In her Christmas Day message, shell say the cities powerful identities had shone through in the face of appalling attacks. And im on the queens sandringham estate in norfolk, where the royal family have gathered to celebrate christmas. And this year, that includes prince harrys fiance, meghan markle. Good morning. Merry christmas its monday the 25th of december. Also ahead. The pope urges the world not to ignore the plight of migrants forced to leave their countries because of violence. Christmas isnt all about presents and turkey dinners. Overi Million People will be working today. Well catch up with some of them. I have no idea what im singing louise is worried. She wasnt the only one six breakfast presenters and i,000 strong audience. What could possibly go wrong . find out how we got on in our big singing challenge. Hes the ultimate Christmas Jumper. Eddie the eagle edwards has come out of retirement. Hell be right here on the sofa to tell us why. And phil avery has the weather. Me
Royal wedding. Icy winds tore through the mountains at the Pyeongchang Olympics wreaking havoc at the snowboard final. Alpine skiing had to be postponed for a second day. Good morning. Its monday 12th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Senior officials at oxfam will today try to convince the International Development secretary that they should keep their millions of pounds a year in government funding. It follows revelations that aid workers used prostitutes in haiti in 2011 after an earthquake. The charitys been accused of concealing the full findings of an investigation, which led to four people being sacked and three others resigning. Oxfam denies claims of a cover up. Our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale reports. The allegations of Sexual Misconduct by oxfam aid workers in haiti in 2011 have threatened notjust the charitys reputation, but also the £32 million it gets each year from the government. The International Development secretary, Penny Mordau
The British Government says a shipment of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed till on monday. More than 16,000 people have now died in the uk from coronavirus related conditions. More protests have been held in several cities across the us, calling for state governors to ease the economic restrictions, which were put in place to stop the spread of covid 19. President trump has signalled his support for the demonstrations. In other news police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 10 people in a Rural Community in nova scotia. Reports say one Police Officer was killed and that the 51 year old suspect is also dead after going on the run for hours. The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the response to the attack. Now on bbc news,
its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. With nations across the world struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, there has never been a greater need for
This is bbc news, the headlines. The first human trials of a Coronavirus Vaccine in europe have begun. Hundreds of volunteers will get the vaccine two of them were injected today in oxford. Scientists say they are already working with manufacturers to produce millions of doses later this year. President trump has offered some hope to americans as they head towards the summer, by saying the latest Research Shows sunlight and heat has a powerful effect on killing the virus. Hes also said that america is leading the way in how to properly lift lockdowns. And President Trump says hell sign into law another huge Financial Relief bill worth almost 500 billion dollars, aimed at Small Businesses and hospitals. Another 4. 4 million americans have filed for unemployment
benefits in the past week. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With nations across the world struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, there has never been a greater need for an internationall
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With nations across the world struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, there has never been a greater need for an internationally co ordinated response, and that is where the un agency the World Health Organization should come in. But right now, the who is itself at the centre of a political storm. President donald trump has withdrawn american funding, accusing the who of being china centric. My guest today is the who special envoy for covid 19, doctor david nabarro. Is his agency failing its biggest test . David nabarro in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you very much, stephen. Let us start with an overview as a veteran of fighting disease from malaria to cholera to ebola, youve now become the who special envoy on covid 19. Are you more worried today than you were a month ago about the way it is spreading around the world . I was always anxious about this, ever since i first heard about it, and ive got increasingly anxious a