Oval office and hear her this historic address from president Joseph Robinette biden my fellow americans im speaking to you tonight from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office this sacred space im surrounded by portraits, extraordinary american presence Thomas Jefferson wrote the immortal words that guide this nation. George washington showed, us President S are not kings Abraham Lincoln implored us to reject malice franklin roosevelt, who inspired us to reject fear i revere this office i love my country more its been the honor of my life to serve as your president but in the defense of democracy which has a stake, i think is more important than a title i draw strength and i find joy and working for the american people but this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me its about you your families your futures. Its about we, the people. We can never forget that and i never have ive made it clear that i believe america is at an Inflection Point 0. 1 of those rare moments i
But about what we must do in his memory. Borisjohnson is challenged about texts which show he offered to fix tax rules to encourage businessman Sirjames Dyson to make ventilators for the nhs. The coroner in the inquest of nine year old Ella Adoo Kissi debrah says the government should look at setting legally binding targets for pollution in line with World Health Organization guidelines. And the queen says thank you for the support and kindness shes been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh in a message issued on her 95th birthday. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the architects of footballs breakaway European Super League, the chairman ofjuventus, has admitted the project can no longer go ahead after all six english clubs and two european sides withdrew and another distanced itself from the proposal in the face of a furious backlash from fans, players and politicians. This morning, liverpools owner apologised and said the scheme would never have worked without
Scenes of desperation repeated across india, as it grapples with a ferocious second wave of covid i9. It is what has been feared would happen since the pandemic began. But once the first wave subsided, the government almost declared victory over covid i9. The country has been caught unprepared. And the queen says thank you for the support and kindness shes been shown since the death of the duke of edinburgh, in a message issued on her 95th birthday. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Us Justice Department has announced an investigation into the Minneapolis Police department and its practices. It comes less than 2a hours after the conviction of a white Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, for the murder of the unarmed black man, george floyd. Speaking in the past hour, the Attorney General said Building Trust between community and Law Enforcement will take time and effort. More on his comments shortly but first this report on the reaction to the chauvin verdict, from our corresponden
And im not ok with that, thats why im here. It looks like its all over for the European Super League as many clubs pull out and apologise to fans. Hello, welcome to the programme. India is being devastated by a Second Wave Of Covid a coronavirus storm, as the countrys Prime Minister called it. India is now at the epicentre of the pandemic, with cases accelerating faster than anywhere else in the world. In the last day, india reported more than 2000 deaths a record daily spike. The number of fatalities from covid is doubling, roughly every seven days. There were nearly 300,000 new infections in the last 2a hours. But the true figures are thought to be much higher. Hospitals in many parts of india, including the capital delhi, are already overwhelmed. 0n social media, there are desperate pleas for help and disturbing reports of people dying without getting treatment. The situation is even more dire when it comes to intensive care beds. Several cities have, just a few dozen icu beds left
because of the children including single parents and mps are considering more protections for renters in england and they will be part of a bill currently in the house of commons, called the renters reform bill. now for ten seconds are pretty sight in the sky, it is called a full book superman and looks bigger and brighter than normal because it is closer to earth than usual. 21,000 kilometres, thatis, than usual. 21,000 kilometres, that is, in fact! you re all caught up now. see you later. v0|ceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the german government has pledged to put fighting climate change at the heart of its agenda. it has just hosted world leaders to help lay the groundwork for international talks in november. but for many, the two week long gathering failed to make sufficient progress on climate finance and the pace of c