Tonight at ten. Emergency legislation to be introduced to end the automatic Early Release from prison of those convicted of terror offences. It follows yesterdays events in south london, when a man was shot dead by police after stabbing two people. Sudesh amman, whod been sent to prison for terror offences, had been released at the end of january. Ministers say they want to change the system. We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity and, as such, it demands that the government responds immediately. But the governments critics say the new plans would merely defer the problem of what happens when a prisoner is released. Also tonight. In china, the race to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus, as a 1,000 bed hospital is built in two weeks. In the grandeur of greenwich, borisjohnson unveils his vision of trade after brexit, critics say his plans are unrealistic. A special report from yemen, as the first flight for critically ill patients has taken off, five years after the confli
Tonight at ten borisjohnson claims there are signs of a second wave of the pandemic in some parts of europe. Following the sudden imposition of quarantine on travellers to the uk from every part of spain, the Prime Minister defends his decision. What we have to do is take swift and decisive action, where we think that the risks are starting to bubble up again. The travel industry and the Spanish Government are asking the uk to rethink, while some tourists say theyre still determined to go away. We just thought, weve booked it all now, weve paid for the thing, so we might as welljust go for a few days. Ijust feel that i have the entitlement to travel and i will travel. And in scotland, the first minister has gone further, saying people should be very cautious about any foreign travel at this time. Also tonight
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Today at six the dealy attacks in austrias capital Authorities Say the gunman was an islamist terrorist. Eyewitness footage shows people fleeing as the gunman opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna Police say he was shot dead within nine minutes. But in that time, four people were killed and over 20 injured. The austrian chancellor has led the tributes. Theres mounting concern across europe and, this evening, the uk Terror Threat level has been raised. Also tonight liverpool will be the first to get city wide covid testing, with some results within an hour. The rest of us could get it by christmas. Voting is under way across america it could be the biggest turnout in a century. Biden versus trump
its been one of the most bitter and divisive election campaigns in living memory. Well be reporting from washington, pennsylvania and florida. A story of survival against the odds the young girl who was found after 90 hours under the rubble of turkeys deadly earthquake. And
Efiggflzuzr euer efir band of showers across england and wales, swirling across Northern Ireland and into southern scotland, brightness following to the south, but gales for the south coast are a risk, and some heavy showers in the south west we as get into the late afternoon. Conservative mps urge the Prime Minister to reset his government after the departure of his top adviser Dominic Cummings. Several states in the us bring in new restrictions to try to curb the surge in covid i9. The us president elect, joe biden, strongly criticises Donald Trumps handling of the crisis. President trump has insisted he wont put the us into lockdown and comes close to admitting he could leave the white house next year. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the. Whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell. Ethiopias government warns that fighting with local forces in the Tigray Region appears to be
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This is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories china denies an accusation by britains foreign minister, that its carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. Can i ask you why people are kneeling, blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china . Why what is going on there . I do not know where you get this video tape. President trump has defended his handling of the coroanvirus pandemic, incorrectly telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. I heard we have one of the lowest, maybe the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. Do you have the numbers, please . Because i heard we had the best mortality rate. The mayor of the us city of portland calls on federal troops to leave, accusing them of abusive tactics against protesters. And blast off as the first arab mission to mars launches successfully. Hello. We start with chinas ambassador to the uk d