eight million people face the highest covid restrictions more than 50 mps write to boris johnson over the north/south divide having put their areas into lockdown the mps want to know how he plans to get them out of it we are asking people to give up huge civil liberties, businesses to close, people to live on two thirds of their normal wages. i don t think it s unreasonable to say that the other side of that coin should be show us the way out. we want to build back better across the north of england. we ll be getting the latest as warrington becomes the latest area to go into tier 3. also this lunchtime. think catching coronavirus once means you can t catch it again? the latest research suggests you may need to think again as the presidential election campaign enters its final days the focus turns to the key swing states set to determine who wins the race
and a special report from syria, where the pandemic threatens to decimate a population who ve already suffered more than
isa this is bbc news. the headlines at 6:00: bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. at the moment, we have a couple of isolated communities where the reports of injuries to members of the public. we haven t been able to get a ccess the public. we haven t been able to get access to the roads or aircraft. 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. the mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. 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. coming up the thousands round the uk braving the bracing sea on new year s day. and in half an hour, sportsday will bring you all the latest fr
sweeping and extraordinary measures to deal with coronavirus the forced closure of pubs, restaurants, and gyms, and an unprecedented rescue package for workers and businesses. life in our public places is shrinking out of all recognition, as the prime minister pleaded with people to stay at home. you may think that you re invincible, but there is no guarantee that you will get mild symptoms and you can still be a carrier of the disease and pass it on to others. it came as the government promised to pay all employees 80% of their salary, up to £2,500 a month an unprecedented move, said the chancellor. today, i can announce that for the first time in our history the government is going to step
in and help to pay people s wages. but for businesses across the country, there s huge anxiety. i m going to be honest, i m struggling to hold it together at the moment, and it s not going tojust be me. it s going to be all of us. and we ll have reaction from our correspondents across the u
this is bbc news. welcome to fortress washington. the impeachment is over, the inauguration lies ahead and the nation s capitol is on edge. officials in washington, dc are bracing for the worst and hoping for the best as security is tightened all over the city and the nation. troops and boarded up shops are now the norm as authorities try to prevent further violence and business owners and locals hunker down for what s ahead. authorities have been rounding up those responsible for last week s riots. we ll look at the crackdown on domestic terrorism, now that it s hit so close to the heart of america s government. also in the programme.. america woke up this morning to banner headlines following wednesday s impeachment. we ll speak to a historian about how this moment fits into the broader story of the nation. plus, howjoe the american pigeon
caught by australian wildlife officials 8,000 miles from home stands accused of breaching the country s strict quarantine rules. hello, i m lau
, u know, paying it forward and trying to help people understand their sacrifice. karen davis, the nurse who survived the entrapment in the mega fire in paradise, california, says she lost everything in the inferno. battling the trauma from the flames, she decided to move to las vegas to be closer to her daughter and rebuild her shattered life. once there, karen continued her career in health care. she also decided to become a member of the henderson, nevada, community emergency response team, aiming to help others in future emergencies. a testament to her inner strength and resiliency. for more information on what you can do in a wildfire and how to combat the growing climate crisis, please go to cnn.com/violentearth. i m liev schreiber. thanks for watching. good night. [crowd shouting] [narrator] previously on secrets & spies. [ken adelman] in 1982, the soviet union had something like 33,000 nuclear weapons. [ronald reagan] they are the focus of evil in the modern world. [a