That the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times than from having the vaccine. Scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2k hour period since the start of the pandemic. A world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb s kadeena cox after a stunning ride in the velodrome. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. Large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday s suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack including 13 us military personnel. Most of the dead were afghan civilians. Speaking to the american people president biden had a message for the attackers saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. So far nearly 111,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. But there s an accep
the beginning of the end of climate change former conservative cabinet minister geoffrey cox says he doesn t believe he broke the rules, after images appeared to show him using his westminster office for private work. from midnight, people working in care homes must be double jabs against covid. homeowners fear it could mean a percent of their staff will leave. a he said to be in good spirits. england s hopes of reaching t20 are 7 by new zealand. and we ll be hearing from the woman who spent decades trying to find out what happened to her father after the ship went down in world war ii. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. stop sitting on your hands and give a determined push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. there has been a rarejoint declaration. committing both countries to long term strategies on reaching net zero. the language is strong. beijing s employee has called climate change and accidental threat. a draft text spoke of the urgent need t
to demand action on climate change at cop26 now on bbc news it s time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and well continues watch. has bbc news gone over the top and wasn t really necessary to send so many and presented the glasgow burning fossil fuels in the process? you could scarcely have failed to notice that we are in the middle of cop 26 the climate conference in glasgow billed as a crucial moment in the battle to halt the rising global warming. in the battle to halt the rising globalwarming. from in the battle to halt the rising global warming. from the start of the week it was clear at the bbc was putting out all the stops to cover the summit. seeping into glasgow, leaders from around the world ready for make or break talks on the future of our planet. there to greet them, per mr borisjohnson and un secretary general you guterres as one by one they arrived. fresh from the g20 talks in rome, it s a roll call of more than 100 world leaders. but even before proceedin
and abba is back with their first album in forty years. we ll have all the details. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. the trial of three men accused of murdering a black man while he was outjogging has begun today in the us state of georgia. the death in february last year of 25 year old ahmaud arbery sparked protests across the us. further controversy has followed after a nearly all white jury was selected for the trial in which the defendants have pleaded not guilty. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is in brunswick, georgia for us tonight, and sent this report. as the trial opened, video of ahmaud arbery s final moments were played. all too much for his mother who let out a cry. sitting in front of her in the foreground here, the man who pulled the trigger. this was the video they were watching, three armed white men had pursued ahmaud saying he resembled a burglary suspect. they cornered him and shot and killed him. ahma
hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week: the british led the world in vaccination why is it now leading europe with the highest rate of covid? why in the climate battle, net zero is too high. and 12 angry men and women fear being poleaxed. joining us, maria margaronis, editor at large for the us magazine, the nation, is just completing work on a documentary about greece s summer of heat and fire. henry chu has reported from all over the world for the la times, where he s how part of the editorial team. here in the studio, the british author and columnist yasmin alibhai brown. a very warm welcome to all of you. only if pressure on the health service from covid is unsustainable will borisjohnson s government impose restrictions. we learnt on friday that scientists advising him and other ministers think a spike like the one we saw in january is