this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00: bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. we have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isolated communities, where we ve got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public. we haven t been able to get access via roads or via aircraft. the mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. two men and a woman who all worked for british airways are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new year s eve. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit will mark a ‘new chapter‘ for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal
the divisions of recent years. for the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. coming up the thousands round the uk bra
this is the business briefing. i m samantha simmonds. oil companies going green. sounds like an impossibility, but that s the buzzword for the oil majors nowdays and today bp will outline its strategy. samsung takes another stab at a foldable smartphone we get a closer look at the z flip. and on the markets, asia pacific rose on wednesday following another positive lead from wall street the dowjones ending the day neutral, though.
in an increasingly environmentally aware world, oil and gas companies have something of an image problem. in a few hours time the new chief executive of bp, bernard looney, is to make a speech where he is expected to set out new targets for making the company greener and more sensitive to climate change. bp is already investing in solar power, wind and hydrogen. the company wants to reduce its carbon footprints at the same time as continuing to produce oil and gas. what about other oil firms? shell has been buying up battery technology businesses and firms
this is bbc news, the headlines: the italian government is preparing to introduce radical new restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. in a draft decree published in the italian press, the restrictions could include preventing all but emergency travel in and out of the worst affected region, lombardy. all 3,500 people on board the grand princess cruise ship, lying off the coast of san francisco, are being tested for coronavirus. 21 passengers and crew earlier tested positive for the disease. the authorities will bring the ship to a non commercial port and quarantine people there. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has ordered his country s coast guard to prevent migrants crossing the aegean to greek islands. pressure continues at turkey s land border, where thousands of young men some from syria but most from elsewhere are attempting to get to europe.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. this morning s top stories: no comment from buckingham palace after prince andrew was accused of zero cooperation about an enquiry into sex offender geoffrey epstein. and whether huawei can help build the uk s ig network. an ice glazier is melting weaker than previously feared. the scientists behind the biggest project in antarctic history willjoin us on the sofa.
supermarkets are responding to the climate crisis. sainsbury is is pledging $1 billion to make the company carbon neutral. roger federer is facing a real test at the australian open right now. he s starting to his cool against tennys sandgren, they will pay for a place in the semifinals. the northwest are waking up to snow in the morning, but it won t last, it will be a hill future throughout the day and the hmmfi future throughout the day and the forecast is one of sunshine and showers, some heavy and thundery and feeling cold in the wind. i ll have m
today at six. the uk drugs regulator approves a coronavirus vaccine. the first doses will be here next week. the uk is the first country to approve the pfizer vaccine. the prime minister praises the scientists but he s got a warning, too. ..as we celebrate this scientific achievement, we re not carried away with overoptimism or fall into the naive belief that the struggle is over. it s not. jabs at racecourses and conference centres they could all be used in one of the biggest logistical operations the country has seen. this will take a while before everything changes, but we re hopeful that this is the beginning of the end of this very difficult year that we ve had.
we ll be reporting on who is in line to get the vaccine, and when. also tonight. england is out of lockdown and into tiers non essential shops open again but can they recoup their losses? a final check before the moment she s been waiting for. care homes in england are open to visitors again. coming up in sport