to take down reported content more quickly. in austria everyone over 18 must now get a covid vaccination or face the possibility of a heavy fine. and the queen reads cards from well wishers ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. donald trump s former vice president, mike pence, says he couldn t have overturned the result of the 2020 us presidential election, and that mr trump was wrong to think he could have done so. the former president, who has falsely claimed the election was stolen from him, recently insisted again that mr pence could have blocked certification of the results. our north america correspondent, david willis reports. mike david willis reports. pence was renowned for his almost mike pence was renowned for his almost filial sense of loyalty to donald trump, never publicly disagreeing with him and staunchly defending even the former president s most controversial action
the showers across north western areas are cold enough for some snow away from western coasts in scotland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. former us vice president, mike pence, says he had no right to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, and that donald trump was wrong to claim otherwise. another former british minister, nick gibb, calls for borisjohnson to resign as prime minister. emergency workers in morocco say they re hopeful of reaching a five year old boy who s spent four days trapped in a well. british ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down reported content more quickly. in austria, everyone over 18 must now get a covid vaccination or face the possibility of a heavy fine. and the queen reads cards from well wishers ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. now on bbc news it s the travel show with lucy hedges. coming up this week: downhill for the double vaxed. we are control
i had no right to overturn the election, the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. emergency workers in morocco say they re hopeful of reaching a five year old boy who s spent four days trapped in a well. british ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down reported content more quickly. and the queen reads cards from well wishers ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a former uk government minister has joined calls for borisjohnson to resign over the claims of downing street lockdown parties and submitted a letter of no confidence. nick gibb who was schools minister until last year accused the prime minister of flagra ntly disregarding the rules . mrjohnson has written to all of his mps, pledging to improve the way downing street operates. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. borisjo
the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill, a first attempt to regulate it, is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they would face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring the full weight of the law against people using the internet as against people using the internet as a weapon to ruin other people s lives. those who send threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england s footballers last year, will face prosecution, as well people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to enable individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years imprisonment.
hello. this is bbc news with luxmy gopal. the headlines. pressure continues to build on borisjohnson as another former british minister, nick gibb, calls on him to resign as prime minister. but the former international trade secretary, liam fox, says mps should wait for the outcome of the met police investigation before making a judgment former us vice president, mike pence, says he wouldn t have been able to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, and that donald trump was wrong to claim otherwise. emergency workers in morocco say they re hopeful of reaching a five year old boy who s spent four days trapped in a well. british ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. and the queen reads cards from well wishers ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. now on bbc news. it s time for click. this week we are on the hunt for the parrot pirates. you ve missed a bit! how