no the variant causes more severe disease or is more a visit to the vaccine but it may be more transmissible. 0ur medical editor explains. This is one way of keeping a lid on the indian variant. Surge testing in formby, merseyside,
Portugal from next monday, after last minute uncertainty over their government s plans. And they always land on their feet this cat had onlookers agast as it leapt from the fifth floor of a burning building in chicago landed, and sauntered off what a cool cat. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has said that the new indian variant of coronavirus could pose a serious disruption, to the progress made in tackling the virus, and make it more difficult to move to the final stage of relaxing restrictions in england injune. Speaking earlier this evening, the prime minister said that second vaccine doses for the over 50s would be accelerated, in a bid to keep ahead of the virus. Cases of the indian variant have more than doubled in a week, with over 1300 cases, mostly in england. The government says there s no firm evidence that the variant causes more severe disease or that it s more resistant to the vaccine but that it may be more transmissible. Here s our medical edi
And the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public display at london s natural history museum. The israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that israel s biggest offensive against hamas in gaza in years is not over yet. Palestinians in northern gaza have been fleeing the israeli bombardment. Rockets were fired by militants towards israel from the territory for a fifth day. At least 122 people in gaza have been killed, and nine have died in israel since fighting began on monday. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. It s ugly and angry on the streets and towns shared byjews and arabs in israel. They have the same id papers and not much else in common. Police broke down the door of a family in haifa. They deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. The police say their officers behaved correctly. The father, the imam of a mosque, and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. The woman w
our country as you ve just said is experiencing a 10 million illegal immigrant invasion. bill: here is the headline. failed the first time but not the second time. house voting to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis. it was close, razor thin. something we haven t seen in a long time. big show on wednesday. bill hemmer live in new york. on this valentine s day and ash wednesday hello. dana: good morning. it is great to be with you. is that a british accent? bill: it could be. dana: might have to do with our first guest. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. great to have you with us. mayorkas entering the history books becoming the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in 150 years. the vote was close. you don t get closer than this. 214-213. republicans casting it as a price for dereliction of duty. it sends a message we won t just sit by while the secretary of homeland security fails to do his job