have you been affected by an increase in covid related school absence? do get in touch, you can find me on twitter @vicderbyshire. another warning about music festivals they could face devastating consequences without more government support. and the new £50 banknote featuring a portrait of the code breaker alan turing enters circulation for the first time. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the body representing british airlines has told the government they must act now or never if the summer season is to be saved. cabin crew, airport staff, and travel agents in the uk will stage co ordinated protests today, calling for more support for the sector and for the list of countries safe for tourists to be expanded. ministers are expected to update the so called traffic light list of destinations tomorrow, but there s concern that the number of countries classified as green will remain low. at the moment there are no special exemptions for vacci
we ll have the latest, live from westminster. also this lunchtime. gps in england say they re facing a tsunami of patients as the country emerges from lockdown. hundreds of children are rescued during operations against county lines drugs gangs. scientists believe at least one of the next five years could be 1.5 celsius hotter than pre industrial levels, smashing climate change targets. and a very special reunion the friends get back together for the first time in 17 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel marcus rashford reveals he received at least 70 racist messages after manchester united s defeat to villarreal in the europa league last night. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has denied allegations made by his former top advisor, dominic cummings, that poor handling of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. he was speaking on a visit to a hospital in essex, and said an incre
police, police! more than 1,000 arrests after a week long operation to crack down on gangs who use children to transport and sell drugs across britain. and pop out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. and eric carle has died the man who wrote and illustrated the very hungry caterpillar, adored by millions of children over the decades. hello, a very good evening to you and welcome if you justjoined us. i m shaun ley. the health secretary matt hancock has denied lying to his colleagues and to the public about dealing with covid in care homes, saying he s been straight with people throughout the pandemic. yesterday, the prime minister s former special adviser dominic cummings said mr hancock should have been sacked for lying on multiple occasions, but he has hit back, saying the allegations are unsubstantiated and untrue. tonight, he came under more pressure over accusations that he falsely claimed hospital patients were being tested for covid before they
international human rights. some of the violations may be crimes against humanity. plus, republicans in the us see a road to further victories, after winning the governor s race in virginia. democrats are asking why they lost all those biden voters in just a year. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. the first two days of the un summit in glasgow were full of warnings about the damage climate change is doing. day three was about who s going to pay to stop it. a50 companies now say they will back away from using fossil fuels, and put their money into renewable energy instead. our economics editor faisal islam reports. follow the money to net zero that was the plan revealed at the ongoing climate change talks in glasgow, with time ticking for the world s finance ministers and bankers gathered in the audience. good morning, and welcome to cop26 finance day. the main result, the world banks, pension funds and insurers promising to invest and len
as british mps back a review of misconduct procedures and put the suspension of a colleague on hold. australian police release footage of the moment a girl was rescued from a house more than two weeks after vanishing from a campsite. it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in washington where president biden has admitted people are upset and uncertain about a lot of things . it follows a surprise defeat for his democratic party in the race for governor of virginia. in another strongly democratic state newjersey the sitting governor only narrowly won re election. the shock results have boosted republican hopes of winning back control of congress in the mid term elections next year. key parts of mr biden s agenda are being held up by lawmakers, and the president says he s determined to push them through. no governor in virginia has ever won, whether he or she is the same party as a sitting president. what i do know is that i do know that people want us to get things done. they wan