Today at six a furious political row, as Greater Manchester refuses to accept the highest covid alert level. The citys mayor and other local leaders say no 10s plans are flawed and unfair, sacrificing jobs in the region. This is an important moment. Greater manchester will stand firm. We are fighting back for fairness and for the health of our people. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, ministers say any delay will cost lives. So that we can deal with this virus. From saturday, london, york, essex, parts of derbyshire and other areas will be placed on high alert no household mixing indoors. And well be looking at why englands test and trace system is having such trouble reaching covid contacts. Also tonight. The marstons brewery plans to cut more than 2,000 jobs at its pubs. It says the 10pm curfew is partly to blame. The brand new covid mega lab in Milton Keynes a bbc investigation into allegations that there have been safety breaches. Italy is put on t
Irans admission that it accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner, killing all on board, has prompted angry protests on the streets of the capital, tehran. Some demonstrators are calling for the countrys Supreme Leader to step down. President trump has expressed his support for the protestors. Air accident experts have flown from canada to iran to help in the investigation into the crash, in which 57 canadians died. Prime minister trudeau has demanded a full and complete inquiry and says many more steps need to be taken. In total, 176 people were killed. The queen is to host crisis talks with princes charles, william and harry at sandringham on monday. It is in the wake of a decision by harry and meghan to step back from their prominent roles in the royal family. The summit is expected to look at a range of possibilities. Now its time for click. Its 2020. Were in las vegas and that can only mean one thing. Welcome to ces. Welcome to the biggest tech show on earth. Are you ces ready .
Tonight at ten urgent action is needed to control the pandemic, or there could be many thousands of new cases every day within a month. The governments chief Scientists Say all four nations of the uk now face a Tipping Point and the public have to respect the Health Guidelines. If we dont do enough, the virus will take off, and at the moment, that is the path that we are clearly on, and if we do not change course, then we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem. Cases are increasing. Hospitalisations are following. Deaths unfortunately will follow that, and there is the potential for these to move very fast. In bolton, where tougher restrictions have been in place for the past two weeks, people complain of continued uncertainty. People are quite scared to, you know, go out. Were given so much contradictory information, im now at the point where i dont know what to think. Officials have raised the level of alert, and with the number of cases on the rise, expect more inst
B 3 00, facebook live, youtube live. Were tracking questions that didnt get to this time but we will get to next time. Stay safe. Tonight, the tens of thousands out marching in the streets as we come on the air. From new york city to washington, d. C. , to los angeles, and in so many communities acorss this nation. Here in new york city, thousands on the march. Many, its believed, headed to gracie mansion, the mayors residence. It comes after the city imposed that new 8 00 p. M. Curfew starting tonight, for the rest of the week. From chicago, to los angeles, where at this hour tens of thousands are in the streets there, part of multiple marches. And in washington, d. C. , thousands marching near the white house. Now, its believed, they are headed to the lincoln memorial. And again today, most of the protests have been peaceful. But authorities are prepared for what could come after nightfall. Growing concern now on the eighth day of protests after
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threat. but moscow has been signaling displeasure that washington recently green light getting ukrainian attacks on russian territory with us supplied-weapons speaking ahead of the cube and naval visit, vladimir putin warned of a possible russian response. easley, and you put it today in the west lai weapons to the zone of combat operations and call for the use of these weapons against our territory. then why do we not have the right to do the same? to mirror these actions? i m not ready to say that we ll do it tomorrow, but we of course, should think about it elsewhere moscow has been stepping up tactical nuclear drills to staging exercises with neighboring belarus near the ukrainian border. russian tactical nukes delivered from either ground or air can level entire cities or the kremlin insists it has no plans at this stage to use the matthew chance cnn moscow. thanks so much for joining us. the situation room begins now happening. now, breaking news, hunter biden s