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Welcome to bbc news. Im rich preston. Our top stories the new coronavirus variant that first emerged in england is spreading across many European Countries and has now been confirmed in canada and japan. Us federal agents search a house on the outskirts of nashville as part of their investigation into the Christmas Day explosion in the city. I am confident in the team we have that will get to the bottom of this. We will find out the story of this individual or individuals. At least 10 climbers die in mountains north of tehran during an avalanche. Iranian rescue teams are searching for others who are still missing. President putin pays tribute to the former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake, who has died aged 98 in moscow. And a fast food joint roman style. Archaeologists unearth an ancient takeaway restaurant in pompeii. The new variant of coronavirus, first detected ....
Borisjohnson is said to be in a stable condition and in good spirits as he faces a second night in an intensive care unit. Downing street said he was being given oxygen at st thomass hospital, in london, but was not on a ventilator. The queen in a message to his family and his pregnant partner, carrie symonds, has wished him a full and speedy recovery. Overall, the number of new infections in the uk is showing signs of levelling off, but the figure for deaths is still rising. Our Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg reports. Nothing stops the spring. But the country is on pause, not knowing how deep this crisis will really cut, if the Prime Minister himself will recover. After a night for Boris Johnson in intensive care, the foreign secretary in his place at the lec ....
Social distancing. 20,000 feet up. Bringing music and light into Uncertain Times. The multiple grammy Award Winning singer songwriter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, performs for you from her home. Hello to you. President trump has announced he is suspending American Funding for the World Health Organization. Hes alleged that the who, the United Nations health agency, has failed to show accountability in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He also claimed it had failed, earlier this year, to investigate reports from the chinese city of wuhan that conflicted with official accounts about the virus emerging there. This is what he had to say. ....
Friends and family, and help businesses get back on their feet and people back into jobs. And Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus, as pictures emerge of him dancing at a party during a much criticised tennis event. Hello to you. The top us official on Infectious Diseases, anthony fauci, has warned some parts of the country are seeing a disturbing surge in coronavirus cases. Lets go through the figures. Covid 19 has killed 120,000 people in the us and there are more than 2. 3 million cases. In more half the states, the number of new cases is still rising. You can see that in the south and west, particularly in states which loosened their restrictions on business early on. Texas for example recorded its biggest number of new cases on saturday. And the number of people in hospital with the virus has risen for 11 consecutive days. Californias infection rate has been ....