At a hospital in an area with the highest covid rates in the country. The doubters out there who dont believe in it, its here. And this is very busy, the nurses dont stop. I personally dont cope well in the lockdown situation, i hate every minute of it, but id be the first to say that our restrictions now are probably not tight enough because were getting too many patients coming in. Hopes that families will be allowed to visit residents in all care homes before christmas after successful trials for Rapid Testing of visitors. A bbc investigation uncovers evidence of an underground network in kenya, that snatches babies from their mothers and sells them for a profit. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. Launch of the space taxi a private rocket carries four astronauts to the space station. And saves nasa billions of dollars. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A second Coronavirus Vaccine has been found to be highly effective at preventing covid i9 infections. Interim results suggest it
From Cape Canaveral. And Lewis Hamilton becomes the most successful driver in the history of formula 1 as he secures his seventh world title. A very warm welcome to the programme. We begin in the United States. Donald trump is resisting growing pressure to admit defeat in the us president ial election and begin the transition to the president electjoe biden. Mr trump tweeted we still have a long way to go. I concede nothing. And he again alleged fraud in the poll 12 days ago without providing evidence. Joe bidens chief of staff has called for the transition process to begin this week to allow the country to focus on tackling coronavirus cases which have just exceeded 11 million. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. Winter has brought with it a new surge in coronavirus cases here. And one consequence of that grim milestone of 11 million cases is the record level of hospitalisations. The us is currently adding around 1 million new coronavirus cases a week. Joe biden, see
To double the countrys daily coronavirus Testing Capacity, by opening two new megalabs. A crucial week for brexit trade negotiations with eu leaders hope to sign off on a deal on thursday. And if you want to get in touch on any of todays stories, please do you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says hes confident the postponed tokyo games will go ahead in front of spectators next year. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. And coming up. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Iam i am rebecca jones. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservati
Paid £21 million of taxpayers money for acting as a go between to secure ppe for nhs staff. And a new era in commercial space travel begins, the first fully operational private flight takes astonauts to the International Space station. Large parts of scotland are being put into effective lockdown from friday until just two weeks before christmas to try to reverse worryingly high infection rates. More than 2. 5 Million People will be affected in glasgow, as well as east and south ayrshire, renfrewshire and east renfrewshire, west and east dunbartonshire, north and south lanarkshire, stirling and west lothian. Nonessential shops, bars, restaurants, hairdressers and Visitor Attractions will close, nonessential travel outside local Council Areas is now against the law in tier 4. Anyone flouting the rules could be arrested. But schools, nurseries and essential shops can stay open. Our scotland editor sarah smith is in glasgow. Maryhill road in glasgow, the city where scotlands infection ra
Its unlikely russia 5, the missiles that landed inside poland, killing 2 patients. Ah, hello, im emily anguish. This is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up. My fellow citizens, americas come back, starts right now. Donald trump announces hes running for president again, but his body is divided after candidates. He promoted last crucial. Swing states. Hundreds of con glaze flayed to the eastern city of goma, fearing a rebel advance. As for my canyon president to hulu, it can yada attempts a Peace Mission and masses. New moon rocket blasts off bringing the us closer to returning astronauts to them 50 years after the apollo missions. Ah, welcome to the program, the u. S. And nato say theyre investigating and missile strike in easton, poland, when she crane is blaming on russia. Moscow denies it launched the missile that killed 2 people in the polish border town. Polish government says it cannot confirm who was behind the attack associated press. News agency is citing us officials